Bob's DeSoto Parish Grow 2014

I gave my co-worker Bob some chile plants again this year. He's got some of them  in containers at his hunting camp, but the bulk of them are in the ground back in a clearing behind the camp…He snapped these pix of his container plants today:
 
F3 Red NagaBrain. The leaf detritus in the dirt is the results of his pinching blossoms, as per Søren's advice:
 

 
Madame Jeanette (meatfreak):
 

 
Chilhuacle Rojo:
 

 
Lumbre (the extra-hot New Mexico Chile from Faron Lytle):
 

 
Chile de Arbol (CarlosO):
 

 

[Spicegeist]

Looking healthy...

 

[kentishman]

They look good. Is it a 5-1-1 mix?

 

[windchicken]

Looking healthy...

 
Thanks Charles!
 

They look good. Is it a 5-1-1 mix?

 
Thanks Tom! He hasn't fertilized yet…In fact, the soil is re-used MG Potting Mix from last year.

 

[kentishman]

There must have been quite a bit of residual nutrients in the reused MG for them to look that healthy. Wish my seedlings looked as good. Apparently I don't fertilize them enough.

 

[windchicken]

There must have been quite a bit of residual nutrients in the reused MG for them to look that healthy. Wish my seedlings looked as good. Apparently I don't fertilize them enough.

 
Must be…I'm anxious to see his in-ground plants. Fine-grained sand with a little silt and clay, no amendments whatsoever….

 

[meatfreak]

Nice plants, Gary!

 

[Datil]

Great job Gary & Bob!
It seems the K.I.S.S. method makes lush plants
 
Cya
 
Datil

 

[windchicken]

Nice plants, Gary!

 
Thanks Stefan! I'll tell Bob you said that...
 

Great job Gary & Bob!
It seems the K.I.S.S. method makes lush plants
 
Cya
 
Datil

 
Thanks Fabrizio! I'll tell Bob that 
 
I, for one, am certainly guilty of "over-attending" to my plants. But I'm getting better….

 

[romy6]

Mighty fine if I do say so myself G man !!!!

 

[windchicken]

Thanks J Daddy! 

 

[windchicken]

Bob finally took me to see his in-ground plants today. These are set in fine-grained, clayey sand, with no soil amendments whatsoever, in a shooting lane deep in the woods. They have had one shot of MG since plant-out time, about 3 weeks ago...
 
This is the shooting lane. The view is facing southeast. The garden is behind the clump of pines about halfway up the hill:
 

 
Lumbre, the extra-hot New Mexico chile from Faron Lytle:
 

 
Chile de Arbol (CarlosO—3 front plants) and Lumbre (Faron Lytle–4 back plants):
 

 
NagaBrain (romy6):
 

 
NagaBrain:
 

 
Meanwhile, back at the camp this morning…..These plants are in re-used MG soil from last season. Since plant-out time they have had 2 shots of MG...
 
Chile de Arbol (CarlosO):
 

 
Madame Jeanette (meatfreak):
 

 
NagaBrain:
 

 
NagaBrain:
 

 
Chilhuacle Rojo:
 

 

[PaulG]

That's only too awesome!  Plants look great.
 
However.  I think Bob is just an alias for Gary,
who wants to have two blogs going!

 

[windchicken]

Lol, thanks PG! I think that's a compliment? 
 
I don't even own a gun…nuttin against them…I'm just not into that…..

 

[windchicken]

Bob's plants are really pissing me off. I don't understand how he grows them so big and fast….F3 NagaBrain Red. The main stem on this plant is like a tree trunk:
 

 
Chilhuacle Rojo:
 

 
Freaky-looking beetle:
 

 
Chile de Arbol (CarlosO):
 

 
Bob's shooting lane grow. The deer have topped a couple of the Chile de Arbol, and bit a branch off of a NagaBrain:
 

 
Lumbre:
 

 
Plant taster:
 

 

[windchicken]

Update on Bob's container grow, photos taken this morning—
 
F3 NagaBrain Red:
 

 
NagaBrain closeup:
 

 
Madame Jeanette (meatfreak):
 

 
Madame Jeanette closeup:
 

 
Another Madame Jeanette closeup:
 

 
Bob's container grow:
 

 
 

 

[Devv]

Looking good Bob & Gary!
 
Those F3 NG's look just like mine. Weren't the F2's smoother?

 

[millworkman]

It surely is awesome how great "NEW" soil is.  That place seems like it has never been farmed and has proper nutrient for a good bit, especially going by those photos.

 

[windchicken]

Looking good Bob & Gary!
 
Those F3 NG's look just like mine. Weren't the F2's smoother?

 
Thanks Scott! I'm heading over to your glog as soon as I finish here…Yes, smoother, but the early pods are always bumpier—This photo is the very first pod that clued me to the fact that Jamie had sent me something very special, unbeknownst to either of us, back in June of 2012:
 

 

It surely is awesome how great "NEW" soil is.  That place seems like it has never been farmed and has proper nutrient for a good bit, especially going by those photos.

 
Thanks Noah! It's certainly some really nice soil. There are a few good sandy spots like Bob has in this area—Mostly what we have on the surface here is clay. Most all of DeSoto Parish was farmland way in the 1930's, but it's now had plenty of time to recover...

 

[meatfreak]

Those are some monster plants already, whatever he's doing it works! Thanks for the MJ's they look great, just a little twist in the pods is what they should have. They aren't so extreme like the Cili Goronong.