contest 2017 Inaugural Southern Hemisphere Growdown Throwdown Aji Amarillo

[ThatBlondGuy101]

I'll stop you when you start weighing in without pics!

 
Oh yeah, that reminds me, I weighed in 3 lots so far, 240g, 370g and 820g.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Not really, if you hadn't realised from the start

 

[drathag]

 
When are you going to re-pot Drathag? Those poor roots
 

 
They've got some more room now as a lot of the roots from the culled plants are breaking down. I'll start hardening them off very soon but most are destined for a garden bed and its still below 10C most nights, so they may be in cups for a few weeks yet unfortunately.

 

[KAOS]

 

 

[karoo]

Potting up!
Up to the penultimate pot.
Last mobile pot before it finds a permanent home.

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[LocalFart]

Everyone doing great by the looks of things.
 
When are you going to re-pot Drathag? Those poor roots
 
That side growth might be early exposure to some descent rays Karoo. Plants are growing nicely
 
Like the light Damien - Is that 5 x 10W ?
 
Here's a quick update. The three smaller plants are in the tent. KAOS and Audrey II relegated to patio for now.
Got some leaf burn on Audrey due to hitting it with some bug spray, but new growth this morning seems healthy.
Both are around 55cm, but Audrey filling out due to being topped.
 

 
Hey, so the lights are 24x 3W if i remember correctly.

 
Was using it for this plant last year.

 

[KAOS]

Neat neat job on the light Damien. Love the RGB on the leaves.
 
NOW HEAR THIS   
 
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Officially I now enter "KAOS" for forking - 90 days (the last untopped Amarillo)

 
 
Officially I now enter "Aquarillo" for flowering - 90 days (topped and growing Kratky method)
 

 
Not sure on rules for flowering, but its just broken petals. Don't mind revising days if it's for full open flower.

 

[karoo]

Well done .
That is a flower in my book.
 
Mine won't fork , too many side branches!

 

[ThatBlondGuy101]

ooh!
 
Question for general consensus:
 
Does the forking, flowering, etc, have to all be the same plant?
 
I'm happy to say it doesn't. No locking in plants until harvests is my vote. 
 
And yeah, i'll say that a flower.
 
So, unless vote causes revision, 90 and 90 to KAOS! well done!

 

[KAOS]

Whichever way things go I'm happy. We had some rules to sort out anyway.
 
I'll even take one for the team and say 91/91. At least I'm certain now it's an Amarillo.   
 

 

[karoo]

That first flower , always a thing of beauty!
 
Mine still going against the flow here , deciding to be a bush and not a tree. With a side branch at every single leaf.
 

 

 

[KAOS]

That first flower , always a thing of beauty!
 
Mine still going against the flow here , deciding to be a bush and not a tree. With a side branch at every single leaf.
 

 

Can't argue with that.
 
Your plant is looking great and to be fair I would have preferred a bush growth over a tree growth. Your plant is going to rock pod numbers when it kicks off.
 
That's the great thing about this competition ... yes mine have gone a bit postal, but they may only pop 10 pods over the season.
 
What I'm interested in (for next season's experiments) is what all you guys do as a final planting/potting method. This will tell a very interesting story.
 
Shout out to Powelly - Where you been dude. Gone for over a month now.

 

[KAOS]

Any hydro guys want to go head 2 head with an organic natural grower?

 
Hey Powelly - I'll bite on this one ... Meet Aquarillo. We can have a side-line challenge if you still keen.
 

 

[ThatBlondGuy101]

That first flower , always a thing of beauty!
 
Mine still going against the flow here , deciding to be a bush and not a tree. With a side branch at every single leaf.
 

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Looking very nice!
 
Personally, I'll take bushy over tall any day...

 

[Devv]

Nice work!
 
My Amarillo this season went into a crazy sprawl. Get ready for that

 

[karoo]

Nice work!
 
My Amarillo this season went into a crazy sprawl. Get ready for that

 
Horizontal sprawl?
Early caging recommended?
Thank you Devv.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

 
Horizontal sprawl?
Early caging recommended?
Thank you Devv.

Yes, definitely cage early, and train your branches vertically, until they go over the top of the cage. It's the best way to make the aji amarillo plant understand that it can put out hundreds of pods, without worrying about snapping it's branches off. Here is a pic of my two caged aji amarillo plants this year. They still sprawl horizontally a bit, but without the cages they would never have produced so many pods, or been able to support all of these pods weight. I've already pulled easily 100+ ripe pods off of these plants this year, and there are still another 100+ that are ripening.

 

[karoo]

Thank you, nice big pods on those two plants.
I really can't wait to taste these peppers.
My two front runners are really good growers .

 

[ThatBlondGuy101]

 
But I'll tell ya about it anyway...
 
Both Amarillos are now permanently in the greenhouse/tent, permanently until the risk of frost is gone...
 
No.1 now has some nice big shoes... 40cm pot, with a great mix.
 
Aaaaand, I went past the 1/4 point without realising it!
 
So I thought I'd give us an official update!
 
 
-OFFICIAL COMPETITION UPDATE-
 
Competitors List:
- Drathag
- KAOS
- karoo
- LocalFart
- Powelly
- ThatBlondGuy101
 
Running Totals:
 N/A
 
Side Comps:
Quickest to Fork:
Record: 90 days Held By: KAOS
 
Quickest to Flower:
Record: 90 days Held By: KAOS
 
Running Rankings:
N/A
 
 
 
Lets get some pods pumping!!!!
 

 

[karoo]

GLOGS NEED PICS!

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[karoo]

I have two plants left in the race .
At the moment a very close race.
Both have buds and both the same size.

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