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Wicked Mike's 2015 Growlog

What's up, pepper people?
 
I've been meaning to do this for ages. Here's the updated grow list for this season, including everything from seeds that haven't sprouted yet to fully mature plants. For some varieties I have only a single plant, for others I have thirty or forty. I'm sure I've left a few out, as well.

 
The stuff I'm intending to sell is either in 4" or one gallon; the stuff I'm going to be growing for production or cloning will be in nothing smaller than 5 gallon; I'm aiming for 15 gal and higher.
 
My germination mix is currently four parts coco coir, two parts Black Kow, one part perlite. So far, this has worked really well for me. My germination mix is now just coco coir and perlite, in a roughly 50/50 mix. 
 
My grow mix is Canadian peat, Black Kow, a mix of prilled fertilizers, perlite, and a few other minor tweaks. Canadian peat, composted bark, prilled fertilizers, perlite.
 
As pest control goes, I'm struggling with chilli thrips in a major way, although everything else seems to be under control. Everything is cool.
 
I'm also collaborating with a local nurseryman with more than forty years' experience in the field and staggering resources and contacts. More on that as the season progresses.
 
It's been a very rough season so far. I started my seeds back in June, and it's been an uphill battle against damping off, whitefly, and thrips. Unfortunately, our winter hasn't been very cooperative down here in Miami; while I keep hearing about how unseasonably cold it is in other parts of the country, our daytime temperatures have stayed in the mid-eighties and our nighttime temps have mostly been in the mid-seventies.
 
Anyway, as of 05/24/15, here's what I've got going on here on the homestead.
  Peppers:  

