windchicken 2015

It was from my own inaction that I missed so many of my awesome THP friends over most of last season…I will not lie, it's much more convenient to post pix—and do just about anything—on that other very popular social media site, but there's no place there to maintain a grow log…Those of you who have not fallen prey to that particular internet time-waster of which I speak and have remained loyal to THP have my greatest love and respect…I pledge today to maintain this glog throughout the complete 2015 grow season! 
 
Last weekend (January 10 & 11) I sowed most of my C. chinense seeds: 4 x 18-cell trays, 72 x 3" wide cells. The sprouting medium is Fafard Super Fine Germination Mix. The light stand is Harris Seed's "8 Tray 2-Tier Combo", which includes a 4' x 2' heat mat and a light timer. New this year is a DeLonghi radiant heater to drive out the cold drafts in this spare bedroom. Everything else is the same as last year. 
 
As far as varieties sown this year, I agonized over a couple of "dream" lists during the fall, and obsessed over a nice spreadsheet in the week preceding this sowing, but I couldn't settle on a firm "assemblage" of super hot varieties. So I waited until the last minute (after the soil was already in the trays) and went with my gut. This is what I sowed:
 
7 Pot Primo (pepperlover.com), 18
7 Pot Primo (Primo's Backyard Select) 9
Bonda Man Jacques x 7 Pot Yellow (F4), 9 (Spicegeist's wonderfully hot and flavorful marriage of 2 yellow Caribbean classics)
Baby Barrackpore (F3), 9 (my favorite of the 3 phenotypes of Spicegeist's Sonoran Chiltepin x 7 Pot Barrackpore)
NagaBrain Red (F4), 9
NagaBrain Chocolate, Tmudder Strain (F3), 9
NagaBrain Yellow (F2), 9
 
 

 

[moruga welder]

 
That was the most snow I've seen here in several years…Seems like the last time was in 2010.
 
 
I remember that snow, Scott…I believe it was the winter of '81. We got several inches of fine, dry powder here, like the Rocky Mountains…I cracked a tooth trying to snowboard on the ice that fell the day before. Maybe I'll post those photos….
 
As for my chile babies, the warm weather cannot get here soon enough for them. I'm beginning to suspect I may have to pot up a second time before plant-out day:
 

 

nice looking plants !     

 

[PaulG]

"I am so incredibly overplanted"
 
Maxed out?  NEVER!  

 

[Datil]

All looking great Gary!
 

 

 
Fabrizio

 

[windchicken]

"I am so incredibly overplanted"
 
Maxed out?  NEVER!  

 
 

All looking great Gary!
 

 

 
Fabrizio

 
Thanks guys!
 
NagaBrain Yellow, my f2 population:
 

 
7 Pot Primo. The left 2 trays are from pepperlover.com seeds. The far right tray is Primo's Backyard Select. The lights are raised up as far as they will go, bumping up against the upper tier trays. Time for these babies to go outside:
 

 

[romy6]

Look at those beauties . Master at work .   #nagabrainmachine  

 

[windchicken]

Look at those beauties . Master at work .   #nagabrainmachine  

 
Thanks Jamie! 

 

[Trident chilli]

Beautiful healthy plants ... your grow room looks clinically clean ... Naga Brain Yellows awesome

 

[Trippa]

Great looking plants there Gary! Great stuff ... interesting to see how the two primos compare later

 

[stc3248]

Great start Gary! Best of luck to you this year!!!

 

[Spicegeist]

 
7 Pot Primo. The left 2 trays are from pepperlover.com seeds. The far right tray is Primo's Backyard Select. The lights are raised up as far as they will go, bumping up against the upper tier trays. Time for these babies to go outside:
 

 
 
Two different sources, that's a good idea.  I wonder if they'll turn out the same.

 

[windchicken]

nice looking plants !     

 
Thanks Frank!
 

Beautiful healthy plants ... your grow room looks clinically clean ... Naga Brain Yellows awesome

 
Thanks John! Just don't look too close at the floor in there 
 

Great looking plants there Gary! Great stuff ... interesting to see how the two primos compare later

 
Thanks Trippa!
 

Great start Gary! Best of luck to you this year!!!

