pepperproblem's 2013 grow log.

millworkman · Mar 10, 2013

Awesome!! What's even better is that galap coming up so fast.

pepperproblem · Mar 10, 2013

Cool, huh? 4 days. Crazy. Thanks for your help. RR I believe flowed me those.

ColoradoRonin · Mar 10, 2013

pepperproblem said:
You get the idea. Its a problem I have. lol

Shawn,
Good luck with the start of your 2013 season.
The above pic is a problem we all would like to have...
I'm growing out some of the seeds you sent me last season.
I'll definitely be following your progress!

GA Growhead · Mar 10, 2013

Interesting to me! I remember those yellow 7 LRGs with the stingers. And thats a ton of peppers piled up there.
Great start! Look foward to see your grow.

Spicegeist · Mar 10, 2013

Ah galapagoense... good luck with it!

cmpman1974 · Mar 10, 2013

WOW, someone knows how to grow some pods!!! Impressive. Hell of a garden last year and nice set-up.

Chris

Spicegeist · Mar 10, 2013

What are the tiny pods in the round tupperware in the last pic? Tabasco?

Pr0digal_son · Mar 10, 2013

Nice work! I have a couple wilds going this season including galapoense. Looks like S.D. is a nice place to grow chiles.

Sanarda · Mar 10, 2013

Looks fantastic. Good luck with your grow.

Justaguy · Mar 11, 2013

Good start. I remember my over growing last year. I like tunnels though.

pepperproblem · Mar 11, 2013

Spicegeist said:
What are the tiny pods in the round tupperware in the last pic? Tabasco?

It is Costa Rican Tabasco. I think I sent you a pm a month or so back when you were looking for something close to that.

pepperproblem · Mar 11, 2013

Day 2 of the Glog.
California, The Police State

So I am still sowing seeds. I have a 18x18ft spot picked out for about 20-25 of my overwinters.
Some of them

I am near a lagoon and my soil here is sandy and lacking.

So I make a trip to the beach out front to collect some Seaweed after high tide to start the process of building the soil up.

Here is the fresh stuff being pushed in with the tide.

Along comes State workers to inform me nothing can be removed from the shoreline. No seashells, no kelp, no fishing, no fun.

I do a recon up the coast and score.

Fresh

Mission accomplished. Here is the contraband.

Tomorrow, I might live on the edge and do it again. lol

Spicegeist · Mar 11, 2013

pepperproblem said:
It is Costa Rican Tabasco. I think I sent you a pm a month or so back when you were looking for something close to that.

Gorgeous plant. Hm, I must have prematurely deleted that PM? Sorry about that. Are they juicy like regular tabascos? One of my side projects this year is to find a nice not-juicy frutescens to grow every year.

pepperproblem · Mar 11, 2013

Spicegeist said:
Gorgeous plant. Hm, I must have prematurely deleted that PM? Sorry about that. Are they juicy like regular tabascos? One of my side projects this year is to find a nice not-juicy frutescens to grow every year.

Yes, they are one of the juicier ones. I will see what else I got.

Spicegeist · Mar 12, 2013

Oh, thanks... I have a handful growing now... I'd better not attempt any more starts, I've already got 14 more plants than I was originally planning...

pepperproblem · Mar 13, 2013

Well, I am a week and a day into the first two trays. I have counted around 50 varieties up, so far. More being sowed. Sweets and Annuums coming later.
This is what has come up so far........

Butch XX-- from Butch
Ice Scream
007
Rocoto Inca
Infinity X Black Naga #2
Trinidad Scorp. Chocolate, New Strain
Bolivian Enormous Rocoto
Turbo Pube
Primo Yellow
Infinity X Black Naga #1
Bih Jolokia Light Green
Primo, from Primo's mother plant.
Fatalii Cream
Bubblegum 7 Pod
Big Naga Momma Yellow
Mako Akokosrade
Majah Black Moruga X Bhut
Rocoto San Isidro
Rocoto Pisac
Hab/Manzano X (?)
Pimenta di Neyde
Moruga Blend (multi sourced)
7 Pod White
Orange Bhut
Primo Orange
Faria
Mata Frade
Brown Egg
Green Habanero
Yellow Jamaican Scotch Bonnet
Foodarama Scotch Bonnet
7 Pod Brain Strain
A.J. Hand Grenade #2
A.J. Hand Grenade #1
Yellow 7 Pod X Yellow Scorp.
Infinity
Moruga Yellow
Mako Kokoo
c. microcarpum
Bahamian Goat Pepper
Papa Joe's Scotch Bonnet
Kpakpo Shito
Peach Scorp.
Pitanga Amarela
Trinidad Scorp. Yellow
Brain Strain Yellow
Jamaican Long Scotch Bonnet
Brown Rocoto
c. galapagoense
c. rhomboideum

I think that is about it so far.
Here is the set up.

Little beasties.

Mata Frade

Good growing everyone! pp

pepperproblem · Mar 14, 2013

Foggy outside, but I now have 5 heating pads on and a few lights in my room and it is feeling rather tropical. lol . Release the Geckos
Sowed another 40 plus types. God help me!

millworkman · Mar 14, 2013

Ha ha ha. Good luck!!!

pepperproblem · Mar 16, 2013

Well it seems like Spring is here. The Sun is gone. Lows around 50-51, highs around 64. It wil not change much until sometime in June. So I finished off preparing the spot for the overwinters. Still going all organic, but trying some other things on this spot to cut the cost some. Soil tested out at a ph of 6.3. It is in a floodplain so I was happy with the end result.

Weeded and worked the bags in. Did the layout trying to have some different colors around the edges for aesthetics.

A little pruning.

I think I will stick em in the dirt tomorrow.
Checking on the little ones.
This is a Rocoto Inca sprout shaking off a black seed casing.

Over 90% have sprouted in the first two trays 10 days in. Have the fan on now, and misting them.

Thanks for checking and good growing! pp