7 Pot Barrackpore
7 Pot Brainstrain, Red
7 Pot Brainstrain, Yellow
7 Pot Brown
7 Pot Bubblegum, Brown
7 Pot Bubblegum, Red
7 Pot Chaguanas
7 Pot Douglah
7 Pot Douglah, Red
7 Pot Gigantic SR Chocolate
7 Pot Gigantic SR Orange
7 Pot Gigantic SR Red
7 Pot Lava
7 Pot Madballz, Caramel
7 Pot Madballz, Chocolate
7 Pot Madballz, Red
7 Pot Mustard
7 Pot Primo, Orange
7 Pot Primo, Red
7 Pot Primo, Yellow
7 Pot Rennie, Chocolate
7 Pot Yellow
Ají Ahuachapán
Ají Amarillo
Ají Bolsa de Dulce
Ají Brazilian Starfish
Ají Citó
Ají de la Tierra
Ají Dulce, Red
Ají Dulce, Yellow
Ají Fantasy, White
Ají Fantasy, Yellow
Ají Golden
Ají Lemon Drop
Ají Limó
Ají Melcotón
Ají Omnicolor
Ají Omnicolor x unknown baccatum
Ají Panca
Ají Peruvian Red
Ají Pineapple
Ají Santa Cruz
Ají Umba, Yellow
Ají Verde
Aleppo
Alma Paprika
Anaheim
Bahamian Goat
Beaver Dam
Bhut Jolokia, Black
Bhut Jolokia, Orange Copenhagen
Bhut Jolokia, Peach
Bhut Jolokia, Red
Bhut Jolokia, White
Bhutlah, Chocolate
Birgits Locoto
Bishops Hat
Blonde
Brasileiro Tres Lobos
Buckeye Butchlah
Bulgarian Carrot
Bulls Heart
CAP 499
CAP 501
CAP 691
Carolina Reaper
Carolina Reaper, Chocolate
Cayenne, Golden
Cayenne, Long Thin
Cayenne, Purple
Cayenne, Sweet
CGN 20812
CGN 21500
CGN 21500 x 7 Pot Barrackpore
CGN 21566
CGN 22795 (?)
CGN 24360
Cheongyang Gochu
Chile de Arbol
Chile Negro de Arbol
Chilhuacle, Yellow
Chinese Five Color
Condors Beak
Congo Yellow
Corno di Toro Rosso
Cubanelle
Datil
Dedo de Moça
Devils Heart
Devils Tongue, Red
Devils Tongue, Yellow
Dong Xuan Viet Market
Elephants Ear
Fatalii, Cream
Not Fatalii, Red
Fatalii, Mortalii
Fatalii, Yellow
Golden Marconi
Golden Treasure
Goronong
GRIF 9304
Grove Pepper
Habalokia, Peach Lavalamp
Habanero, Giant White
Hair Pepper
Hawaiian
Hungarian Wax
Inca Red Drop
Jalapeño, Biker Billy
Jalapeño, Farmers
Jalapeño, Multicolor
Jalapeño, Purple
Jalapeño, Tam
Jamaican Gold
Jamy
Jays Ghost Scorpion, Peach
Jays Ghost Scorpion, Red
Jigsaw Gator
Kaleidoscope
Kraken Scorpion
Lipstick
Louie
Mahasi
Malawi Piquante
Melrose
Naga Viper
Orchid
Paradicsom Alaku Sarga Szentes
Pasilla de Oaxaca
Peppadew
Pequin
Peruvian Serlano
Peter Pepper, Orange
Peter Pepper, Red
PI 159236
PI 199506
PI 210566
PI 224411
PI 257176
PI 260566
PI 281317
PI 281342
PI 281424
PI 281429
PI 322721
PI 439437
PI 487450
PI 543208
PI 585278
PI 639657
PI 640905
Pimenta de Neyde
Pimenta Lisa
Pimenta Puma
Pimiento de Padron
Pitanga Laranha
Poblano
Polumbo
Purple Flash
Rain Forest
Rocoto, Costa Rican Yellow
Rocoto, de Seda
Rocoto, Ecuadorian Sweet
Rocoto, Pineapple
Rocoto, San Isidro
Sangria
Satans Kiss
SB7J
Scorpion, Butch T
Scorpion, CARDI, Red
Scorpion, CARDI, Yellow
Scorpion, Moruga, Brown
Scorpion, Moruga, Chocolate
Scorpion, Moruga, Red
Scorpion, Moruga, Yellow
Scorpion, Trinidad Chocolate
Scorpion, Trinidad Large
Scorpion, Trinidad Sweet
Scotch Bonnet, Chocolate
Scotch Bonnet, MoA Red
Scotch Bonnet, MoA Yellow
Scotch Bonnet, Tobago, Red
Scotch Bonnet, Tobago, Yellow
Seasoning Pepper
Seasoning Pepper, Grenada Yellow
Seasoning Pepper, St. Lucia Red
Sili-a-Top
Star of Turkey
Sukari
Sulu Adana
Sus Biberi
Sweet Apple
Tabasco
Tekne Dolmasi
Trini Mystery
Trinidad Morovas
Trinidad Perfume
Urfa Biber
Valencia Market
Venezuelan Tiger
Wiri Wiri
Yalova Charleston
Tomatoes:  

Ananas Noire
Aunt Rubys German Green
Brandywine, Yellow
Copia
Everglades
Lemon Boy
Ninevah
Old Ivory Egg
Silvery Fir Tree Other:  
numerous other edible crops (Beit Alpha cucumber, assorted strawberry varieties, passion fruit, herbs, radishes, heirloom lettuces, heirloom carrots, etc.)
 
charlesquik said:
its over over 9000!!! wait no... but 3000 is a load of peppers my god Mike! Just a question, are you some kind of pepper supplier for peppers sauce company or you have your own pepper/sauce/related business ?
WHAT 9000?!?! lol With that being said, mike your list looks boss. Can't wait for a visit to see this cornucopia of peppermadness!
 
And charles, he's in the pepper business. I've bought plants from him before, they're wicked ;)
 
SL3 said:
Sounds like you will be well prepared to mix up some nice spices and sauces this coming year.
Here's hoping!

winland said:
How many acres does it take to grow 3000 + plants?
 
