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Ashe County Pimento Pepper Succeeds in a Bounty and Outdoors

Grow log by ERR0R1755 · Original thread

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CropPepper
VarietyAshe County Pimento
MethodAeroGarden hydroponics
EquipmentAeroGarden Bounty
Plants1
AudienceAdvanced

What you can learnStrong recovery and transition example: a stressed indoor pepper was pruned, later transplanted outdoors, and continued producing until autumn.

Actions:3 Nutrients1 Planting1 Transplant1 Pruning
Useful practices
  • supplemented feeding
  • major defoliation after environmental stress
  • hard root and branch pruning before outdoor transplant
Problems encountered
  • heat and high humidity
  • leaf deterioration
  • flower and pepper drop
  • overgrown untrimmed canopy

*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.

Day 74
UPDATE#5
Grower update

Update #5

Actions taken

PruningRemoved most leaves after heat and humidity stress caused flower and fruit drop.

E By ERR0R1755

Between forgetting to trim back this plant before, and a broken air conditioner that resulted in very high humidity and 85F+ temperatures, most of the leaves on this plant were starting to look rough and most of the peppers and flowers had dropped. I decided to trim most of the leaves off and see if that helps clean it up.
Conversation
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lynnee

It's amazing how plants can come back from major pruning. Keeping fingers crossed for the resurgence of this one!

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ERR0R1755

This one was a success in more than one way - I got a few red peppers off of it, but when it got warmer outdoors I took it out of the Bounty, cut off most of the branches and most of the roots, and planted it outside - it gave me more peppers all the way until September!

Day 62
UPDATE#4
Grower update

Update #4

Actions taken

NutrientsAdded another 10 ml of nutrients.

E By ERR0R1755

Added another 10ml of nutes a few days ago.
Conversation
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Shawn

Looks like you will be getting quite a few peppers on this one.

Day 41
UPDATE#3
Grower update

Update #3

Actions taken

NutrientsAdded 10 ml AeroGarden nutrients and 3 ml CALiMAGic.

E By ERR0R1755

This plant is just starting to flower - added 10ml of AG nutes and 3ml of CALiMAGic.
Conversation
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Sher

It's a cute little plant, ERR0R1755.

Day 13
UPDATE#2
Grower update

Update #2

E By ERR0R1755

Conversation
S
Sher

Looking good.

Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update

Update #1

Actions taken

PlantingStarted three Ashe County Pimento seeds on February 23.
TransplantMoved one seedling into an AeroGarden Bounty.
NutrientsAdded AeroGarden nutrients, CALiMAGic, and HydroGuard.

E By ERR0R1755

I started three seeds from Baker Creek on Feb 23, 2022 and moved a seedling into a Bounty on Mar 09, 2022.The seedling is growing in Oasis Foam - I added 8ml of AG nutes, 2ml of CALiMAGic, and 2ml of HydroGuard to the water.
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