mushroom head
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Almost ashamed to post this, sad chilli plants :/ 
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ruby fruit
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Dont be ashamed they will take off before you know it..i found the ones i started under lights took an easy month before they said fuck it lets grow
Youll be right
Larry {the} Gardener
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My early stuff was really slow growing. The late cold, and going from the lights to the sun just made everything stop growing. One of the ladies at the thrift store that I gave a few plants to said her peppers were longer than the plant was tall.
My next round is already bigger than the older plants.
Larry {the} Gardener
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And I have some sick plants too. Dropping leaves like crazy. I was going to get a picture and see if you guys knew what the problem was, but it always slips my mind.
mushroom head
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They looked way better last year, I hope they catch up soon, here is the bonsai orange habanero, rough as Fuck but just wait..
ruby fruit
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Best success i have is of plants that i keep in pots for one season that may only give me no more than few hundred grams of chillis then i cut them back overwinter them and plant at tight time in the ground from there ive had 4-6ft bushes grown and yield well over a kilo of fruit
Even the ones i took out from the tent just arent yielding but maybe next year is when they will boom
ruby fruit
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If there is no sign of stem disease or anything leaf drop i associate with overwatering or to strong a fertiliser or feeds.
I learnt chilli plants dont like their foliage watered and years ago i had leaf drop cos i was given to high a nitrogen based feed.
Cold weather can play a part in leaf drop to.
Larry {the} Gardener
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It was most likely too much water. The pepper patch is next to the drain from my Red Necked Rain Gutter Grow System, and when it rains hard {or I forget to turn the hose off} the run-off can get out of the drainage ditch and into the peppers. I didn't make the holes as deep in the new patch. I got 6 or 8 plants in today. And my soil mix is kind of hot. It might be a little too much for some of the plants.
Here is the mix I used for the new transplants. I used about two gallons per hole.
ruby fruit
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Makes sense larry....push on 
Larry {the} Gardener
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I took six cuts from an unknown chili when I was transplanting. Will see how they do.
mushroom head
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Chilli's growing out of the compost 
Larry {the} Gardener
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Those look as good as any in my garden. Mamma is always talking about shit-house tomatoes. When she was a kid, they had an outhouse. She said the pile out back where they emptied the pit always grew the best tomatoes. They were 'planted' from eating tomatoes and crapping seeds.Chilli's growing out of the compost
ruby fruit
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agreed..funny thing I find is the more effort I put into a plant the more something that's not cared for as much does better lol
mwooten102
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ruby fruit
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watching to see you succeed cos I need to keep learning with the chillis..unsure if my first effort at cloning chillis is gonna succeed at this stage
ruby fruit
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Larry {the} Gardener
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My cuts are not looking great. I have a bad habit of forgetting to spray them. But I'm still hoping for roots in a few more days. All the tomato cuts are looking good. I have a batch of "clone soil" mixed up. It's very mild with lots of the good {Metro Mix} potting soil. Once my tomatoes are in gallon pots, I keep them in a kiddie pool with an inch of water in it. They love it. The peppers, not so much.
Larry {the} Gardener
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Three days of big thunderstorms here. Broke a branch off one of the chili plants.
Larry {the} Gardener
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I'm hoping for some color from these soon.
ruby fruit
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Brought a few bottles of fresh sauce after making a dozen of my own sauces this week
