Capsidadburn 2014

GA Growhead · May 22, 2014

Ditto! Hope all is well!

capsidadburn · May 23, 2014

Hi and Thanks Stefan and Jason! Sorry that I have been away for a while. Mostly preoccupied with my kids and other non gardening stuff. My season has turned out to be the worst ever aphid problems. My usually effective soap remedies are not. Most all of my plants have some leaf distortion or some sort of damage and maybe stunting. They are pulling through and going to produce but just not what I had hopes for. On the upside the returning Ladybug larvae and Lace Wings are heavy.

Stefan I have three of the Pimenta Lisa plants. Two with darker coloration and one not. I will do my best to collect isolated seeds from them.

I try and post some pics soon.

Mike

OCD Chilehead · May 23, 2014

Sorry to here about the aphid invasion. I hope the lady bugs take control of the situation. Good luck and thanks for the update

romy6 · May 23, 2014

Mike I feel your pain on the phids. Just found a boat load of the on a few of my pants as well. Gonna zap their asses tonight. On the flip side I have one of your crosses in my aero so will keep you posted on it . have a great memorial day weekends sir .

Devv · May 23, 2014

Been missing your reports Mike!

But family time is where it's at, enjoy those kids because then they move out and those days are gone. Of course then you'll be surrounded with beautiful G-Kids! They will come in like a tornado. You have realize I'm there...LOL

Sorry about the plant woes, I guess we all have our issues of some type or another. I feel I have mites bugging the gals in the raised beds. Been hitting them with Bonide wettable sulfur, this evening is going to be the third and hopefully last treatment. AT least we've had nicer weather the last few weeks!

Enjoy the weekend!

meatfreak · May 23, 2014

capsidadburn said:
Hi and Thanks Stefan and Jason! Sorry that I have been away for a while. Mostly preoccupied with my kids and other non gardening stuff. My season has turned out to be the worst ever aphid problems. My usually effective soap remedies are not. Most all of my plants have some leaf distortion or some sort of damage and maybe stunting. They are pulling through and going to produce but just not what I had hopes for. On the upside the returning Ladybug larvae and Lace Wings are heavy.

Stefan I have three of the Pimenta Lisa plants. Two with darker coloration and one not. I will do my best to collect isolated seeds from them.

I try and post some pics soon.

Mike

Sorry to hear about the aphids as well, it's the same sad story everywhere. Here we blame it on the very mild winter. Best of luck with your battle against them! I'm having tons of ladybugs and larvae in the garden, when I see one I catch them and release in the pepper tunnel

Best remedy against those :censored:

Thanks for the update about the Lisa's. Yours are bouncing back after some burned leaves damage

capsidadburn · May 26, 2014

OCD Chilehead said:
Sorry to here about the aphid invasion. I hope the lady bugs take control of the situation. Good luck and thanks for the update

Thank you OC! They seem to be a noticeable presence.

romy6 said:
Mike I feel your pain on the phids. Just found a boat load of the on a few of my pants as well. Gonna zap their asses tonight. On the flip side I have one of your crosses in my aero so will keep you posted on it . have a great memorial day weekends sir .

They (aphids), certainly seem to be a new and improved breed. Hope you have good luck with yours! Glad to hear about the cross. Thinking about pushing the aero question with my wife as I don't think I'll grow much next year. Tried to slow down last year but was bit real hard by an infectious early germinating bug this year. Have too much other stuff I should be doing.

Devv said:
Been missing your reports Mike!

But family time is where it's at, enjoy those kids because then they move out and those days are gone. Of course then you'll be surrounded with beautiful G-Kids! They will come in like a tornado. You have realize I'm there...LOL

Sorry about the plant woes, I guess we all have our issues of some type or another. I feel I have mites bugging the gals in the raised beds. Been hitting them with Bonide wettable sulfur, this evening is going to be the third and hopefully last treatment. AT least we've had nicer weather the last few weeks!

Enjoy the weekend!

Thanks Scott! I know you're right about the family. In early May my son took a 3rd place medal in one of his events, at the Texas State Sci. Olympiad tournament. I've been still involved in helping him figure out how to beat the "big oil" sponsored teams next year. Oh yeah, he was nominated for prom King but had to settle for Prince as he is not old enough for King yet. I feel very good about that since I was an unknown wallflower in my day.

Sorry about the mites, hope they go down for you. The weather has been pretty good and my plants are starting to pull through. No where as far along as I thought I would be.

A few pics from this weekend. Hope Memorial day is great for everyone!
I'm still transplanting a lot of plants. These later plants are in much better shape.

This is the Yellow Bhut I got from Charles. Have some others in containers too.

This is my Tepin x Quintisho cross which I'm still fairly excited about. It has the Quintisho shape, just smaller at this point. Hope it turns Yellow.

This is one of Stefan's Pimenta Lisa F2. It is the farthest along but showing lots of damage. A lower leaf has a ladybug larvae transitioning into adult while an upper right side leaf with dead tissue damage has an adult on it. At some point I will have some nicer pics Stefan. The Jalapenos have all produced early pods but seem to be deficient and in slow down mode. Time to feed everyone.

Raised bed Pimenta Lisa which is finally showing signs of life. This one was transplanted much earlier than the container plant.

I'll try to post more pics soon.

Thanks Stefan, Jason, OCD, Jamie, and Scott!

Devv · May 26, 2014

Looking good Mike!

You getting this wonderful rain? We got just under 2"s last night and a cell is just west of us. Hope it doesn't get windy.

