Local's 1st Glog - Perth, Western Australia

Hey Everyone,
 
Quick intro, I'm from Perth in WA. Just bought a house recently so I now have some room to grow.
 
So I'm relatively new to this, I have only grown from seed once before but mostly just bought seedlings and grown them in pots.
 
Since I bought my new place I thought that it would be a good idea to plant my chillies in the ground instead of pots, well that was a mistake.
 
 
This is about two weeks after the replanting.
 

 
The winter has been a little longer than normal this year but they are bouncing back now with the weather heating up.
 
I now have all the seeds for this years grow;
 
- From Chilli Seed Bank
Scotch Bonnet Red
 
- From Hippy Seed Company
St Martin's Habanero
Butch T Scorpion
7 Pod Yellow
Sannam
Peach Fatali
Antillais Carribean
 

 
Have a budget setup for now to try to get these germinated, My light that I was using to keep them warm died last night so currently they may be a little cool but they are near a window during the day and closer to the middle of the room at night. 
 

 
I'll be looking at trying a DWC setup for a few of these plants once they are ready too.
 
Anyway, I'll keep you all updated as I go.
 
Thanks again,
Damien

 

[LocalFart]

Oh really? So there's hope? 
 
It would just be super awesome to surprise him with one

 

[LocalFart]

Update time - Hydro's starting to flower and outdoors starting to fruit.
 

 
Here is my whole setup for those who are interested, mind the mess 

 
My Sannam's are wayy higher than the bonnets so I'm having a little trouble keeping them off the lights. I may need to pot this one to free up room for the others

 
Outside plants have been hit with some pretty hot days, they are still surviving but there was about 3 or 4 days of pretty close to 40C heat.

 
My first Bhut

 

[Jase4224]

Looking good mate. I would totally mulch around those outside plants though.. couple of inches of CCC or lucerne mulch would be ideal.

 

[LocalFart]

Looking good mate. I would totally mulch around those outside plants though.. couple of inches of CCC or lucerne mulch would be ideal.

 
Yeah I've really been meaning to... I'll need to free up some cash I guess.

 

[LocalFart]

Update for the DWC -
 
So they are out growing the system. Looks like I will have to plant a few in pots outside to clear up some room...
But on the bright side. getting some flowers on one of the bonnets 

 

[LocalFart]

Actually crazy that the DWC has gone from
 
This:

To this in 3.5 weeks

 

[Trippa]

Awesome growth there bro ... Shows why DWC is so popular

 

[LocalFart]

Another update on the DWC, the outdoor ones haven't had too much change. and are just starting to flower now, so fingers crossed I can get some fruit before winter hits.
 
The DWC may be getting too big for me now. I think I will need to thin it out soon. I'm starting to get a few falling over or pushing the smaller ones over to get to the light.

 
The Bonnet in the Bucket is doing great still... I might make him his own lights so I can get a bit more room.

 
Here's the flowers from one of the unknowns, a few have started to drop which isn't a good sign I'll need to look into trying to get them fruiting.

 
Root systems are all still looking healthy, they've been in the same water a bit over a month now and the PPM is still over 1000 so I'll just leave them in there until it comes down a little.

 
I've taken the last of the seedlings that I had in the cups out from under the lights. I need to get them into pots but haven't had the time/cash to go and buy some.

 
Once the weather fines up a little I should be able to get some pics of the plants outside. There's a pretty mean looking Bhut out there.
 

 

[LocalFart]

As promised, have some pics of the garden today. The weather has fined up a little so it's given me a chance to thin out the DWC and plant some of the seedlings into pots. I'm not too sure what kind of harvest I will get this year but hopefully it'll be something and I may be able to overwinter quite a few of the plants ready for next season anyway.
 
So here's some pics.
Bhut thats coming along nicely.

 
Found this little guy today. Building an army

 
Now I'm also going to post a new thread to try to get some help but the leaves on all my outdoor plants have done this. It might have been because I was over watering them but I cut them right back to about once a week since I noticed and it's been about 3 weeks now with no improvement.

