Buncha MALARKY 2017

Welcome to my first Glog everyone. This is my second grow. Thanks to the generosity of the THP community I am in possession of more varieties of seeds than I'll ever be able to grow. I have limited yard space and I try to keep things cheap to make this hobby less annoying to my wife.

So I'm located outside of Madison, WI. Zone 5a/4b
My goal is grow a wider variety of heat this year.

First 4 varieties Soaking:
-Aji LemonDrop (contest)
-Aji Amarillo
-Peruvian Red Rocotto
-Aji Oro

It's just the beginning. I need to grab some more of these cups for soaking.
Thanks for looking in. At a MINIMUM, I'll update once a week.

 

[stettoman]

Hey Matt, I have a dozen different aji amarillos that look like a dozen different kinds of pepper plants, one looks like your fat-bottomed girl there. I lost all but the top two leaves on it and side nodes started doing their thing immediately.
 
My rocotos are still thumb-sized seedlings, though they look like healthy thumb-sized seedlings. Glad to see your podding going on at 65 degrees....

 

[Malarky]

Looks like she's gonna make it! The Aji Amarillo that dampened off (all i can guess, cuz it was well over 12in tall).
Didn't take too long to put roots down.

 
I've got P. Dreadie's setting!

 
Aji Oro is setting pods like crazy. Interesting dark pigmentation for only being under T12's. This pods getting bigger every day.

 
I need to start hardening them off but the thought of lugging all these pots downstairs makes me want to do something else.
lows are still in the 30's and 40s i'd say 50% of the time. Dirt day or "bucket day" is still at least after Mother's Day.
Those Pubescen's mind the chilly nights?

 

[PaulG]

Nice save on the Aji Amarillo!
 
The c. pubescens can handle the chilly nights.  I've got
mine outside right now, and one of the nights got down
to 33˚F (1˚C) and they did fine.  If it wasn't for the wind,
rain and hail, they'd be rockin'!

 

[Malarky]

The Dehydrator isn't just for peppers anymore! Dehydrated Pineapple is an amazing snack!

 
lots of room for powder on the new spice rack I just built for our too small kitchen

 

[Trident chilli]

Wow now that's what I call a spice rack

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Looks like she's gonna make it! The Aji Amarillo that dampened off (all i can guess, cuz it was well over 12in tall).
Didn't take too long to put roots down.

 
I've got P. Dreadie's setting!

 
Aji Oro is setting pods like crazy. Interesting dark pigmentation for only being under T12's. This pods getting bigger every day.

 
I need to start hardening them off but the thought of lugging all these pots downstairs makes me want to do something else.
lows are still in the 30's and 40s i'd say 50% of the time. Dirt day or "bucket day" is still at least after Mother's Day.
Those Pubescen's mind the chilly nights?

Your Aji Oro pods in that pic kind of look like Aji Largo. Aji largo pods are generally more elongated like that, and cam go from super dark green to dark brown to light red, then finally dark red. The plant looks super healthy, and I bet will give you a ton of pods this season.

 

[Malarky]

Yeah that plant is a beast. It's like 3 ft wide under the lights. Pretty sure it's almost at 100% for pollination rate

 

[mas_fuego]

Yeah years ago I had a friend grow one from seed to fruit and it was a nice house plant pet.
I've got a couple key limes too.

How long did it take the key lime to fruit?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Lookin good Lark!

 

[moruga welder]

all is looking great !   great to see ,     

 

[Malarky]

How long did it take the key lime to fruit?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

The key limes are a little less than a year old so no fruit yet.
We'll see what they do over the summer.
I'm hoping to see it thicken up even more and then this fall I'll prune it back and maybe pick a couple good branches to develop

 

[stickman]

Very cool that you're getting Bonnet and Aji Oro pods Matt! I like the look of the new spice shelves too... my wife wants some like them and this is giving her ideas.

 

[Malarky]

So I found an Aerogarden 6 spacesaver with cfl lights at a garage sale for $30. They even threw in an unopened DynaGro bottle! Can't wait to try it out and clone stuff.

 
Here is one of my Aji Oro. This thing produces pollen like a champ. Sets a pod on every flower. its probably more than 3 feet wide. The larger pods are starting to grow hips like i've seen in the pictures.

 

[dragonsfire]

Nice plant

 

[Malarky]

Good thing I haven't planted out yet

 

[stettoman]

WOW Matt! We get hail, and just west of us maybe that big, but WOW!!
 
I planted out last weekend, hope to not see any of your weather!

 

[peppamang]

wow! That aji oro is really big for a solo cup. Impressive! Lucky snag on the aero garden.

 

[charlesquik]

Wow this hail must have left a ton of damages on cars 

 

[Malarky]

Wow this hail must have left a ton of damages on cars 

pulled into my garage 5 minutes  before the hail hit!
going to scamper up a ladder to see what the roof looks like this evening

 

[stickman]

Good thing I haven't planted out yet

Definitely un-like that! what do those hailstones weigh... Half a pound apiece? My plants got hit by a few pea-sized hailstones on Saturday night but thankfully not like the ones you showed! [emoji28]

How are your babies coming along?

Sent from my LGL44VL using Tapatalk