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Post by tompepper7 on May 24, 2023 18:44:23 GMT -5
The bad and the good.
The first Habanero Habanada pepper to show up was turning from the pale yellow to a nice green color. Thought I would try a picture. The pepper was hidden by leaves and when I went to move it it fell off the plant. After a couple days it (the top pepper) looks like it may be changing color. The four lower peppers are the Red Habanero peppers that were green when I pruned the wrong branch. So far one is changing color nicely.
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Post by tompepper7 on Jun 10, 2023 18:34:39 GMT -5
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Post by tompepper7 on Jun 24, 2023 17:41:59 GMT -5
6 Peppers at 152 days. I have not tried them by themselves yet. The first pepper that turned orange was mixed 1 habanero habanada (no seeds) and 1/2 red habanero (no seeds) in a taco mix. The red habanero dominated with a subtle flavor of the habanero habanada. Next taco mix will be all habanero habanada.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 27, 2023 13:50:15 GMT -5
Lovely peppers!
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Post by tompepper7 on Jul 16, 2023 20:13:07 GMT -5
There are around 2 dozen more peppers growing with a few turning orange.
This plant is different from the Red Habanero in that, although is is easily a couple feet wide, it is only about 14 inched tall.
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Post by tompepper7 on Jul 30, 2023 15:35:07 GMT -5
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Post by jpwaterskier on Aug 3, 2023 8:40:51 GMT -5
Did you have an issue with your habanada plant’s roots taking up too much space in your Aerogarden? I have one in mine now and the roots are taking over and getting into the pump. I trimmed the roots but it seems very unhappy now. Curious if you had any tips on that. I’ve enjoyed following your journey!
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Post by Shawn on Aug 3, 2023 8:55:31 GMT -5
Did you have an issue with your habanada plant’s roots taking up too much space in your Aerogarden? I have one in mine now and the roots are taking over and getting into the pump. I trimmed the roots but it seems very unhappy now. Curious if you had any tips on that. I’ve enjoyed following your journey!
Hello and welcome. I did grow these and I can not remember if I trimmed or not. However I frequently trim roots but you should not trim too much.
When did you trim? It can take a day or two to recover. They can go into shock.
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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 3, 2023 21:34:42 GMT -5
Did you have an issue with your habanada plant’s roots taking up too much space in your Aerogarden? I have one in mine now and the roots are taking over and getting into the pump. I trimmed the roots but it seems very unhappy now. Curious if you had any tips on that. I’ve enjoyed following your journey! I use a siphon when I change the water and don't really see what's going on with the roots. With some plants I do notice it is a bit difficult to get the siphon to the bottom of the Aerogarden past the roots. With the Habanada peppers there is an odd bunch of roots that seem to be growing right at the top of the Aerogarden cover and peeking into the area where the opening for watering is. Pump seems to be working.
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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 3, 2023 21:41:00 GMT -5
Shawn, what did you think of the flavor? I am finding it more subtle than I would have preferred.
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Post by lynnee on Aug 4, 2023 9:56:17 GMT -5
With the Habanada peppers there is an odd bunch of roots that seem to be growing right at the top of the Aerogarden cover and peeking into the area where the opening for watering is. Pump seems to be working. Those are probably the "air roots" that plants need to breathe in hydroponic and Kratky setups. Soil-grown plants have them too, and they help with propagation. |
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Post by lynnee on Aug 4, 2023 10:03:18 GMT -5
jpwaterskier, I rarely trim roots, since I nearly killed a healthy green pepper plant that way. It took over a month to recover! Tomatoes are more forgiving. If you really need to trim roots, do it from the sides, and leave the longest roots at the bottom center intact. Those are the active feeder roots. None of my plants mind having their roots cut vertically to separate them from the roots of a plant in a different pod. I do this when I want to remove a young plant for transplanting. Often I'm able to determine which roots belong to which plants by gently pulling sideways and down at the joined tangles. 
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Post by Shawn on Aug 5, 2023 10:40:44 GMT -5
Shawn, what did you think of the flavor? I am finding it more subtle than I would have preferred.
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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 5, 2023 21:25:51 GMT -5
Day 194 (almost a week after the previous post):
This will probably be the end of the Habanero Habanadas. I am looking at getting some Aerogardens cleaned up for new stuff.
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Post by spaul on Nov 22, 2023 10:28:41 GMT -5
Hi,
Newbie here!
