contest Growdown Throwdown 2017 Aji Lemon Drop!

[stettoman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

 
They get bigger than that article claims in my back yard...If I can find them, I have pics of one with an abdomen the size of my thumb.

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

 
They get bigger than that article claims in my back yard...If I can find them, I have pics of one with an abdomen the size of my thumb.

I agree, I get some fairly large ones as well. I walked into one last Fall hunting that was near the size of my nose hahaha

 

[mlittle74]

I love those spiders.  People around here call them Banana spiders.  They're not aggressive at all and control the madness around the garden
 
Mike

 

[Pepper-Guru]

I love those spiders.  People around here call them Banana spiders.  They're not aggressive at all and control the madness around the garden
 
Mike

I've heard them called that as well. I like watching them! We usually don't really start seeing them until Sept-Oct when the mornings start getting cooler. 

 

[Malarky]

98g total
I bite my thumb at you sir

 

[Devv]

Amazing plant Rich! A credit to your skills
 
We have those spiders here year round here and they get quite large. Thanks for finally putting a name to them. I just called them wood spiders.

 

[mlittle74]

I've heard them called that as well. I like watching them! We usually don't really start seeing them until Sept-Oct when the mornings start getting cooler. 

 
I remember when I saw one for the first time on my patio.  I started prepping the flamethrower and then read online that they're garden buddies. Since then we've had a very nice relationship  Well, except once or twice when they spun a web over my doorway and I walked into it and screamed like a little girl lol.
 
Mike

 

[MarcV]

Finally my very first ripe lemon drop!   That really took ages!

 
I ate it right after weighing it. Taste was great and it was much less hot than I expected. But I must admit that I removed seeds and placenta before eating it!

 

[stettoman]

Finally my very first ripe lemon drop!   That really took ages!

 
I ate it right after weighing it. Taste was great and it was much less hot than I expected. But I must admit that I removed seeds and placenta before eating it!

 
You're one ahead of me....
 
Mine has begun to lose leaves wholesale. New growth is fine and flowering and pod-setting continues, but I think a 5 gallon pot is just. Not. Enough. Too late to repot too, I'd lose the pods I got.
 
Getting a heck of an education tho!!

 

[Malarky]

 
You're one ahead of me....
 

we know you're saving up for the "Biggest First Harvest Prize"

 

[MarcV]

 
You're one ahead of me....
 
Mine has begun to lose leaves wholesale. New growth is fine and flowering and pod-setting continues, but I think a 5 gallon pot is just. Not. Enough. Too late to repot too, I'd lose the pods I got.
 
Getting a heck of an education tho!!

Mine is losing leaves also...

 

[Pepper-Guru]

we know you're saving up for the "Biggest First Harvest Prize"

Think that's spoken for already...ha

 

[ColdSmoke]

285 + 20 (no pic) + 176 = 481g

 

[sobelri]

meh.....

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Guess I should harvest before heading out to the woods for a week....

 

[ColdSmoke]

Guess I should harvest before heading out to the woods for a week....

 
bow hunting?

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

 
bow hunting?

Not yet, trimming all the paths and shooting lanes and getting the food plot going while putting out all the additional cams. 

 

[Pepper-Guru]

5th Lemon Drop Harvest is in!
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
5th Harvest: 1088.4 grams
Total to Date: 5,193.2 grams
 

 

[MarcV]

My second harvest, good for an additional 11 grams!
Together with the 9 grams of previous harvest, that gives me a total of a whopping 20 grams! 
 

 

[Malarky]

108g Total