Grow Log 2012
Scince a few years I only grow Capsicum pubescens.
This year I have got many plants over the winter an for that I wanted to cut back with growing new plants but that did not worl out so well.
So here's my Story....
I tried to get 252 pubescens plants over the winter and in January it was not looking so good with them so I looked into my seed box and picked out a few pubescens Seeds to Sow
The first were sowed on the 22nd of Jan.
I use an old Medical Fridge that also can be heated
After only 6 Days the first sprouts appeared
At that time the Capsicum pubescens that I was trying to get over the winter looked like this
So not so bad
And the new plants also had a good start
But then in Febuary we got hit by really cold weather and a lot off the plants from 2011 got damaged
4 Weeks after sowing the plant got transplanted
and after 4 more weeks it looked like this
They started to gow badly from thet point on
And some of the 2011 plants looked really promising and others not
So I sorted them and in the End there were 137 really good looking ones and around 50 that will still get a chance and the rest did not make it.
On the 1st of May the first 40L Pots (arounf 10 Gal.) were planted outside
Mid of May a late frost hit us and 11 plants had some frost damage
End of may a big bunch was takes care of
Scince a few years I only grow Capsicum pubescens.
This year I have got many plants over the winter an for that I wanted to cut back with growing new plants but that did not worl out so well.
So here's my Story....
I tried to get 252 pubescens plants over the winter and in January it was not looking so good with them so I looked into my seed box and picked out a few pubescens Seeds to Sow
The first were sowed on the 22nd of Jan.
I use an old Medical Fridge that also can be heated
After only 6 Days the first sprouts appeared
At that time the Capsicum pubescens that I was trying to get over the winter looked like this
So not so bad
And the new plants also had a good start
But then in Febuary we got hit by really cold weather and a lot off the plants from 2011 got damaged
4 Weeks after sowing the plant got transplanted
and after 4 more weeks it looked like this
They started to gow badly from thet point on
And some of the 2011 plants looked really promising and others not
So I sorted them and in the End there were 137 really good looking ones and around 50 that will still get a chance and the rest did not make it.
On the 1st of May the first 40L Pots (arounf 10 Gal.) were planted outside
Mid of May a late frost hit us and 11 plants had some frost damage
End of may a big bunch was takes care of
I saw a guy from australia use an old second hand swimming pool for this purpose. Good thing you are only growing 500 plants this year and not 2000 like previously. It is looking good some lovely shaped rocotos, the select yellow looks delicious.