Thanks dude but I'll survive. Just wingening about the first real hot spell since last summer.If you want an a/c, I can do you a good deal. I've got an old split system you can have for free.
You sure, even I use an a/c a few days of the year and on hot nights. Also kids are terrible sometimes when it's hot.Thanks dude but I'll survive. Just wingening about the first real hot spell since last summer.
What was the origin of the Habanero Red? I grew a number of plants last season from seed saved from a plant I purchased from Bunnings.Thanks dude but I'll survive. Just wingening about the first real hot spell since last summer.
The Habanero Red which is my bushiest plant with a massive thick stem is still dropping flowers. I'm wondering if there might be some sort of accidental cross and sterile stuff going on? Not sure how that works but it's growth is excellent compared to all others and its putting out tons of flowers but every single one is dropping. I don't have any similar chinense plants to compare but other annums and baccatums etc. are setting pods easily.
When I used a brush this season to pollinate Fatalii flowers I found an abundance of pollen. I seem to have hit the right conditions for a number of C. Chinense plants to set fruit. The Fatalii, a Habanero, a Trinidad Scorpion, a 7Pot and a Maraba Yellow plant have been setting flowers to fruit. The Habanero Red until recently was failing to produce fruit.In my short experience with the chinense var. they seem to produce much less pollen then the other varieties which coupled with the heat might not be conducive to good pollination conditions. Baccatum and Annuum's crank the pollen and I think are simply much better reproductive plants in general with bigger flowers to boot.
What was the origin of the Habanero Red? I grew a number of plants last season from seed saved from a plant I purchased from Bunnings.
Judging by their description it's not the same as what I'm growing:The Habanero Red was ordered online from eden seeds which does lots of seeds, although not chillies especially but I've only had good results with all sorts of vegetables and herbs from them. My first chilli seed sown for this season was a Jalapeno also from them and its got a lot of pods on it.
My theory was to buy any well known vareities from a non chilli specialising yet reputable vendor and I would get far more quantity of seed than the 5, 10 or 20 or so seeds chilli specialists offer. If it is a well known variety you can be reasonably sure of its authenticity. So far this has been proven correct.
I got some Orange Habaneros from Bunnings bought seedlings last year and they grew well and were hot! I didn't think to save the seed but I have been with most pods since then.
The fruits start a light green colour on mine. Although I have it down as a Caribbean Red I'm will not be certain of its identity unless I obtain Caribbean Red seeds from a good source and grow them for comparison.Dark green ripening to red, likes hot climate, slow growing, 95 days. Heat 10.
Seeds per packet: 30
I didn't sow any of the Bolivian Rojo seeds. My last batch of seeds sowed on October 12 and October 13 was Chocolate Trinidad Scorpion, Scotch Bonnet and Fatalii seeds.Harry, did I send you any of the Bolivian Rojo seeds? I can't remember if it did, but if so, have you tried any, and have you had any luck with them?
Has anyone tried this stuff (Eco-Aminogro) or reckon it might be worthwhile giving it a burl?
Chinense plants are slow, late, prefer partial shade, and hate temps over 30C IMHO.
Do you know of any place in WA to buy it, I haven't checked ebay yet, but a couple of online shops said they can't send it to WA strangely, so does anyone in WA sell it?
Does anyone have photos of Red 7Pot plant with green pods?Is there anyone growing the Seven Pot Red with developing pods?
Seven Pot Red
I was expecting the pods to be wedged shaped and taper to a point. The pod pictured is the largest of the lot that aren't all that pointy at this stage.
Sorry to hear that mega.It was good to get a thunderstorm to break up the heat. But then it rained steadily all freakin day! and is supposed to tomorrow! My plants are already suffering from my overwatering. Looks like this season will be a long haul if I'm to get anything. The massive table top covered in pods will hopefully happen in autumn if at all.
It was good to get a thunderstorm to break up the heat. But then it rained steadily all freakin day! and is supposed to tomorrow! My plants are already suffering from my overwatering. Looks like this season will be a long haul if I'm to get anything. The massive table top covered in pods will hopefully happen in autumn if at all.
Have you thought about replacing the potting mix with one that doesn't retain as much water after the showers pass?It was good to get a thunderstorm to break up the heat. But then it rained steadily all freakin day! and is supposed to tomorrow! My plants are already suffering from my overwatering. Looks like this season will be a long haul if I'm to get anything. The massive table top covered in pods will hopefully happen in autumn if at all.
Sounds interesting, Micca! Where might one obtain these stimulants that will improve their roots?Hey Gas,
I have given this a try in the past with something called Amgrow Harvest. It was hard to tell if it worked but I did have some good crops that year. I also used it to try and recover some plants that were not looking too good but didn't do too good(I think the plants were too far gone!)
I haven't used it this year. Instead I have been using a root stimulant(like Rhizatonic or Bloom Roots) and something called Super Thrive(hormone based and is not Fertilizer like Thrive is) on my seedlings and have been amazed at how white the roots have been looking.
Micca
Have you thought about replacing the potting mix with one that doesn't retain as much water after the showers pass?