BigBodyBussey's GLOG, uh, well, sort of...

Sucks about the germ rate and hot tub repair misadventure, but what you've got growing now looks pretty sweet. Good luck with it!

Hot tub party at TripleB's House!
Kill that repair man, or even better have him eat a bhut and get revenge.

Remind me at the end of the year I will have some seeds for you! Also I want a few that you have so maybe we can trade. I don't want to grow anymore right now, but next year will be fun.

your plants look great. are those all AACT volunteers?

Well damn.. looking better than all my plants. Good job.

Thanks all!

2fishminimum said:

your plants look great. are those all AACT volunteers?

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- yeah, all of my plants are AACT receivers.

Cayennemist said:

Hot tub party at TripleB's House!
Kill that repair man, or even better have him eat a bhut and get revenge.

Remind me at the end of the year I will have some seeds for you! Also I want a few that you have so maybe we can trade. I don't want to grow anymore right now, but next year will be fun.

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- I'd love seed man and ill trade whatever you want.

...Continued...

It's kind of hard to keep up with a timeline since I didn't date most of these photos...during this season, I was lucky enough to be told by Pepper-Guru about AACT (Actively Aerated Compost Tea)

-----> this really made my year amazing and I felt inclined to write a guideto aid beginners with using AACT.

Initially after using AACT, I began noticing major pod explosion on my caribbean red habaneros and orange habaneros...

...these were all from one plant.

...Orange habanero

...second Orange habanero plant

...Black Thai hybrid

...During this time...I stumbled along a fellow members glog who had purchased seedlings from CCN (Cross Country Nurseries)...and with my early season hardships, I felt that could use a few more plants. So I placed an order for 4 Trinisdad Scorpions, 4 Yellow 7Pot, and 4 7Pot Douglah's.

They arrived in 3 days and had some aphid issues, but nothing major...

and...potted up in smartpots...

...it until a bump...

bump.

Wow plants look amazing all that poddage ACCT is working great for you keep up the great work.

About a week or so after these photos were taken, I began to have some ripening pods...


some of the first bird's eye


Caribbean red habanero pods


Jalapenos


El Tio Chile


some Orange habaneros peeking through


a better underside habanero shot...


Thai


My first small harvest because I couldn't wait for some of them to fully ripen


A few ripe Caribbean habanero head 2 head ---> the far left was grown with conventional potting methods and the two on the right were grown in a smartpot. Taste wise they were equal, but the pod size is no comparison.


This is the inside look of the first Caribbean red that I ate...and it set my ass on fire... .... .... .... ....

Thanks for looking guys...more to come...

need a bump plz...

Can't argue with the results of the tea. Once I get situated here, I might have to look into the tea more deeply.

+1 to teas! Looking really good. Thanks for sharing.
Ga GH

Ok, sorry for the delay...


first ghost of the season...first "real" ghost that I have had fresh....It was delicious. It was super sweet with a finish straight from the innermost depths of hell...haha. I made it about halfway on this monster pod with breakfast before I had to stop...outstanding pepper! Unfortunately, this pepper was leaps and bounds in front of the others so I didn't have anymore ripening pods for a while.


this was my first real harvest of the year....






a monster Caribbean Red habanero


and a little garden dirtiness about....

ok, this is a few weeks later (roughly the beginning of August) and all the rain and tea has really made pods take off....


this was my first ghost harvest....took some of these babies to work and let the coworkers melt their faces off...it is still amazing to me that people think an orange habanero is the hottest pepper in the world...


a cluster of the globe chili...these things are amazing...the more peppers you pluck off, the more it puts out and vice versa....if you leave the peppers on, no new growth...at all.


A real orange habanero harvest waiting to be picked...I have noticed a jump in pod production and overall plant health by placing these planters on a 5 gallon bucket. As I water the plants, water collects in the bucket below and stays there...my theory is, as it gets hotter outside, the water evaporates and collects at the bottom of the container allowing the roots to stay hydrated without remaining in water....


another photo of the same orange habanero


banana pepper


jalapeno planted in the same manner as the orange habanero....


Thai plant...this plant amazes me year after year....loads of pods and all on fire.


this Thai plant is roughly 5 foot tall and about 4 foot wide.


bird's eye pepper....if you have never grown these they are a real treat. A rather compact plant with green pea sized fruits. The heat from these is instant and intense, but very short.


regular container Caribbean red habanero.


Smartpot Caribbean red habanero...this thing really turned out to be massive and an amazing producer...I quit counting after about 300 habaneros...


Ghost bush


some ripening pods...

more to come.....hope you enjoyed looking.

great pics.

Sanarda said:

great pics.

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Thanks!

Wow, I don't know how I missed this thread.............very impressive!
Lush-loaded plants and some beautiful harvest photos.
I'll have to keep my eyes open for this one...

Greg

What size smartpots are you using? Do you find that the size of the container matters? AACT is an interesting concept.

And... hows everything still going? No updates lately. Hook us up!
ga gh

Finally going to pickup on this abandoned GLOG.

New Pics to follow.

Good Luck to everyone this season!

Well, I started this year off later than expected.  I had a few varieties not want to germinate.
 
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So, instead of culling seedlings like usual, I split them from each other into separate solo cups to increase my overall number of seedlings.  Definitely some transplant shock, but hopefully the majority of the seedlings make it.
 
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I watered them in really well, and now all I can do is wait.
 
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More to come in a few days!