Megamoo's 2012/2013 Glog

gasificada · Dec 16, 2012

Thems is some gnarly Bhuts alright, moo! :cool:

Lakers24 · Dec 17, 2012

very nice poddage

Trippa · Dec 17, 2012

Very nice bhuts moo.... very nice indeed!!

megamoo · Dec 17, 2012

stickman said:
Hi Moo
It looks like the Annuums are on track... they do grow quicker than the Chinense varieties. I'd say just give them moderate Nitrogen when you transplant, and another moderate shot when they blossom, and that's it. You don't want bushes with lots of leaves and no flowers... That said, make sure they get enough magnesium and phosphate. They need more of that. Organic is better than chemical, so I'd say when you repot, work in lots of humus if you haven't already, plus a tablespoon each of dolomitic limestone and rock phosphate, and when they blossom, top-dress with the same.

Lavatung said:
it looks like moo is ontop of it

Well actually I need all the advice I can get because last season I had about 50 9 Litre buckets full of a soil mix which killed all of my plants. So far this season I've only had plants in small pots temporarily before they went into the ground. I'm a bit nervous about deciding on a soil mix for the large permanent home pots.

WalkGood said:
Moo nice glog and pics, enjoyed the read ... BTW when you posted the term "pod porn" in gasificada’s glog you had my wife going for a few minutes Edit: love the look your Bhut Jolokia pods

It's understandable because I always the ladies going

The pods are awesome aren't they

gasificada said:
Thems is some gnarly Bhuts alright, moo!

I think the parent pods weren't as bumpy. I do remember they gave me reflex hiccups just from the smell when I was deseeding them !

Lakers24 said:
very nice poddage

Cheers Lakers24. Thanks for stopping by

Trippa said:
Very nice bhuts moo.... very nice indeed!!

Thanks. They are looking scary.

PaulG · Dec 17, 2012

Just stopped by for a quick visit, Moo. Your grow is looking great!
Have a good Christmas.

megamoo · Dec 21, 2012

PaulG said:
Just stopped by for a quick visit, Moo. Your grow is looking great!
Have a good Christmas.

Thanks Paul Merry Christmas to you too

A quick update. I took about 100 photos of all the new buddage but macro photos don't really do it justice, because its a widespread mass budding going on. All the plants that are above about a foot are putting out buds, even the ones in pots.

Habanero Peach

Bih Jolokia

Jonah

7 Pot Yellow Hopefully I'll get a pod soon from this one.

Pimenta de Neyde no buds. Still in recovery after a total defoliation.

I spied a new Bhut Jolokia pod, looked at the photo and can see another new one hiding in the background

Jalapenos putting out some real meaty pods... and lots of them!

I was concerned that my lush garden was all nitrogen driven and leafy and they wouldn't produce but it seems they're having a go! The soil is sheep manure mixed with mushroom compost. Seems to be all they need right now, I've only been watering with plain water for a few weeks now. I thought they might like a dose of something with high PK for fruiting but I'm so wary of poisoning them I'm going to leave it unless there is an obvious sign of deficiency.

I've read that chillies will set pods when the nighttime temp rises to a certain level. Certainly getting hot here! Xmas and the week following is shaping up to be a scorcher. Will probably see flower drop.

Merry Christmas everyone :cheers:

WalkGood · Dec 21, 2012

Very nice podage

Trippa · Dec 21, 2012

Looking good moo. Yeah that's my biggest issue here during January and Feb keeping the temps down.

gasificada · Dec 22, 2012

You honestly have no idea what you are in for, moo. If you don't understand now, don't worry, you will in the not too distant future.... trust me.

Looking fantastic! :onfire:

Oh yeah and that sheep poo is magic stuff! Gotta thank Trips for getting me onto that one.

wildseed57 · Dec 22, 2012

You've come a long way, your grow looks great all up where you can see any wayward snakes that might slip in. I like those long slim peppers they remind me of some that I have, and Bhuts look like they would be on the mean side, even green they can have a strong bite to them. I make a fermented green Jalapeno sauce that I throw in a few green bhuts to bring up the heat level they do a great job at bringing on the heat. Yours are more bumpy and twisted than mine are though.

megamoo · Dec 22, 2012

WalkGood said:
Very nice podage

Thanks... I can't wait for it to ripen!!

Trippa said:
Looking good moo. Yeah that's my biggest issue here during January and Feb keeping the temps down.

