Megamoo's 2012/2013 Glog

megamoo · Jan 25, 2013

WalkGood said:
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 :/

Yeah but if she says prove it I might be in trouble

DocNrock said:
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.

That's an awesome idea for a logo... might have to make it my own

PeriPeri said:
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?

Some of it is maggots or caterpillars, there were three pods with very large entry holes little buggers don't feel the heat... most of it is rot from fungus or some other similar disease. Possibly caused by bad potting mix, definitely not helped by me planting them twice as close together as I should have.

stickman said:
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

I''m pretty sure the Yellow 7 pots are from thehippyseedco. I have some other yellow 7 pots from cappy but they are still small and no producing yet.

Trippa said:
Yeah that yellow 7 is ridiculous!!

I know its a bit of a monster!

Did some potting up today. Followed sownseeds advice for a mix which is similar to Neil's but with perlite in it. The baileys soil improver that is a large portion of it is nice and fluffy soil, quite impressed with it actually, hope it goes ok.

Most were annuums but you can see on the right a yellow moruga scorpion I rescued from bunnings

Already got two growing I started from seed but it looked at me with those big flower bud/eyes and I couldn't help myself.

Still got to connect drippers to 30 of them but after that my work in establishing the garden should be all done! No more potting up seedlings, everything is in its final place. Now it should be all maintenance and feeding and harvesting.

I gave the plants a foliar spray with some seasol seaweed and some chilli focus in the morning, and this afternoon I swear the plants look all perky. Its one of those things that you can't say exactly what it is but they just look happy. After the last spray of sulphur the mite population should be close to zero right now.

We are getting lots of sunny days and the pace of ripening is really picking up now. This is today's harvest.

Trippa · Jan 25, 2013

Sounds like you have it all sorted moo!! My yellow 7s can be quite large too and are also from THSC ..haven't seen any that big though!! Although it is severely root bound which doesnt help!! Make sure you give those pods a good clean moo .. sulphur tastes weird

DocNrock · Jan 25, 2013

Great looking pod shots! The final up pots look happy in their new shoes. So I gather your Bunnings is like our Home Depot or Lowe's. Awesome that they had a Yellow Moruga Scorpion. I don't think our home improvement mega-marts would ever stock anything like that. Maybe this year they will surprise me.

Great feeling when you finish a day of working on these guys and you look at them and they seem happy and healthy. Glad to hear the mites are under control.

Trippa · Jan 25, 2013

I think it is only in his part of the world . My local bunnings won't stock them. They are grown by a member here (although I haven't seen her for quite a while) Candice (wildfire Chilli's) so that's why the bunnings have them

WalkGood · Jan 25, 2013

megamoo said:
Yeah but if she says prove it I might be in trouble

lol, then just ask them to chop it up and use to spice up your dish, I’m sure they’ll be as impressed as we all are with your beautiful pods

megamoo said:
Some of it is maggots or caterpillars, there were three pods with very large entry holes little buggers don't feel the heat... most of it is rot from fungus or some other similar disease. Possibly caused by bad potting mix, definitely not helped by me planting them twice as close together as I should have. … …

While sad, I think we all learn from year to year from these things, you’re still getting great pods, thank JAH

megamoo said:
… Still got to connect drippers to 30 of them but after that my work in establishing the garden should be all done! No more potting up seedlings, everything is in its final place. Now it should be all maintenance and feeding and harvesting. …

You do know this is wishful thinking

our work is never done, hehe

megamoo said:
I gave the plants a foliar spray with some seasol seaweed and some chilli focus in the morning, and this afternoon I swear the plants look all perky. Its one of those things that you can't say exactly what it is but they just look happy. After the last spray of sulphur the mite population should be close to zero right now. …

Sounds nice, did you make the seaweed spray or buy a specific kind? I’m currently making some home brew seaweed spray and it should be done mid to late February, hopefully it will work as good as yours. I also took some fresh seaweed and place around the soil on my best plants, not sure if I’m imagining as well but I think the same as you stated about my plants as few days later

megamoo said:
… We are getting lots of sunny days and the pace of ripening is really picking up now. This is today's harvest.

Great harvest, beautiful pod pics and enjoy the fruits of your hard labors

DocNrock · Jan 25, 2013

Trippa said:
I think it is only in his part of the world . My local bunnings won't stock them. They are grown by a member here (although I haven't seen her for quite a while) Candice (wildfire Chilli's) so that's why the bunnings have them

Ah, gotcha!

megamoo · Jan 25, 2013

Trippa said:
Sounds like you have it all sorted moo!! My yellow 7s can be quite large too and are also from THSC ..haven't seen any that big though!! Although it is severely root bound which doesnt help!! Make sure you give those pods a good clean moo .. sulphur tastes weird

The lime sulphur smelt strongly of rotten eggs but the wettable sulphur had not much odour at all.

