Megamoo's 2012/2013 Glog

gasificada · Jan 18, 2013

TheFanMan said:
this is a really good Indian food thread except where are the recipes?
Moo, i don't know why your posting pod pics in the Indian cooking thready, but some of them do look tasty

Yeah, moo, go start a glog or something....... :rofl:

DocNrock · Jan 18, 2013

Sucks about the pod damage. Wish I had a good suggestion. I'm sure you'll figure it out. We pour a lot of ourselves into growing these things. Painful when they become part of the unintended food chain.

megamoo · Jan 19, 2013

gasificada said:
Yeah, moo, go start a glog or something.......

Just wait until I start getting lots of pods. There will be more recipes and less shots of plants that'll be looking the same week to week.

DocNrock said:
Sucks about the pod damage. Wish I had a good suggestion. I'm sure you'll figure it out. We pour a lot of ourselves into growing these things. Painful when they become part of the unintended food chain.

There are a ton of green pods that must be due to ripen soon so I'm not that worried about a few damaged ones. With the mites its annoying because they can spread and spread and do so much damage. I'm really angry I had to use a chemical spray because it was all natural goodness up until then. (not counting the month or so they spent in a hydro system

)

On a good note, ALL of the massive pile of rat posion I had left at the point under the fence where the bastardos were getting in.... is gone! So at least thats one pest taken care of for now

Got lazy and didn't cook the Indian I was going to, but got it from the restaurant instead. It really is good quality. She asked me if I wanted mild medium or hot. I said hot and got the raised eyebrows and the, "Are you sure? it is really hot." I said its ok I eat chillies all the time but don't think she believed me. Must have gotten the `pretend hot` because it wasn't too much at all. I think next time I'll see if they do an extrahot.

Potted up 30 or so seedlings into their final pots today. Had a few more to do but it got dark so I'll finish it off tomorrow and take pictures then.

Did the layer of prawns experiment too. Hopefully it will grow big and green.

Lavatung · Jan 19, 2013

There's heaps of Indian grocers in Perth bud. Just google them. I make curries all the time, I've got every spice you could imagine.

Blue Flames · Jan 19, 2013

That's why Indians have trouble playing soccer every time the take a corner kick they build a shop

, heaps of gr8 places around

megamoo · Jan 20, 2013

Lavatung said:
There's heaps of Indian grocers in Perth bud. Just google them. I make curries all the time, I've got every spice you could imagine.

Blue Flames said:
That's why Indians have trouble playing soccer every time the take a corner kick they build a shop , heaps of gr8 places around

Yeah there is one a short drive from me, and they are apparently open sunday.... but I've come down with a serious case of `can't be fuct right now-itis`.

Also I ate that bhut jolokia pod yesterday and my guts don't feel good. I wouldn't have been able to eat one on its own so I had it with some Lasagne and something is not sitting right down there

Was pretty damn hot but I tried to swallow fast so it didn't hang around in my mouth. Still had a LOT of burn for a single pod as you would expect. Had strong flavour too. I can see why people who can manage to eat them, like them. Perhaps after the bear jumps through the ring of fire I'll feel better.

megamoo · Jan 20, 2013

Harvest in the dark and you get greenies

Stefan_W · Jan 20, 2013

Trying to figure out why you would harvest in the dark, and then I remembered that in Australia you get night in the daytime and vice versa

Nice looking pods! One of these days I'll have to ask you how you got the writing on the pictures. I have never done photo editing stuff.

megamoo · Jan 22, 2013

Stefan_W said:
Trying to figure out why you would harvest in the dark, and then I remembered that in Australia you get night in the daytime and vice versa

Nice looking pods! One of these days I'll have to ask you how you got the writing on the pictures. I have never done photo editing stuff.

That's why hats with flashlights on them and sleeping masks are our biggest industries.

I used Photoshop. You can do it easily with Paint which comes with windows, there are other free and easy programs too.

Here are some photos because I want progress in the garden so I think If I post something it will pull everything along. I have so many green pods that must be ready to turn its driving me crazy :crazy:

Recent harvest.

The Jonah pod has some rotting soft spots

More Orange Habs. Planted too many of them really but didn't plan the garden that well.
The Bhut Jolokias have a few tiny chew marks on them but they'll probably be good as long as I don't find anything inside.
Congo Browns I picked the other day have turned.