Thanks Trippa. Already noticed some flower drop. I was going to rig up a misting hose above them but I think I'll just get out there and spray them with a garden hose on the nasty hot days. Hopefully the garden bed is big and deep enough to keep the soil cool, but I can mulch it if I have to.

gasificada said:
You honestly have no idea what you are in for, moo. If you don't understand now, don't worry, you will in the not too distant future.... trust me.

Looking fantastic!

Oh yeah and that sheep poo is magic stuff! Gotta thank Trips for getting me onto that one.

I hope I get buried under a pile of pods .

I have the facilities to handle masses of pods, might not have the time though!

wildseed57 said:
You've come a long way, your grow looks great all up where you can see any wayward snakes that might slip in. I like those long slim peppers they remind me of some that I have, and Bhuts look like they would be on the mean side, even green they can have a strong bite to them. I make a fermented green Jalapeno sauce that I throw in a few green bhuts to bring up the heat level they do a great job at bringing on the heat. Yours are more bumpy and twisted than mine are though.

Thanks wildseed. If you saw my last season's glog you'd know how far its come! Complete turnaround... its only just midseason though. Got a fish on the hook, still got to reel it in.

The other side of the blue fence is a large open verge area next to a busy road, but on the other side of that is some bushland.... and there are plenty of snakes in Australia!! in case you didn't know

So its not too improbable an idea that I'd get a visitor. Had a blue tongue lizard last year in a different place. Always keep an eye out.

Purely by chance the the garden bed is the prefect height for standing and checking out the plants with no back strain. 1000% better than my last house.

The jolokia parent pods were definitely hot so I'm expecting nuclear nastiness.

Sownseeds · Dec 22, 2012

Your plants are starting to take of moo , your gota love this time of year when you start to see pods , make all the hard work worth it..

stickman · Dec 22, 2012

Most Excellent Moo! Glad to hear your plants are gearing up for mega-poddage. :dance:

megamoo · Dec 23, 2012

Sownseeds said:
Your plants are starting to take of moo , your gota love this time of year when you start to see pods , make all the hard work worth it..

stickman said:
Most Excellent Moo! Glad to hear your plants are gearing up for mega-poddage.

Thanks guys. Poddage is awesome but ripened poddage is better!

Put some new ones into pots today. I managed to get 2 and half buckets of worm castings from my worm farm so I mixed some into the soil mix. I had used a coco-peat expandable brick as bedding for the worms and they hadn't finished eating it all so its a mix of worm castings and coco-peat.

Not much else happening.

Jamaica Scotch Bonnet turning up to the party.

Trinidad 7 Pot Jonah showing some curves

Congo Brown trying to overwhelm with superior numbers

Dorset Naga finally delivering after a few empty promises

Yellow 7 Pot is being shy but she'll come round.

I think I may be spending too much time with my chilies :oops:

but at least they aren't talking back.... yet :scared:

Pruned back my tomato plants because they were going nuts and trying to take over the world!

Found this under one. I had it labelled as Aunty Ruby's Green but from the looks I mixed up the labels and it's a Brandywine.

Just like this one

megamoo · Dec 23, 2012

These are the sauces seen earlier in my glog with labels. (Third post I've made on THP about them... guess I'm proud of myself

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Trippa · Dec 23, 2012

lookout mega has got sauces and pods soon to be coming out the whazoo!!

Nice work bro and to think how you have turned things around from your last season!! Nice. Thats called learning from your mistakes!!

Stefan_W · Dec 23, 2012

You labels look at lot like my pug!

Very nice work, Moo!

gasificada · Dec 23, 2012

megamoo said:
These are the sauces seen earlier in my glog with labels. (Third post I've made on THP about them... guess I'm proud of myself )

Love the labels!! Are you planning on marketing these bad boys or just doing the whole seal and all that for fun?

megamoo · Dec 23, 2012

Trippa said:
lookout mega has got sauces and pods soon to be coming out the whazoo!!

Nice work bro and to think how you have turned things around from your last season!! Nice. Thats called learning from your mistakes!!

Thanks Trippa. See the Churchill quote in my signature... it's good advice.

Stefan_W said:
You labels look at lot like my pug!

Very nice work, Moo!

He was my old dog from a few years ago. He was a really cool laid back dog too, not as mindless and insane as pugs can be. I miss the way they grunt and snore

gasificada said:
Love the labels!! Are you planning on marketing these bad boys or just doing the whole seal and all that for fun?

They look so much better on the computer! Crappy home printer sucks all the life out of them. It's a trial run for many things, I'm still refining the recipes but can't really consider making them commercially until I start to get a good harvest.

Stefan_W · Dec 24, 2012

Pugs are definitely big on making funny noises. They could never survive in the wild because they wouldn't be able to sneak up on anything.