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| Plant ID | 4 |
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Joshs (Original Cayanne) Batch 1 |
| Species | annuum |
| Location | Greenhouse Cabinet (Pollycarbonate & Wood frame) Outside with only morning direct sunlight. |
| Date Planted | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Seed Source | Own saved seeds |
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| Grow Method | Soil |
| Notes | From seeds started in (bottom fed) propagation tray and lid sometime in early July. Successfully all germinated from relatively new harvested chilli. (Josh's Original Cayanne (Unvarified) 3 seeds to a tray cell so quite busy. |
| science | Nutrients May 9, 2025 |
9/5/25 - A 'Calcium & Boron' feed (1 teaspoon to 1 Ltr water) - Used total of 10 ltr mix on raised bed. With hope of curing leaf curl and 'blossom end rot' on new chilli's appearing. |
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| science | Nutrients Apr 25, 2025 |
24/4/25 - Watered all bed with full measure of 'Calcium feed' to stop leaf curl. |
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| build | Action Apr 20, 2025 |
20/4/25 - Light watering with tomato feed and also a calcium additive - assuming the earth bed has been washed of nutrients during the past 3 months. Notice leaf curl on the 'Tomohon Market' chillis which can be an indication of calcium depletion. |
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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. |
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| visibility | Observation Dec 29, 2024 |
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20/12/24 - Planted all including mother plant (Original Cayanne) in Purpose made bed using quality compost (7 x 70ltr bags). After one week all looking happy and no signs of shock. Weather is cool and damp at night, watering once a week if that. Many chillis growing but slowly. |
| visibility | Observation Dec 29, 2024 |
20/12/24 - Planted all including mother plant (Original Cayanne) in Purpose made bed using quality compost (7 x 70ltr bags). After one week all looking happy and no signs of shock. Weather is cool and damp at night, watering once a week if that. Many chillis growing but slowly. |
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| visibility | Observation Dec 20, 2024 |
All those that survived the 'insectiside incident' have pulled through very well, all have flowered and 70% are producing fruit (Chillis) Still in Pots being watered every 2 weeks or so (Winter time) Keeping them under a glass topped garden table to stop flooding from rain showers as most are now 18" tall I shall be planting them in purpose built Bed outside. |
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| shower | Watering Nov 22, 2024 |
20/11/24 All bottom fed with a Calcium enhanced feed (Welgro Calcio) 3mg to 1 ltr of water. 2 plants have chillies appearing. Most have flowers and new growth. Those that survived (lost around 3 plants) from 'insectiside spray' incident have fully recovered. new growth. Trying the calcium enhance watering to combat the leaf curl which seems to run through all of them. |
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| visibility | Observation Nov 15, 2024 |
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| visibility | Observation Nov 15, 2024 |
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| shower | Watering Nov 7, 2024 |
5/11/24 - Plain water only! |
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| visibility | Observation Nov 7, 2024 |
7/11/24 nearly all recovering. New growth from lower in the stems. Definite culprit was the bug spray. Have lost a few seedlings and set back all chilli plants. Bug spray far too strong for chilli plants. |
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| science | Nutrients Oct 25, 2024 |
25/10/24 Disaster!! may loose half of everything maybe more. Some bigger plants seem to be recovering, but all affected. |
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| science | Nutrients Oct 25, 2024 |
25/10/24 All plants suffering1 leaves falling off and flowers shrivelling (did spray with store purchased 'bug spray' night before) Either feed or bug spray is culprit. |
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| science | Nutrients Oct 25, 2024 |
23/10/24 watered (Bottom fed) all plants with a little 1/4 mix of feed ! |
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| build | Action Oct 15, 2024 |
15/10/24 As all have new growth and shoots inc flowers forming - have decided to remove majority of curled leaves from 'Thrips'. some leaves still curling but no visible signs of anything. Gave a good spraying with 'homemade Insecticide' anyway. |
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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. |
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| visibility | Observation Oct 10, 2024 |
Homemade insecticide seems to have worked very well. No signs of 'thrips'1 |
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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 from top - leftover from earlier bottom fed established seedlings where flowers are starting to grow. |
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| bug_report | Bad Insects Oct 7, 2024 |
7/10/24 evening Applied 'Homemade' insecticide. Mix 250ml Vegetable Oil with 25ml of 'Fairy' liquid soap as core ingredient. To use - 2 teaspoons of mixture per l.5Ltrs in hand spray gun (fine spray all sides of plant and soil) Next morning no Thrip larvae visible. will apply again in 2 days. |
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| bug_report | Bad Insects Oct 7, 2024 |
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5/10/24 and 6/10/24 Applied insecticide Spray bottle in evening. |
| visibility | Observation Oct 7, 2024 |
5/10/24 Confirm Thrips on everything!! |
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| shower | Watering Oct 5, 2024 |
4/10/24 A quick 2 minute bottom watering for all pots before applying 2nd Treatment. |
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| bug_report | Bad Insects Oct 5, 2024 |
4/10/24 Suspect 'White fly or Thrips' with leaves curling up. Gave them all a good spraying with (COMPO Axiendo Insecticida ultrapolivalente) 2nd treatment - first treatment 2 days ago. |
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| shower | Watering Sep 29, 2024 |
29/09/24 A quick 1 minute bottom watering for all pots. Potting up remaining seedlings into intermediate pots. (as a 3 pot stratagy) |
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| shower | Watering Sep 26, 2024 |
25/09/24 Bottom feed (5 minute stand) in 2 inches of 1/4 dose of 'COMPO' tomato feed (very weak mix) |
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| upgrade | Potting Up Sep 26, 2024 |
25/09/24 Potted up to 120mm x 90mm. Change of compost to......'AKTIV - TOMATEN-UND GEMÜSEERDED' German potting soil for tomatoes and vegetables. (PH = 5.5 - 7) (NPK = 18-10-20) texture = Very Peaty and rich with no need to sieve. Using 4 parts compost and 1 part Vermiculite and 1 part Pearlite as a potting mix. |
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| visibility | Observation Sep 26, 2024 |
Now 5" tall looking good. Some developed 'Leaf Curl' due to hot weather and too much midday sunlight. (My fault, trying to expose them too soon) |
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| upgrade | Potting Up Sep 26, 2024 |
Late August. Seedlings outgrew cardboard pots quickly. Repot into 90mm x 60mm and bottom watered with 1/4 part concentration mix of tomato liquid feed, 5 minute soak. repotted using just compost (sieved) |
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| upgrade | Potting Up Sep 26, 2024 |
Mid August. Potted up each cell as was (unseparated), into small cardboard pots with fresh compost. 5 mins 'Bottom' watered and left. 20 in total. |
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