Do all the contest projects have to do the same thing?

capsidadburn · May 26, 2014

Yes the rain looks like a good one. I thought it might just kiss your area too. It did rain some last night but I failed to look at the gage. I just finished transplanting another half dozen plants and some basil. Gonna chill out with a cold one now!

The sci. oly. events all have rules and parameters that must be followed by all. The events, rules, and parameters are tweaked a little each year. A mixture of test only and build events. The 2015 info will be posted in October with the first invitational comp. in November thru January. Regionals in March and State in May. Our middle school team placed 5th out of 30 teams this year, up from 6th last year. The high school team stayed at 11th place same as last year. Concidently the Halliburton funded Middle school team (Beckindorf of Houston) went on to win the national tounament.

I need to unwind myself from all this and focus on his starting some college courses and a drivers license.

Thanks Scott!

Devv · May 26, 2014

Well we got another 1.5"s, that's 6" for the month! Hope this is a trend, a long term trend! I wanted to weed eat and mow this 3 day and it stayed too wet. No problem!

Our school offers the dual credit courses, can't beat the jump start.

And oh, I remember those days when the kids got their licenses. Money just flew through my hands!

Have a great week!

meatfreak · May 29, 2014

Thanks for the pictures, Mike. They look great, they will be back in shape within no time

Looks like you have an green and dark pheno plant also, same as me

Have a good weekend!!

capsidadburn · Jun 3, 2014

Devv said:
Well we got another 1.5"s, that's 6" for the month! Hope this is a trend, a long term trend! I wanted to weed eat and mow this 3 day and it stayed too wet. No problem!

Our school offers the dual credit courses, can't beat the jump start.

And oh, I remember those days when the kids got their licenses. Money just flew through my hands!

Have a great week!

Scott, we may have missed the boat for dual credit this fall but spring will work. He'll certainly be driving by then.

meatfreak said:
Thanks for the pictures, Mike. They look great, they will be back in shape within no time Looks like you have an green and dark pheno plant also, same as me Have a good weekend!!

The next update will show some happier looking plants Stefan!

This news article caught my attention today. Some of you may have seen. Though not related, here is my own grasshopper issues;

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/06/03/grasshoppers-new-mexico-weather-service/9906329/

Every year for several years I have had these beautiful immature (nymph) grasshoppers eating my plants. They stay around 1 inch long as an adult and not as colorful. Newborns are less than 1/4 inch. The eggs are laid on the underside of a leaf, 2mm size and transparent. Usually beside the eggs are freshly ate holes from the newborns. Here are some pics of one and the damage done.

Close up; Aidemona azteca or, Aztec Spur Throated grasshopper (immature)

Damage to a NagaBrain. It's a lot like flea beetle damage but not. I catch them in the act and inflict a little pressure!

Naga Suomi pod maybe a little distorted?

An overhead view of my Tepin x Qintisho cross. My Tepins usually have a distinct geometic branching pattern that repeats often. Not present here, and I am starting to see multiple buds per node.

My everpresent garden buddy helping out with morning observations.

Some of thes pics were posted and lost in the recent virtual tornado.

Have a great week!

Mike

Devv · Jun 3, 2014

Yeah we lost some time, who said a time machine doesn't exist. Sadly it only goes backwards in cyberworld. Now if I could go back knowing what I know now, things would certainly change :shh:

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I don't have the pretty g-hoppers, but I have hoppers, just hate them!

Have a great week!

maximumcapsicum · Jun 4, 2014

Got the same thing going on in my pepperbeds Mike. Not much to do about hoppers, though I did read that mantids can control them. Problem is mantids will eat everything else too.

capsidadburn · Jun 7, 2014

This weeks update; Some rain last week, mostly high temps at low 90's now. Finally picking up some steam here.
This pequin pic for Gary. Got a couple of these in one gallon pots mostly ignored. They are side by side but one is showing tanning on the exposed pods. Did not see that before. Mostly pendant pods.

Call this #3 Pimenta Lisa F2 in container. It is the farthest behind in progress.

The #2 plant, also in container is approx 2 feet tall with an impressive desire to prove itself. Dark stems and veins.

And finally #1 Pementa Lisa in raised bed. (2 pics) It has finally found the will to be. Stefan, I'll let you know when I've got some pods.

Trinidad Chocolate Bonnet from Jason in container

Elysium Oxide bonnet in container. The prettiest one I have.

MOA from John (Sawyer) in the new raised bed. Lots of lock out and aphid issues finally breaking free.

Have a great weekend!
Mike

Devv · Jun 7, 2014

Good to see the ladies coming on Mike!

This has certainly been a different year weather wise. It may have slowed us down at the start but we're still a bit cooler than the norm. I can live with that!

Have a great weekend!

maximumcapsicum · Jun 7, 2014

Great update. The lisa is particularly striking, as is the trinidad scotch bonnet from Jason. I got one of those growin in my beds too... I hope it looks like yours.

Happy growin'!

GA Growhead · Jun 7, 2014

Yeah Mike! Looking good!

Spicegeist · Jun 8, 2014

capsidadburn said:
Naga Suomi pod maybe a little distorted?

Nice little pod...
Very interesting little insect too.

meatfreak · Jun 8, 2014

Plants have recovered nicely, Mike

Funny to see your #3 has all white flowers as mine has a little purple on them, still no pods. Your Bonnet has recovered well also, starting to flower soon. The other 2 are a bit small so I pinch of the buds till they grow bigger first.