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Growing Chiles in HEL - 2019

Today I took 27 pellets off the heat mats and transplanted them into their first small pots. Then I moved them into my temporary grow room (sauna) under the lights where they will spend the next 60 days or so until it's warm enough to move outside for the summer.
 
I've still got another 75 pellets on the heat mats and will move them to the lamps as they pop.
 
On the tray in the photo, there are two separate LED lamp rigs.
 
The lamp specs: 
 
Strip Length: 61 cm
Watts: 15 watts per strip (45 watts per rig)
Kelvin: 6400K
Lumens: 1500 per strip
PPFD (at 100mm distance): 399 µmol/s/m2 per strip
 
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podz said:
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Hort_306/reading/Reading%2010-2.pdf
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After reading this article, I was reminded of how bug holes
or other insect damage cause some pods to ripen ahead
of the others.

My standard procedure is to cut everything back about six
weeks before frost season - taking off all extraneous branch
tips that have no pods with a chance of ripening on them. Did
not think of that as falling into the same category until it was
mentioned in a post above.

Sorry to hear about the weather change, Mika.
 
PaulG said:
After reading this article, I was reminded of how bug holes
or other insect damage cause some pods to ripen ahead
of the others.

My standard procedure is to cut everything back about six
weeks before frost season - taking off all extraneous branch
tips that have no pods with a chance of ripening on them. Did
not think of that as falling into the same category until it was
mentioned in a post above.

Sorry to hear about the weather change, Mika.
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Paul, has this actually worked for you with pubes, cutting them back? I cut mine back about 4 weeks ago and didn't do shit for me. In fact, they started growing new leaves.
 
I didn't try it with individual pods as described in the paper.
 
CaneDog said:
As so often the case, one more warm sunny month would make so much difference.  Still, cool plants on the deck all season, great production, and loads of salsa for the cold months. Good stuff!
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Yep, now we have a lot of salsa verde coming up :-) I'll send you some Bishop's Hat seeds if you PM me your address.
 
podz said:
 
Paul, has this actually worked for you with pubes, cutting them back? I cut mine back about 4 weeks ago and didn't do shit for me. In fact, they started growing new leaves.
 
I didn't try it with individual pods as described in the paper.
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I cut my red rocotos back, but I'm not sure how
much effect it has, or for the other peppers, for
that matter. I haven't done a controlled experiment
to see how it really works. One benefit is that there
is less to clean up when all is said and done   ;)
 
PaulG said:
I cut my red rocotos back, but I'm not sure how
much effect it has, or for the other peppers, for
that matter. I haven't done a controlled experiment
to see how it really works. One benefit is that there
is less to clean up when all is said and done   ;)
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Another benefit is that they are less prone to getting flipped over by the autumn winds. Damned winds; I doubt I'd even have a crop this year if it weren't for the style of staking that I so shamelessly copied from you. Huge plants flipped over several times with minimal damage. I'd recommend that system for all growers who live in windy climates.
 
podz said:
Another benefit is that they are less prone to getting flipped over by the autumn winds. Damned winds; I doubt I'd even have a crop this year if it weren't for the style of staking that I so shamelessly copied from you. Huge plants flipped over several times with minimal damage. I'd recommend that system for all growers who live in windy climates.
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We have typhoon #19 coming in this weekend; trimming back just for that reason sounds like a great idea.
 
internationalfish said:
 
We have typhoon #19 coming in this weekend; trimming back just for that reason sounds like a great idea.
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Looks like Typhoon Hagibis caused some problems
there. Hope you weren't affected, 'Fish. Your balcony
peppers should have gotten a nice drink!
 
podz said:
Damn, Bro!
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Turned out to be the biggest to hit Japan (or maybe just Tokyo?) in the last 61 years.  :shocked:
 
PaulG said:
Looks like Typhoon Hagibis caused some problems
there. Hope you weren't affected, 'Fish. Your balcony
peppers should have gotten a nice drink!
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We ended up fine, thanks (though we sure got a hell of a dousing; the above-ground trains are still mostly out of commission, and other parts of Japan are having serious flooding issues right now). I brought the plants inside this time, fortunately, since they were the only thing that suffered last time.
 
Ugh, sorry about the thread hijack. I got confused when I realized these notifications weren't coming from my glog and then realized I'd commented about it in yours.  :surprised:
 
internationalfish said:
Ugh, sorry about the thread hijack. I got confused when I realized these notifications weren't coming from my glog and then realized I'd commented about it in yours.  :surprised:
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No worries, man.
 
This growing season is over for me. Now, we are still processing the harvest.
 
Made Rocoto Relleno yesterday for dinner. Used 24 green-ripe Manzano Rojos, stuffed with ground beef fried in enchilada sauce. Topped with grated cheddar cheese and slow-baked in the oven for an hour or so. Stomach is gonna pay for it in a few hours from now  :onfire:
 
podz said:
Made Rocoto Relleno yesterday for dinner. Used 24 green-ripe Manzano Rojos, stuffed with ground beef fried in enchilada sauce. Topped with grated cheddar cheese and slow-baked in the oven for an hour or so. Stomach is gonna pay for it in a few hours from now  :onfire:
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That is damn sexy, and I think I speak for everyone when I say you're a bastard for not posting pictures.
 
Looks yummy, Mika. How did the flavor
compare to the fully ripe pods?
 
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