Turbo-1's HOT STUFF

rhody

Here is the low down on Hi-intensity, Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium Grow lights:

Compact High Intensity Plant Grow Light Systems

High Intensity Discharge (HID) plant grow lights produce over 500% more light than regular incandescent grow bulbs using the same amount of electricity. These lights are so bright, not only can you use them for starting seeds and seedlings, you can actually GROW full size bedding plants, leafy greens, and fruiting vegetables like tomatoes and peppers. These compact fixtures by Hydrofarm® and Sunlight Supply® enable you to grow magnificent herb gardens, african violets, bonsai trees, cacti, succulents, orchids, tropicals, and most other plants as tall as 4 feet in height.

Metal halide (MH) grow lights are best for all-purpose growth, help keep plants short and compact, and provide the best color rendering. High pressure sodium (HPS) lamps work well for all-purpose growth, but are best for promoting fruiting and flowering in plants. Switchable, or convertible models allow growers to utilize each of these technologies using the same fixture.

These babies are 4000 watts three phase units and require hefty (an expensive) ballasts. The upside, reread the text in blue above, you can get mature plants without ever transplanting them, if you so choose.

I have been checking Craig's List for MH Lights and ballasts, no hits so far. I may try Flea Bay next.

Rhody...

rhody

Here are a couple of trays of peppers, the ones on the right are the evil ones, the Trinidad Scorpions. The tray on the left at the chocolate and ghost peppers.

Notice the ones on the left are getting leggy. I believe the four in front of the tray on the left are the chocolate ghosts. I tried as an experiment, to peel the second tier of leaf stems off of one of the chocolate ones to see if it would still grow and heal or hurt or kill the plant. I even use a tripod to get these pictures and would like some advice on getting better contrast, etc... I tried with and without flash and various camera settings, nothing produced sharp results.

I am pleased all four Trinidad Scorpion's came up. They sprouted three of four days apart and now the newer ones seem to be catching up with the others. I find that a bit odd.

Remember, my goal is to somehow get a tree like structure out of this. I will fertilize tomorrow and post new pictures if I see a growth spurt, they say you should only fertilize about once a week, so I am sticking with that for now.

Rhody...

P.S. Mature ghosts upstairs now under heat mat are doing fine, some leaves brown near edges, flowers and peppers still forming, at a slower pace. When I see flowers I put the fan on them during the day to help pollinate.

Ms Music

Does anyone live far enough south to have native tepins? (chiltepins, chilitepins, what ever they go by)

Thinking I need to get my heat mat out here soon and start my seeds, but will wait for tepins if anyone has some!

(oops, forgot this part)
Turbo, I read recently in another forum where a few people thought that orange habs had a chemical flavor, while the red habs were divine. I probably need to try the reds! Have you had the orange? If my memory serves me right, you said you grow red. But my memory serves no one.

Borek

Peter peppers:

I think they fail to rise up to expectation.

Evo

Quote by Borek

Peter peppers:

I think they fail to rise up to expectation.

Maybe add viagra to their water, although, I can see the resemblance.

Borek

No doubt there is some resemblance - but apparently pictures shown by sellers are either photoshopped, or peppers were selected from very large crop. I had about thirty or forty peppers - and they mostly looked like these two. One plant had crippled fruits, short and twisted. But they were not more phallic, they were just ugly looking.

Evo

Oh, they're rare. I may try my hand at them next year, but they're very hot.

The pepper is considered very rare, and its origin is unknown.[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_pepper

rhody

Quote by Borek

No doubt there is some resemblance - but apparently pictures shown by sellers are either photoshopped, or peppers were selected from very large crop. I had about thirty or forty peppers - and they mostly looked like these two. One plant had crippled fruits, short and twisted. But they were not more phallic, they were just ugly looking.

Nice photo's Borek,

What background, lighting do you use ? More important what kind of camera do you use ? I saw your trip photo's earlier this year, some shots were stunning. Did you bounce the flash as well ?

Rhody...

rhody

Quote by Evo

Oh, they're rare. I may try my hand at them next year, but they're very hot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_pepper

Evo,

Have you tred a tiny morsel of a ghost pepper ?

Rhody...

Borek

Quote by rhody

What background, lighting do you use ?

Just a large (100cmx70cm) black paper for the background, combination of flashes for lightning.

More important what kind of camera do you use ?

EOS 7D, various lenses. We occasionally discuss our gear in the photography threads, and if you want to continue this discussion it will be better to move there.

