ronniedeb's 2015 season

ronniedeb · Apr 15, 2015

moruga welder said:
very nice grow my friend , and all the best growing this year !

Thanks moruga welder!

PaulS · Apr 17, 2015

ronniedeb said:
Lights are at their highest point in the growtent, so need to give some plants the chop unless I get them out to the greenhouse soon.

I hate it when it gets to this point before the good weather comes. I always find my tent gets really crowded so I have to select a few lucky ones to stay in the tent and the rest get demoted to the conservatory!
Plants look great dude. What light is that?

ronniedeb · Apr 19, 2015

PaulS said:
I hate it when it gets to this point before the good weather comes. I always find my tent gets really crowded so I have to select a few lucky ones to stay in the tent and the rest get demoted to the conservatory!
Plants look great dude. What light is that?

Thanks Paul! It's a 125w blue CFL.

ronniedeb · May 7, 2015

Well, almost a month since my last update. Been neglectful of this forum as well as my plants. Been fighting aphids, lightburn, underwatering and all round general neglect, but I think I've only lost 2 plants, my Kapia and Bahamian Goat (Goat might pull through). Managed to get the NFT and one of the Ebbs up and running at the weekend, so should be easier from here on in. Weather has been pretty mixed for last few weeks after promising start to April. Plants are a little confused, I think! :rolleyes:

First little ripe pods of the season from overwintered CARDI Yellow. This plant was forced into the cold unheated communal Allotment polytunnel, with some other overwinters and my tomatoes, so has slowed down a little. Hopefully night temps will pick up and I can get more fruit set.

Capsicum flexuosum kindly sent by Bluesman survived postage from Finland!! Thanks Bluesman!!

Pimenta Lisa

UBSC Brown

Aji Norteno

Guyana

Bluesman's mutant has several flowers now

CGN21566

CGN22871

Aji Verde

Aji Cristal with a few not far from ripening

Aji Fantasy first pod

My first Indiana Pequin pod set

Tuccurique Yellow

Pickersgill Orange is a generous producer it seems. Not often the first flower node produces four big fruit on a chinense for me.

Pimenta Puma

Mako Akokosrade

Sowed these seeds back in February. Slow growing plants. Can you spot them?

Dicentra Spectabilis

D3monic · May 7, 2015

Looking great mate, lots of nice podage

ronniedeb · May 7, 2015

D3monic said:
Looking great mate, lots of nice podage

Thanks D3monic!

stickman · May 7, 2015

Bummer that the Kapija didn't make it for you Ronan, but the rest look great. Pods setting is a huge bonus! :dance:

We have an "Old-Fashioned" Bleeding Heart plant that's blooming now too...

PaulS · May 8, 2015

You have loads of pods already! Good work dude.
Did I spot some cactus in the pot?

ronniedeb · May 8, 2015

stickman said:
Bummer that the Kapija didn't make it for you Ronan, but the rest look great. Pods setting is a huge bonus!

We have an "Old-Fashioned" Bleeding Heart plant that's blooming now too...

Cheers Rick. Yeah, I'll have to try the Kapia again next season. That's the risk with only having one plant of each variety, I guess. Nice Bleeding Heart, a beautiful plant.

PaulS said:
You have loads of pods already! Good work dude.
Did I spot some cactus in the pot?

Hey Paul. Thanks. Yeah, they are Lithops ("Living Stones") seedlings in the pot. Super slow growing, but interesting plants.

PaulS · May 9, 2015

ronniedeb said:
Hey Paul. Thanks. Yeah, they are Lithops ("Living Stones") seedlings in the pot. Super slow growing, but interesting plants.

Yeah I thought so, I didn't know the name but they are with the cactus at the garden centre

I thought we would able to plant out by now, where's summer?!

Trident chilli · May 10, 2015

Great update Ronan ... love to see all those pods

ronniedeb · May 11, 2015

PaulS said:
Yeah I thought so, I didn't know the name but they are with the cactus at the garden centre
I thought we would able to plant out by now, where's summer?!

I know, cold, strong gales and horizontal rain here today. Seems like February rather than May,

Trident chilli said:
Great update Ronan ... love to see all those pods

Thanks John. Hoping there are plenty more to come.

stickman · May 11, 2015

ronniedeb said:
I know, cold, strong gales and horizontal rain here today. Seems like February rather than May,

Yeah... it does seem to be extreme weather this spring. (sigh) :rolleyes:

ronniedeb · Jun 2, 2015

Quick little update:
I've harvested a few little CARDI Yellows from an overwintered plant and a few Aji Cristal from one of this seasons plants. I don't buy any fresh pods in the offseason, preferring to use up the dried, frozen, pickled and otherwise preserved pods instead. It's great to be eating fresh pods again. Anyhow, my first pods from a variety new to me are CGN22871

Seedy, not as sweet and fruity as my favorite baccatums (Cristal, CAP267), not as citrussy as Lemon Drop, but still a decent tasting crunchy and pretty thick walled little pepper. I'm sure later pods will be bigger too. Low-Medium Heat.

Slug took a chomp out of one of my Fiesta Sweet Peppers. :evil:

At the Allotment, the 3rd Year Blondie has about a dozen nice sized pods set.

2nd year Trepadeira de Werner is spreading and setting pods.

UBSC Brown has set pods, sparsely

Pimenta Lisa flower is a pretty one:

Pod remains black

Cajamarca has set several pods.

Indiana Pequin

Trident chilli · Jun 2, 2015

Great to see all those pods Ronan ... bet you have battened down the hatches these past few days ... not good chilli growing weather I feel so much wind and rain ... have your SG seeds arrived

ronniedeb · Jun 2, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Great to see all those pods Ronan ... bet you have battened down the hatches these past few days ... not good chilli growing weather I feel so much wind and rain ... have your SG seeds arrived

Hey John. Yeah, we've had a "status orange" wind alert here for today. Very strong gales, coupled with good sunshine, which is a strange one. Weekend was grey, wet and cold. Not June weather at all!!
No SG seeds yet. Tomorrow hopefully.

PaulS · Jun 2, 2015

Trident chilli said:
Great to see all those pods Ronan ... bet you have battened down the hatches these past few days ... not good chilli growing weather I feel so much wind and rain ... have your SG seeds arrived

ronniedeb said:
Hey John. Yeah, we've had a "status orange" wind alert here for today. Very strong gales, coupled with good sunshine, which is a strange one. Weekend was grey, wet and cold. Not June weather at all!!
No SG seeds yet. Tomorrow hopefully.

Nice to see some pods

Is summer ever gonna arrive?
We've had such windy days too.

Spicegeist · Jun 3, 2015

ronniedeb said:
Indiana Pequin

Looks like you've had a lot of activity there, nice work! Indiana Pequin seems to be growing true... very nice :dance:

ronniedeb · Jun 3, 2015

Spicegeist said:
Looks like you've had a lot of activity there, nice work! Indiana Pequin seems to be growing true... very nice

Thanks. Always good to hear pods are growing true!

KiNGDeNNiZ · Jun 4, 2015

Quiet a list you Have..keep on rocking
Wow. Nice pod shape on pimenta lisa.. I have the leopard