Megamoo's 2012/2013 Glog

Dot Com · Feb 5, 2013

lots of oil on that jonah!!! :shocked:

must be reeeal hot :pray:

Nice renovation on your fence/yard too mega. Much more growing space for you eh?

PIC 1 · Feb 5, 2013

At least you're getting pods off your plants. Those little bugs are bastards. Sometimes whacking the top off the plant or at least cutting the growing tips back helps, somewhat. The aphids and mites thrive on the tender new waxy growth

STEVE954 · Feb 5, 2013

Jonah pods look like pure evil.

That's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!

Damn those bud worms to hell!

megamoo · Feb 5, 2013

Mezo said:
Agreed Moo, pull the shadecloth down its not needed now & all its doing its knocking off flowers & making it hard for the plant to grow.

What`s the white stuff on your leaves? not calcium from the tapwater is it?

Mezo.

The long range forecast is saying 40C on sunday. Doesn't sound right to me but I'll leave it up until then.

The white stuff is residue from lime sulfur spray. Apparently the lime sulfur residue stays dangerous for the predator mites so I changed to wettable sulfur which isn't as bad for the good bugs and doesn't leave white marks on the leaves, and it doesn't stink of rotten eggs as much either. Just came inside after giving them one more drenching. I'll go prunning and cleaning the plants up later and then get some bug soldiers on the case.

Dot Com said:
lots of oil on that jonah!!! must be reeeal hot Nice renovation on your fence/yard too mega. Much more growing space for you eh?

I've only had a taste but yes they are really hot pods!
Thanks. My reach exceeded my grasp though. I packed in twice as many plants as I should have. In truth I've never had such good growth from chillies and I never expected them to fill the space up like they have!

PIC 1 said:
At least you're getting pods off your plants. Those little bugs are bastards. Sometimes whacking the top off the plant or at least cutting the growing tips back helps, somewhat. The aphids and mites thrive on the tender new waxy growth

Saw a few plants just then with aphids clustered in and around the new growth. It seems the ants have pulled the trigger and are going into aphid farming mode :rolleyes:

I've definitely got the urge to get out there with a machete and cut the bad crap off.

STEVE954 said:
Jonah pods look like pure evil.

That's not a knife... THAT'S A KNIFE!

Damn those bud worms to hell!

I'm keeping most of the jonahs in the freezer for a killer sauce later in the season.

stc3248 · Feb 6, 2013

Damn...you're growing peppers right...not trees? 'Cause its looking like the other way around! Great stuff Mega, keep it coming!

Blue Flames · Feb 6, 2013

Love vid , u need a beer in ur hand , helps steady the camera

megamoo · Feb 6, 2013

stc3248 said:
Damn...you're growing peppers right...not trees? 'Cause its looking like the other way around! Great stuff Mega, keep it coming!

It is awesome stuff

It sounds greedy but for their size they should have more pods. There is probably a bit too much N in the sheep manure/ mushroom compost mix. I'm going to give them a foliar spray with some P and K heavy stuff today.

Blue Flames said:
Love vid , u need a beer in ur hand , helps steady the camera

Yoooze right! I gits the shakes somefin awful if I ain't downed a slab by lunch :drunk:

Yesterdays harvest. I picked everything with a hint of colour on it. The amount of pods discarded for bugs or rot was around 15%

Felt a bit artsy with the super macro.

"What are the varieties of different pods?" I hear you say.

Funny you should ask because I spent a few hours learning how to do lots of different comic speech bubbles in Photoshop.

Stefan_W · Feb 6, 2013

That's hilarious!

GA Growhead · Feb 6, 2013

Lol. I enjoyed that. I always enjoy see Photoshop used humorously!

Blue Flames · Feb 7, 2013

Lol should have one with a grub bubble lol

millworkman · Feb 7, 2013

Awesome pictures, great work!

Sanarda · Feb 7, 2013

Made my night with that Mega. Totally hilarious. Especially the Magnum PI havent seen that in a while. :rofl:

megamoo · Feb 7, 2013

Stefan_W said:
That's hilarious!

GA Growhead said:
Lol. I enjoyed that. I always enjoy see Photoshop used humorously!

Blue Flames said:
Lol should have one with a grub bubble lol

millworkman said:
Awesome pictures, great work!

Sanarda said:
Made my night with that Mega. Totally hilarious. Especially the Magnum PI havent seen that in a while.

Thanks

I'm trying to help my daughter make a comic. She's taken all the pictures of her lego people and storyboarded it so I had to practice the speech bubble thing.

I will have to do a horror one featuring the death of many grubs

DocNrock · Feb 7, 2013

Nice, MM, love the bubbles! LMAO!

stc3248 · Feb 7, 2013

Meanwhile back in da kitchen...BAM! POW! :rofl:

Nice pull Mega!!! :dance:

Go hug a tree weaka$$ yellow! :rofl:

stickman · Feb 7, 2013

megamoo said:
I'm trying to help my daughter make a comic. She's taken all the pictures of her lego people and storyboarded it so I had to practice the speech bubble thing.

I will have to do a horror one featuring the death of many grubs

Yo... Nightmare on Moo street! :rofl:

PIC 1 · Feb 7, 2013

Hahahaa...very entertaining, and nice closeup photography

gasificada · Feb 8, 2013

Magnum Habanero P.I... :rofl:

I'm seriously considering growin' 'em just so I can call 'em that!

Awesome creativity, moo moo. :cool:

Oh yeah, love the artsy pic too.

Blue Flames · Feb 8, 2013

M8 42 Sunday maybe leave the cloth on

megamoo · Feb 8, 2013

DocNrock said:
Nice, MM, love the bubbles! LMAO!

stc3248 said:
Meanwhile back in da kitchen...BAM! POW! Nice pull Mega!!!

Go hug a tree weaka$$ yellow!

stickman said:
Yo... Nightmare on Moo street!

That might be a project worth doing.

PIC 1 said:
Hahahaa...very entertaining, and nice closeup photography

gasificada said:
Magnum Habanero P.I... I'm seriously considering growin' 'em just so I can call 'em that! Awesome creativity, moo moo.

Oh yeah, love the artsy pic too.

Blue Flames said:
M8 42 Sunday maybe leave the cloth on

Thanks everyone

I know Kev ! WTF is with that. It's been 30 -34 for weeks then the heat comes back for another burn. I hope this is last of the nastiness.

Since I picked everything nothing much to harvest. Except this little fella
Cheiro White

I'm pretty sure they are meant to be bigger than this. All the pods on the plant are the same tho?

A pod on my Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Yellow ripening.... straight to orange-red :eh:

I don't think I mislabelled them but my TS Moruga Red plant has pods that look almost like Red Habaneros. Both lots of seeds were from a reputable vendor.

Mystery pepper from Lavatung

It doesn't look like much but the damn thing is heavy! You sort of expect to hear an echo sound from some pods because they feel light and empty inside. Not this one. It feels really dense and full. I'll let it ripen on the bench then cut it open and see what lies within

I might post this in a separate thread but does anyone know what these bugs are?

I get the feeling they are bad bugs. The ants have gone and pressed the giant red button and launched aphid nukes into everything. Every random leaf I turn over has a good chance of having some aphids under it. The garden is far too dense to be able to spray effectively so I'm going to enlist some bug soldiers to fight for me. Found a ladybug inside today so I gave it a nice new home where it can eat its heart out.