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morro's garden

Hi all,
This is my second year growing peppers and also my second glog here.
I have overwintered 10 plants and have been battling aphids for 4 months. I am winning, but because of the neem oil applications the new growth and flowers got burned. They are still alive though...
The OW list, not 100% sure, have to check the labels:
Scotch Bonnet Red
Peach Bhut Jolokia
Red Bhut Jolokia
Fatalii
7pot Brain Strain Yellow (it's orange actually)
Douglah Brown 7 pod
Moruga Scorpion
Carolina Reaper
Habanero orange
Habanero Carribean Red
 
Received a ton of seeds (see below) from az1000 so this year will be an experiment of pubescens grow in a not so friendly environment.
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They were started on 2 February. Today, the germinated vs sow list is:
 
(Update 16 Feb)
Baccatum
Aji Lemon                  1/3
Aji Amarillo               1/2
Aji Panca                  0/2
Sugar Rush                 1/3

Pubescens
Aji Oro                    1/3
Rocoto Pineapple           2/3
Costarican Yellow          1/3
Peruvian Red               2/3
Rocoto Deseda              0/3
CAP 1242                   2/3
Rocoto Riesen Gelb         3/3
Rocoto Amarillo            1/3
Santa Natalia              3/3
Rocoto P360                1/3
Giant Red                  3/3
Costarican Red             3/3
Rocoto Macara              0/3
Manzano Orange             0/4
Brown Rocoto               0/3
CAP 468                    0/3

Chinense
Red Bhutlah                2/2
Chocolate Moruga           0/2
Fatalii Red                2/2
Caramel Moruga             1/2
7 pot Primo                1/3
BBG                        0/2
Black Naga                 1/2
Nagabrain Red              1/3
Bhutlah                    3/3
Scotch Bonnet MOA          0/3
 
11 February:
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2x600W HPS
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az1000, thanks again for the seeds, without them this grow log would have been too short :)
 
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Today was the 2nd day with the bigger plants outside during the day (I think 26 pubescens, 4 baccatum and 18 chinense). If I'll finish the work in the garden I will move the pubes in beds on Saturday.
Some pics below, some plants are already too big for 2L pots.
 
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Very nice plants. Really big for this time of year. Congratulations on a great grow!
When did you sow them ?
 
Check the lens on your camera, the pics are a bit foggy.
Sorry, used to be a clerk at a photo store 10 years ago, cant help myself.
 
tsurrie said:
Very nice plants. Really big for this time of year. Congratulations on a great grow!
When did you sow them ?
 
Check the lens on your camera, the pics are a bit foggy.
Sorry, used to be a clerk at a photo store 10 years ago, cant help myself.
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Thanks, they were started on 2 Feb.
The camera is a dusty phone, I will try to clean the lens at least :)
 
I would say it's the light, using 2 agro 600W each - it's 180k lumens for 2.88 square meters.
Now I remember why I cannot clean the lens, have to replace the cracked back cover of the phone because there is no screw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihw5N2brQ_4
 
Long day today, managed to bring the garden in a "plantable" state :) Still lot to do.
 
The 3 pubescen beds:
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Overwinters, some alive some maybe not. And tomato bed soon.
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Sweet potatoes soon
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Doubled the garden area, will have containers here this year:
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Planted the biggest pubescens, sowed in 2 Feb:
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Pics blurry, was getting late:
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Writing plant names here in case the labels will be wiped.
 
Bed 1
Rocoto P360          Manzano Orange
Giant Red               Santa Natalia
CAP 1242               Costarican Red
Rocoto Pineapple   Rocoto de Seda
Costarican Red       Rocoto Pineapple
Aji Oro                     Rocoto Riesen Gelb
Costarican Red       Santa Natalia
 
Bed 2
Rocoto Amarillo       Rocoto Riesen Gelb
Giant Red                Rocoto Riesen Gelb
Giant Red                Peruvian Red
Costarican Yellow
Peruvian Red
Santa Natalia
CAP 1242
 
Wow!
 
Sorry! I really hate to see this. Glad everything wasn't out.
 
I've been caught "all in" 3 weeks after an average last frost with 24° overnight. It just so happened it was a Friday night, I was off Saturday, up at 3:30AM walking out to the garden and the ground was crunching. Wasn't much I could do but turn on the sprinkler and go back to bed. At 7AM, everything looked like an ice storm had just hit. I left the sprinkler on until the ice melted, around 9:30. Out of 8 dozen plants I lost one pepper. They didn't mind the freezing, it's the frost that sucks all the moisture out of them and does the tissue damage. Hope this helps in the future ;)
 
Happened in the last day of Easter holiday while I was away. Trusted the weather guys so didn't frost cover them before leaving. I think most of them will recover because they have big roots already and I see new small growth. But I lost many weeks.
 
Nice recovery! Your grow setup looks pretty epic. Great idea on the shade cloth for the Pubes. In Mexico they grow manzanos with ease in blistering heat using shade cloth.
 
Thegreenchilemonster said:
Nice recovery! Your grow setup looks pretty epic. Great idea on the shade cloth for the Pubes. In Mexico they grow manzanos with ease in blistering heat using shade cloth.
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Thanks, growing Pubes for the first time.
 
morro said:
 
Thanks, growing Pubes for the first time.
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You're doing a damn fine job so far! I also got several varieties of Pubescens from Nicolau in a trade a few seasons ago. Most of them did very well in my garden last year. I usually don't get huge harvests of rocoto pods til mid August here in NOVA, but when they hit, they hit very hard all the way through November. Bi weekly grocery bags full of pods. Get ready! With the amount of plants you are growing, you will have your hands full for sure.
 
I'm really glad to see the plants making a comeback.
 
And your grow area is just killer! Quite a bit of work there ;)
 
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