 
Hey Shane! You too, my friend!
 

 
 
Two different sources, that's a good idea.  I wonder if they'll turn out the same.

 
Thanks Charles! Two of the "backyard selects" are already bumping the lights this morning, since I took that photo yesterday. Troy tells me the seed mother grew to over 7 feet…But, as you say, it's the fruit that will tell the story. 
 
Fuligo septica, a.k.a. Dog Vomit Slime Mold, in my 5-year-old-hardwood-chips-and-river-clay "pilot" bed this morning (This is where the f4 Bonda Man Jacques x 7 Pot Yellow grow will happen.) Things are waking up around here:
 

 

[Devv]

Plants look great Gary!
 
And dirt day should be very soon. I put the first few in today, I have tomorrow, and then they say rain for Thursday. We'll see

 

[Roguejim]

 
 
 
Thanks guys!
 
NagaBrain Yellow, my f2 population:
 

 
7 Pot Primo. The left 2 trays are from pepperlover.com seeds. The far right tray is Primo's Backyard Select. The lights are raised up as far as they will go, bumping up against the upper tier trays. Time for these babies to go outside:
 

My gosh you grow big plants in little pots.  Those roots have to be a solid mass.  Please keep us posted on the RCW.

 

[Pulpiteer]

Fuligo septica, a.k.a. Dog Vomit Slime Mold, in my 5-year-old-hardwood-chips-and-river-clay "pilot" bed this morning (This is where the f4 Bonda Man Jacques x 7 Pot Yellow grow will happen.) Things are waking up around here:
 

Wow, that's crazy. I don't think I've ever seen that before. That name fits.
So what does that tell you? Slime mold wouldn't be a fungi, correct? But does that mean the soil life is waking up?

 

[PaulG]

That stuff reminds me of some college parties.

 

[windchicken]

Plants look great Gary!
 
And dirt day should be very soon. I put the first few in today, I have tomorrow, and then they say rain for Thursday. We'll see

 
Thanks Scott! I only started hardening up a couple days ago, so I'm at least two weeks away from setting anything in the ground…You always get a head start on me! 
 

My gosh you grow big plants in little pots.  Those roots have to be a solid mass.  Please keep us posted on the RCW.

 
Thanks RJ! Will do!
 

Wow, that's crazy. I don't think I've ever seen that before. That name fits.
So what does that tell you? Slime mold wouldn't be a fungi, correct? But does that mean the soil life is waking up?

 
Thanks Andy! That's exactly what I take from—That there are good nutrients in the soil—The mold neither helps nor hinders, rather it's just an indicator...
 

That stuff reminds me of some college parties.

 
Later on in the day it changes from bright yellow to orange…by the next day it's just a brownish crust. Wow, yeah, exactly like that PG! 

 

[meatfreak]

Plants are looking awesome, Gary!! Can't wait to see some Yellow Nagabrains

 

[ronniedeb]

 
 
 
 
Thanks Andy! That's exactly what I take from—That there are good nutrients in the soil—The mold neither helps nor hinders, rather it's just an indicator...
 
 

 
Dog Vomit Fungus is definitely a good thing and a healthy sign for your garden. Decomposer, nutrient recycler and controller of bacterial populations.  They can move 10cm a day in search of nutrients, often climbing trees to feed on bracket fungus! 

 

[Pulpiteer]

 
Dog Vomit Fungus is definitely a good thing and a healthy sign for your garden. Decomposer, nutrient recycler and controller of bacterial populations.  They can move 10cm a day in search of nutrients, often climbing trees to feed on bracket fungus! 

 
Wow - very cool! Thanks for sharing that.

 

[windchicken]

Plants are looking awesome, Gary!! Can't wait to see some Yellow Nagabrains

 
Thanks Stefan!
 

 
Dog Vomit Fungus is definitely a good thing and a healthy sign for your garden. Decomposer, nutrient recycler and controller of bacterial populations.  They can move 10cm a day in search of nutrients, often climbing trees to feed on bracket fungus! 

 
Good to know, RB! Thanks!
 

 
Wow - very cool! Thanks for sharing that.

 
Thank you Andy!