raised-bed PepperJam's Raised Bed 2011 Growlog

[PepperJam]

Awesome, thanks! I've used a hodgepodge of DIG products but hadn't seen that one. Looks great for the beds...

I used this one for my dad's cucumber/pepper/squash bed. It pretty much waters everything at the edge of the water circle it sprays. You can adjust the size of the circle. I think i'll start using these next time.

 

[PepperJam]

just an update. Pods are starting to appear.

habs are doing nicely. more pods

jalapeno goliaths

early jalapenos, tried them, they were good. made a simple salsa with them

numex sunrise

biker billy jalapeno

my first bhut is growing up ... slowly

top shot of the peppers/basils in 5 gallon pots

front shot of raised bed

side shot of raised bed

my mint farm for the wife, they are like over 2 feet tall

 

[PepperJam]

Update! Pods are showing from various superhots, annums, and bell peppers.

Raised bed red bhut

Red Habaneros

Red 7pod

Fatalli

5 gallon pot red bhut

5 gallon Biker Billy jalapeno

Carmen bell pepper

Cali bell pepper

 

[ZanderSpice]

Awesome! They're growing up so fast. You'll have some ripe Thais and Jalapenos soon.

 

[Eric]

Very Nice!

 

[PepperJam]

Just an update, pods are doing well as can be seen in my PepperJams Pepper Pod Pics thread. Here is a overview pic of the garden.

 

[seafoxcapt]

That is one SWEET looking garden you got there. Good Luck with the rest of the season.

 

[PepperJam]

Summer wasn't too productive, reached over 100's. Now its getting cooler and tons of buds and pods are growing. I hope they get ripe before the frost hits. I've been feeding it with Botanicaire CNS17 RIPE for two weeks now. Looks like its working well. Some plants are over 6 feet tall easy. Since they were planted 1 foot away from each other, the middle plants are really tall. The plants on the border are bushier. Next year i will keep the perhaps 1.5 or 2 feet from each other.

Here's the overrall raised bed shot

Some red 7pods

Some bhuts

More bhuts

Only one pepper tree (red bhut) is doing well in the 5 gallon pots. Two plants have not pods. The brain strain has yet to produce a pod (same in raised bed).

 

[PepperJam]

After wind storms, cold weather, the plants were not looking so hot. I decided to prune all the plants in the raised bed. I left only one plant, my red bhut hybrid to keep producing as it is doing really well and cranking pods. I bagged the green pods into brown bags to turn color. That worked really well. Yesterday i made a manga-pineapple-bhut hot sauce and powders out of all the ones that ripened. Here are some pics


Red bhut hybrids

Yellow bhuts, Red Bhuts, mini red 7pods, and another chocolate bhut that became a red

Some hot sauce in the making, drowning yellow and red bhut pods in a mango-pineapple base

It was a good season, lots of lessons learned, thanks everyone!

 

[PepperSam]

It was a good season, lots of lessons learned, thanks everyone!

Do you plan on growing at the same 1x1 square next season?