Hot Rod and Cherry Peppers (08/19/2017) ** Terminated (03/18

[drbanks]

Just transplanted from the former KinderPepperGarten as of 10/14/2017.  Another Power Grower drip/DWC bucket, next to the other two.

This one has "Hot Rod" Serranos, originally planted 08/22/2017, and Cherry peppers, originally planted 08/19/2017

[drbanks]

Hot Rod Serrano (Capsicum Annuum)

From Johnny's Seeds

High-yielding serrano.

Hot Rod is a traditional serrano with avg 3" fruits borne on big plants over a long harvest period. The dark green fruits are traditionally eaten green but also make fine chipotles if allowed to ripen to red. A couple of days later, but much higher yielding, than Serrano Del Sol, which it replaced. Intermediate resistance to potato virus Y and tobacco etch virus.

Days To Maturity: 57 green, 77 red ripe 

[drbanks]

Cherry Peppers (Capsicum Annuum)

Purchased from: Burpee

Red Cherry chile pepper plants grow in an erect habit reaching about 2 feet in height with stems yielding approximately 15 pods per plant. Red Cherry chile peppers are petite in size growing at maturity to only 1 to 2 inches in width and height. Their skin is bright red to orange when mature and encases a thick walled red flesh. The chile pods contain numerous white seeds which are hotter than the flesh of the pepper. The Red Cherry chile pepper has a sweet flavor and a fairly mild to medium heat with a Scoville rating of only 100 – 3500.

Days To Maturity: 80 days

Fruit Size: 1-2 inches

Spread: 24 inches

Height: 30 inches

[Shawn]

Hot Rods look interesting

[drbanks]

Coworker @homegrown has been growing Hot Rods and bringing them into the office and they're quite tasty.

[drbanks]

Hot Rods on the left, Cherry on the right

[drbanks]

You know, there are no bounds to my klutziness.

I was draining and refilling the pot with the Aji Pineapple in it, and trying to give it a good tip to get every last drop out of it, and somehow in the process, I managed to dump this pot off the end-table.

Crashing to the floor, water/nutes, grow media, and yes, the two plants went sprawling.

I tried putting it back together.  here's hoping.

It seems like a week doesn't go by that I end up having some sort of accident like this.

[MaryL]

I could see that happening fairly easily.  I hope your plants are ok.

[drbanks]

Since I'm working from home today, I was just able to look in on them.  They're not looking too happy, but they don't look like they're dying, either.  Even some new blossoms.

[MaryL]

Did a lot of roots get torn away from the grow media when they went flying, or anything else snap?

[drbanks]

Not much root loss that I saw.  A couple branches snapped off but nothing major.

Mostly just a big living room disaster

[MaryL]

Oct 24, 2017 11:23:35 GMT -5 drbanks said:

Mostly just a big living room disaster

Hah!  

[Shawn]

I guess you see clean up in your future 

[drbanks]

One week later and neither plant is looking worse for the wear, although they aren't planted quite as neatly as they were before the disaster.  But, I've been getting new blossoms on both plants, so maybe it'll bear fruit soon.

[MaryL]

Well that’s good news.

[drbanks]

I've been topping off the water and changing the nutes on this one as scheduled, and it's got a bunch of flowers on both plants, but it's like I'm almost afraid to get near it after having knocked the thing over once

I think it really does need some Be the Bee attention, but I'm too fearful

[drbanks]

Both plants are suffering ever since the accident.  The cherry pepper plant dropped its flowers, but the hot rod has set a few.  Part of the problem is that it's not getting enough light.  I have another LED panel that I can hang over it, but just haven't gotten to it yet.

I'm kind of indifferent about these two plants, and if they die, I know where I can put my Rocotos.

[drbanks]

These plants never fully recovered from their high dive, so I terminated them a couple weeks ago.