Mooglog 2013/2014

PaulG · Dec 17, 2013

megamoo said:
got more need a bump

outrageous, brother!

Pinoy83 · Dec 17, 2013

woooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..........lots of babies and pods :dance:

megamoo · Dec 17, 2013

PaulG said:
outrageous, brother!

Pinoy83 said:
woooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..........lots of babies and pods

I know right ! :onfire:

Jonah is still bouncing back but there might just be signs of mites returning? Might need to nuke it again, or even pull it out and switch one of the overperfoming pots into the spot. Not decided yet.

Douglah in a pot.

Primo Orange in a pot is looking very cool.

Habanero Mustard.

Habanero Chocolate

Antillais Caribbean

Pimenta De Neyde in a pot is ahead of the one in ground.

Chilaca Pasilla overwinter. He's a big fella!

7 Pot Brainstrain's first pod seems to have stopped growing.

Lucky there are more.

Pinoy83 · Dec 17, 2013

your yard is like a pepper wonderland :shocked:

PaulG · Dec 17, 2013

Okay, Moo, things are looking very nice there. The 7 Pot BrainStrain
bush is awesome; should just produce like crazy!

GA Growhead · Dec 17, 2013

Pods are looking amazing! TS moruga is picture perfect. Same fate so far for me. Hope to get a good one this year with new seeds.

megamoo · Dec 18, 2013

Pinoy83 said:
your yard is like a pepper wonderland

That's what I was going for

PaulG said:
Okay, Moo, things are looking very nice there. The 7 Pot BrainStrain
bush is awesome; should just produce like crazy!

Hope so.

GA Growhead said:
Pods are looking amazing! TS moruga is picture perfect. Same fate so far for me. Hope to get a good one this year with new seeds.

I don't know if the moruga pods last year were wrong because the plant was stuck at the back of others and didn't get enough sun... or the seeds were messed up. This year it is from the same seed packet and looking good, but with much better position.

The same sort of thing is happening with my 7 Pot Primo, but it may be because the strain doesn't spit out perfectly formed pods every time.

maximumcapsicum · Dec 18, 2013

Very nice pods Moo. It'll be fun to watch them change color... and educational for me. I'm growing a lot of these varieties for the first time this year and it's nice to see what to expect.

I'm going with a much closer spacing on my plants as I don't have a lot of space. Luckily I've never seen spider mite so far, just tons of earwigs and aphids, both of which I'm getting better at controlling. A little worried about rot but that wasn't a huge problem this past season.

Gonna keep watching!

Micca302 · Dec 19, 2013

Looks like your plants are starting to get into full swing there Moo.
Great poddage and pretty cool looking Orange Primo's. Will be keen to see what colour they end up.

Micca

megamoo · Dec 19, 2013

maximumcapsicum said:
Very nice pods Moo. It'll be fun to watch them change color... and educational for me. I'm growing a lot of these varieties for the first time this year and it's nice to see what to expect.

I'm going with a much closer spacing on my plants as I don't have a lot of space. Luckily I've never seen spider mite so far, just tons of earwigs and aphids, both of which I'm getting better at controlling. A little worried about rot but that wasn't a huge problem this past season.

Gonna keep watching!

Thanks. It's awesome when they start changing colour.

I've never had a problem with spider mites, (two spotted mite is another story

) If you search for plant diseases and such online you get a lot of results for spider mites, which I believe are primarily related to marijuana cultivation. So I wouldn't worry about them unless you actually see them webbing up your plants. Aphids on the other hand are very common among many plants including chilli peppers.

Good luck getting your plants to produce

Micca302 said:
Looks like your plants are starting to get into full swing there Moo.
Great poddage and pretty cool looking Orange Primo's. Will be keen to see what colour they end up.

Micca

You never know until they turn. I had yellow morugas that turned out red and not properly moruga shaped last year.
I have one Orange Primo plant with long pointed pods forming and another with the cool stinger ones. I'll put up some comparison shots this week.

I think relatively new crosses, and plants with recessive gene expressions like yellow and orange are more likely to spit out NOT pods. Not necessarily because the seeds are false but because the genetics aren't stable.

How is your grow going Micca? Are you doing a glog?

Micca302 · Dec 19, 2013

Nah no blog.
Not used to this blog thingo but suppose I should have a look sometime.

I started my season off pretty darn late so a lot of them are still in grow mode.
Was counting on it being another scorcher summer and getting pods in autumn/winter.
From what I have heard I think we might be back to our normal summers.
I got some germination from my orange primo and if they look anything like yours will be happy.
The jungle will be starting soon with any luck.

Micca

maximumcapsicum · Dec 19, 2013

Just outa curiosity Mega, how do you go about stabilizing a variety? Isolating it (fabric over flowers for a season or two?), rebreeding it when you lose the traits you like? Just curious.

Trippa · Dec 19, 2013

At least 8 generations of isolated crossing/back crossing until you start getting 99% homozygous genetic outcomes on subsequent plants ... And even after 30 generations you can still get genetic freaks from point mutations or recessive genes ...

megamoo · Dec 20, 2013

maximumcapsicum said:
Just outa curiosity Mega, how do you go about stabilizing a variety? Isolating it (fabric over flowers for a season or two?), rebreeding it when you lose the traits you like? Just curious.

What Trippa said

Isolated breeding over time will reduce the chance of a throwback. If you have a lab and sequence the DNA you can do it quicker..... I believe.

108Mob · Dec 20, 2013

Nice Looking good Megamoo what did you use to nuke for the mites ?

megamoo · Dec 20, 2013

108Mob said:
Nice Looking good Megamoo what did you use to nuke for the mites ?

Thanks

Wettable sulfur. I don't think it got them all because there is some suspicious twisty new growth. Could be nothing but too early to tell.
The best solution is to release predatory mites but I'm holding off a decision until all plants are in the ground. Then if needed I can do everything at once.

108Mob · Dec 20, 2013

alright i see would this work ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-lb-SULFUR-POWDER-99-5-PURE-FREE-PRIORITY-SHIPPING-/251358955094?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a86294656

also what was your mix ratio and how often did you apply ?

thanks

megamoo · Dec 20, 2013

108Mob said:
alright i see would this work ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-lb-SULFUR-POWDER-99-5-PURE-FREE-PRIORITY-SHIPPING-/251358955094?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a86294656

also what was your mix ratio and how often did you apply ?

thanks

I don't know about that one, it seems a bit general. You might be better off going to a gardening store.

I used this
http://www.manutec.com.au/default.asp?pageid=5&template=PRODUCTCAT&catid=28&catalogue=6&prodid=MTO0557

I know that its important to use wettable sulfur and not just regular sulphur that is sold for nutrient deficiencies etc. because it is less damaging to beneficial insects.

You have to mix it up and spray every surface you can get to. Says to apply it every two weeks, and not when its too hot or it can damage the plants. It brings the numbers of mites right down but because they are so small you can never really get them all.

This season I sealed up and threw out one seedling in a pot that had mite signs, and cut off almost all of the other affected plant in the ground to try and ensure I covered every single surface and got all the mites. This isn't really an option if you have a mature plant.

stickman · Dec 20, 2013

Very nice looking poddage Moo, keep the pics coming!

108Mob · Dec 20, 2013

ok gotcha i got hit hard with mites last grow season so i will be ready this season with the wettable sulfur to hit them with also did you spray all plants or just the ones that showed signs of damage ?