Lee´s Wild/Brazilian Growseason 2009/2010/2011 UPDATE!! 14-08-2011

[lee]

Repotted the Bonchi's. I've put them very close to the lights and we should see some new growth very soon

C.lanceolatum on a new container






C.tovarii Maturing fruits


CAP 1491 Mature pods have dark red color

[jla1710]

Nice

[lee]

thx

Last night we had some frost and most plants where not happy. Especially the leaves where damaged but very remarkable is that C.chacoense(CAP 501) and C.flexuosum seemed to have a good tolerance against light frost. All other plants including CAP 1478 are affected but not dead.. yet.
I collected some branches from a few plants and put them on a water filled container inside the house. At least I will harvest some fruits of those plants that are not matured


Transformed more plants into Bonchi's

C.flexuosum. This was the plant I grew indoors on a 1 Liter container. I'm very surprised with the root structure.




Before


A new C.lanceolatum Bonchi. Already a lot of new foliage grow.






C.rhomboideum

[varg]

Last night we had some frost and most plants where not happy. Especially the leaves where damaged but very remarkable is that ... C.flexuosum seemed to have a good tolerance against light frost.

It must be remarkable, but not surprising, IMHO. 
Here http://chilifoorumi.fi/index.php?topic=3680.0 Aji Inferno wrote that his 2 plants of C.flexuosum

survived the -15C or below temperatures... For about one week. At lowest the temperature was -25C. The plants still live now, several years after the incident.

[lee]

Well I knew that C.flexuosum is cold tolerant but I always have to find out myself  .

C.flexuosum after 2 nights of frost. Could not see any signs of damage and this is the first plant I've seen that is that cold tolerant.


For comparison C.lanceolatum after 2 nights of frost. Leaves and fruits are destroyed. Most plants outside look like this

[varg]

Do you know how low the temperature was?

[lee]

Do you know how low the temperature was?

It was about -3C for 2 nights. I know  not much but it was enough to practically kill all other plants. I will test the plants at lower temperatures to see what it can handle. Luckily I have 4 C.flexuosum plant so I can do some experiments. But at the moment we have daytime temps of approx. 15 C and night temps of 6-7C  .

C.cardenasii


Riping CGN 22795


C.flexuosum Bonchi showing some new growth after a few days


"C.parvifolium".

[lee]

Almost done Bonchi-ing the plants. Just 1 more flexuosum to go..

C.parvifolium


CAP1491 Were planted together when they were small


C.eximium

[varg]

It was about -3C for 2 nights. I know  not much but it was enough to practically kill all other plants. I will test the plants at lower temperatures to see what it can handle. Luckily I have 4 C.flexuosum plant so I can do some experiments. But at the moment we have daytime temps of approx. 15 C and night temps of 6-7C  .

Ik wens u veel geluk! Good luck with your experiments! 

[lee]

Спасибо, Thanks

C.lanceolatum 2009 (Pic. taken 10-21-2010)


C.lanceolatum 2009. 11 days later

[Aji Inferno]

My 2 flexuosums of different varieties could handle sustained -20..-25C temperatures for one week without any problems. Tough guys!

[lee]

My 2 flexuosums of different varieties could handle sustained -20..-25C temperatures for one week without any problems. Tough guys!

I've read that in your thread but it's really good and encouraging information. Do you have any pictures of those plants?, would love to see them.

Harvested some C.cardenasii pods


CAP1491


C.rhomboideum 2009 (pic taken 03-10-2010)


C.rhomboideum, C.lanceolatum, C.flexuosum

[lee]

C.tovarii




Harvested some pods


C.lanceolatum 2010

[lee]

More C.cardenasii pods


Bonchi's are growing good and making some nice foliage

C.lanceolatum Bonchi Flowerbud




C.rhomboideum

[lee]

C.lanceolatum Bonchi

[lee]

Pics taken november 16
CAP 1491




C.eximium


Pics taken today november 23
3 out of 8 Bonchi's probably won't make it but the other 5 Bonchi's from this year are definitely alive  :mrgreen:.



C.eximium

[lee]

Another C.lanceolatum 2010 Bonchi. Needs a lot of trimming..

Front


Back

[lee]

Last few days we had some nightfrost with temperatures down to -6C. Daytime temps. are about 0.5C

Some evidence of the frost


Plant dropped some leaves due to the lack of sun but overall the plant looks good.


Fruits are still maturing  . Translucent pods, you can even see the black seeds

[lee]

C.rhomboideum 2009


Trimmed some leaves


Wired some branches

[lee]

C.lanceolatum 2009 front


back


C.rhomboideum 2009


C.eximium


C.flexuosum


CAP 1491