alkhall 2015

Blister · Jan 24, 2015

Nice list. You're going to have some serious heat. I'd suggest looking up the days to harvest and stagger your plant times. I'm not sure about the Trinidad hot cherry, but the bell, jalapeño and cayenne will grow much faster than all the super hots. You'll end up raising the lights to accommodate them and leaving the rest a bit far away.

Neil

alkhall · Jan 24, 2015

Blister said:
Nice list. You're going to have some serious heat. I'd suggest looking up the days to harvest and stagger your plant times. I'm not sure about the Trinidad hot cherry, but the bell, jalapeño and cayenne will grow much faster than all the super hots. You'll end up raising the lights to accommodate them and leaving the rest a bit far away.

Neil

As I have four lights, three 4-lamp T5HO industrial highbay, and one 6-lamp T5HO industrial highbay, and should have transplanted them into individual 3-inch pots before the height difference becomes much of an issue, I do not believe starting them all together will present a problem. They will be transplanted to my outdoor beds around the end of May.

However, that is a good tip for those who may only have one light source.

Thanks.

alkhall · Feb 3, 2015

I need recommendations for a third Bell Pepper variety, in addtion to the two listed above.

Basically, I am looking for a good producer, not overly long growing period, fairly substantial size, and excellent flavor.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

P.S. links would be helpful.

queequeg152 · Feb 4, 2015

Triple 4 was a great bell... big and blocky greenhouse cultivar.

ace f1 is another good one ive grown, less blocky and more elongated.

Dougthehead · Feb 4, 2015

I would try Giant Marconi Hybrid http://www.tomatogrowers.com/GIANT-MARCONI-HYBRID/productinfo/9037/
"ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNER. Awarded for its earliness, yield, size, and flavor"
I have grown it in the past, and with the right attention they can get massive and produce heavily.

SmokenFire · Feb 4, 2015

Have experience w Marconi - love em. Also would recommend Purple Beauty. I obtained seed stock from SSE about 3 years ago and have planted them each year ever since.

alkhall · Feb 8, 2015

OP updated. Had to replace the Orange Douglah with Chocolate Bhut due to seeds I saved having gotten moldy (bummer!), also added Red Savina Habanero and Venuzelan Tiger.

Seeds are in the trays, now we wait.

Good luck to all with this season's grow.

alkhall · Feb 13, 2015

First hooks, five days; two Big dipper Bell, one Jalapeno "M".

EDIT 1) Six days; Orange Sun Bell, Honey Crisp Bell, Fort Knox Bell, Biker Billy Jalapeno

EDIT 2) Sunday morning update, seven days; At least one of each variety in TRAY #1 have hooked. In TRAY #2; 7-Pot Wes, NOT A Peach Ghost Scorpion, Red Savina Habanero.

alkhall · Feb 27, 2015

Transplanted nearly all of Tray #1 (Bells and Jalapenos) to 3 inch pots, Ocean Forest as medium.

Not the best picture, this is most of them, but it is difficult to get all in frame.

Tray # 2 (superhots) is lagging behind, as expected. Probably at least two more weeks before transplant.

Runescape · Feb 28, 2015

Nice lookin plants...

Did you have any no-shows?

alkhall · Feb 28, 2015

Runescape said:
Nice lookin plants...

Did you have any no-shows?

Thanks.

So far; in Tray #1: a Great Stuff Bell, a Jalapeno "M", and a Venezuelan Tiger. In Tray # 2: all three Big Sun Habanero, two (Orangish) Brainstrain, two Chocolate Bhut, a Caramel Madballz, a Trinidad Hot Cherry, all three Yellow Primo, a Ecuadoran Hot Lemon Cayenne, and a Yellow Brainstrain.

Runescape · Feb 28, 2015

alkhall said:
So far; in Tray #1: a Great Stuff Bell, a Jalapeno "M", and a Venezuelan Tiger. In Tray # 2: all three Big Sun Habanero, two (Orangish) Brainstrain, two Chocolate Bhut, a Caramel Madballz, a Trinidad Hot Cherry, all three Yellow Primo, a Ecuadoran Hot Lemon Cayenne, and a Yellow Brainstrain.

Any plans on reseeding?

alkhall · Feb 28, 2015

Runescape said:
Any plans on reseeding?

The Bell and Jalapeno, probably not.

The super hots, I want at least two of each, so if they do not pop in the next week or so, I will start more. I am especially disappointed with the Big Sun Habanero.

Runescape · Feb 28, 2015

alkhall said:
The super hots, I want at least two of each, so if they do not pop in the next week or so, I will start more. I am especially disappointed with the Big Sun Habanero.

Ah.

How old where the sun seeds?

alkhall · Feb 28, 2015

Runescape said:
Ah.

How old where the sun seeds?

I bought them January 17 of this year, I would hope they were from last seasons crop.

I will give them another week, and if they fail to germinate, I will email the vendor about getting replacements.

alkhall · Mar 4, 2015

Just a progress update.

Out of 97 coir plugs, 90 had successful germination.

Every variety had at least one sprout, with the exception of the Big Sun Habanero.

I am trying another round of Big Sun using the wet paper towel in a Ziploc baggie method.

Runescape · Mar 4, 2015

alkhall said:
Out of 97 coir plugs, 90 had successful germination.

I am trying another round of Big Sun using the wet paper towel in a Ziploc baggie method.

Thats pretty impressive, have you ever done the paper towel method before? I've heard good things about it...

alkhall · Mar 4, 2015

Runescape said:
Thats pretty impressive, have you ever done the paper towel method before? I've heard good things about it...

Yes, not too bad at all.

I have used the paper towel method before, but while I have had good success with germination, I usually only get about half of the sprouts surviving after going into potting mix.

alkhall · Mar 7, 2015

Pics update.