Would you mind telling me a bit about how you got the Habanada pepper to fruit. Your peppers are perfect. I tried growing the plant several months ago and it was an absolute fail. The plant grew big and beautiful. It had tons of bloom but I never got not even one fruit. I grew 1 plant in a Harvest XL. I tried playing with the humidity. The Aerogarden Nutrients etc. nothing worked. Do you mind giving me some tips. I would love to try again.
Thanks,
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Post by tompepper7 on Nov 22, 2023 13:36:08 GMT -5
Hi, Newbie here! Would you mind telling me a bit about how you got the Habanada pepper to fruit. Your peppers are perfect. I tried growing the plant several months ago and it was an absolute fail. The plant grew big and beautiful. It had tons of bloom but I never got not even one fruit. I grew 1 plant in a Harvest XL. I tried playing with the humidity. The Aerogarden Nutrients etc. nothing worked. Do you mind giving me some tips. I would love to try again. Thanks, If you are just using the Aerogarden nutrients, that may be the issue. People will often use some sort of supplement for blooming if they are using only Aerogarden nutrients. I used the Fox Farm nutrients. There are a number of formulas that are added according to a schedule.
You mention tons of blooms and since you do not mention pollinating I will ask if you were using some method such as the Aerogarden "Be the BEE" or such. Additional nutrients or pollinating are what come to my mind if you were getting blossoms but no fruit.
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Post by lynnee on Nov 22, 2023 15:03:50 GMT -5
spaul, did you add any supplements? When my Poblanos weren't setting fruit, adding some Koolbloom helped. Koolbloom encourages blooms, fruit set, and retention of fruit. Some CalMag might also help. Pruning may help, too. Your peppers may have had so many leaves and blooms to support that they had no energy left for developing fruit. Drafts will also discourage fruit set. 
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Post by spaul on Dec 4, 2023 21:52:53 GMT -5
Hi, Newbie here! Would you mind telling me a bit about how you got the Habanada pepper to fruit. Your peppers are perfect. I tried growing the plant several months ago and it was an absolute fail. The plant grew big and beautiful. It had tons of bloom but I never got not even one fruit. I grew 1 plant in a Harvest XL. I tried playing with the humidity. The Aerogarden Nutrients etc. nothing worked. Do you mind giving me some tips. I would love to try again. Thanks, If you are just using the Aerogarden nutrients, that may be the issue. People will often use some sort of supplement for blooming if they are using only Aerogarden nutrients. I used the Fox Farm nutrients. There are a number of formulas that are added according to a schedule.
You mention tons of blooms and since you do not mention pollinating I will ask if you were using some method such as the Aerogarden "Be the BEE" or such. Additional nutrients or pollinating are what come to my mind if you were getting blossoms but no fruit.
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Post by spaul on Dec 4, 2023 22:02:33 GMT -5
If you are just using the Aerogarden nutrients, that may be the issue. People will often use some sort of supplement for blooming if they are using only Aerogarden nutrients. I used the Fox Farm nutrients. There are a number of formulas that are added according to a schedule.
You mention tons of blooms and since you do not mention pollinating I will ask if you were using some method such as the Aerogarden "Be the BEE" or such. Additional nutrients or pollinating are what come to my mind if you were getting blossoms but no fruit.
Hi, I used aerogarden nutes and 4 ml of calmag. However, I am willing to try anything. Can you tell me how much of the fox farm you used and the schedule? Did you use fox farm from the start? I pollinated using the yellow and black bee the bee. I also used an electric toothbrush and a fan. I would try to pollinate it every time I passed the plant, after a while, because I became so desperate for fruit. For some reason I don't think the flowers had any pollen. I gave up after about 180 days because I couldn't justify it any longer. I am living to try this pepper. I'm not ashamed to beg for a step by step and stick to it if you are willing to give me the details. I'll buy any product or nutes you recommend. Happy Holidays!!! |
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Post by spaul on Dec 4, 2023 22:08:50 GMT -5
spaul, did you add any supplements? When my Poblanos weren't setting fruit, adding some Koolbloom helped. Koolbloom encourages blooms, fruit set, and retention of fruit. Some CalMag might also help. Pruning may help, too. Your peppers may have had so many leaves and blooms to support that they had no energy left for developing fruit. Drafts will also discourage fruit set. Hi, I never heard of koolbloom but I will look into it . I used calmag when I grew it. Have you grown habanada peppers? I'm a newbie and I'm not very good at this. I'm trying not to get discouraged. I'm fighting of spider mites right now and they are brutal. They really are making me feel like giving up. Happy Holidays! |
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