The Great Kiwi Pepper Thread

[nzchili]

 
Hey my mate was a distributor, but he's stopped doing it now, so these ferts are what we had left spare that he gave me. I can hook you up with some mid range stuff - i stil have a few left, you can have one or two bottles if you want, it's the one that's a mix of both bloom and grow. it seems to do ok.
 
And yeah I haven't sprayed a single time yet - but I did use the predatory mites at the start as I saw broad mites starting. I tell you, those predatory mites from Bioforce are bloody legendary dude, worth their weight in gold.
 

 
Oh yea? Would not say no to one of them  
I think you gave me 3 different ones last time. A "bloom" a "grow" and a "foliage pro")
 
Im liking the "grow" one which I think is a 7-9-5, is that the one you mean you have left? Ill swap you some beers or something
 
Had a look at the bioforce webste re the mites. which ones did you get? didnt see any say they were specifically for broad mites. Not that iv got a problem with them at the moment but would be keen to know in case I ever need them!
 
cheers 

 

[Kordster]

Just to update, so I planted some reapers, red chilies and Jalapenos from seed. They grew well, I then transferred them into grow bags and have been out for a while but the reapers seem to be growing slow wide and short (stunted growth).  A few aphids seem to have also took an interest on a few of the plants, so I'm guessing I will need to sort them out?.  So do I need to do anything more? not used to growing reapers just normal chilies and Jalapenos is what I have done before.  I have chucked some generic fertilizer to see if it makes any diff, the plants have been in their new bags for about 3 weeks but I'm worried that they will just fizzle out if I'm not careful and mess the growing season up.
 
Any tips or suggestions welcome, if there are any online guides then don't mind doing a bit of reading, just don't want to be reading the wrong guide and killing the crop.  I did try and post a pic but need to upgrade my account or get a online pic account.
 
Cheers Kordster

 

[SentencedToBurn]

Just to update, so I planted some reapers, red chilies and Jalapenos from seed. They grew well, I then transferred them into grow bags and have been out for a while but the reapers seem to be growing slow wide and short (stunted growth).  A few aphids seem to have also took an interest on a few of the plants, so I'm guessing I will need to sort them out?.  So do I need to do anything more? not used to growing reapers just normal chilies and Jalapenos is what I have done before.  I have chucked some generic fertilizer to see if it makes any diff, the plants have been in their new bags for about 3 weeks but I'm worried that they will just fizzle out if I'm not careful and mess the growing season up.
 
Any tips or suggestions welcome, if there are any online guides then don't mind doing a bit of reading, just don't want to be reading the wrong guide and killing the crop.  I did try and post a pic but need to upgrade my account or get a online pic account.
 
Cheers Kordster

 
Hey dude, what type ferts did you use? What was the NPK number on them? That'll tell us whether that's the right stuff you used or not.
 
With aphids, I suggest (others may disagree) to get a spray bottle, chuck maybe half a teaspoon of dishwashing detergent in there per 500ml of water, and spray the leaves (soak them) top and bottom, especially underleaves as that's where all aphids will be. Repeat daily for 3 days, maybe 4. and they'll be gone. I usually also get ant-bait to get rid of the ants as they're the ones who bring the aphids up.
 
To post pics just use http://postimage.org/ man.

 

[SentencedToBurn]

 
Oh yea? Would not say no to one of them
I think you gave me 3 different ones last time. A "bloom" a "grow" and a "foliage pro")
 
Im liking the "grow" one which I think is a 7-9-5, is that the one you mean you have left? Ill swap you some beers or something
 
Had a look at the bioforce webste re the mites. which ones did you get? didnt see any say they were specifically for broad mites. Not that iv got a problem with them at the moment but would be keen to know in case I ever need them!
 
cheers 

 
Hey bro I used Mite A (http://www.bioforce.co.nz/products/Mite-A.html), i checked with the dude online first last year, and he suggested that it worked for him. And last year it cleared all my broad mites out. Same this year, worked mint.
 
I have these ferts to spare if you want - can give you a bottle (it's the larger sized one):

 
 
 
This year I've got 24 50L growbags and 20 5L growbags indoors for D3monic's crosses.
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kordster]

 
Hey dude, what type ferts did you use? What was the NPK number on them? That'll tell us whether that's the right stuff you used or not.
 
With aphids, I suggest (others may disagree) to get a spray bottle, chuck maybe half a teaspoon of dishwashing detergent in there per 500ml of water, and spray the leaves (soak them) top and bottom, especially underleaves as that's where all aphids will be. Repeat daily for 3 days, maybe 4. and they'll be gone. I usually also get ant-bait to get rid of the ants as they're the ones who bring the aphids up.
 
