contest Growdown Throwdown 2021 XL Antep Aci Cross

[dragonsfire]

Another three weeks time lapse.
Peppers growing now up to 6"

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Saw a few more....

next harvest will have to use a pan to weigh them...

3rd Harvest is 553g

48+419+553=1020g total to date

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Sweet pic!

 

[Bou]

First weigh-in of the season (finally!!): 3 pods for 341.7 grams.

Maybe 10 more to come but they are quite small and I'm not sure they will have time to grow much and fully ripen....

 

[dragonsfire]

First Pick 2oz.

 

[ColdSmoke]

My pepper plant broke under its own weight! well the main branch at least...that's going to cost me a few pounds.

 

[PaulG]

Dang, I hate to hear that, CS.
I was pulling for you for the PNW win!

 

[Mr.joe]

I'm gonna tap out early this year. I haven't been giving the garden the attention it deserves this year. Although my plant is growing well I was never a contender to win this thing. Family has done two harvests on my growdown plant ( they don't know that it is a competition plant) without any weigh ins. I still plan to follow along and send a gift to the winner. Good luck everyone

 

[Downriver]

Well, that's a bummer @Mr.joe , but life is certainly full of surprises. But hey, if your plant is doing well and you happen to pick some more pods, take a pic and throw it up here!

 

[Downriver]

...and taking my own advice, I've been a little lax in posting my pickins lol.

Here's my very first pod, picked 8/25

 

[Downriver]

...and here's my second picking a few days ago.

32.0 + 577.3 = 609.3g

 

[dragonsfire]

I found the lower end no heat and its the top part you have to watch out for when munching on them lol

 

[dragonsfire]

Something happened to my plants.
Pump stopped working I noticed a few days back and added a new one so air is getting into the water, other then that dont know why the change.

 

[PaulG]

@dragonsfire - wow sorry to see that, DF Is it possible
some contaminant got into the water? Looks like vascular
shutdown. I hope it bounces back

 

[dragonsfire]

I hope it was just the lack of oxygen, I didnt add any Nuits in the last top up, fingers crossed.

 

[Capsicum Connoisseurs]

Something happened to my plants.
Pump stopped working I noticed a few days back and added a new one so air is getting into the water, other then that dont know why the change.

Hi bud, is the water covering the roots fully or is there a gap between the net pot and the water?

 

[dragonsfire]

Gap

 

[Capsicum Connoisseurs]

Gap

How often do you change out the nutrients? Those roots are looking not so good. I'd say turn the lights off for a day, replace the nutrients after giving the reservoir a good clean and maybe throw some extra h202 in the solution. Can also spray down the roots with clean water.

 

[dragonsfire]

I dont, I adjust as they grow, always done the same, this is the first time this has happened.

 

[Capsicum Connoisseurs]

I dont, I adjust as they grow, always done the same, this is the first time this has happened.

What do you adjust, the pH or nutrients? Also how hot does it get in that box? Roots look almost like the water was too warm. I'm not a pro but I do know kratky which is slightly different to dwc but definitely similar and I reckon what I said would bring those boys back