Lysemith, Lowkey
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Fuck Hatch! Chimayo red all the way, and yup, northern NM. Also been working on my own Chile, a cross between the chimayo and pasillo bajillo black pepper.
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hotrodharley
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Check out the green chiles from Pueblo, Colorado. I live just below Hatch. I live on chile every day. The Pueblos are very meaty and stand up to making rellenos much better than the oversold Hatch brands.
sixspeedv
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Got my 2016 garden in. Had to top off both beds with an amendment soil. Mostly castings and manure. One bag ended up coming with fungus gnats so gotta make sure the soil is drying out.
Planted garlic, green onions, habanero, purple Cherokee tomato, sweet 100 cherry toms, yellow bell pepper, and kept my jalapeño that made it thought the winter. Also still have Rosemary, Mexican oregano, and thyme going.
I want to top the jalapeño once I pick the latest set of fruit that is on it.
Going to try some FF grow big once these plants get settled in.
Planted garlic, green onions, habanero, purple Cherokee tomato, sweet 100 cherry toms, yellow bell pepper, and kept my jalapeño that made it thought the winter. Also still have Rosemary, Mexican oregano, and thyme going.
I want to top the jalapeño once I pick the latest set of fruit that is on it.
Going to try some FF grow big once these plants get settled in.
Larry {the} Gardener
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Great looking peppers. Something that might help with the heat is to have your beds a little deeper, and cover the top with a thick layer of mulch. Something like wood chips would work well. It will help with temp as well as water retention.
My weather is not as hot as yours, but I've got 10 pepper plants ready to go out. Lots more seeds in soil just waiting to pop. I love this time of year.
My weather is not as hot as yours, but I've got 10 pepper plants ready to go out. Lots more seeds in soil just waiting to pop. I love this time of year.
sixspeedv
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Thanks Larry. I was actually looking at the beds today thinking they both could use another couple bags of soil and I should've done that before planting. I do have bark mulch that I will top the soil with once it starts to warm up as I learned that last summer. Helped retain moisture a lot longer.
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sixspeedv
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Also I'm trying to get some banana pepper cuttings to root that I took before I cut the plant down. Didn't use any rooting hormone and looks bleak. I just planted my strongest looking one into soils to get some nutrients. Time will tell. Would love to get it into one of my larger containers on the patio and load it with nutrients.
sixspeedv
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Well my one cutting I put in soiled died really quickly. I planted the last 4 cuttings today, two of which actually had roots coming out the bottom of the rockwool cubes which is promising.
They have been in cubes for 40+ days so who knows wtf is going to happen at this point.
They have been in cubes for 40+ days so who knows wtf is going to happen at this point.
cbtbudz
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Nice garden. Seems like my temps may be pretty similar to yours. Hope those cuttings make it for ya. I didn't have good results when I tried and took forever. Now I just grow them from seed or put them in the greenhouse for year round peppers. Have you been to the chile institute? ? I have grown quite a few of their pepper varieties.
sixspeedv
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2 of the 4 clones survived in soil! Not sure if they are jalapeño or hot banana. Excited to find out. Will veg inside for a few more weeks then put into larger containers outdoors and feed them till they explode.
Latest garden update. The topping of the plants I did has caused lots of new growth so I'm happy I did it. The jalepeno from last year I really cut back has exploded! The purple Cherokee is getting thick and stout. the others are just putting along. The garlic is booming but my chives appear to not want to grow beyond once they sprouted. First time trying them so not sure what's up. Herbs are healthy and keeping up with my weekly trimming for dinner.
Latest garden update. The topping of the plants I did has caused lots of new growth so I'm happy I did it. The jalepeno from last year I really cut back has exploded! The purple Cherokee is getting thick and stout. the others are just putting along. The garlic is booming but my chives appear to not want to grow beyond once they sprouted. First time trying them so not sure what's up. Herbs are healthy and keeping up with my weekly trimming for dinner.
Larry {the} Gardener
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Looking good. I topped some of my peppers this year for the first time. They are just starting to put out the double shoots now.
sixspeedv
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Pepper clones are thriving in my tent under 4 6500k 2ft T5s. Occasionally I fire up the other 4 3000k t5s for a total of 8 bulbs at 193~ watts. Temps get up there with all 8 bulbs on and fixture about 8-12 inches from the tops so I either shut the extra 4 off or raise the lamp. Not really sure what these peppers need light wise.
Feeding FF grow big every other watering or so. Feeding roughly 3-4 to full strength. Going to feed every watering soon.
Feeding FF grow big every other watering or so. Feeding roughly 3-4 to full strength. Going to feed every watering soon.
sixspeedv
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I've been messing around with ways to bring in some humidity and possibly drop temps a few degrees as we approach the hellacious summer heat. Took a small room humidifier and ran extra ducting from the humidifier to one of the tent vents. Negative pressure draws the cooler mist directly into the tent from the humidifier and seems to drop temps a few degrees and adds 10+ % to my RH. Normally my RH is around 16-20%.
Not sure if you can tell but you can kinda see vapor/mist coming into the tent from the rear left hand side screened vent.
Not sure if you can tell but you can kinda see vapor/mist coming into the tent from the rear left hand side screened vent.
ruby fruit
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I started these chilli plants inside a tent except for the purple fruited one 
Which is the biggest..theres 9 chilli plants in this patch
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thewanderer718
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Beautiful color, great work !!!!!!!!!!!!!View attachment 3639992 View attachment 3639994 View attachment 3639996 View attachment 3639997 I started these chilli plants inside a tent except for the purple fruited one
Which is the biggest..theres 9 chilli plants in this patch
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sixspeedv
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Garden is booming. We are getting consistent temps in the 80s during the day and 60s at night. Plants eating it up.
Put cages on the maters last week just in time. They are already getting to 2nd level in the cage. Jalapeño has really turned on. Lower growth has grown up and filled out the plant. Topping it and cutting it way back did a lot of good. Yellow bell is really taking off but the habanero staying short and bushy.
Letting strawberry plant flower to see how jet yields in size. Still feeding everything at least once a week with fox farms grow big. Everything is already on drip irrigation so just manually watering when feeding.
Clones have really taken off in the tent and getting close to putting in larger containers outside and feeding them every watering.
Put cages on the maters last week just in time. They are already getting to 2nd level in the cage. Jalapeño has really turned on. Lower growth has grown up and filled out the plant. Topping it and cutting it way back did a lot of good. Yellow bell is really taking off but the habanero staying short and bushy.
Letting strawberry plant flower to see how jet yields in size. Still feeding everything at least once a week with fox farms grow big. Everything is already on drip irrigation so just manually watering when feeding.
Clones have really taken off in the tent and getting close to putting in larger containers outside and feeding them every watering.