• Blog your pepper progress. The first image in your first post will be used to represent your Glog.

Pr0digal_sons not so Prodigal season.

Seeds soaked in peroxide and superthrive solution for 24 hours.
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First 72 cell tray of seeds planted 1/11/12. Pro-mix seed starting mix was used to fill the cells.
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Placed on my heated bathroom floor tile... Wait shouldn't this be in the ghetto grow thread?

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1/17/12 hooks and seedlings


1/20/12 more sprouts and seedlings.
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1/23/12 After 3 days of neglect while I was out of town. Tray sat on a table near south facing window. Not what they needed but it kept them alive. I used my 15 minutes of free time for the week and hung a light for them.
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7 pot brain strain red
7 pot brain strain yellow
7 pot brown
7 pot Congo sr strain
7 pot primo
7 pot white
7 pot yellow
7 pot yellow sr strain
Aji chuncho
Bhut Jolokia
Bhut chocolate
Bhut Jolokia Indian carbon
Chacoense
Doughlah
Naga Morich
Naga mean cross cmpman1974
Orchid
Scotch Bonnett ajijoe
Trinidad Morovas
Trinidad Scorp Butch T
Trinidad Scorp Morouga
Trinidad Scorp Green junglerain
Zanahoria Triangulo

Starting 15-20 other varieties soon

Prehensile said:
Nice, my only problem would be seperating them, I wouldn't wanna take the chance of killing conjoined twins....
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I will snip them with scissors..... Only problem I see with multiple seeds per cell is seeds rotting if they don't germinate. You can learn something everyday... This might teach people how not to do it. Hah
 
I've had good luck separating twins and triplets by placing them in a container of water and wiggling them back and forth. You lose all the dirt, but the roots separate with much less tearing than simply pulling the plants apart.
 
Your germination rate looks great!
 
Wow J.B.

Nice job with the seeds, excellent germination rate. If you need to keep more than one sprout from an insert you can easily separate at the right time. Place the plug under slow running water in a utility sink, perhaps over a 5gal bucket to pervent dirt from entering the pipes and just tease the roots until they become separated.
If you don't need the additional sprouts, as stated in a previous post just cut the extras with the scissors. Do it early so you don't have uncessary roots in the cell.

"15 min of free time".............that use to be half time during a football game!......lol
I know what you mean, work, work and then come home to do more work.

Glad to hear you have the light hooked up for the plants.

later,
Greg
 
PIC 1 said:
Wow J.B.

Nice job with the seeds, excellent germination rate. If you need to keep more than one sprout from an insert you can easily separate at the right time. Place the plug under slow running water in a utility sink, perhaps over a 5gal bucket to pervent dirt from entering the pipes and just tease the roots until they become separated.
If you don't need the additional sprouts, as stated in a previous post just cut the extras with the scissors. Do it early so you don't have uncessary roots in the cell.

"15 min of free time".............that use to be half time during a football game!......lol
I know what you mean, work, work and then come home to do more work.

Glad to hear you have the light hooked up for the plants.

later,
Greg
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Thanks for all your help pal. I am going to use some variation of your feeding routine. My germ rate is at 72% with more sprouts coming. I will narrow all these down to 3 plants of each variety and then eventually down to one on most. Some I will keep 3 or more.
 
Figured I would do an update tonight and then do it bi-weekly from now on. I was gone all weekend so plants got very little light if any. Put them on a table towards a south facing window. I have timers but still feel weird relying on them to keep plants alive ,and keep my house from burning down. Not much to show but here goes.

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Got home just in time. They were getting a bit dry.

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Gave them a drink of 1/16 strength ferts. Also narrowed them down to one seedling per cell.

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Everythings shaping up!......and some good photography to back it up.

Which variety is the purple leaf?

Greg
 
PIC 1 said:
Everythings shaping up!......and some good photography to back it up.

Which variety is the purple leaf?

Greg
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Zanahoria Triangulo...... I have noticed some varieties getting a purple speckling which I assume is from the light. That is the only one with solid purple leaves.
 
Never heard of them myself, thanks for the compliment too however i'm just a learning grower like everyone else!
Have you decided on a final pot up mix yet?
 
I am currently thinking about that. I used all pro mix last year for seedlings all the way up to 7 gallon containers. I think the stuff is a bit overrated. I may use it again but doctor it up a bit. Time will tell.
 
I was going to do this bi-weekly but I started more seeds so I will do one more before I switch.
Guam Boonie
Aji Omnicolor
Orange Pepper Tree
Cap 649
Bird Dung
Wild Tepin
Texas Chiltepin
Red Scorpion
Green Scorpion junglerain
Thai Ornamental
Yellow Bedder

These were all sowed 9 days ago
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Green Scorp 4 out of 5 had 3 cots
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Tepin and Chiltepins were alittle slower but coming along now.

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They had a super dilluted drink tonight
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Looking good J.B.,

Your on the road to success, the seedlings are growing pretty quick now. You'll have flowers and probably peppers on the plants at plant-out

Nice work

Greg
 
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