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Pepper panic

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Had an God awful panic. Went into the poly tunnel and there were burned chillies. Drooping and nearly dying. Have had to soak them all with the heavy loads of water. The chocolate and orange habanero have both been doused and placed into the ground with fish blood and bone. Couple of the bengle and Dorset Naga leaves were nipped beyond repair, so have been taken off. Think the pretty purple is a write off, and possibly one of the California wonder sweet peppers.

Really quite devestating, in underestimating how hot the poly and Wendy can get. Jamaican jerk and scotch bonnets have also been stuck in lots of water.

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Poly progress

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Bit of a panorama of the poly tunnel. We have assorted aubergines; black beauty, dancer,diamond and tres hative de barbentane. The THB is the most developed with at least two fuzzy flowers amongst the velveteen leaves.

Most of the chillies are flowering. Nigel has a lots of little buds. The California wonder sweet pepper has actually flowered. There are three of these and the plants are actually quite short.

At the back we have the two habanero varieties and then the nagas. All quite leafy; and slowly getting taller.

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Superhots still there :)

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These have only been in the Wendy house for a day or two. Not looking too bad. We have jamaican jerk, serrano, Tabasco, yellow and red scotch bonnets. Have been fed and watered today.

In the poly tunnel, planted into the ground hot Thai and early jalepeno. The Superhots mentioned above will be placed into the last remaining space when they get a little larger.

Had a strop with one runty, diddly little Dorset naga. Took it out of the pot, and placed it by self into a small pot. Still swear that ‘El macho’ Dorset has a tiny floor.

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Have discovered that slimers actually prefer nibbling on the bengle naga.

Dorset and Bengle Naga, Superhots 2014

Dorset naga: Potting up

Was advised by Joy Michaud at seaspringseeds.co.uk to pot up the Dorse Naga immediately so that starts to flourish. I did assume it was the dorset that was nibbled earlier this week, but it was on second glance the bengle naga. I always feel that this is an oversight on my part! the fame goes to the dorset, with the bengle being somewhat overlooked.

Today, these were both potted up. Into morrisons flower buckets of all things. These have been drilled at the bottom, by pops for drainage. i am loathe to put them into the ground of the poly at the moment, as to me, they still look a bit small and perhaps need to be a little taller. To be honest, I’ve not had had bad success previously with the flower buckets and chillies/bells. There is some sand and sadly blue pellets of doom around the base. All being well, if they do shoot up, then yes; they will go into the ground.

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Nibbled on Naga: Dorset Naga

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Have not paid the chillies a visit for a few days. Anticipated that there may be slimers on the prowl; and there was. Above are the nibbled on Dorset nagas. These were in the Wendy house; by I’ve just moved them temporarily to the poly. Still haven’t planted them into the poly. They look a bit small still. There are three plants in that pot; and I probably should have separated them. But I will leave them be.

These have even entered into the Dorset naga growing challenge by seaspringseeds.co.uk. So that is why I want them to grow!

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Prayer to the chilli gods

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Ye chilli Gods, make my chillies grow!

These are my second more diminutive batch of chillies, bells and super hots. The bengle, Dorset nagas and choc habanero are in the left, assorted scotch bonnets and jamaican jerk in the middle.

These were a later sowing, and they are late maturing Superhots some of them. They sit by a sunny bay window, which helps the boost up when the sun is out. But the current growth seems painfully slow.

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Dorset Naga #1

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This year for the first time, I have entered the Dorset naga challenge that is set by seaspringseeds.co.uk I have never grown these superhot chillies before, so this is something of a huge experiment. These were sown this year, January -February, I think; using a heated propogator. It was quite traumatic at first, with a couple failing to germinate. Eventually, I have three or four, babies, I think. It is only now that the weather has become warmer that they are starting to pick up growth. They are even starting to look like chillies plants now with how their leaves are shaping up.

I reported these yesterday as they were starting to exit their smaller pots. From what I have read, the Dorset naga doesn’t fruit til November. That’s if it actually progresses in the poly tunnel where it will be homed. I plan to do this in about 6 weeks, but they do look a bit on the small side! That may be an indicator that they need feeding. Hopefully that will kick start them a bit. Most likely that these will be transplanted directly into the ground, rather than putting into pots.

There are three or four babies. As they grow taller I will label each one so that we can keep a record of any fruit that might be produced.

Don’t know as much about the related bengle naga, only that is a bit hot too.

So our Dorset Naga adventure has begun!