contest Growdown: Prik Kee Noo Suan!: Prik a peck of peppers!

[Jeff H]

Scratch, could that just be sunburn from putting it out in natural light? Don't kill it yet; it might recover.

 

[scratchzilla]

HPS died, so I threw a 2 tube T8 until I got it sorted. In that week, it just died.

 

[roper2008]

The pods have to be red to count?  Even though my plant ain't that big, it has lots of pods...I don't know if I can
count them all anyway, accurately.
 
Sorry your plant died Scratch.

 

[Jeff H]

The pods have to be red to count?  Even though my plant ain't that big, it has lots of pods...I don't know if I can
count them all anyway, accurately.
 
Sorry your plant died Scratch.

I don't think they have to be red, (Scratch can clarify) but they do have to be picked to be counted. Several of us vowed not to pick green pods somewhere in the last 10 pages or so.

 

[scratchzilla]

Green pods can be counted if they're mature.

 

[scratchzilla]

Would anyone care to take a guess?

 

[SanPatricio]

288 ?

 

[lock203]

I'm guessing it took you over 2 hours to harvest them. 420 pods

 

[scratchzilla]

Took about 3 hours. 630 pods.

 

[lock203]

Wow nice job! I am now dreading having to harvest all the pods off my Prik. I might be able to challenge that # should be close.

 

[scratchzilla]

Just a reminder, the grow ends in 5 days, so start thinking about that peak time to harvest, both for maximum yield, but to also allow yourself enough time to get the harvesting done. Like I said, it took me 3 hours to harvest mine, so keep that in mind.

 

[theghostpepperstore]

Good point. I may try to harvest mine tonight. Rain in the forecast, so not much else will be getting done.

 

[scratchzilla]

I thought the birds already did that for you.

 

[roper2008]

Oh. I didn't know you had to pick them. I'll definey pick the red ones.
I don't know about the green ones.

 

[theghostpepperstore]

I thought the birds already did that for you.

 
Mine actually rebounded fairly well after the bird attack, it won't be 630 pods, but it will be something.

 

[Jeff H]

I'll be picking this weekend. My work week is too hectic to spend that much time in the garden for just a couple of additional day of sun. Should have mine up by early Sunday. Probably a couple hundred, but no where near 630.

 

[pshngo]

What is mature? 99%of mine are round so they don't "look" mature? it doesn't matter anyway  I don't have that many. about 100 or so

 

[Jeff H]

Okay, so each one of us is about to have a basket full of little pods. What are we all planning on doing with them? Sauces? Powders? eat 400 fresh ones before they go bad? meticulously cut them open and save a bazillion seeds for next year?Let's hear some ideas because I have no real plan yet myself. 

 

[scratchzilla]

I'm either going to sauce, or powder mine. Not sure yet.

 

[Jeff H]

Okay, I'm officially not the winner with 180 pods. Who's next?