Old harvests have ripened on the bench.

You can also set up Photoshop to batch process files and put watermarks on them. I will have to figure it out so I can brand my name across everything

Can't really imagine why anyone would want to use any of my old photos, nothing too special.

Jalapenos are all turning now.

PeriPeri · Jan 22, 2013

Yea them Wallabies are strange folk. This is why they invented day/night cricket, so the aussies could stay awake and win a few :rofl:

Nice harvesting there megamoo... that's going to be a few bears jumping through rings of fire!!! Nice!

Lavatung · Jan 22, 2013

I'm in the same boat as you Moo. Soooo many green pods. At least you've got a few ripening for ya.

harry · Jan 22, 2013

megamoo said:
That's why hats with flashlights on them and sleeping masks are our biggest industries.

I used Photoshop. You can do it easily with Paint which comes with windows, there are other free and easy programs too.

Here are some photos because I want progress in the garden so I think If I post something it will pull everything along. I have so many green pods that must be ready to turn its driving me crazy

Recent harvest.

The Jonah pod has some rotting soft spots
More Orange Habs. Planted too many of them really but didn't plan the garden that well.
The Bhut Jolokias have a few tiny chew marks on them but they'll probably be good as long as I don't find anything inside.
Congo Browns I picked the other day have turned.

What do you plan on doing with the Jonah pod? I ate a small pod cut up into small pieces on Sunday night with dinner. I need to keep my fingers crossed that the moths do not find my plant.

Do you have any photos of the innards of the Congo Brown pods?

megamoo said:
Old harvests have ripened on the bench.

You can also set up Photoshop to batch process files and put watermarks on them. I will have to figure it out so I can brand my name across everything Can't really imagine why anyone would want to use any of my old photos, nothing too special.

How about a watermark where the letters of megamoo are on fire?

megamoo said:
Jalapenos are all turning now.

That's a good number of Jalapeño pods. I have some ripening on a couple of plants here.

megamoo · Jan 24, 2013

PeriPeri said:
Yea them Wallabies are strange folk. This is why they invented day/night cricket, so the aussies could stay awake and win a few

Nice harvesting there megamoo... that's going to be a few bears jumping through rings of fire!!! Nice!

After a nit of training the ring doesn't burn as hot. Now bears go leaping with no pain

Lavatung said:
I'm in the same boat as you Moo. Soooo many green pods. At least you've got a few ripening for ya.

As many pods as I'm getting I think the plants are still underproducing. After a long time of only water its time for some loiquid fertiliser.

harry said:
What do you plan on doing with the Jonah pod? I ate a small pod cut up into small pieces on Sunday night with dinner. I need to keep my fingers crossed that the moths do not find my plant.

Do you have any photos of the innards of the Congo Brown pods?

How about a watermark where the letters of megamoo are on fire?

That's a good number of Jalapeño pods. I have some ripening on a couple of plants here.

The Jonah pod was rotten

I'm yet to get a viable one but there are a few promising ones. One has just started to change colour.
Flaming watermark... hmmmm :think:

I'm getting all my Jalapeno pods ripening right now, but all the plants are about a third the size of my other plants. They've also had no liquid ferts for a long time like the big plants, but unlike the others they are in just plain sand soil and full sun so its no surprise.

Think I've said this before but I saved the seed from pods I bought at the supermarket, and I suspect the variety was specifically bred to stay green for a long time so that nice big green jalapeno pods could sit on the shelf for a long time. They really took a long time to ripen but each plant is really productive. I might try to grow these ones in much better conditions next time

I only just cut up the two little Congo Browns tonight and ate them in some Lasgane.

Very tasty. Different flavour to the habs i've been eating and not as hot, although they were mixed into some very greasy oily food.

These are a bunch of good pods.

...and these are the bad pods. Cut them all open and found most had rot and some had all the signs of a maggot chewing it out but I found no actual bugs. Each one had dropped off the plant, or I picked it because I noticed something bad about it, like a sting or hole, or strange colouration.

Bottom right is a yellow 7 that had a tiny hole and brown shite spreading inside.

Is this what fruit fly do ?

These are some big pods that I've got me eye on. Put my hand in the pictures for scale.

