0a97ce No.6
I decided to start a glog for a little project of mine. I am growing one cultivar of each of the five species of domesticated capsicum.
Chiltepin (annuum) the progenitor of the species and also by far the hottest and most flavourful.
Brazilian Starfish (baccatuum) not the hottest but by far the most interesting and one of the tastiest peppers around.
Dorset Naga (chinense) at one time the world record holder for hottest pepper. More heat, less chinense soap taste.
Tobasco (frutescens) neither the hottest nor most flavourful but one of few cultivars every one can agree is a true frutescens. Also juicy.
Ecuadorian red pepper from hell (pubescens) easily the hottest pube pepper and more interesting than a standard rocoto.
0a97ce No.7
I am not a fan of indoor growing but my friend convinced me to start this winter. I decided to be as cheap and ghetto as fuck. The heat is at 30C. The mat itself produces 37 because it's for a vivarium, hence the book.
2457e3 No.53
Okay, this board is dead as grandma but I felt like giving an update anyway.
The bacc, pube and chin all germinated quickly. The chin turned out to be polycot which is interesting. However the frut an ann didn't germinate, they just went moldy and died. I gave another two seeds a shot and was about to give up on them today when I noticed the frut had shot up! Remaining optimistic about the ann. Commencing picture dump.
2457e3 No.54
The pube. Was originally under lights but now graduated to window sill. The pube seems to like it here.
2457e3 No.55
The bacc, also started under light. It's getting a little leggy…
2457e3 No.56
The chinense, a polycot. Specifically a terracot. Polycots tend to have slower growth so I am leaving it under the lights until it can produce a proper set of true leaves. I may even leave it under there for a while to encourage even growth.
2457e3 No.57
The frut I discovered this morning. Wasn't there last night. Very pleased.
70ce93 No.65
The ann finally came up christmas day.
God damn I can't believe the germination rate on these little shits. You can really tell the difference between the domesticated and land race cultivars.
0a97ce No.83
Well now this is embarrassing.
I had a fungus gnat infestation. It all happened so fast. First there were a few so I tried cultural control, careful watering etc. and within a week there were literally HUNDREDS, no joke. It was bad but I still didn't take them seriously until one of my plants lodged. A young cannabis plant. The whole thing actually fucking fell over horizontal. I dug a little past the surface soil and saw what must have been 30 larvae gnawing at the base of the plant. From the soil surface down, the plant had been gnawed to a thread, like dental floss thin! I have never seen anything like it in my entire life. All my old tricks weren't working to get rid of the little fucks and my plants were looking gravely ill. I bit the bullet and bought massive tubs of pyrethroid and h202. I sprayed a shit ton or pyrethroid, really drenched the soil and kept watering with diluted bleach. Almost a fortnight into this and I can still see the little bastards buzzing around. I got a bug zapper which is now clogged with tiny corpses.
Here's the unfortunate and rather embarrassing part. I think I applied so my pyrethroid I displaced my watering and dehydrated my plants, which were already suffering with damaged roots. As a result I have killed 9 adult plants. One was a cannabis plant coming into flower. Jesus Christ it's a fucking disaster. I woke up one morning to find my plants were covered in dead leaves and looking like they hadn't been watered in a month. Pic related. I immediately suspected the pyrethroid and did a drench. Thankfully my five chilli plants are hanging in there but so far I lost 17 plants total, that's adults and seedlings. I am cutting back on the pyrethroid but these little fuckers are winning. God damn. I will never not take fungus gnats seriously again.