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Glog of small things - Now with pods

Last year was a pretty mixed bag.  I hope to put what I learned into practice.  I have a few over winters in my corner like this chap:
 

Red Jonah
 
I also have around 100 new starts this year:
 

Pubes and bhuts
 

Scorpions, 7 Pods and Reapers
 

Some annuums, not very exciting at this stage. They grow so quickly when it warms up I reckon I could have started the annuums in September.
 

I also have a few thing out in the little green house although it might be a touch early. 
 
The yellow traps are for the fungus gnats I am fighting again this year.
 
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ronaldo_fanbelt said:
Nice plants!
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Thank you.  Some people on this website grow huge plants which I am kinda of jealous of. That said I am having a more consistent season than last year with everything growing fairly well.  Last season was a bit hit and miss and there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to it. Turns out it is all about  the soil, for me at least.  My biggest leaps this year were using about 1/4 to 1/3 fresh worm castings for the seedlings and using perlite and vermeculite to lighten both potting mixes and the garden bed soil.
 
 
HellBoar said:
Yes, very nice plants! It's awesome to be able to see your garden during the summer months when its cold and snowy here (-10 celcius today, not too bad) during our winter. Keep up the great work and enjoy!!!

HB
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Are there many advantages to a brutal winter like that?  I would imagine that all your bad insects get killed off.  Do weed seeds die too?  Where I am has fairly mild winters with lows of perhaps 2 celcius overnight and a midwinter high of about 10 degrees. How long is your grow season?
 
These have all grown pretty well, they are much bigger than the photos I posted 2 weeks ago.  Some are planted too close to one another which makes photos of the plants difficult so I took some pod images too
 

Red and brown morugas and a carolina reaper,
 

Brown moruga again
 

Infinity


Serrano.
 
I know the Serrano is a bit old hat but it have been a stand out performer for the 2nd year in a row for me putting out 100's of pods.  I should really edit the wiki page which claims each plant can hold up to 50 pods!  I like them raw with a bit of cream cheese or to bulk up sauces.  I think they go particularly well in Italian red sauces and they often end up on pizzas.
 

Brazillian Pumpkin.
 

Aji Angelo
 
I had a crack at a few baccatums this year. As well as the 2 above I have Aji Bonito and bishops crown.  They grow well but seem to be fairly slow to flower and fruit, much later than even the chinense.
 

Brown moruga. Almost fully grown pod looking dangerous, I can't wait to try this one.
 

Image is of an interesting pod variation on the plant showing a smooth and dark hab like pod next to the lighter bumpy skinned pod.
 

Jalapeno M.  Has weird shaped pods with side growths and atypical shape.  It is one of only 2 Jalapenos I have so I hope it is the real deal.

Could I get a bump?
 
Thanks Blorvak!
 

White bhut hiding in the leaves.  Looking forward to tasting this too. I found this plant very vigorous right from germination and now it is covered in flowers and pods.  I actually haven't ever tried a red bhut as in my first year I didn't grow one and last year I got bad seeds so a white bhut will be my first bhut,
 

Some pube action.  Who am I kidding, I am looking forward to tasting all the pods.
 

This is the garden from post number 8 now with corn, tomatoes, melons, zucchinis and a few pepper plants growing in it.
 

One of these two dug up a plant a couple of weeks back. Who wants a Moruga Scorpion, who wants one?
 
fungus gnats suck ! i fought with them also . i think cause i got lazy when repotting and i quit microwaving my medium . be sure not to happen this year !  plants look great my friend !      :onfire:
 
I can't say definitively but suspect that my issues with the gnats stopped as a result of the worm casting extraction soaking I gave them.  The reason I can't say definitively is I started bottom watering around that stage too.  My plan of attack this year is to mix my own seedling medium containing about 1/3 fresh worm castings, 1/3 vermiculite/perlite and 1/3 compost.  The worm castings should be teaming with good bacteria which may stop the things the fungus gnats eat getting established and it should drain well too.  I would much much rather prevent them than fight them!
 
Swampy_NZ said:
Things are looking good bro.looks like we are in for a long dry summer.Gota be good for us
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Yip, it has been crazy hot and dry.  I haven't watered the hot peppers since they went into the garden but some are looking a little dry so I hit them with my first batch of AACT.  I am also going to put in a 200L and a 1000L rainwater containers, hopefully before it next rains.
 

AACT bubbling away
 

Original Trinidad Scorpion from Pepperlover.  Quite short and stocky, lots of flowers but only one pod so far.  The trunk is very very thick relative to its size
 

I am ready for the white bhut to turn white
 

Infinity 7 pod podding up
 

Red Moruga, first couple of pods.  My other red moruga is a bit further along
 

First primo pod of the way.  I have never tried a primo so this is one I am looking forward to.
 