Fairly large Dorset Naga

Habanero Peach

7 Pot Yellow

The white stuff is from the sulphur I've been spraying on them to kill off the mites.
I was told by the guy at Biological Services that Lime Sulphur isn't the best thing because the residue can continue to kill beneficial bugs, He recommended Wettable Sulphur instead so I gave the plants another spraying down today. I suppose its working but can't really tell yet.

Sownseeds · Jan 24, 2013

Hi moo i take it the rotten pods are from plant in the green life soil company potting soil?

Trippa · Jan 24, 2013

megamoo said:
After a nit of training the ring doesn't burn as hot. Now bears go leaping with no pain

As many pods as I'm getting I think the plants are still underproducing. After a long time of only water its time for some loiquid fertiliser.

The Jonah pod was rotten I'm yet to get a viable one but there are a few promising ones. One has just started to change colour.
Flaming watermark... hmmmm

I'm getting all my Jalapeno pods ripening right now, but all the plants are about a third the size of my other plants. They've also had no liquid ferts for a long time like the big plants, but unlike the others they are in just plain sand soil and full sun so its no surprise.

Think I've said this before but I saved the seed from pods I bought at the supermarket, and I suspect the variety was specifically bred to stay green for a long time so that nice big green jalapeno pods could sit on the shelf for a long time. They really took a long time to ripen but each plant is really productive. I might try to grow these ones in much better conditions next time

I only just cut up the two little Congo Browns tonight and ate them in some Lasgane.

Very tasty. Different flavour to the habs i've been eating and not as hot, although they were mixed into some very greasy oily food.

These are a bunch of good pods.

...and these are the bad pods. Cut them all open and found most had rot and some had all the signs of a maggot chewing it out but I found no actual bugs. Each one had dropped off the plant, or I picked it because I noticed something bad about it, like a sting or hole, or strange colouration.

Bottom right is a yellow 7 that had a tiny hole and brown shite spreading inside.

Is this what fruit fly do ?

These are some big pods that I've got me eye on. Put my hand in the pictures for scale.

Fairly large Dorset Naga

Habanero Peach

7 Pot Yellow

The white stuff is from the sulphur I've been spraying on them to kill off the mites.
I was told by the guy at Biological Services that Lime Sulphur isn't the best thing because the residue can continue to kill beneficial bugs, He recommended Wettable Sulphur instead so I gave the plants another spraying down today. I suppose its working but can't really tell yet.

Those are some nice big looking pods moo!! Shame about your mushy ones ... hopefully you can get onto it and fix whatever is causing the issues.
I chose lime sulphur specifically for both mite control and fungal control as a kicker(as a couple of plants had shown signs of powdery mildew). I don't know that any sulphur is good for bugs so I wouldn't be to concerned. Just wash the plants down a couple of times in the mornings prior (or if you have some good rain) to releasing your good mites and you will be fine

Obviously you will need to wait a week or two as well before release... but I am sure you will be all over that with your contact with the bug people anyway

WalkGood · Jan 24, 2013

megamoo said:
... She asked me if I wanted mild medium or hot. I said hot and got the raised eyebrows and the, "Are you sure? it is really hot." I said its ok I eat chillies all the time but don't think she believed me. Must have gotten the `pretend hot` because it wasn't too much at all. I think next time I'll see if they do an extrahot. ...

Take her one of your most picante pods and tell her you eat them like candy

Beautiful pod pics, sad to hear of the damaged ones and bug issues, don't give up da war, I think we're all fighting them :/

DocNrock · Jan 24, 2013

Sucks about the damaged pods, MM, but the others look great. Good luck with the mite issue. I like the flaming watermark idea. Maybe you could have the last "o" in "Megamoo" be in flames...with a bear jumping through it.

PeriPeri · Jan 25, 2013

I have seen this in my milder pods... man that sucks... so close and all rotten inside. Man I would be so sour about that. How the hell do those critters survive inside those superhots?

stickman · Jan 25, 2013

Hi Moo
insect/fungus damage really sucks, but at least you've got some monster pods to console you. Is the Yellow 7 pod you pictured from Pepperlover.com?
Cheers

Trippa · Jan 25, 2013

Yeah that yellow 7 is ridiculous!!