DocNrock said:
Great looking pod shots! The final up pots look happy in their new shoes. So I gather your Bunnings is like our Home Depot or Lowe's. Awesome that they had a Yellow Moruga Scorpion. I don't think our home improvement mega-marts would ever stock anything like that. Maybe this year they will surprise me.

Great feeling when you finish a day of working on these guys and you look at them and they seem happy and healthy. Glad to hear the mites are under control.

Yeah Bunnings is a giant warehouse sized hardware and gardening store. In the last decade they have completely demolished all the smaller competition and run them out of business. They have been dominant and alone until recently when another big store has started up.to compete. They once had knowledgeable staff and good quality stuff now its all cheapest crap and high prices, and you are guaranteed a blank stare if you ask a question of the staff now.

Trippa said:
I think it is only in his part of the world . My local bunnings won't stock them. They are grown by a member here (although I haven't seen her for quite a while) Candice (wildfire Chilli's) so that's why the bunnings have them

DocNrock said:
Ah, gotcha!

Yes the trial is only at 5 stores at the moment. Midland, Melville, Balcatta, Joondalup and Mandurah. On her facebook page she is very positive about how well its going and thinks they will be expanding. The only plants they have at the Melville store were Yellow Moruga Scorpion, Butch T, and Bhut Jolokia, "aka ghost chilli". She sells more at the canning vale markets every second sunday, not this weekend cos its Australia Day weekend. I'm happy to give a free plug because she has good products and will give helpful advice. Unlike some other vendors called into question about their ethics on this site, she seems to be doing it for the right reasons.

WalkGood said:
lol, then just ask them to chop it up and use to spice up your dish, I’m sure they’ll be as impressed as we all are with your beautiful pods

While sad, I think we all learn from year to year from these things, you’re still getting great pods, thank JAH

You do know this is wishful thinking our work is never done, hehe

Sounds nice, did you make the seaweed spray or buy a specific kind? I’m currently making some home brew seaweed spray and it should be done mid to late February, hopefully it will work as good as yours. I also took some fresh seaweed and place around the soil on my best plants, not sure if I’m imagining as well but I think the same as you stated about my plants as few days later

Great harvest, beautiful pod pics and enjoy the fruits of your hard labors

Thanks for the kind words, appreciated

I bought the seaweed spray in a concentrated bottle. It's very popular here and pretty much everywhere.

WalkGood · Jan 25, 2013

megamoo said:
... ... I bought the seaweed spray in a concentrated bottle. It's very popular here and pretty much everywhere.

I look in on my batch once a week now and it's looking very concentrated as well, I read that I'll have to dilute it with water before using, I can't wait ... if it works as good as yours I'll be making more as I have an unlimited supply of seaweed here.

megamoo · Jan 25, 2013

As long as you wash the salt out apparently its gold.

WalkGood · Jan 25, 2013

megamoo said:
As long as you wash the salt out apparently its gold.

I've read two schools of thought on that, one says don't and the other says you should. I have a plant that I test stuff on and it's not died from the test without washing the salt but I don't know for sure.

megamoo · Jan 25, 2013

Never done it myself, but I saw some tv about making it youself and he really stressed the washing the salt out bit. Whatever works for you I suppose. I prefer the convenience of having it contained in a small bottle

I did bury a layer of prawn shells in a pot to see if that gives the plant a fish emulsion like kick.

Lavatung · Jan 25, 2013

I'm still yet to find an Asian or Indian dish that beats me. I hear there is a burger joint in dianella called Novembar. They do a Bhut burger. If you can eat it you get it free. I reckon when we organise this get together we start off there...? Nice harvest Moo

Stefan_W · Jan 25, 2013

megamoo said:
Yes the trial is only at 5 stores at the moment. Midland, Melville, Balcatta, Joondalup and Mandurah. On her facebook page she is very positive about how well its going and thinks they will be expanding. The only plants they have at the Melville store were Yellow Moruga Scorpion, Butch T, and Bhut Jolokia, "aka ghost chilli". She sells more at the canning vale markets every second sunday, not this weekend cos its Australia Day weekend. I'm happy to give a free plug because she has good products and will give helpful advice. Unlike some other vendors called into question about their ethics on this site, she seems to be doing it for the right reasons.

I liked her page on facebook so I get all of these updates too. I love the pictures of rows and rows of gorgeous plants.

+1 for the 7 pod monster! It sure does look huge, and if I am not mistaken the plants are fairly big producers as well.

megamoo · Jan 27, 2013

Lavatung said:
I'm still yet to find an Asian or Indian dish that beats me. I hear there is a burger joint in dianella called Novembar. They do a Bhut burger. If you can eat it you get it free. I reckon when we organise this get together we start off there...? Nice harvest Moo

Yeah good idea, but if we bring our own chillies we can build our own burger. We have the technology

Stefan_W said:
+1 for the 7 pod monster! It sure does look huge, and if I am not mistaken the plants are fairly big producers as well.

