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| Plant ID | 3 |
| Name |
Big red Chilli (Cayenne) |
| Species | annuum |
| Location | Outside, West facing, Pot |
| Date Planted | Sep 10, 2024 |
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| Grow Method | Soil |
| Notes | Purchased flowering plant with 1 large red chilli. (Taste was Mild) Repotted on 10/9/24 into 7.5ltr pot. No shock suffered and flowers all pollinated. Bottom watering 1 x week with fortnightly 1/2 strength tomato feed. Successful ! |
| build | Action May 9, 2025 |
9/5/25 - A 'Neem Oil' drench. Using 1 table spoon of Oil to 5ltrs luke warm water and a touch dish soap (1/2 teaspoon) to aid emulsification. Good soak from the top until running out of bottom. |
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| visibility | Observation May 2, 2025 |
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| shower | Watering Apr 26, 2025 |
26/4/25 - Watered from top (full dousing) tap water. Like the 'Peruvian White' looking healthy, albeit trimmed back. |
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| visibility | Observation Apr 20, 2025 |
20/4/25 - Light watering with very weak mix of 'tomato feed'. Bouncing back well. It seems it had gone into a 'winter sleep' mode and lost its upper branches, top 1/4 of the plant. Trimmed off dead wood and now new shoots and leaves appearing healthy. |
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| visibility | Observation Apr 11, 2025 |
Survived the 3 month winter relatively unaided. Looking a bit sad but with new growth bouncing back. Have trimmed off dead branches. |
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| shower | Watering Nov 22, 2024 |
20/11/24 Bottom watered. Filling tray with a Calcium enhanced feed (Welgro Calcio) 3mg to 1 ltr of water. Looking good with another Chilli apearing and more flowers. |
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| shower | Watering Nov 7, 2024 |
6/11/24 watered from top. looking good with 2 new chillies appearing. harvested 2 of the 4 big red chillis. Hotter to the taste than I remember last time. |
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| science | Nutrients Oct 25, 2024 |
23/10/24 watered (Top fed) with 1/4 mix of feed ! now have 4 red chillis to harvest. looking good! |
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| build | Action Oct 13, 2024 |
13/10/24 - As a routine, no pests spotted! A good spraying of 'Homemade' insecticide (Veg oil and Fairy Liquid) including the top soil. New growth of leaves looking good. |
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| visibility | Observation Oct 10, 2024 |
Homemade insecticide seems to have worked very well. No signs of 'thrips'! 2nd treatment inc lightly around soil. Also with very young seedlings....killed thrips but not affected plant in any way. |
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| shower | Watering Oct 10, 2024 |
10/10/24 Heavy watering no feed, just water from top 09/10/24 Light feed - leftover from earlier bottom fed established seedlings where flowers are starting to grow. |
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| shower | Watering Oct 7, 2024 |
7/10/24 Moderate watering from top. Many flowers, some pollinated. 4 large chillis still green. |
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| shower | Watering Oct 5, 2024 |
4/10/24 Small amount of plain water from top and drain into tray looking OK with lots of flowers and 4 large green Chillis |
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| bug_report | Bad Insects Oct 5, 2024 |
4/10/24 Suspect 'White fly or Thrips' with leaves curling up. Gave it a good spraying with (COMPO Axiendo Insecticida ultrapolivalente) |
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| shower | Watering Sep 27, 2024 |
26/9/24 top watered with leftover weak 1/4 dose tomato feed. |
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| science | Nutrients Sep 23, 2024 |
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| science | Nutrients Sep 23, 2024 |
23/9/24 watering with 1/2 amount of 'tomato' feed (Compo Huerto Urbano, para tomatoes) Bottom feeding into tray to encourage more root growth into new pot. Looking Healthy! |
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| visibility | Observation Sep 23, 2024 |
20/9/24 (10 days later) many white flowers have pollinated and 4 Chillis and still flowering. |
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