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Getting a late start on the glog here as was the case with starting my seeds as well.  Definetly learned a lot from last year and have tried to use that to make things better for this year, minus the later than planned start I am optimistic with how things are looking right now.  Just like last year I will be using my backyard garden for in ground plants along with some air pots and bags, then another batch of plants will be down at my hunting camp.  Differences for this year are using all Pro Mix HP in containers along with digging out each hole for all the in ground plants with a post hole digger to about 12" deep and mixing that in to the soil. Here at the house I have done away with other veggies since the deer demolished them just as they were getting good so its just going to be peppers, onions and corn here with ironically all the other stuff the deer love down at my hunting camp but they have so far (knock on wood) left our garden alone and just mow down the other farmers soy beans once they go in the ground.  Soil at the house was amended with 100 lbs of lime and 40 lbs of 10-10-10 and tilled in back in the fall then tilled again before planting out.
 
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Have quite the variety in the list this year from getting lots of pods for members here and ordering a few seeds from different places.  This is what I have and in no particular order, some are singles but overall I had good germ rates and only lost a couple to damping off while I was gone, all were seeded in groups of 4 starters with several seeds per when numbers allowed with thinning happening once things popped up and survived.  Soaked 2 trays in Myco Blast for 24 hours and another tray I did not soak for comparison, very easy to see the difference it made.  Had 2 mistakes with labeling so there are going to be a few Mystery plants too.
 
Red Brainstrain                           Yellow Brainstrain                     Yellow Fatalii                      Red Fatalii                  Fatalii x Cleos Dragon
7 Pod Red Large                         7 Pod Yellow Congo SR           Primos                               Jonah                          Infinity
Fish                                             Goat                                          Douglah                             Scotch Bonnet            MOA
Chocolate Hand Grenade           Manzano                                   Brown Trinidad Scorpion  Chocolate Habenero   Serrano
Red Douglah                               Tepin                                         Bubble Gum                      Yellow Bhut                 Peach Bhut
Jalepeno                                     Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion    Chocolate TS x Butch T    Datil                            Brad's Bahamian
Madballz                                     Carbon Bhut                             Trinidad Scorpion              Peach TS                    Douglah x Trinidad Scropion
 
Seeds started on 3/12/14
 
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Have 45 plants here with room for another 11.  Used 3' spacing on each in the row and 3.5' between rows with them offset to give a bit more space, if and when I need to I will trim to keep room to walk the rows. No topping or pruning has been done so far since they haven't gotten big enough, would have liked to have done that but with my late start it is what it is and they had to go in the ground before I returned to work for my next 21 day rotation. These went in 4/25 and were given a healthy dose of Fish/Seaweed Fertilizer, Myco Blast, Soil Blast and Humic Acid once they went in and are not showing any signs of transplant shock, a little sun burn on a few but overall the plant out seems to have gone great.
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13 Pots so far and they already look like they are doing better than the in ground stuff and it hasn't even been a week.  Have a few more pots to add as the seedlings get bigger and I harden them off later in May when I am back home.
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The row on the right is the pepper plants, 32 planted in there again with 3' spacing on each side, with a row of sunflowers planted to the right.  On the left is 50 some tomato plants, then a few rows of potatoes left of that with beets between those rows and 2 rows of onions on the far left, squash, cucs, watermelon are planted on the far right, with several rows of beans planted in side garden.
 
So thats about it, will get updates from the wife while I'm gone and a friend down at the hunting camp to see how things are going there.  Wishing everyone lots of luck with their grow and if anyone wants to swap some seeds from the above listed plants I can let you know if I have extras.
 
Lots of pods are out and the waiting starts for them to ripen. I did pick 4 Sweet Scorpions this morning, friend brought one of his over yesterday and I tried it out and there was absolutely nothing sweet about it, not sweet smelling and for sure no sweet taste, top to bottom placenta and plenty of heat. 
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Here is real nasty looking Jay's Red
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A couple overall shoots of all the happy campers. 
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Decided to use up the rest of my habaneros in the freezer for some sauce that came out quiet tasty, even the wife said she would use it. 
 
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Looking good all around Jason. That jays red looks absolutely lethal! As for the hornworms, I hate the things. If you or anyone you know has chickens, pick them by hand and feed them to the chickens. They go crazy for them.
 
Wife got the first pick of the season for me yesterday. Pic is kinda crappy but there are roosters, super chilis, hot cherries, choc habs, yellow and red brains, sweet scorps and reapers that I can pick out and probably more at the bottom of the bag. Little late start on the ripe ones but there should be plenty more turning nearly daily. 
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Rows are quickly closing in and will make for interesting picks to come. 
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Probably over 100 pods of reapers on this plant alone. Hoping the spots on the leaves are just from birds sitting on above clothes line post shitting on the plant. 
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Plants down at the hunt camp garden should be loaded when I go down later this month with any luck. 
 
nice harvest, I'm sure its small in comparision to what will be ready when you return home. Hope all is going well and you get to have some time off here soon.
 
 Very nice harvest and that Jay's Peach is amazing . I was lucky enough to get a few samples of your sauces . It has a nice clean flavor . I detect a hint of fruitiness and a slight mustard flavor . A great combo in my taste buds  . Very smooth and captures the flavor of the habs without the earthiness they are known for.  . Look forward to more in the near future.Hot but not too hot as to take away the flavor of the pepper . 
 
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I could see this being great marinade as well . 5 star all the way 
 
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Thank you for allowing me to try this tasty sauce . 
 
 
 
 
 
That meal looks hella good Jamie. Glad you enjoyed the sauce, will keep you posted on round 2. 
 
So now that I'm back home I have started picking a handful of peppers everyday and trying a couple with each meal to see what will stay in the grow list for 2015. Shot a video of the plants earlier as its easier than a crap load of pics but still have more those too. 
 
Pics first.
First big harvest. Jr used up my paper bags so their in open ziplocs temporarily. 
 
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The above Jay's Red is now ripe and picked. Have any bold volunteers wanting to take this beast on whole?
 
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She's pretty thick in there. 
 
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Pots are doing great and pushing out a ton of pods. While picking I did notice a good many flowers dropping off. Will give them a little nute spray tonight and get a batch of aact brewing. Temps have been really mild for August so it should not be heat related, but I did receive the shade cloth finally so tomorrow that will be on the to do list. 
 
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Lots of Bbg7's and it looks like there are quite a few that crossed with I believe BOC in the same large pot. Time will tell. 
 
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And of course the video is fighting me to upload. Will have to check file size and retry later on. 
 
 
 
 
Nice haul, garden is looking great too! Have you had time to get down to the camp yet to check on them. What are the black looking pods?
 
Thank you Justin. Its not a page turner or anything like some guys here but I enjoy seeing the progress between each update as well as being a lot easier to save info here than writing it down and relying on keeping that piece of paper for the future.

Took my first stab at making Pad Thai tonight. Was actually surprised as to how well it turned out, and my guinea pigs I mean guests did not have anything but praise to give. Also made 'spring rolls', however I cannot read whatever the language is on the wrapper and didn't get exactly the right one but I nailed it on the filler so finding the right wrapper is small stuff. Oh and yeah topped with my latest sauce to finish it off.

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