So first, the general comments:
It's been a hard year weather wise, although July was an absolute scorcher the rest of the year was a bit below average. Net result was smaller than average plants that took a long time to flower, this in turn led to a late crop that arrived over a 8 week period starting in late September. Normally I would hope for a larger, longer crop but you have to take what you can.
The crop was not bad - not huge pods or huge amounts, but enough for me, and plenty of surplus to take into work and so on.
So, a few photos of the crop:
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| From top left - Trinidad Perfume, Serrano, Inca Red Drop, Santa Rosa, Ecuadorian Brown, Fatalii, Bunte Mischung, Butch T, 7 Pot Barrackpore |
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| Main Crop being washed |
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| Main crop drying out |
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| Some chilli porn - notice the black naga pods |
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| More chilli porn |
So my notes and memories of the year:
- It was great to grow some 7-pots after previous years a low crops. It was probably the seed quality with the earlier plants.
- I used chempack 5 as feed throughout - this seems just as good a chilli focus and a lot cheaper. I will use this again in 2014.
- The holiday watering system I rigged up seemed to work - if anything a little too well, more on this another time.
- I still suspect I have a dead spot in the greenhouse, where nothing will get pollinated. Next year I will put some plants outside from time to time. Removing some panes of glass has helped here, but not entirely cured the problem.
- I took some chillis into work. I told them the fatalii were hot. Very hot. But someone decided (after some goading) to try a bite. Apparently he nearly passed out. I missed seeing this myself. Gutted.
- The Peruvian Purple in the office was growing very well, but would not pollinate properly. Within a week of bringing home it was covered in pods - clearly there are limits to what you can achieve at work.
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