To post pics just use http://postimage.org/ man.

As I have no idea what I'm doing I just got a Yates Thrive veg & herb fert N 9.5 / P 1.9 / K 7.6  (Have a feeling its not what I need I went to look and with a wall of ferts it was a little overwhelming when it came to pick one, the soil mix I got had ferts in them too but again think I just need the right one or maybe more soil!!.  Thanks for the pic posting link what a god send damn fast.  Cheers for helping a new guy out
 
Cheers
 
Kordster
 
 

 

[SentencedToBurn]

As I have no idea what I'm doing I just got a Yates Thrive veg & herb fert N 9.5 / P 1.9 / K 7.6  (Have a feeling its not what I need I went to look and with a wall of ferts it was a little overwhelming when it came to pick one, the soil mix I got had ferts in them too but again think I just need the right one or maybe more soil!!.  Thanks for the pic posting link what a god send damn fast.  Cheers for helping a new guy out
 
Cheers
 
Kordster
 
 

Dude those seedlings look good as!
 
You could do with a bit more soil, but even in there you'll be sweet man. Looks dry so it's mint you're not overwatering them, spot on.
 
The ferts are good, the nitrogen is high so it's pretty good for what you need for early growth. I use 9-3-6 for my ones until they start flowering and that's very close to your ones, so stick to yours man.
 
But yeah, the only thing I can say is if you see aphids, do the dishwashing fluid spray for a few days all over, and you'll be sweet. These will come out great I reckon.

 

[Kordster]

Dude those seedlings look good as!
 
You could do with a bit more soil, but even in there you'll be sweet man. Looks dry so it's mint you're not overwatering them, spot on.
 
The ferts are good, the nitrogen is high so it's pretty good for what you need for early growth. I use 9-3-6 for my ones until they start flowering and that's very close to your ones, so stick to yours man.
 
But yeah, the only thing I can say is if you see aphids, do the dishwashing fluid spray for a few days all over, and you'll be sweet. These will come out great I reckon.

Oh OK so stressing over nothing, will put a bit more soil in, when they start flowering what ferts do I use then? 
 
Cheers
 
Kordster

 

[Madhatter123]

cool. ill bring a few tomato plants over if you like. ive got more than i need.

 

[SentencedToBurn]

cool. ill bring a few tomato plants over if you like. ive got more than i need.

Yeah we're all good with plants here man, just happy to know these plants are going somewhere where they'll be used.

 

[SentencedToBurn]

Oh OK so stressing over nothing, will put a bit more soil in, when they start flowering what ferts do I use then? 
 
Cheers
 
Kordster

 
Once flowering you want something with high phosforus so in your NPK ratio it's the P you want, i.e. I use 3-12-6
 
Something like this should do well for you: http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-living/outdoor-garden-conservatory/gardening-landscaping-supplies/fertilisers-soil-conditioners/auction-1217704756.htm just don't overfeed it and you'll be sweet. This stuff will stop the flower drop (or reduce it) so you'll have a lot more pods tied up.

 

[nzchili]

 
Hey bro I used Mite A (http://www.bioforce.co.nz/products/Mite-A.html), i checked with the dude online first last year, and he suggested that it worked for him. And last year it cleared all my broad mites out. Same this year, worked mint.
 
I have these ferts to spare if you want - can give you a bottle (it's the larger sized one):

 
 
 
This year I've got 24 50L growbags and 20 5L growbags indoors for D3monic's crosses.
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Yep thats the one. Would be keen on a bottle of that. Ill hit you up in the new year I guess Off to fiji soon..will keep an eye out for interesting peppers/seeds.
Your plants are looking good as usual. What are these crosses you speak of?
 
cheers 

 

[SentencedToBurn]

 
 
Yep thats the one. Would be keen on a bottle of that. Ill hit you up in the new year I guess Off to fiji soon..will keep an eye out for interesting peppers/seeds.
Your plants are looking good as usual. What are these crosses you speak of?
 
cheers 

 
Sweet dude, yeah man grab some seeds if there wil be some cool stuff. And yeah let me know when you're back, i'll have a bottle ready for you.
 
One of the crosses is the F1 inca berry / lemon drop I grew out for him, then he grew out an F2 during our winter, now he's sent me the F3 seeds. So we're doing 1 generation every 6 months in north and south hemispheres. Pretty sweet.
 
