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

 

[PaulG]

those are beautiful but man oh man do I hate picking hundreds of tiny pods. 
 
how do those tiny habanero taste?

The little habaneros are pretty hot. If they were
the size of a Scorpion or Yellow Seven they
would be killers!
 
As for picking, I usually cut the branches off
and then pick off the pods.
 

 

[BDASPNY]

that's a great idea for the end of the season.

 

[PaulG]

that's a great idea for the end of the season.

Yeah, I find it easier just to pick them all at once.
A few of the little pods go bad, but there are so many
it doesn't matter!

 

[BDASPNY]

im going to try that this weekend.   we hit 34 degrees today so they don't have much time left anyway.

 

[PaulG]

Results of the Chiltepin Rojo harvest:

 

[PaulG]

Got some nice seeds from the ‘B’ train:

 
These bags are great for drying seeds:

 

[PaulG]

Bringing in the BB Habanero. It looks a lot
bigger than it did when it was on the bench:

 

 
Going to keep it in the garage for a bit before harvesting the ‘podlets’.

 

[PaulG]

Now that it’s inside, I just can’t bear to yank the
plant, it’s looking so good. I think I’ll let it go for
a few days. After that, I’ll prune it back and see
if it will OW in my garage:

 
Loaded with pods:

 

[PaulG]

It will be a shame to cut it back.
It really wants to get in another
round of pod setting:

 

 

[PaulG]

Just playing around with the iPhone...
 

 

 

 

[PaulG]

New growth buds on the Variegated Jalapeño are
finally big enough to sort of see. If you look close,
you can see them:

 

 

[PaulG]

 

 
The trunk starting to show some growth buds as well:

 

[PaulG]

Good sign. The plant is excising some of the cut ends.
Have seen several places where this is happening. Seems
to indicate the plant is getting ready to get growing:

You can see a little growth bud at the left.
 
I’m really impatient for these growth buds to really
emerge. Maybe time for a little fish fertilizer. Or maybe
a little top dressing with blood meal and/or worm cast-
ings to give the plant a little Nitrogen boost:

 

[CaneDog]

Hey Paul.  What light source do you have on the v jalap?
 
That's some nice looking new growth.  Looks like it's ready for round II.

 

[PaulG]

Hey Paul.  What light source do you have on the v jalap?
 
That's some nice looking new growth.  Looks like it's ready for round II.

That's my hope, Doc. Looks promising. I'm really
pulling for nice growth in the palest branches.
 
The older leaves are aging fast, hope the new
growth is more heat tolerant. Still thinking about
the fertilizer issue.
 
The light is a 4x4 T5HO, maybe 9-12 inches off
the top of the plant.
 
I hope the plant survives to go with the seeds I
will plant in the Spring. Mama and chicks  

 

[PaulG]

Dismantled the BB Habanero today. Lots
of branches, lots of pods:

 
Picked just shy of a half-pound of pods:

 

 

[PaulG]

I hung a few Chili Costa Rica branches in the
garage, and a few pods are finally getting dry:

 

[dragonsfire]

The BB's would make a great chutney

 

[PaulG]

These are getting pretty close to bonchi time now
that the dehydrator is hung up for the season. 
 
Rocopica:

C. chacoense v Exile:

 

[PaulG]

First, cutting the roots all around the
plant as far down as possible:

 
Now, to let them rest a bit while the soil dries
out a little, and new root tips grow out of the
cut root shafts.