Short little bio about myself - always loved hot peppers ( mainly jalapeno/habenero/scotch bonnets because thats what they had in stores ) and it wasn't until last winter when my Trinidadian friend hooked me up with some of his mothers hot sauce made from some super hots. Not only did they burn the hairs that haven't grown yet, they did a great job of burning everything - I'm pretty sure the main drain from the house even suffered. I became addicted. Last Spring while shopping for tomatoes for the garden, I ended up buying habs, bonnets, bhut jolokias and a couple other pepper plants. Did a little bit of research, formulated my grow medium ( 1/4 peat, 1/4 vermi/perli. 1/4 sand and rest sheep manure with a few sprinkles of powdered sulfur from the local grow shop ) and boom - I started growing. The jolokias did poorly although I did get a handful of fruit from them, habs didn't do anything, bonnets pumped out fruit non stop. Neighbours thought I was nuts running around with a paint brush molesting my flowers - screw them.
Fast forward to this year. The shop ended up buying new varieties so I got a bunch. This year each plant has its own pot, most pots are pretty big. The soild medium hasn't changed - 1/4 peat - 1/4 sand - 1/4 perli/vermi - 1/4 sheep goo... these fractions aren't stable... toward the end I ran out of sand so some pots don't have any, which I compensated using perli/vermi. Each pot got a little bit of potting mix thrown in to "fill" up the pots. Also have the powdered sulfur in there with them. When I purchased them last week they weren't in the sun at the garden center. Because we still have cool nights here in Toronto I put them into my old mans greenhouse amongst his lettuce and tomatoes. Its gets nice and warm and has pretty high humidity. They have been in here for a week. Gave them each a cup of dechlorinated warm water once I planted them but thats it... soil has moisture. They get about 4-6 hours sunlight in the green house right now. Heres the grow op.
I got back from vacation yesterday and noticed a few leaves that look like trouble. Naturally I hit google and found this site. I have been reading through the backpages but the information is overwhelming right now - yes, I'm a total noob when it comes to growing... this is my second year. I had a similar situation last year whch I thought was due to overly moist medium ( we had a really wet summer last year and I got lazy moving the pots in and out of the rain ). However now I'm assuming it wasn't the water rather something in the soil. Reading a recent topic here I beleive my medium may be to "hot" or something went wrong with transplanting.
I have noticed that the plants grew just a bit from last week, tiny new beautiful green leaves are coming however the following is starting to concern me.
This is a leave of my trinidad scorp. Those brown spots are worrying me. I swear the spots are growng right in front of my eyes... I've went to check on them at least 5 times today. My other plant has tiny similar spots starting to form.
This here was labelled the "Reaper" - sounded badass so I purchased a couple. Here the brown spots can be seen again.
We have a decent forcast coming up in a day and I will start putting them outside in drect sun for several hours a day before I put them out in full sun. I'm watching the forcast carefully for any signs of rain and will slowly adjust my plants to living in full sun.
Back to the researching I go - look forward to contributing to the forums soon
Fast forward to this year. The shop ended up buying new varieties so I got a bunch. This year each plant has its own pot, most pots are pretty big. The soild medium hasn't changed - 1/4 peat - 1/4 sand - 1/4 perli/vermi - 1/4 sheep goo... these fractions aren't stable... toward the end I ran out of sand so some pots don't have any, which I compensated using perli/vermi. Each pot got a little bit of potting mix thrown in to "fill" up the pots. Also have the powdered sulfur in there with them. When I purchased them last week they weren't in the sun at the garden center. Because we still have cool nights here in Toronto I put them into my old mans greenhouse amongst his lettuce and tomatoes. Its gets nice and warm and has pretty high humidity. They have been in here for a week. Gave them each a cup of dechlorinated warm water once I planted them but thats it... soil has moisture. They get about 4-6 hours sunlight in the green house right now. Heres the grow op.
I got back from vacation yesterday and noticed a few leaves that look like trouble. Naturally I hit google and found this site. I have been reading through the backpages but the information is overwhelming right now - yes, I'm a total noob when it comes to growing... this is my second year. I had a similar situation last year whch I thought was due to overly moist medium ( we had a really wet summer last year and I got lazy moving the pots in and out of the rain ). However now I'm assuming it wasn't the water rather something in the soil. Reading a recent topic here I beleive my medium may be to "hot" or something went wrong with transplanting.
I have noticed that the plants grew just a bit from last week, tiny new beautiful green leaves are coming however the following is starting to concern me.
This is a leave of my trinidad scorp. Those brown spots are worrying me. I swear the spots are growng right in front of my eyes... I've went to check on them at least 5 times today. My other plant has tiny similar spots starting to form.
This here was labelled the "Reaper" - sounded badass so I purchased a couple. Here the brown spots can be seen again.
We have a decent forcast coming up in a day and I will start putting them outside in drect sun for several hours a day before I put them out in full sun. I'm watching the forcast carefully for any signs of rain and will slowly adjust my plants to living in full sun.
Back to the researching I go - look forward to contributing to the forums soon
Already looking for more room to place some pots... neighbours yards looks prime 
