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Growing Chiles in HEL - 2020

So this is it folks, I've recovered my password and bought 10 seedlings today from Jukka "Fatalii" Kilpinen. Didn't start any of my own seeds due to laziness, though I still might start some to sell.


Pubescens
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3 x Rocoto Marlene
2 x Big Brown
1 x Mini Rocoto
1 x Costa Rica

Annuum
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1 x Jalapeno Early

Baccatum
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1 x Lemon Drop

Chinense
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1 x Fatalii


Photos coming tomorrow when I clean the junk out of my sauna and establish the grow room again.
 
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Devv said:
Do you ever get any large hail?
 
In the late 90's I was still working at a car dealership as a fuel and emissions/computer controlled systems technician.
I was at a college campus in San Antonio for training and the wife emailed me about the 11"s of hail that hit our town. Some was larger than a baseball.
It took out windows on 3 sides of the cars, and damaged windows and roofs on houses. The kids were in the school buses (morning ride) and they got hammered as well.
About a year and a half later we got round 2 of that nonsense. Luckily for us we just got the pea sized stuff at the house.
 
I hope from now on your weather is warmer and calmer ;)
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Never seen any large sized hail in Finland because supercells are non-existent here (except for the gaming company). Back in 1993 while living in southwestern Germany we got a golf ball sized hail storm during the middle of the summer that completely totaled over ten thousand new (less than 5 years old) cars according to one insurance company.
 
Usually on the south coast of Finland, plants can go out during the day from middle of May and stay outside overnight starting around 7th of June or so. Two years ago, we had the hottest, longest summer in recorded history. Last summer, there was no proper summer. And this past winter, we barely had snow once and it was warmer at night in January than it is now. The weather is unpredictable anymore. I wouldn't mind if we'd permanently get those hot summers that the central Europeans keep complaining about.
 
Rocoto Mini is not such a mini plant!
 
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PaulG said:
Nice looking plant, Mika.
 
Is that a mini brown?
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Thanks, Paul.
 
It is supposed to be a mini brown, yes. I would really hang this plant instead of putting it in a box or ground pot. However, I don't have one single place to hang it where it would get sufficient sunlight. Recovered quite nicely from my overnute attack.
 
If it doesn't get warm enough soon, need to start trimming the plants back a bit as the sauna is getting full now.
 
Hmm, it's snowing sideways now! Temps 4 celcius (39f). According to the weather forecast, looks like it will be still 10 days or so before rocotos can go out at night. Maybe about the same before they go back out during the day. At least my mint and chives seem to be thriving outside regardless of this stuff.
 
Those look great, my friend!
 
Mine? A little ragged from being outside
through our variable weather and being
planted-out.
 
Keep up the good work, brothah!
 
Thanks, Paul.
 
Rocoto Costa Rica seems to be quite a bit like Manzano Rojo in a way that it does a heavy amount of systematic structuring / forking at first. Whereas a lot of the other rocoto varieties seem to just sprawl this way and that way, wherever they feel like it. It also has those soft, tender leaves like the Rojo - the ones that the moth worms love to destroy the growth tips at night every time there is a hatch (day or two after rainfall). Never really had that problem with any of the tougher-leafed pubes. Not quite sure what to do about those pests.
 
You've got a much longer growing season than we do here so I'm sure those ragged ladies are going to recover and produce nicely!
 
podz said:
Thanks, Paul.
 
Rocoto Costa Rica seems to be quite a bit like Manzano Rojo in a way that it does a heavy amount of systematic structuring / forking at first. Whereas a lot of the other rocoto varieties seem to just sprawl this way and that way, wherever they feel like it. It also has those soft, tender leaves like the Rojo - the ones that the moth worms love to destroy the growth tips at night every time there is a hatch (day or two after rainfall). Never really had that problem with any of the tougher-leafed pubes. Not quite sure what to do about those pests.
 
You've got a much longer growing season than we do here so I'm sure those ragged ladies are going to recover and produce nicely!
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Wish I had a good fix for the moth worms, Mika.
That has to be frustrating. I hate it when bugs take
the best part of the plant. What? the tough old leaves
aren't good enough? C'mon!
 
I'm sure my rocotos will eventually start to look decent.
I'd like to keep them indoors, but there just isn't enough
room. Or else, I need to downsize my grow  ;)
 
Don't know if it originally came from the same stock, but I've found the Rocoto Costa Rican Red from Semillas La Palma to be highly symmetrical in it's branching and just a great-looking plant, structurally - and all around for that matter. 
 
