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Duane's Peppers 2011

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Sorellina

Ciao all-

I'm sort of late to the party for this, but I've expanded my own growing responsibilities significantly and I'm now playing catch-up for Duane's stuff.

Round 1 - Sown 30 Jan 11, potted up 27 Feb 11:

Chinense

Zavory - no heat 2/13 5/6
Cappuccino Habanero 2/8 1/3
Peach Habanero 2/9 3/3
Mustard Habanero 2/11 3/3
Yellow Mushroom 2/10 3/3

Pubescens

Birgit's Locoto 2/9 3/3

Baccatum

Lemon Drop 2/10 4/6

Capsicum rhomboideum - wild type 2/13 2/3

Annum - slow-growing varieties

Sweet Pickle 2/9 1/6 - will re-sow
Alma Paprika 2/10 5/6
Chilhuacle Rojo 2/8 3/3

Round 2 - Sown 2 Mar 11:

Billy Biker Jalapeno F1 3/9 9/10 3/11 10/10
Serrano
Guajillo 3/19 1/3
Yellow Cayenne 3/9 1/3 3/10 2/3 3/11 3/3
Hot Portugal Cayenne
Annie Ornamental Cayenne 3/12 1/3
Beaver Dam 3/12 2/3
Tolli's Sweet Italian 3/10 1/3 3/12 2/3
Chervena Chushka 3/11 1/3 3/19 3/3
Espelette 3/11 3/3
Anaheim
Aconcagua 3/19 1/3
Chimayo 3/8 2/3
Poblano 3/10 1/5 3/11 5/5
Pimiento de Padrone 3/10 1/5 3/11 2/5 3/13 3/5 3/19 4/5
NuMex Big Jim
Joe E Parker 3/9 1/5 3/10 2/5
Cubanelle
Diamond Bell
Sweet Chocolate Bell 3/10 2/5 3/11 3/5
Albino Bullnose Bell 3/19 3/5
Peppadew 3/9 1/5
Pasilla Bajio 3/19 1/3
Pimienta de Neyde 3/12 2/3
Uncle Charlie's Giant Red Bell
Giant Szegedi Bell 3/12 2/5 3/19 3/5
Leutschauer Paprika
Bulgarian Carrot 3/10 2/5 3/11 3/5
Sweet Pickle (2nd sowing) 3/9 1/6 3/10 3/6 3/12 4/6 3/19 6/6
Fresno 3/12 1/5

Seed tray allowed to dry out between 3/13 - 3/19.

Round 3 - Sown 7 Mar 11:

Purira 3/19 4/4
Jaloro F1 <-- can't find seed
Golden Greek Pepperoncini
Sport 3/19 3/4
Bishop's Crown 3/19 3/3
Calico 3/19 3/3
Peri Peri 3/19 1/3
Friariello 3/19 1/3
Masquerade <-- can't find seed
Purple Flash 3/19 2/3
Thai Orange 3/19 3/3
Thai Yellow 3/19 3/4
Phrik Naam
Siling Labuyo (Bird's Eye)3/19 3/3
Orange Sun
Yummy F1 3/19 1/3


I took photos of Round 1 this morning, so I'll try to get some posted very soon. Things are looking pretty good so far, although some of the annums from Round 1 could do with some epsom salts treatment. I'm pretty excited about Lee's Rhombo. The seedlings are small, but healthy and it's even cooler to see them growing as opposed to just looking at all of Lee's great photos (although I really do enjoy that as well :) )
 
Thats a hell of a impressive list. Someone should have a throwdown on the most types of peppers growing for the season. I just wonder who is growing the most on our site?:think:
 
Chinense

Zavory - no heat 2/13 5/6

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Beauty! What kind of light set up are you using and hours per day?

Also, looks like your strategy for some is for 2 plants per cup. Any issues when you divide them for potting up? What size pot you going with next?
 
Ciao all-

Thanks for the encouraging feedback. Duane uses shoplight flourescents on a 12 hour timer. I forget the spectrum specs - he's better with those kinds of details. Even when the peppers get very rootbound (which they will by the time he gets to transplanting them), they don't get shocky at all when he pulls them apart. He'll see tremendous growth just in the first 2 weeks after transplanting.

All of these peppers will be potted up into 5 gal IKEA plastic waste baskets with 1/2" holes drilled in the bottoms, a few large-ish pieces of rock or concrete in the bottom for ballast, Pro-Mix BX growing medium, and a tablespoon of osmocote slow-release fertilizer. He'll put 1-2 plants per container and that works just fine. Peppers really don't resent being crowded or rootbound. He also will be putting those el cheapo tomato cages into the containers at transplanting time and 1 4 ft rubberized metal stake. We get strong summer thunderstorms here in Toronto, so the peppers really benefit from a little bit of support, especially when they start bearing fruit. It's MUCH easier to get the cages and stakes in as they're transplanted, though.

Duane's tried growing peppers in-ground here, but they perform very poorly when grown that way. They get bug damage and they just don't put on a lot of growth. In containers, they're warmer on all sides, they get rootbound which they seem to really like, and they're on our hot concrete driveway in direct sun all day long. He's dialed in a system that really works.
 
A lot of good insights and ideas there! I will definitely do at least one container using Duane's method. I'll bet peppers will grow like dynamite in a bucket of Pro-Mix BX. I just got my first bale last week, it is awesome.... :cool:

That's a great grow list. Hey, where did you get your siling labuyo seeds? I've started some Numex Bailey Piquins which I'm hoping will be similar, but would like to find some wild ones.
 
Ciao all-

Duane works a ton, so usually it's me who keeps him updated on responses to his threads and consults him for any detailed questions that may come up.

This is the IKEA waste basket that Duane uses. http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90096418

The Siling Labuyo seeds come from a friend in the Philippines. I'll ask him if he's got any extras.

Duane uses one soft white and one daylight T8 fluorsescent tube in each ballast. I'll ask about the lumen numbers.
 
Ciao all-

Duane's been a bad pepper dad this week. I've been trying very hard not to pester him about checking his germination and the state of his plants. He was very sad last night when he did finally check on his seed flats to discover that one of them had dried out significantly which impacted negatively on his germination. He's since watered and put the dome lid back on for the short term to add some humidity and warmth and hopefully wake up the remaining seeds. :(
 
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