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Guru's Garden - Traveling the World in Search of Peppers

Just starting this glog now so it's one less thing to do in a few months when I'm knee deep in compost and getting things in the ground.
 
Not much to report at the moment. Strains yet to be determined, but I'll probably end up growing too many like always...lol
 
 
Only thing that's going on right now is a clean back patio and the chickens doing their part turning over my compost pile on the daily. Intersted in seeing how the soil microbes appreciate the added chicken poop!
 
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Hope everyone has had a decent winter so far and here's to happy germination!
 
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EDIT UPDATE: This glog has turned into an ongoing overwintering, greenhouse and soil building how-to!
 
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“.... The actual causes of BER are obviously the effects of abiotic stress, e.g. by salinity, drought, high light intensity, heat, and ammonia nutrition, resulting in an increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS), high oxidative stress and finally cell death. .....Bioactive gibberellins (GAs) reduce the accumulation of Ca2+ but increase the susceptibility to stress and the risk of BER, while abscisic acid (ABA) has the opposite effect ....Ca2+ stabilizes cell structures and may thus limit cell expansion. It is usually sufficiently available for plant development and therefore Ca2+ deficiency is rare in nature....”
 
 
They tested plant material before BER symptoms and found plenty of calcium availability, then only after BER symptoms were levels of calcium beginning to diminish, then without adding ANY ADDITIONAL calcium to the medium, plants recovered fully after treating with abscilic acids... So....that settles that...
 
There is no world wide shortage of calcium availability in soil, plants don't even need that much to begin with, specifically capsicum. 
 
 
 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263391801_Why_calcium_deficiency_is_not_the_cause_of_blossom-end_rot_in_tomato_and_pepper_fruit_-_a_reappraisal
 
Got all the plants mulched with that good ole long needle Ga pine straw today...
 
 
This mix dries super quick as its very airy due to the sand contained into the particular compost I went with this season. The straw will provide a vapor barrier and act as a moisture retention mulch, generally producing nice mycelium growth at the soil surface.
 
Also, all plants are being soil drenched with fish hydrolysate as we speak. 
 
 
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PaulG said:
Looks great, Rich!
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Thanks dude! I hope to begin harvesting soon :) I'm seeing some ripening finally starting to occur and plants are loaded. Hit all 108 main plants with fish hydrolysate this week and will hit all the backups in #1 gallons on the tables with it too. A couple of plants out of 108 may need to be replaced with backups due to some variance I'm seeing with early pods that I don't necessarily like, but I'll wait it out. Sometimes the shapes end up stabilizing after the initial early growth. 
 
 
 
 
Made a quick video today for a series I am calling "Experiments In Hybridizing" 
 
This time attempting an interspecific cross. Cumari Pollux (C. Praetermissum) x Jack Patton Rooster Spur (C. AnnuumxFrutescens) Likely a stubborn one, but I enjoy a challenge and won't stop trying :) 
 
Hope you enjoy! 
 
https://youtu.be/bkO6C0wI0Ec
 
Pepper-Guru said:
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I'd believe you even if you told me I could get different phenotypes on the same plant.
 
Hey, were you able to get the full-text article for the BER study you link above? I tried but no one ever responded. I'd like to see it all to sort out some of the "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" conclusions.
 
As in. "From a review of the relevant literature it is concluded that Ca2+ deficiency is not the cause but a result of blossom-end rot (BER) in tomato and pepper fruit."
 
DWB said:
 
I'd believe you even if you told me I could get different phenotypes on the same plant.
 
Hey, were you able to get the full-text article for the BER study you link above? I tried but no one ever responded. I'd like to see it all to sort out some of the "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" conclusions.
 
As in. "From a review of the relevant literature it is concluded that Ca2+ deficiency is not the cause but a result of blossom-end rot (BER) in tomato and pepper fruit."
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I need someone cooler than myself to hook me up on access for the full texts!
 
SLCR Original vs Growdown Pheno
 
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Growdown Pheno
 
 
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First Modest Growdown Harvest
 
 
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Ghost Giant Chocolate
 
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Cabai Burung Ungu
 
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Cuzco Red Baccatum
 
 
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C. Rhomboideum
 
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Cumari Flibu
 
 
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Biquinho
 
 
 
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Parting Shot down one row...
 
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