PaulG 2020

Index to my grow logs:
 
PaulG 2012
PaulG 2013
PaulG 2014
PaulG 2015
PaulG 2016
PaulG 2017
PaulG 2019
Trippaul Threat Community Grow
Purple Thunder Community Grow

 

[PepperFish]

Oh man Paul, I'm sorry to hear about your plant. I'll be paying close attention to your Rocotos. I'm looking for a few pointers on how best to grow them.

 

[HeatMiser]

Sucks about your plant Paul, I didn't know about the trick GPR mentioned, so it might be worth giving it a try. The way I look at things right now, is that they're just setbacks - things will just take a little longer to get where we want. Hope you can still taste those pods!

 

[TattooedBullfrog]

Putapario c. chacoense is looking awesome!!

 

[Uncle Eckley]

It's been very windy here every day since the weather's warmed.  Very unusual. I'm hoping it keeps up and cools us off in the summer.  I think my plants can handle it if I know to expect it and take precautions. 
 

 

[PaulG]

Oh man Paul, I'm sorry to hear about your plant. I'll be paying close attention to your Rocotos. I'm looking for a few pointers on how best to grow them.

I'm no expert, but our cooler climate here in the PNW
climate, they do alright. I try to give them some shade
and just the normal fertilizing routine. they do take awhile
to ripen, however    During the summer, they get some
Cal-Mag, Silica Blast and more-Bloom. I let the Jobés
organics take care of the rest. If they seem to need more
Nitrogen in the summer, I will side dress with a little of the
Jobés.
 

 
the secret to finishing those pods is to cut the stems fresh and put in hydro nutes, even if they’re outside they will ripen completely.
had stem rot on couple of mine and they had peppers not quite ripe and worked like a charm. 

They are so far from ripe, I don't know if that would
be worth the effort. I'm just going to hang them up
and see what happens. Thanks for the tip, Gipper.
 

Sucks about your plant Paul, I didn't know about the trick GPR mentioned, so it might be worth giving it a try. The way I look at things right now, is that they're just setbacks - things will just take a little longer to get where we want. Hope you can still taste those pods!

Thanks, HM. I will be happy if we have decent June
weather this year. That would go a long ways to setting
some more pods!
 
My favorite way of ripening up pods is just to hang the
branches/plant upside down in the garage. I had awesome
results with Scotch Bonnets and JA Red Mushroom pods
last year.

 

[Uncle Eckley]

My favorite way of ripening up pods is just to hang the
branches/plant upside down in the garage. I had awesome
results with Scotch Bonnets and JA Red Mushroom pods
last year.

 
This worked very well for me last year, too!  Thanks again for that tip!

 

[HeatMiser]

 
My favorite way of ripening up pods is just to hang the
branches/plant upside down in the garage. I had awesome
results with Scotch Bonnets and JA Red Mushroom pods
last year.

 
This is the method I know, and how those famous "ristras" are made. Hope it works for you.

 

[PaulG]

My OW Chiltepin has branched out pretty well.
Once it starts looking robust in the sun, I might
cut a few of the longer branches back to make
more of a bush. Three-gallon container. I need
to side dress with some Jobés organics.

 

[PtMD989]

Windy here in MI also. I have a question about side dressing, do you just put the fertilizer on top of the soil and water it in, or do you try to mix it down into the soil? If you mix it in, how far down do you try to mix it in?
Thanks.


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[PaulG]

Planted out the rest of the rocotos, for a total
of eight, and three baccatums today. Most are
in ten-gallon containers.
 
Each plant got two tablespoons each of blood
meal, bone meal, worm castings, fish meal, alfalfa
meal, Mykos and Osmocote. Hopefully that will feed
the plants well into the summer. I can side dress
with some more if needed. They will get some
Cal-Mag, Silica Blast and Mor-Bloom periodically
during the Summer.

 

[PaulG]

Both of these from CaneDog.
 
San Pedro Orange, mislabeled. I was thinking
of my favorite cigar wrapper, San Andres Maduro
from Mexico   :

 
XL Brown:

 

[PaulG]

Both of these from Semillas la Palma.
 
Mini Red:

Mini Yellow, topped:

 

[PaulG]

Ecuador Red, Stettoman:

 
Sugar Rush Peach lespaulde:

 

[PaulG]

Aji Benito lespaulde:

 
Sugar Rush Cream Devv, broken top:

 

[PaulG]

Windy here in MI also. I have a question about side dressing, do you just put the fertilizer on top of the soil and water it in, or do you try to mix it down into the soil? If you mix it in, how far down do you try to mix it in?
Thanks.
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This from Big Cedar - sprinkle on the surface.
Mix in the top inch or two, water periodically
from the top to feed plant.

 

[Devv]

Sad about the plant Paul, Ma Nature can be a real !@*&%

 

[PaulG]

Sad about the plant Paul, Ma Nature can be a real !@*&%

 
Could be a lot worse, Scott. At least there
are several healthy branches left to grow
out. If it’s like past experiences, it will turn
out to be one of the best plants!

 

[PaulG]

Finally got around to getting the veggies going.


Cucumber, eggplant, cantaloupe, zuchinni, tomato, onions.
Still waiting for the watermelon to sprout:

 
Greens:

 

[bpiela]

Paul,
 
How are the yellow 7 pots doing for you?

 

[PaulG]

Paul,
 
How are the yellow 7 pots doing for you?

All my chinenses are battling the aphids, but
a thorough soaping the other day seems to
have helped. The Yellow 7 is looking pretty
decent, need to post some pics of the chinenses.