Seems like you're getting a great start to the season.  That's actually a bit scary given how big you can grow those rocotos once they get outside.
 
CaneDog said:
Don't know if it originally came from the same stock, but I've found the Rocoto Costa Rican Red from Semillas La Palma to be highly symmetrical in it's branching and just a great-looking plant, structurally - and all around for that matter. 
 
Seems like you're getting a great start to the season.  That's actually a bit scary given how big you can grow those rocotos once they get outside.
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Thanks, CD!
 
That was one of the plants I bought from Jukka, not sure from where he got the seeds. Is this Costa Rica going to be a massive plant? Just trying to think which size pot to use, or should I put it in one of the huge planter boxes? It might be a good candidate to put in the box in front of my hot tub so we can get a bit of privacy.
 
Yeah, I've never had rocotos at this growth stage even at plant out - and we still have 2-3 weeks to go. This rspec lamp has surpassed my wildest expectations. Plus, I always run 24-7 so they basically explode with growth a few hours after I feed them which is like every other day at this point.
 
 
 
Devv said:
The pubes are looking great buddy!
 
 
But I did get a chuckle from that line. I know, smack me.. :D
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Thanks, Scott!
 
It seems that I have found a potting mix that really enables explosive growth, doesn't dry out fast and basically cannot be overwatered - 70% Canna pro coco coir, 20% vermiculite and 10% perlite. I use the same mix in pots both inside and outside, except for the planter boxes which have regular bagged garden soil. Nutes are Canna Coco A + B, Canna CalMag and ocassionally Canna Rhizotonic.
 
Had to google that "forking" from urban dictionary to get your drift :-)
 
PaulG said:
Wish I had a good fix for the moth worms, Mika.
That has to be frustrating. I hate it when bugs take
the best part of the plant. What? the tough old leaves
aren't good enough? C'mon!
 
I'm sure my rocotos will eventually start to look decent.
I'd like to keep them indoors, but there just isn't enough
room. Or else, I need to downsize my grow  ;)
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Thanks, Paul!
 
Yeah, I need to continue searching how to handle those moth buggers :-)
 
I hear ya about the indoor space, bro, and they do eventually need to go outside. My wife pushed me to downsize our grow this year because last year it took over half of the terrace. Still, I think we're gonna wind up with a decent amount of fruit this autumn.
 
podz said:
Thanks, Paul!
 
Yeah, I need to continue searching how to handle those moth buggers :-)
 
I hear ya about the indoor space, bro, and they do eventually need to go outside. My wife pushed me to downsize our grow this year because last year it took over half of the terrace. Still, I think we're gonna wind up with a decent amount of fruit this autumn.
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Can't wait to see that deck loaded
up with c. pubescens!
 
Are you going to spread some containers
around in your thinned-out forest?
 
podz said:
 
Thanks, CD!
 
That was one of the plants I bought from Jukka, not sure from where he got the seeds. Is this Costa Rica going to be a massive plant? Just trying to think which size pot to use, or should I put it in one of the huge planter boxes? It might be a good candidate to put in the box in front of my hot tub so we can get a bit of privacy.
 
Yeah, I've never had rocotos at this growth stage even at plant out - and we still have 2-3 weeks to go. This rspec lamp has surpassed my wildest expectations. Plus, I always run 24-7 so they basically explode with growth a few hours after I feed them which is like every other day at this point.
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For me that CRR has been a pretty big plant and has some lateral reach on it too, but on an upward angle versus just sprawling sideways. There's bigger, but I'd put it around the top 1/3 from what I've seen.  I haven't gotten it into a bigger pot early, though, so I don't think I've seen its full potential.  I'll be curious to see how big yours can get and also if you pull bigger pods.  For me it's put out a good number of medium pods - and they're nice pods - but I bet it can do better.
 
podz said:
 
Thanks, CD!
 
That was one of the plants I bought from Jukka, not sure from where he got the seeds. Is this Costa Rica going to be a massive plant? Just trying to think which size pot to use, or should I put it in one of the huge planter boxes? It might be a good candidate to put in the box in front of my hot tub so we can get a bit of privacy.
 
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This is my Costa Rica Red from Jukka, just so you have an idea. 
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