Mankeli's chili plants in Finland

Hello!

So.. i'm 25 year old guy from Finland and i love chilis very much!! I have been growing now for 3 years. It's still snow on the ground here and pretty cold, so my plants are still indoors. On sunny days i have took few plants to outside for a while. Here's my list and some photos for this season:

Black Pearl
Black Pearl/Chinense (It was Black Pearl seed i planted but the flowers are from Chinense chili.. interesting mix)
Brown Large Habanero
Champion x Bhut Jolokia
Peruvian White Habanero
Aji Habanero
Aji Cristal
Gumdrop
Cayenne
Orange Habanero
Bhut Jolokia x Trinidad Perfume

Here's almost 3 years old Cayenne

Black Pearl

Bhut Jolokia x Trinidad Perfume.. about 1,5 years old.

Orange Habanero.. also 1,5 years old.

Champion x Bhut Jolokia.. rare mix. Grows like Champion but has Chinense type flowers.

Little one's enjoying the sun!

This one is Black Pearl and some chinense mix. Thought it's Black Pearl but it has Chinense type flowers.

Cayenne pod

I hope it's soon warmer here so i could take all chilis to outdoors.. but it doesnt look too good. For next two weeks it's like +5 degrees and not very sunny. Yesterday and day before it was snowing more again. So the growing season is pretty short in here.. i dont like that! Hope the summer is warm and sunny!

 

[Mankeli]

Yea you're right, the name is Bergen. That's north west from where I live, I'm living on the most southern part of Norway almost.

Sure are lot's of mountains here, only once been to Bergen though so don't remember how it's there. Though the nature in Finland was not that different? Just thousands of lakes and a bit more flat?

I don't know a lot about what the Rocotos can handle, my first year growing them. One thing for sure that it's grown bigger and faster than all my other peppers in my hydroponic unit. The one I put outside in greenhouse is still small, in soil though.

Looking forward to getting some Rocoto pods, had like 60 flowers drop and no peppers formed. Only thing I can think of is that my watering schedule in my hydroponic unit is too much so I will cut down on that and hopefully that solves the flower drop issue!

Last summer sure was rubbish, rain, rain and more rain. No sun to boost the growth of plants. Hopefully warmer and less rain this summer. You "Howster" are lucky to be more south than me! Easier to produce peppers hehe

Yeah.. Nature in Finland is much the same as Norway i think too. And you're right that here is many lakes and more flat. Here should also be lots and lots of forest but almost all forest has been chopped down and sold somewhere.. there's only few "real" forests left..all other forests are totally raped by human.. that i dont like!

Rocotos are not the best plants to grow inside.. that is maybe one reason why flowers are falling off. Soon as you get sun shine and you can get them outside i think they start to make pods.. My Rocotos started to make pods last summer when i got them outside.. indoors they growed and made just few flowers but no pods. Rocotos arent the easiest chilis.. but after you taste your first pod you will be in love!

Last summer was one of the best summers in Finland.. was so warm and sunny! Hope this summer is good too..

 

[Mankeli]

Not much has happen with chilis lately. So here's few off-topic photos..

Water

Salix buds

Lasius niger

My eye.. damn it's hard to take a photo of your own eye! Some day i take a perfect photo.

 

[Mankeli]

Some photos i took today:

Black Pearl x Bolivian Rainbow

Champion x Bhut Jolokia

Aji Habanero

Peruvian White Habanero

Zen Grow hydro. Aji Cristal & Gumdrop

Paavo & Mandarine

 

[Mankeli]

Some bug in my chili.. i think he can stay!

Coccinellidae

Very small spider.. love them!

 

[ABKorhonen]

Amazing pics! Nice to see other Finns here.

 

[Mankeli]

Amazing pics! Nice to see other Finns here.

Thanks! Yeah.. cool indeed! Hehe!

 

[Mezo]

Dam that`s some good shit you fins grow.

Mezo.

 

[Mankeli]

Dam that`s some good shit you fins grow.

Mezo.

Lmao! Yea.. that is so true mate..

 

[Mankeli]

I was at forest yesterday taking some photos:

 

[Mankeli]

Few photos:

Manzano Rojo

Peruvian White Habanero

Greetings from Finland!

 

[Beehunter]

Great pics as always! How many pods does your peruvian white have on it?

 

[Mankeli]

Great pics as always! How many pods does your peruvian white have on it?

Thanks mate! Smaller Peruvian white has maybe two pods on it. Larger one has maybe 15 pods. Still very small ones.. hope they grow fast. Its still freeking cold weather here.. only +8 in shadow. Seems like the summer is never here..

Here's few photos i took today:

Peruvian white habanero #2. I just changed it to a bigger pot.

Rock Rock

Brown Large Hab is finally growing a bit and has some flowers coming.

Gumdrop and Aji Cristal

Melothria scabra

Bunny

Birdy

Some kind of centipede.. funny looking dude! ;D