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Post by maskedsonnet on Jan 30, 2021 6:57:03 GMT -5
Buena Mulata flowers are opening up, and they're purple! Loooove  All three jalapeno plants have teeny little buds starting too   |
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Post by Shawn on Jan 30, 2021 8:27:33 GMT -5
I love seeing the flowers in shades of purple
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Post by Sher on Jan 30, 2021 8:59:33 GMT -5
Peppers with purple flowers are new to me. They are beautiful!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Feb 8, 2021 19:00:23 GMT -5
The Buena Mulata flowers are a little less purple now, but they still have purple tips, which is new to me. And the jalapeno plants are blooming!! The Sweet Bonnet and the Bhut Jolokia in the back row of the right side are having a little trouble, the other plants are so much taller they're not getting the light they need. I've got a couple of those desktop grow lights being delivered in a couple days to help supplement them.  |
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Post by Sher on Feb 8, 2021 19:46:14 GMT -5
maskedsonnet, please let me know how those lights work out, okay?
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Post by maskedsonnet on Feb 8, 2021 20:15:45 GMT -5
Will do!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Feb 10, 2021 19:36:28 GMT -5
The lights arrived and I set them up before going to work! They're pretty light-weight, which is nice. They have a clamp as the base, which wasn't what I was expecting but was a pleasant surprise!  The clamp is very stiff, so it should hold good and tight, and there's non-slip padding on the inside:  Best of all, the necks of the lights are very flexible, so it was easy to position them just where I needed them! The lights can be put on a 3hr, 6hr, or 12hr timer, or just left turned on  We'll see in the morning if the lights stayed in place! |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Feb 13, 2021 2:01:43 GMT -5
The light has stayed put over the past couple days, and the plants are looking happy with the extra light! The others all either have open flowers or little buds starting to form.  AND!! The Buena Mulata has peppers!!!! They're purple like the flowers  |
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Post by Shawn on Feb 13, 2021 5:59:06 GMT -5
YAY!!!
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Post by Sher on Feb 13, 2021 12:25:07 GMT -5
Wonderful! Love the look of those purple peppers!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Feb 22, 2021 17:56:24 GMT -5
Saw a couple teeny jalapenos starting to form in there!! Also watching the Buena Mulata pretty close, from what I've read the pods are supposed to go through some fun color changes as they ripen. The purple is already fun though!  |
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Post by Sher on Feb 22, 2021 20:23:07 GMT -5
What is really fun is sharing your excitement over them!
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Post by Shawn on Feb 23, 2021 4:03:23 GMT -5
I love watching the color changes. I remeber my first pepper plant, the jalapeno formed a heart on it as it was changing.
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 1, 2021 20:10:41 GMT -5
Did some trimming in here, still fighting with bugs. After I gave everything a cut I sprayed it all down with insecticide again. May take it out and spray it down in the shower tomorrow, see if it helps any.  |
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Post by Sher on Mar 1, 2021 22:34:50 GMT -5
Fingers crossed for you!
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 3, 2021 14:57:55 GMT -5
The short pepper farm has officially been terminated. After a little break I'll be giving its decks and reservoirs a good scrubbing, and then they'll be quarantined in the guest room for a couple weeks. Also took the Farm XL peppers into the the bathroom and hosed them down in the tub. Before putting them back I wiped both machines and the table down with Clorox wipes, and after re-installing them sprayed them down with insecticide again. Fingers crossed on the effort paying off!! The Buena Mulata didn't survive being washed, but all the other plants handled it like champs. Most of them hardly lost any blooms, and all three jalapeno plants actually have peppers forming!!  |
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Post by Sher on Mar 3, 2021 19:22:20 GMT -5
Wow! I hope you made great progress in the battle of the bugs with the rinsing off and spraying.
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Post by Shawn on Mar 4, 2021 4:16:15 GMT -5
All cozy wrapped in their towels |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Mar 11, 2021 9:08:43 GMT -5
These are all doing really well after being sprayed down!! Still battling bugs a bit, but not nearly as bad as it was.  |
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Post by Sher on Mar 11, 2021 9:53:16 GMT -5
So glad they are improving, maskedsonnet. Keep up the good work! |
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All three jalapeno plants have teeny little buds starting too 