They aren't the biggest producers for me right now but nothing too shabby.

This is the top of the big Yellow 7 Pot pod. He's got wrinkles, as discussed in another thread I think this is characteristic of the strain.

Two others on the same plant growing together, learning from each other... while they do their thing. Na na na na gonna have a good time

Quite large Dorset Naga

More of the regular size

First peachy pod

Bihs producing and producing

Handsome looking fellow but no stache Magnum PI

This is a really low bush and I can't see if they are all the way ripened.

No heat treats

Got more...

stickman · Jan 27, 2013

megamoo said:
Two others on the same plant growing together, learning from each other... while they do their thing. Na na na na gonna have a good time

Hey! That really IS pod porn :shocked:

(Is that a stinger in your pocket or are you just glad to see me...) :rofl:

Very nice pod shots Moo. Looks like you're on top of your game.

gasificada · Jan 27, 2013

megamoo said:
Yeah Bunnings is a giant warehouse sized hardware and gardening store. In the last decade they have completely demolished all the smaller competition and run them out of business. They have been dominant and alone until recently when another big store has started up.to compete. They once had knowledgeable staff and good quality stuff now its all cheapest crap and high prices, and you are guaranteed a blank stare if you ask a question of the staff now.

Or when you go in looking for the Debco Organic mix the bloke tells you "Nah, we don't sell it anymore because organics don't work, it's all hype, you need a real fertilizer, no way around it." I'm not kidding! :rofl:

(Bravo, Bunnings, just... bravo!) Hey dickhead, how do the majority of the trees and plants in the world grow???

He then directed me to some poor excuse for a potting mix (aka bark mulch packaged in a bag that says "potting mix") and told me it was superior quality... the best they sell. Thing is, I don't doubt at all it was the best they sell.... which says a lot about the quality of the stuff they do sell, doesn't it?

Cheapest crap they can get their hands on and huge mark-ups to match the price of more higher quality items of the same type.

megamoo · Jan 27, 2013

stickman said:
Hey! That really IS pod porn (Is that a stinger in your pocket or are you just glad to see me...)

Very nice pod shots Moo. Looks like you're on top of your game.

Every harvest I'm collecting almost as many ones that are rotted or bugged out but I try not to post them cos its less like pod porn and more like the slowest shift at the mature age strip club

gasificada said:
Or when you go in looking for the Debco Organic mix the bloke tells you "Nah, we don't sell it anymore because organics don't work, it's all hype, you need a real fertilizer, no way around it." I'm not kidding! (Bravo, Bunnings, just... bravo!) Hey dickhead, how do the majority of the trees and plants in the world grow???

He then directed me to some poor excuse for a potting mix (aka bark mulch packaged in a bag that says "potting mix") and told me it was superior quality... the best they sell. Thing is, I don't doubt at all it was the best they sell.... which says a lot about the quality of the stuff they do sell, doesn't it?

Cheapest crap they can get their hands on and huge mark-ups to match the price of more higher quality items of the same type.

I know...! How did nature ever survive without lots of chemical fertlilsers and pesticides

It's appalling what they've done. I get confused looks when I ask about stuff I know they have in the shop. And Masters are no better, they don't even have checkout staff

Its not like genuine competition either, Masters want a piece of the pie and they are happy to play the same `rape the customer` game as Bunnings and not blow the whistle on each other.

This is from my Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Red plant.

Don't look right that's for sure! Perhaps later pods will change shape.

Anyone know what sort of bug this is? ie. good or bad.

Its has a big flat back like a shield or coat of arms, almost like a stink bug but it was all green. Kept crawling away when I was trying to take a photo.

Group photo of those already pictured above.

The big Dorset Naga and his little brother.
Peach Habanero.
Two Congo Browns.
And the TS Moruga NOT (at least not yet)

Bunch of others also harvested.

It appears the treaty with the ants has been broken.

I cut of the few infested branches and binned them.
I believe my use of sulphur spray for mites has been deemed a breach of the agreement, specifically the part about using chemicals against the ants, and in turn they have begun an aphid farm. This may need some careful negotiation to fix relations.

DocNrock · Jan 27, 2013

megamoo said:
.... learning from each other... while they do their thing. Na na na na gonna have a good time

Dude, that took me WAY back! Hey, hey hey!

Oh, and great looking pods!

millworkman · Jan 27, 2013

Yeah, dern ants and their aphids. Plants are looking good anyway mate!

nee · Jan 27, 2013

megamoo said:
As long as you wash the salt out apparently its gold.

I use the Seasol stuff as a foliar too.... What do you mean when you say "wash the salt out"? How!?