contest Growdown Throwdown 2023

[Pepper-Guru]

Way too many flowers indeed, you should get rid of most of them before it's too late...

It’s true. I hear the way to win these things is to pick all the early flowers, so you should definitely give it a try.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

you buggers - leave the girl alone

 

[Bou]

you buggers - leave the girl alone

Nah, this growdown really needs a little spice! The last 3 seasons felt more like a battlefield, it's been way too "soft" around here... so far!

 

[Simcows]

I invited it and @Pepper-Guru this is after I’d stopped pinching!

honestly though so far I’m very pleased with this first flush, grow off or not. My plant even has a resident spider now which I’m now taking name suggestions for!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Nah, this growdown really needs a little spice! The last 3 seasons felt more like a battlefield, it's been way too "soft" around here... so far!

that sounds like fightin' talk podna

I have no idea what that means but it sounds as though I'm serious

 

[Bou]

that sounds like fightin' talk podna

I have no idea what that means but it sounds as though I'm serious

Fair enough...

 

[skullbiker]

Well, since it's the 4th of July I might as well celebrate with a weigh-in.
131g and a couple good stripeys. Total now: 242g

And, off of the back-up plant a couple stripeys and a "PeppaOrange"(all dark).

 

[Bou]

Savage...

Well done @skullbiker, nice Independence Day haul

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Well, since it's the 4th of July I might as well celebrate with a weigh-in.
131g and a couple good stripeys. Total now: 242g

And, off of the back-up plant a couple stripeys and a "PeppaOrange"(all dark).

Y’all are in so much trouble!

 

[skullbiker]

Y’all are in so much trouble!

I thought that same thing...............until the hail had passed!
Good luck to all and remember you can't always predict nature.

 

[ColdSmoke]

I'm in last place right now...but finally planted out. I figured if I waited until July, you bitches would have a chance.

Sincerely,

WorstToFirst

 

[Bou]

I'm in last place right now...but finally planted out. I figured if I waited until July, you bitches would have a chance.

Sincerely,

WorstToFirst

Oh yeah!! I feel like the "true spirit" of this comp is finally back! In another context I would wish you luck, but I'm afraid I won't...! (nothing personal here @ColdSmoke)

 

[Crazy Monkey]

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

 

[Deadpouk]

First harvest from the contest plant, 65 g

The pods do take time to ripen.
The plant is loaded.

 

[Simcows]

hey, question re: seed preservation for the grow off. Is there a preferred method? Let them dry in the pods, or out of the pods?

 

[Bou]

Damn PeppaPeach, SRP & close relatives; they are certainly in no hurry to fully ripen...!

 

[Deadpouk]

Damn PeppaPeach, SRP & close relatives; they are certainly in no hurry to fully ripen...!

Yeah they take forever to ripen.

Needed some peppers for cooking, harvested 3 from the contest plant.

Total 65+29=94g
I have a lot of young pepper drop at the moment. What could cause this?
Plant keeps on growing strong.

 

[skullbiker]

I picked these on Friday and finally weighed them today.
135g for a total of 377g.

I also found this on my growdown plant last week.

And jus before being totally chopped to pieces.

 

[skullbiker]

Yeah they take forever to ripen.

Needed some peppers for cooking, harvested 3 from the contest plant.

Total 65+29=94g
I have a lot of young pepper drop at the moment. What could cause this?
Plant keeps on growing strong.

Nice load of pods, I read somewhere that the pods ripen faster if you brush them with battery acid.......just sayin'.

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Damn PeppaPeach, SRP & close relatives; they are certainly in no hurry to fully ripen...!

Sister line. You must not be using a high enough concentration on your Epsom salt/diesel foliar spray. Try mixing directly in watering can together!