Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 6, 2020 9:22:28 GMT -5
The ripe ones have a watery, unsatisfying sweetness before the heat hits.
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Post by Shawn on Dec 6, 2020 9:55:58 GMT -5
Maybe the vendor. I always get mine from Park Seed or I have them from Burpee as well. I know I did a side by side grow of two different vendors to test.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 6, 2020 10:01:45 GMT -5
Maybe the vendor. I always get mine from Park Seed or I have them from Burpee as well. I know I did a side by side grow of two different vendors to test.
That's good to know. Whether it was the seeds or stress, I will start being pickier about where I get my seeds.
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gsaxon
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Post by gsaxon on Dec 6, 2020 10:08:07 GMT -5
It is crazy how each vendor has a slightly different variety of vegetable, with the same name. I guess that is what makes this so fun, or frustrating!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 18, 2020 18:48:06 GMT -5
I`m trying to analyze what caused my pepper failure.
After I decided to terminate the project, I just ignored it for a while, only adding water as needed. All the leaves were crisped on the tips.
After a few days, I tasted a pepper, and the heat was dissipating and the pepper tasted sweeter. However, the roots looked very unhealthy.
So I picked all the friut, changed the water to beginner nutes, and added peroxide to help revive the dying roots.
Then I did a Khang Starr "remove most leaves, trim branches back severely" and expected it to eventually rebound like Starr's peppers do.
But I must have damaged the plants too severely because the remaining leaves are still crisping and dying.
In any case, I think my nute experiments did thie plants in, and I really doubt that it was the vendor's seeds.
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Post by Shawn on Dec 19, 2020 4:57:08 GMT -5
I wonder. What vendor did you use again?
I never had any problems with any of my Sweet Heat peppers.
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 19, 2020 8:28:53 GMT -5
I got them from Totally Tomatoes.
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Post by Shawn on Dec 19, 2020 8:56:42 GMT -5
I got them from Totally Tomatoes.
 Thats right I remember now. I really should read back in the thread  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Dec 19, 2020 9:22:24 GMT -5
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Post by Sher on Jan 2, 2021 16:45:36 GMT -5
It was not the seeds that were the problem.
I had been pushing the nutrient strength to try to match the recommened ppm charts.
After I posted that I was going to terminate the peppers, I dumped the water and just added 11 ml of AG nutrients and 5 ml calmag twice, and the peppers ended up tasting like Sweet Heats.
So I was the culprit!
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Post by fldave on Jan 2, 2021 19:02:01 GMT -5
I am glad that you were able to work the problem out Sher. After I saw a heads-up from mike a while back, one about staying under AG’s recommended dosage of AG nutes, and another about magnesium deficiency starting around week 6, I kept my AG nutrient and CaliMagic doses both in the 4ml per week range in a Bounty with one sweet pepper plant after doing a Drain&Refill dose of 6ml CaliMagic and 12ml of AG nutes a month ago. The TDS has been holding in the 700-900 range and the plant seems happy and fruitful, although I don’t know what the peppers taste like yet. Thanks Mike!
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Post by Shawn on Jan 3, 2021 7:00:36 GMT -5
I am happy that they worked out for you in the end. Sometimes less is more...  |
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Thats right I remember now. I really should read back in the thread 