 
New homes.

 

[LocalFart]

Bad news time. I found bugs, I found alot of bugs...
Aphids, thips, Mealy bugs and more. So I decided to nuke my plants... no point in introducing predatory insects because it's the end of the season.
 
So I gave them a dose of these two to try and kill everything.

 
On the plus side. My DWC has it's first fruit

 
With plenty of flowers to follow, at the moment I'm manually pollinating the flowers with a que-tip, are there better ways to do it?

 
Here are the plants that I've pulled from the DWC and the shed. They seem to be doing okay, still not as good as some people on this forum can grow

 

[RaelThomas]

Bad news time. I found bugs, I found alot of bugs...
Aphids, thips, Mealy bugs and more. So I decided to nuke my plants... no point in introducing predatory insects because it's the end of the season.
 
So I gave them a dose of these two to try and kill everything.
 
On the plus side. My DWC has it's first fruit
 
With plenty of flowers to follow, at the moment I'm manually pollinating the flowers with a que-tip, are there better ways to do it?
 
Here are the plants that I've pulled from the DWC and the shed. They seem to be doing okay, still not as good as some people on this forum can grow

Worry not, I spent a fortune on my first big grow and got virtually nothing from (except experience!). When did you start your seeds? I'm thinking a tad late? I know it's colder here in Vic but ideally I would start in July. Not September, as I did this year.

Pity about the pests. I just got hit with some nasty aphids, too. Fortunately, the worst affected were my plants that never made it to the ground,so I turfed some of them.

What kind of lows do you get in winter where you are?

 

[LocalFart]

Yeah I started in August. But didn't give the seedlings enough lights so I had nearly 0 growth for about 3-4 months, it wasn't until I upgraded the lights that I got anywhere... definitely going to be prepared this year though... I'm going to start early and have the light cranked
 
But yeah there are only a few morning that will get down to zero here. and up next to the house wrapped up in shade cloth I'm hoping they survive and can get massive next season.

 

[Jase4224]

Or you could start late in October, so when your seeds sprout they can go straight out in the sun.. you should start getting fruit on them by January. Sound silly to start so late but believe me if they germ in the sun and go out right away they will catch up and go crazy.. and cost you next to nothing on electricity other than a heat mat to get them up.

 

[Trippa]

That Damage on the outdoor plants looks like Broadmites ... Looks like you have some great growth in the DWC ... Nice work

 

[LocalFart]

That Damage on the outdoor plants looks like Broadmites ... Looks like you have some great growth in the DWC ... Nice work

Yeah I'm thinking so too.. not having a great time with problems
 

Or you could start late in October, so when your seeds sprout they can go straight out in the sun.. you should start getting fruit on them by January. Sound silly to start so late but believe me if they germ in the sun and go out right away they will catch up and go crazy.. and cost you next to nothing on electricity other than a heat mat to get them up.

Hmm really? I thought that but I always seem to loose them outside. though. But I might try both methods see which ones better I guess. 

 

[LocalFart]

Alas the bad news keeps coming. Bugs have gotten into my DWC as well.. I'm guessing on the back of flys or moths?

 
But the outdoor plants are flowering now. even though I've pinched off most of the infested leaves.

 

[Jase4224]

The middl pic looks like just aphids, squash them as you see them if they get worse just try soapy spray.

 

[LocalFart]

Yeah I just squashed them. what about the white dots on the leaf? would that be mites?

 

[LocalFart]

Some good news, the garden is bouncing back after the savage beatdown it received.
 
Some of the flowers are taking hold and fruiting
 

 
The 7Pot

 
Habanero 

 
Bhut

 
Some of the ex-DWC and the seedlings that came out from the shed

 

 

[LocalFart]

Update.
 
So garden plants are coming along great. the recent sun has set them into bloom mode

 

 

 

 
And the DWC setup is coming along nicely had a little aphid outbreak, the dishwashing liquid seemed to make it worse so used some pyrethrin and killed them all