From death to glory ride!!! The tale of the once dead Habanero....

demonseed

• Dec 23, 2011

• #1

A few months ago we had one of the biggest hailstorms i've ever seen here in ballina. 25 cms of hail blanketed the ground and destroyed everything under it. I honestly thought i'd lost my entire crop as the backyard looked like a nuclear wasteland.....

what an amazing difference a few months and some TLC can do.....




BEFORE THE HAILSTORM

MY PLANTS ARE UNDER THERE SOMEWHERE

1 MOVE TO LENNOX HEAD AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER....

I cant even differentiate the different plants!

Red and Orange Habs.......

My first ever Bhut Jolokia ......

So I can only say ....

PRETTY CHUFFED.....

 

Jayman

• Dec 23, 2011

• #2

Damn your habaneros are looking great, wish mine looked that good. Lucky your plants weren't killed being so young. Who knows maybe the ice will make them extra hot this year.

I've stayed in Ballina afew times on my way too Brisy, beautiful place.

 

gasificada

• Dec 23, 2011

• #3

Hells yeah, demonseed!

You have given me hope in a very dark hour (my poor planties are facing some major adversity themselves... pest related though, not weather).

 

PIC 1

• Dec 23, 2011

• #4

Nice chili forest.....If those are Caribbean Reds, you're in for a bountiful of peppers.

Greg

 

Aji hombre

• Dec 23, 2011

• #5

I think you may have discovered a new method for culturing hot peppers. Now I'm thinking about having a load of ice cubes dumped on my bed in the early spring...

 

3/5King

• Dec 23, 2011

• #6

ALLLLLRIGHT BUDDY YEAH! Those look nice, congrats on popping your Bhut cherry. Your plants are champions, keep it up.

 

LGHT

• Dec 23, 2011

• #7

Wow you guys really endure some weather. The worse thing I had to worry about this year was a curious squirrel.

 

mjdiamond83

• Dec 23, 2011

• #8

Are you sure those are hailstones and not a truckload of calcium nitrate? Your plants look awesome demonseed.

 

Scovie

• Dec 23, 2011

• #9

I remember when you posted those pics after the storm. WOW! What a difference! Seems you're off and running now!

Nice bhut.

 

BigCedar

• Dec 23, 2011

• #10

Got Hail?? My lord!

I should really stop bitchin about all the rain we get up here..

Nice recovery.

 

JungleRain

• Dec 27, 2011

• #11

wow great recovery.......I never seen a hail storm so big, it's like a blanket of snow

 

willard3

• Dec 28, 2011

• #12

It's really, really hard to kill a chile.