tsurrie's 2024 glog

Let's play. I will not grow much more peppers this season than last one, but it's going to be fun like always Let's hope for a decent grow. Last year was pretty good even with just 10 main plants - mostly habaneros. They are my favorite and they will play the main part in this season grow also.

Current status: (sowed two weeks ago)

Most of them sprouted and soon they will need to be transplanted in solo pots.

Annums:
- Cherry bomb
- Pimienta (PLM)
- Kapija (paprika)
- another red bell pepper variety

Chinenses:
- Aji Jobito
- Purple Thunder
- Scotch Bonnet Papa Dreadie
- Scotch Bonnet Papa Joe's
- Scotch Bonnet MoA (from 2021 - hoping for some sprouts)
- Fatalii
- Red Savina Habanero
- Calita Red Habanero
- Chocolate Habanero (one pot with older seeds still no sprouts, the other one from last year's seeds very much alive)

 

[SineNomine]

Those little plants look wonderful!
Good luck in the new season, Uros!

 

[tsurrie]

Those little plants look wonderful!
Good luck in the new season, Uros!

Thank you Viv. A lot of those seeds are next generation from those you sent me last year.

 

[jgundo]

Right on, have a great growing season..

 

[Marturo]

Looking healthy & happy, great choice of varieties.

 

[PaulG]

Good luck this season, Uros! I appreciate your dedication
to the superhot varieties. Really looking forward to seeing
some great results from your grow this Fall!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

wow looking good Uros - damn I better get a wiggle on

 

[Downriver]

No sense messing around germinating just a couple seeds. Just throw a handful in there and get this party started!

I like the way you roll @tsurrie, lol. Best of luck this season!

 

[tsurrie]

Right on, have a great growing season..

Thank you.

Looking healthy & happy, great choice of varieties.

The plan is too keep 'em that way, just bigger...

Good luck this season, Uros! I appreciate your dedication
to the superhot varieties. Really looking forward to seeing
some great results from your grow this Fall!

Thank you Paul. Dedication to habanero heat level - what is hotter is too much for regular consumption, what is milder is a bit dull --- and I like that classic habanero flavour the most.

wow looking good Uros - damn I better get a wiggle on

Thank you. Wiggle on then, there's still some time left to start the season properly.

No sense messing around germinating just a couple seeds. Just throw a handful in there and get this party started!

I like the way you roll @tsurrie, lol. Best of luck this season!

Thank you. Yes, but a pinch maybe, not a handful
Usually I put some more in the dirt if I have enough, just to be sure. But there must be some left on stock if the first round fails to germinate.

 

[tsurrie]

All the seedlings are stalled so I decided to replace the soil in all the pots
Hoping they can recover further on.
Currently it looks like this season is going to be the worst so far - if they don't recover I will certainly buy a few from the nursery.
There is still hope I guess

 

[Bou]

Try giving them more light and/or heat, they will bounce back!

 

[tsurrie]

Try giving them more light and/or heat, they will bounce back!

They have about the same amount of light than last few seasons, so I am almost certain the problem was in soil - could be some bad batch and it was too moist around the roots maybe.

 

[PaulG]

Good luck getting that squared away, Uros...

 

[tsurrie]

Good luck getting that squared away, Uros...

Thanks Paul. It took a long two to three weeks to get them bounce back. It was the soil, because I let some tomatoes in same soil and they stalled too, after I resowed them they also took two weeks to start growing again. So, that soil was BAD.

This is from today. I sowed the best ones into pots. Here are some pics.

lucky ones - already in pots

Pimiente

Aji Jobito

Chocolate Habanero

A bit smaller than last year, but still ok I guess.
Let the growing begin!

 

[PaulG]

Plants are looking good, nice recovery!

 

[tsurrie]

A little update on the growing. Peppers are getting bigger, they seem healthy, but there is something eating holes in the middle of some leafs. Caterpillars and snails would eat them from the edge , I guess. Any ideas?

some are okay for now - this one is chocolate habanero

group photo

 

[SineNomine]

I had something like this last year. At mine there were small green caterpillars that turned into big green caterpillars. This year I am prepared with Bacto Speine DF.
Other than that, your plants look great. Good luck with further growth!

 

[tsurrie]

I had something like this last year. At mine there were small green caterpillars that turned into big green caterpillars. This year I am prepared with Bacto Speine DF.
Other than that, your plants look great. Good luck with further growth!

Thank you. I will look for any kind of suspicious activity around those plants.

 

[Deadpouk]

Had similar holes in plants a few weeks ago, found a caterpillar munching under the leaves.

 

[tsurrie]

Had similar holes in plants a few weeks ago, found a caterpillar munching under the leaves.

Yep, found a small one today but I bet there is more because I think they do not jump from plant to plant
Now I know what they look like ... and where they live