Wolfman's grow log

Well, I decided to make my grow log even though it's a bit late in the season. I think that it might help me keep track of progress because I look at my plants every day, so comparison will be good.

Here is one of my Butch T plants:


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Here is a giant jalapeno plant, one of the tallest I have.


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A habanero plant that is just over 8 inches tall and looking like a juggernaut. This happens to be a carribean red plant and some of it's bros are producing flowers.



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And here is a wide shot of the garden.


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I finally decided to put in mulch over the entire garden, leaving only the soil rings exposed. It creates a nice walkway, will cut down on the weeding, and is aesthetically pleasing. The soil rings, of course, are rings of native soil heaped around the plant base about a foot in diameter. It helps to direct water where it's needed the most... my chili plants. I also use this ring to place ammendments about an inch down for some, and top feed ferts for immediately available nutes. I also use foliar sprays once or twice a week, to get the nutes where they are needed quickly. I consider it this way... I have slow, medium and fast nutrient delivery. So, sorry that this glog has been started way too late (plants in the ground), but next year will be from start to finish.

 

[nate6279]

Looks good. Man, it looks like you have room for more peppers than that.

 

[mygrassisblue]

Beautiful spread !

 

[Wolfman0709]

Ha ha... yeah I do, but I am not too keen on digging the whole yard up. The farm land is the neighbors and I just can't see annexing his feilds for thousands of pepper plants. The work would be full time. One day though, when my hot sauce takes off. I forgot to mention that I also have ghost peppers in there.


Here's what I have now:

15 giant jalapeno
12 Carribean Red habanero
12 Bhut Jalokia
4 -7 pot Jonah
2 -7 pot Brain Strain
5 Butch T trinidad scorpions

So, 50 plants in ground. I also have 2 5 gallon buckets with a ghost and 7 pot brain strain, respectively. I want to see for myself what gives better yield. I also have marigolds around the border of my garden to attract the "aphid sentinels", or ladybugs as some call them.

 

[SuperHot]

Beautiful spread !

+1

Nice!!

 

[Wolfman0709]

A few of my Ghost peppers are just kind of bushing out without much upward growth. I just snapped this picture:


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I have alot of giant jalapeno plants with some beautiful looking flowers.


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I noticed this on my last photo shoot... maybe just opened since this morning. My habaneros are flowering already!


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So, what could cause the ghost to not have upward mobility? Lack of ambition? Anyway, how long till I get some nice ripe pods from these plants? I am just itching to taste a butch T, which has not had buds develop yet... too young maybe? Should I switch up to a higher Phosphorous content?

By the way, if there are other growers here from Maryland, be advised... my local southern states informed me that next year there may be no fertilizers allowed in Maryland that contain phosphorous. It seems that the bay is suffering ill effects from ferts with this vital nutrient because runoff from farms are getting into the streams and rivers that feed the Chesapeake. What the heck are we supposed to do next year?

 

[Jamison]

Nice plot you got going there. Patience is a virtue my friend. If your gonna be growing superhots, you've got to relax and go with the flow man. There will be some on there soon enough. Sucks about the Phosphorus. Good luck with everything and happy growing!

 

[Wolfman0709]

I do realize the value of patience. I mean, the only other thing to do is paste some flowers onto my superhots and pretend that they are producing.
I just want the little guys to hurry up and do their thing though... it's like watching grass grow, or peppers for that matter.

 

[Wolfman0709]

I have to laugh at myself sometimes. This evening, I noticed an emerging bud on one of My butch T's, the ghost peppers are starting to put out buds, and I was anxious for nothing! It would seem the plants are as eager to burn me as I am to taste their fruit. LOL! Intro Pink Floyd... ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...

 

[Jamison]

I have to laugh at myself sometimes. This evening, I noticed an emerging bud on one of My butch T's, the ghost peppers are starting to put out buds, and I was anxious for nothing! It would seem the plants are as eager to burn me as I am to taste their fruit. LOL! Intro Pink Floyd... ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...

Thats cool man. Congrats!

 

[Wolfman0709]

Well, I had to work late and wouldn't you know it? A huge thunderstorm blew through and had incredible gusts with it. 3 of my poor jalapeons were blown a little sideways, but not damaged. I am thinking of staking up plants now, just in case we have another tropical storm roar through here... lol. If I do choose to stake up the plants, anyone have some advice on how to do so without damaging roots?

 

[Wolfman0709]

Well, after some harsh storms, I had to stake some peppers up and decided to make some shots of everything for an update.

Here is a Butch T putting off a bud or two.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02


I have some curious holes in my Jalapeno plants. Anyone know what this is?

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02

The first pod of the season. It's a giant Jalapeno... not literally though.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02

My Butch T plants are making some amazing sized leaves.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02

Here is a pic for comparison... a whole bunch of new growth.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02

Recent strong storms have forced me to stake up the Jalapenos ahead of schedule. Better safe than sorry.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02


My habanero plants are doing amazingly well. Bushing out like crazy.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02

I believe this is my ghost pepper plant, one of 12, that are making buds. Even if I posted the wrong picture, plant pics for us chileheads are like porn anyway.

By wolfman0709 at 2012-06-02



The garden is going great. What do you guys think? How about the holes? Can anyone diagnose the problem? With all the rain we have been having, I am going to give my pepper plants a week to really dry out before doing any more watering or fertilizing. If the plants have it too easy, they won't produce the huge root ststems that I need them to. I say force them to find their own water by expanding down and out. Good plan?