The other 3 crosses are F2s, all crossed wtih Butch T. Here are the seeds I got from him this year, so that's what I'm growing out in those small growbags:
 

 

[nzchili]

 
Sweet dude, yeah man grab some seeds if there wil be some cool stuff. And yeah let me know when you're back, i'll have a bottle ready for you.
 
One of the crosses is the F1 inca berry / lemon drop I grew out for him, then he grew out an F2 during our winter, now he's sent me the F3 seeds. So we're doing 1 generation every 6 months in north and south hemispheres. Pretty sweet.
 
The other 3 crosses are F2s, all crossed wtih Butch T. Here are the seeds I got from him this year, so that's what I'm growing out in those small growbags:
 

 
Awesome, that's really cool. Let me know if im needed to help the cause

 

[SentencedToBurn]

 
Awesome, that's really cool. Let me know if im needed to help the cause

 
Sweet thanks man, maybe next year I could let him know that between the two of us perhaps we can do like 6 varieties, so 3 each, or just do less of each, so only grow like 2-3 of each plant, but with redundancy just in case one of us gets hit with psyllids, or something else real bad etc.

 

[Madhatter123]

 
Hey my mate was a distributor, but he's stopped doing it now, so these ferts are what we had left spare that he gave me. I can hook you up with some mid range stuff - i stil have a few left, you can have one or two bottles if you want, it's the one that's a mix of both bloom and grow. it seems to do ok.
 
And yeah I haven't sprayed a single time yet - but I did use the predatory mites at the start as I saw broad mites starting. I tell you, those predatory mites from Bioforce are bloody legendary dude, worth their weight in gold.

Takanini here, let me know if you're around my area this weekend, I can give you a couple of plants. A couple are from my mate's seedlings, he was gonna biff them but I had spare pots so planted them out, and a couple are from my own seeds. They're pretty small still, but if you pot them out they should give you some fruit by March or maybe April the latest I reckon.

hey sentencedtoburn

thanks heaps for the seedlings mate! will plant them out tomorrow!

 

[SentencedToBurn]

hey sentencedtoburn

thanks heaps for the seedlings mate! will plant them out tomorrow!

 
No worries hopefully they come up allright for you.

 

[nzchili]

Added this to my grow at the last minute.
Put seeds to soak yesterday. 
Its a hybrid that grew out of either 7pot SR strain, or douglah seeds.   (i gave a pack of 7pot SR and a pack of douglah seeds to relatives and this is what grew).
Plant has black / purple stems. Fruit turn from purple (when unripe), to red. Only a single pod per node.  

 

[SentencedToBurn]

Added this to my grow at the last minute.
Put seeds to soak yesterday. 
Its a hybrid that grew out of either 7pot SR strain, or douglah seeds.   (i gave a pack of 7pot SR and a pack of douglah seeds to relatives and this is what grew).
Plant has black / purple stems. Fruit turn from purple (when unripe), to red. Only a single pod per node.  

 
That's nuts that it's single pod per node, so it means it crossed with a annuum of some sort, or.. are baccattums one pod per node too? It'll be a 7 pod or Douglah X something. Thats a cool cross man. Are you sure you'll have enough time to get pods? Then again if it grows like an annuum you might.

 

[nzchili]

 
That's nuts that it's single pod per node, so it means it crossed with a annuum of some sort, or.. are baccattums one pod per node too? It'll be a 7 pod or Douglah X something. Thats a cool cross man. Are you sure you'll have enough time to get pods? Then again if it grows like an annuum you might.

yep, figured it had to be a hybrid as opposed to a cross due to the single pod per node, and I think your right about it having douglah in there.
not sure ill have time, I put seeds to dirt this morning. Would not expect big plants but should have long enough to get a few plants with a few pods and see what we got to work with in general. 
I can baby any that are "close" before it starts getting too cold or even overwinter a few if something shows any potential. 
 
I think I planted 12 or so seeds, and my friend is doing the same so still got heaps. You can have some to if you want

 

[SentencedToBurn]

yep, figured it had to be a hybrid as opposed to a cross due to the single pod per node, and I think your right about it having douglah in there.
not sure ill have time, I put seeds to dirt this morning. Would not expect big plants but should have long enough to get a few plants with a few pods and see what we got to work with in general. 
I can baby any that are "close" before it starts getting too cold or even overwinter a few if something shows any potential. 
 
I think I planted 12 or so seeds, and my friend is doing the same so still got heaps. You can have some to if you want

 
Haha sweet, thanks man. Might be a bit too late for me this year, but if you guys get any fruit, I'm keen as to grow out the next generation (or if you dont, can do these seeds if you'll have leftovers still).