The other "red" moruga although the pod changing color suggests it might be an orange moruga

 

Brown moruga doing its thing
 

First reaper has set
 
Can I get a bump?
 
Thanks ChiliNoob! 
 

Tobago Scotch Bonnet
 

Aji.... something??  Really just a photo of a very little pod.
 

An unknown pube.  Very low to the grown and sprawlly. Might be 10" high and 4' wide.
 

Unhappy plant.  I picked this up from a nursery and it is one one only 4 I didn't start from seed.  Not particularly attached to it so need to make a call about pulling it.  Anyone have an idea about what it has?
 
     Good lookin' plants and pods, man. I'm glad to hear your fungus gnats got a swift kick in the balls. I hope they continue to die. Effing parasites...
 
Robisburning said:
 
 
 
Unhappy plant.  I picked this up from a nursery and it is one one only 4 I didn't start from seed.  Not particularly attached to it so need to make a call about pulling it.  Anyone have an idea about what it has?
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     Well, speak of the devil… Looks like BLS to me - the exact reason I started brewing AACT last season. If it were my plant, I'd pick off the particularly gross-looking leaves, and keep hammering it with tea until it shapes up. If you've been getting rain lately or if your nights are dewy, maybe thin out the inside of the plant a bit to improve airflow. Bacteria LOVE wet foliage. 
     Good luck and keep us posted!
 
Nice glog.  I enjoy the pics.
 
Your yard is really packed with produce.  Some good eating coming on!
 

This is on the brown moruga.  It was the dark colored smooth hab looking pod in post 22 and the first to show any color. My gut tells me it is unlikely the plant will produce any brown pods but now I am hoping with everything I have I am wrong and the brown moruga grows true and this first pod is just an outlier.
 
I have 10 or 15 fruit trees and always plant a comfrey at the base of each fruit tree once it is established.  I made up some comfrey tea today.  I have not made it before so will be interested in how it performs. I had to look up instructions to get a comfrey/water ratio but it seems basically the comfrey just needs to be covered with water and the recipe is pretty scalable.
 

I just chopped it roughly into a bucket of rain water.

About halfway through chopping it up. I then added a cup of the run off from the worm farm and a small handful of fungi/moldy grass clippings.  Not sure if they will do much but should help start the breakdown.

Total size of the brew is about 4 gallons which is apparently diluted to make 40 gallons of comfrey tea. It is in the garage now with a lid on.  Garage is around 35c during the day so it is very warm.  I think once it starts I will move it back outside so my garage doesn't get too badly stunk out.
 
As well as the little nitrogen kick this will give the plants it is very rich in potassium apparently.  I give banana skins to the worms but there seem to be limited ways to really enrich the soil organically with potassium.  I really hope this tea will give the plants some support while putting out pods.
 
It has been very dry.  My plants all got knocked about, dropping flowers and pods, while I tried to hold off from watering with chlorinated tap water.  In the end I gave up and just watered.  I heard 100 billion microbes die. The plants are mulched in and rainwater catchment is in place so I shouldn't have to worry about this again.
 
Some time ago I saw some fish hydrolysate being made on pepper_gurus glog and have just got stuck into making some myself.  Based on this RECIPE here is the curds and whey seperated in the lacto bacilli starter:

Got some snapper frames, heads and guts which I will be using for the brew.
 
Comfrey tea is coming along well.  Maybe a week out from being ready:

 
Things are ripening up all of a sudden.  I hope the lack of water hasn't forced them to color up prematurely. Here is a white bhut from Pepperlover:

 
Infinity

 
Red moruga, kinda small early one

 
Something that caught my eye, can't remember which plant it was on but honestly the moruga and infinity are pretty similar looking:

 
Red "brown" moruga, going to try this one on Sunday I suspect
 
Hey Rob, forgot you had a glog! Just found it again..
Your plants look really nice and healthy. Are the psyllids still not causing any issues? dosent look like it from the pics.
 
The turbo pube has some ripe fruit whenever you want to give one a try. Its no where near as hot as id expected..its kind of like a big thick orange jalapeno i guess.
The girlfriend likes the serrano (you gave it to me)..will need to grow more of those next season.
 
Thanks for the kind words.  I have not had any Psyllid issues yet but time will tell... they are certainly present.
 
I am super keen on trying the Turbo pube. I tried a Rocoto de Seda the other day and was very very impressed.  It probably wasn't that hot but the juicy pod got the heat everywhere so it burnt a bit.
 
Serranos have been such loyal friends to me.  Each year I get hundreds of perfect little red chillies.  They take no effort and are such a consistent performer.  They might not be sexy or cool but they are great adding a bit of heat here and there or to bulk up sauces.  When we next catch up I have seeds for another 5 varieties you should try.  Any chance you have seeds for either colour jays scorpion?  That is one I really want to grow next year..
 
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