Sounds like a full time job, killing off aphids, stomping voles, wrestling alligators and trapping black bears.
As it happens, it IS my full-time job! I quit my previous job this year to partner with John DeMott, a veteran nurseryman with over 300 acres and forty years in the business. The majority of what I'm growing will be sold as plants, although we're also going to be growing out pods in order to facilitate a line of products. And as pests go, nothing I'd ever grown prepared me for the uphill battle against thrips I've been waging. Think I've finally got 'em on the ropes, though.

Oh, before I forget...that's just my PEPPER growlist...I'm doing a bunch of other stuff too, particularly tomatoes, and it's looking like it's going to be a ridiculous year for passionfruit.

Will post pics when I get the chance, but it doesn't look as impressive as it sounds. Most of what I've got going is six inches in height or less.

Additionally, here's what I've got going down at the nursery, recently bumped up to 4-6" pots:

15 Trinidad Perfume
30 SB7J
35 CARDI Red
35 CARDI Yellow
55 Congo Yellow
55 CGN 21500
45 Rainforest
415 Venezuelan Tiger
A few Morugas
 
Hawaiianero said:
Good Lawd that's a lot of peppers!!!
Keep us posted on which plants sell out faster over there. 
 To be honest, I have a feeling the sweets and milds are going to be the bigger sellers, hence planting four hundred and some Venezuelan Tigers.
Here's what I'm planning next; starting on it tomorrow:
 
7 Pot Douglah, Red
7 Pot Jonah
7 Pot Lava
7 Pot Madballz, Caramel
7 Pot Peach
7 Pot Rennie
7 Pot White
Ají Caballero
Ají Dulce Margariteño
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Ají Dulce Orange[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Ají Pipi de Mono[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Ají Umba, Yellow[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Armageddon[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Bhut Jolokia Assam India Carbon[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Bhut Jolokia, Mustard[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Chile de Arbol[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Chile Negro de Arbol[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Chilhuacle, Yellow[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Chinese Five Color[/SIZE]
Condor's Beak
Coyote Zan White
Cumari, True
Çumra Cherry
Daisy Cutter
Datil
Defcon 7
Devil's Tongue, White
Dulcetta Orange
Dulcetta Yellow
Fatalii, Chocolate
Filius Blue
Georgescu Chocolate
Goat Weed, Black Cobra
Goronong
Habanero, Francisca
Habanero, Hot Paper Lantern
Habanero, Purple
Habanero, Sweet
Habanero, White Bullet
Habanero, Yucatan White
Infinity, Yellow
JAFSH
Jalape[SIZE=13.63636302948px]ño, Multicolor[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Jalape[/SIZE][SIZE=13.63636302948px]ño, Purple[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Jay's Ghost Scorpion, Red[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Jigsaw, Fatalii Gourmet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Jigsaw, Gator[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Kraken Scorpion[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Large Red Antigua[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Lucy[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Naga, Cappucino[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Naga, Peach[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Nagabrain, Red'[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Naglah, Brown[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Numex Big Jim[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13.63636302948px]Paradicsom Alaku Sarga Szentes[/SIZE]
Peppadew
Peruvian Serlano
Pimenta Leopard
Pimenta Lisa
Pimenta Puma
Red Dog
Rocoto, Costa Rican Yellow
Sadabahar
Scarlet Lantern
Scorpion, Butch T, Yellow
Scorpion, Trinidad Sweet
Scotch Bonnet, EOB x 7 Pot Douglah
Seasoning Pepper, Granada Yellow
Seasoning Pepper, St. Lucia Red
Shishito
Sigaretta de Bergamo
Star of Turkey
Thai Orange
Trinidad Bean, Brown
Trinidad Bean, Yellow
Trinidad Morovas
Tunisian Baklouti
UBSC
Ukrainian
Urfa Biber
Uyababa
Yaki Brown
Thanks for all the well wishes, folks. So far, so good!
 
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