SKULLBIKERS Fun with peppers in 2021 GLOG

And so it begins, another year of growing some peppers. This will be a sort of continuation of last year
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73129-skullbikers-roaring-into-the-twenties-glog/page-1
 
as several of those plants are still going(and many got whacked and ended up on the burn pile). 
 
Anyway, I have 3 trays of peppers sown and many have germinated already(mostly annums). I wanted to compare several different jalapeños for taste in real time. This tray is all jalapeños, ten types from 7 different vendors. The seeds in block 3 are from 2014.
 

 
Another tray with annums at each end and mostly rocotos in the middle(and they're taking their sweet time).
 

 
 

 

[skullbiker]

Looks like I have the same to look forward to - WTF Texas???
 

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WELL, THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD! [emoji3063]

 

[skullbiker]

Better then what I got LOL
 

Absolutely NO QUESTION where your plants need to be!
Keep warm man.

 

[skullbiker]

After a day it would seem as even the tops of the rocoto plants are not a total loss. Many of the leaves came out of the "droop", but many did not.  A lot of flowers took a hit. 
 

 

 

[dragonsfire]

Hope it continues.

 

[skullbiker]

Jalafuego Jalapeno
 

 

 
Numex Orange Spice Jalapeno
 

 
These look a little hairy.
 

 

 
 

 

[MarcV]

Do I see some flower buds developing in that orange spice?
I wanted to grow the orange spice also this season, together with those other "spice" varieties, but then decided I needed the room for something else. Curious how your orange spice will be like...

 

[skullbiker]

Do I see some flower buds developing in that orange spice?
I wanted to grow the orange spice also this season, together with those other "spice" varieties, but then decided I needed the room for something else. Curious how your orange spice will be like...

 
Yes, there are buds beginning to show on a number of the young plants. I have orange spice plants started from three different vendors. After last year I want to see if anyones seed is even marginally consistent. Last year I didn't keep track very well what plants were from which vendor. Some of the plants were producing full size jalapeno pods that ripened to red. I have the Lemon Spice going again this year also. We shall see.

 

[skullbiker]

Mammoth Jalapeno
 

 

 
Chichimeca Jalapeno
I'll have to keep an eye on these as the leaves on several are doing strange stuff.
 

 

 

[PaulG]

Don't know what to say about that leaf curl, buddy.
The bigger leaves on my Aji Amarillos have a tendency
to do that sometimes, especially during the indoor part
of the grow.
 
Other than that, your plants look superb.

 

[skullbiker]

Time for some meal maker plants.
 
Stuff Enuff Hybrid Bell Pepper
 

 

 
Big Bertha Hybrid Bell Pepper
 

 

 
And the scariest thing you can see in the pepper world.
Eeeeeeekkkkk!
 

 

 

[Inoks]

Kill em all!

 

[skullbiker]

Kill em all!

They should be gone by morning. They’re outside and it’s raining really hard right now!

 

[dragonsfire]

Burn them 

 

[skullbiker]

Burn them 

 
I'm pretty sure I got them with less destructive means. I dusted them early yesterday with my custom mixture(safe for humans). Then in the last 12 hours we got two good ol' Florida downpours(totaling 1 1/2 inches). I don't see any sign of them on the plants now.

 

[skullbiker]

Here's the Primo Jalapeno that I found the first aphids on.
 

 

 
I imagine I will be checking them all frequently for a while!
 
 

 

[ahayastani]

I have noticed that these critters are increasing their activity here as well

 

[skullbiker]

I planted seeds I got from Tybo in these cells the at same time that I planted my Growdown seeds. The four across the front are Peppa Peach and the two behind those are Rocoto Pisac Amarillo. It's hard to see in this pic but in the right rear cell a Rocoto Costa Rica Red is just pushing up the mix.
 

 

[skullbiker]

Picked a few pods today.
 
Like three, two rocotos and a Sugar Rush Peach.
 

 

[Tybo]

I planted seeds I got from Tybo in these cells the at same time that I planted my Growdown seeds. The four across the front are Peppa Peach and the two behind those are Rocoto Pisac Amarillo. It's hard to see in this pic but in the right rear cell a Rocoto Costa Rica Red is just pushing up the mix.
 

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Glad to see you planted the seeds.  What about the left rear cell?  Surely it's not vacant!

 

[skullbiker]

 
 
Glad to see you planted the seeds.  What about the left rear cell?  Surely it's not vacant!

 
That was also a Costa Rica Red Rocoto, no action there yet.