Dawn's Pepper Pot - EcoGrower (07/03/2017) ** Term 05/06/201

[MaryL]

And is that after their heavy shear?

[drbanks]

No, that's before.

It's a total jungle in there.

[MaryL]

You’ll need a tarp for all that, lol.

[drbanks]

Well, I hacked away a lot of the golden greek, red habs and vezena piperka plants.  Unfortunately, i accidentally cut off two rather large, not-yet-ripe vezenas in the process.

At least in the case of the pepper pot, i can almost see the base of the plants again, and the scotch bonnets are now getting more direct light.

Still more work to do.  Just wanted to get some of the clutter out

[drbanks]

And again, I went all Shawn on this pot. Now at least 3 of the plants are disengaged from their neighbors.

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[Shawn]

I would  love to see your Shawn work 

[drbanks]

Maybe later, but no way it looks as good as the real thing.

[drbanks]

Still no pictures, but...

I think I've learned a new lesson.

By the time I hacked back all the branches from the neighboring Habanero and Jamaican Yellow Mushroom plants, I discovered that there's essentially nothing left of my Hungarian Wax plant.

It died off, apparently from lack of access to the light.

If the thing doesn't spring back in a few days, and at this point, I'm indifferent to whether it does (since I've already enjoyed some tasty treats it produced), I'll pull the net pot and roots and sanitize it and the grow media.

[drbanks]

Vezena Piperka harvest soon.  I've already got a few off this plant, but it looks like the main batch is coming due:

[drbanks]

Pepperoncini Golden Greeks, not yet golden:

[Shawn]

Your Goldens look so different from mine 

[MaryL]

Yeah they look like a super hot, with it’s crinkly flesh. 

[drbanks]

It is a mystery to me as well.  Keep wondering whether I got it and the neighboring habaneros mixed up, except that the one that's ripening is turning gold, and the plant itself looks distinctly C. Annuum rather than C. Chinense

[MaryL]

Dec 31, 2017 14:36:43 GMT -5 drbanks said:

 and the plant itself looks distinctly C. Annuum rather than C. Chinense

I’ll leave that discerning eye to you, lol.  I would need a lot more schooling on the subject to tell.

[drbanks]

With the help of no less than 3 submersible pumps (one to fill the mixing pot, one to transfer from mixing pot to the EcoGrower, and one to drain the EcoGrower, not in that order, of course), and spare parts for another Rainforest grower (namely the bucket that I use as my mixing pot), I managed to dump & refill the Pepper Pot without spilling a drop.  Of course, I used a fourth pump - the motorized siphon stick) to get the very last dregs out of the bottom of the Pepper Pot, so I did end up hauling about one gallon of water, but this is so much easier than it has been.

[drbanks]

The Vezena Piperkas continue to disappoint me.  I just plucked a bright read (heavily corked) 8" long pepper off the plant.  No heat whatsoever.  Great flavor, but no heat.

[drbanks]

Just terminated the vezena Piperka, and in the process broke off the top of what I thought were my golden greel s but probably aren't, killing four peppers in the process.

The Vezenas were goid producers, but not hot at all. The plant grew to over 4 feet tall and I believe was sucking up all the nutes.

So, we're down to four plants

[Shawn]

Well think of it as making your gardens more manageable so you do not break you back.

[drbanks]

Yes, that's another good excuse reason!

[MaryL]

I should try to grow Vezenas outside this year and see if they’re still sweet in soil.