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Red Ghost Pepper winter outdoor soil grow.

This was the day I topped the plant.  This is a plant I bought at a local big box store about a week prior.
 
The soil is Kellogg Potting Soil with added Perlite to allow for better aeration.  There are no extra nutrients added yet as it is still a fresh transplant.  I have a small indoor grow light box for wintering cuttings, but I am enjoying watching the growth under sunshine.
 
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Less than two weeks later with only fall sun and airy soil.  It looks like there might be a happy plant! :)
 
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In my way of thinking, compact is good. Easier to train a
compact bush than one that is sprawling all over! As long
as the internodal spaces are not lengthening, I wouldn't
worry too much.
 
PaulG said:
In my way of thinking, compact is good. Easier to train a
compact bush than one that is sprawling all over! As long
as the internodal spaces are not lengthening, I wouldn't
worry too much.
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So far it is just growing and not stretching. It seems to have enjoyed the rains and is covered with unopened budding! Will start adding some P to its feedings and maybe drop some of the N. This is turning out to be a really beautiful plant!
 
The rains are here and I am pretty sure that the fast draining soil is being leeched, but they will be fine for a few days.
 

 
A little yellowing is starting.  I have not fed it in about a week and it has been flushed several times now.  I believe the rains should be moving east by Saturday.  Might take a day or two for it to dry out some.

 
I believe the rains have moved on for a while and I am thankful that I added all that perlite to the soil for faster drainage!  Even with that extra airy soil...the plant is saturated.  It will take a few days to dry out, but there is no longer water draining visibly.  The Jalapeno and Piquin Cross are the same.
 
I will be water them today with nutes to replenish the soil with some good salts!  The forecast is for some more rain possibly Wednesday and potentially Saturday...but that is a few days away and a lot can change.
 
Funny the difference in weather. I'm a ways north of you and we have had some very cold temps this week. Even a bit of snow on Thanksgiving. Glad the plant is drying out. You could cover the pot before next rain if needed.
 
We are in North County by Lake Hodges.  Close enough to the lake itself that our temps are well regulated.  We do not tend to get as big a swing as even a few miles closer to Escondido gets.  We still do get a few freezes a year, but they are singular events really.
 
When I started my raised garden, I planned on it being pretty much lasting through October before the short days and colder temps ended its season.  That has not happened yet!
 
So the temps have dropped a bit overnight, but the peppers still seem fine.  The Ghost is still growing, but instead of growth "up", it is growing "out".  Its buds are not developing into flowers yet, but they are prevalent and could just be lacking the P to get them to mature into podlets.  Overall, happy with how the plant is doing!
 

 
It is yellowed some.  The intense rains (for where I live anyway) have really leeched the soil.  It is in a 3 gallon pot, so easy to feed.
 
Okay, definitely looks like magnesium deficiency which makes sense as that does leech with aerated soil like the mix they are in.  I am going to be feeding them today and for the Ghost, I will mix a batch of nutes with a little extra Epsom salts.  Mixed a batch with 2.4g MB/1.8g Epsom/2.4g CN.
 

 
A flower :)
 
 
You are thinking way too hard about fertilizing, at a time of year when you should be minimally (if at all) fertilizing. 
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I live in a part of Florida that is warmer than San Diego at virtually all times of year, and I stop feeding around December, and don't really resume until around March.
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You do know that temperatures affect uptake, right?  Add in cooler temperatures with media saturation, and it should be fairly apparent that you aren't really needing to feed.  Plant nutrition requirements drop off significantly with cooler temps.
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If you want your plants to be picture perfect, and grow peppers all year, you need to control your variables.  I.e., take your plants indoors... Otherwise, nature is going to do what nature does to plants that are subjected to less than optimal conditions.
 
The number one casualty of cooler root temps, is Potassium uptake.  Which can also have an effect on Nitrogen, which can have an effect on...
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You get where I'm going with this, right?
 
kaitylynn said:
I just enjoy playing with them is all and trying to keep things in a positive direction is time spent with reward. :)
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That's the spirit, Kaitylynn! If it's no fun, what's the point?
 
Stc3248 used to put upside down pots on his plants and
put christmas lights in them for warmth. It got him through
the really cold nights down in Poway. If the plant is larger,
maybe an upside down garbage can with the lights coiled
around the base of the plant would work.
 
Just have to convince my fam to put one together for me!!! :)
 
The plant moved indoors and is now under the grow lamp.  Might see it start to grow up instead of out, but still too early to tell.  It does look happier this evening.
 
 
+1 Mr. Joe! Sometimes that's why I don't
bother pinching flowers, the plant will do
it on its own.
 
The plant looks much healthier!
 
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