Did you bounce the flash as well ?

Yes, but I am not sure about details of this particular shot. I simply don't remember. Two basic setups I am using are two side flashes bounced from the ceiling or two side flashes with umbrellas. Judging from the shadows it was the ceiling variant.

rhody

Thanks Borek, if I need more help I will continue discussion there.

Now, onto the ever escalating arms race in the war to produce ever hotter variants of the hottest peppers. The latest entry: HP22B grown by Ed Currie of Rock Hill, South Carolina. It has been measured at 1.5 million scoville units but not independently verified by the Guinness Book of records.

But Calloway says Currie may be on to something trying to develop high-level capsaicin peppers for cancer research.

“The unique thing about Ed’s peppers[is that] as a generator of capsaicin they are much more efficient than other peppers,” Calloway says.

More capsaicin means more cancer-killing potential. Dr. Calloway has been helping Currie test the capsaicin in his peppers for a few years, and says he thinks Currie may indeed have the world’s hottest.

A pepper’s heat is measured in Scoville units. The one Ed has to beat, the Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T” from Australia, measures 1.4 million Scoville. Dr. Calloway says Ed’s Guinness pepper, on average, measures 1.5 million Scoville. For comparison, a regular jalapeño is somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500-5,000 Scoville.

So, what happens when you eat such a hot pepper?

“Your heart will race, you’ll sweat,” Currie says. “You might shake, you might throw up. But once it gets into your blood stream and gets into your brain the capsaicin releases the same endorphins that narcotics do. So you get a euphoric feeling.”

Currie, a banker by day, says:

“After God, and then my wife - family, friends, peppers,” Currie says.

I have to hand it to him, he has the passion...

Rhody...

rhody

I am pretty sure I have a problem. I think I have ants in the dirt for my three indoor pepper plants, and I want to get rid of them without contaminating the plant and ruining the peppers. Any suggestions ? I could put ant food traps in them, and put the pots in a big pan and fill the pan with ant killer to keep them from escaping. I am looking for a natural way to rid myself of them for the winter. Ideas ?

Rhody...

Ms Music

It obviously depends on the type of ants, but since I had ant issues at my rental house (that one time set up residency in a pot) I will offer this bit of advice.

http://www.biconet.com/crawlers/terroant.html

What I had are apparently called "odiferous house ants" or "pine ants", as when you pinch them they smell like pine. I had called a pest eliminator company after completely giving up, and they told me I didn't need them to spray, that I only needed the Terro. Works like a charm. No other trap had enticed these ants. But if it isn't the same ant, it may not work. If so, hopefully someone else can help. But that is my two cents of advice.

Ps, I love that pest elimination company! They COULD have charged me 150 or more and sprayed. Good, honest people.

turbo

Terro baits work well. They are sugar-water and borax - no toxins.

rhody

Thanks Ms_Music, Turbo,

I have ant traps now, not sure they are sugar water and borax, but I will try a few, they have clear tops and 5 or 6 entrances to take the bait, I will put some in the dirt with them. If that doesn't work, then surrounding the pots with a "moat of death" is the next best idea I can think of. I am glad these things can't hop or fly.

Rhody...

Ms Music

Just had another thought. If you use the Terro baits, put something down (plastic, foil) to protect any surfaces. The syrup is nearly impossible to get up if it spills accidentally and dries. Said from experience. *blushing*

Also, if they ARE odiferous house ants, Terro is the only bait that will work.

turbo

Terro baits are cheap and safe and they work very well. The best thing about them is that if the ants have a colony that is out of your sight, the borax still works because the ants take that sugar-water to their nest-mates and share it, so they all will die in a couple of days. You can't get that kind of performance out of direct-application poisons.

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turbo Recognitions: Gold Member	Terro baits work well. They are sugar-water and borax - no toxins.

rhody Recognitions: Gold Member	Thanks Ms_Music, Turbo, I have ant traps now, not sure they are sugar water and borax, but I will try a few, they have clear tops and 5 or 6 entrances to take the bait, I will put some in the dirt with them. If that doesn't work, then surrounding the pots with a "moat of death" is the next best idea I can think of. I am glad these things can't hop or fly. Rhody...

Ms Music	Just had another thought. If you use the Terro baits, put something down (plastic, foil) to protect any surfaces. The syrup is nearly impossible to get up if it spills accidentally and dries. Said from experience. blushing Also, if they ARE odiferous house ants, Terro is the only bait that will work.