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Too Early For Next Season?

LordHill

LordHill

Last frost in Michigan is estimated for 10 days from now.. Is it wierd that I am already planning next seasons grow list? Troy Primos BBM is top of the list for next season.. My best plants are my over winters, and my best overwinters are bonchi cut plants.. I am considering planting a couple of varieties that I want next season straight into bonchi pots this summer.

My Red Savina bonchi has been up potted, exploded with growth, is covered with buds, and has its first dozen or so pods already.. every year it gives me pods weeks and sometimes even months before any of my plants in its first year.

I think I will give it a shot. Gotta finish my grow list for next year and pick the 4 varieties I want the most and plant them into bonchi pots.. We will see how it goes.

Guess it is never too soon to get cracking on next season, even if this season hasnt officially began
 
This is it when it got Bonchi chopped last fall. It was kept trimmed to roughly this size until mid february. Mid feb it was put into its new home for the season

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With a week+ left before last frost, here it is. Should be a good year
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LordHill said:
... I am considering planting a couple of varieties that I want next season straight into bonchi pots this summer.

Guess it is never too soon to get cracking on next season, even if this season hasnt officially began
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Thanks for the great idea. The weather here has been a bit pants and bonchi-ing some of my plamts would allow for a greater diversity. :mouthonfire:
 
LordHill,
 
It is just May 1.  What do you have exciting this year that will grow June, July, August?  One year at a time! haha.
 
Here is my Rhombodium.  Instead of a mature plant, I took a cutting.  This isn't the way to do it, but maybe it will work out. I want the branches to meld together.
 
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It's never too early to start planning next years grow. Summer is a great season to acquire seeds, everyone will have a flesh stock then, and setting up trades is cool too. I've got at least 20 peppers planned for next year, many just didn't make the cut this year but I really want to grow them. 
 
Your bonchi looks great! I'm thinking of making some myself later.
 
The bonchi has been a back and forth success for me. My Savina has never minded being chopped, root chopped, or replanted into a tiny pot. It just keeps on keepin on. Last season I did same process to my Brown Moruga and it looked good for a while. Even had new growth. Then one day it just didnt look too good and a few days later I called time of death on it.

Thats a sweet bonchi chiltepin.. I dont have the patients for making them look good, just functional lol.. This years single season plants are plenty.. Reaper, Brown Moruga, Ot Heim, 7 Pot Primo, 4 types of Habs, Bhut, Bell, Yellow Bulls Horn, Pablano, Jalapeno... The usual suspects..

The difference in plants between an overwinter in May and a new plant in May is HUGE. The problem is my ability to successfully over winter has been touch and go. Thats why I figure I will try this.. 4 Types will be planted directly to Bonchi this season.. Orange Hab, 7 Pot Primo, BBM, and seed from this seasons cross project (Red Savina x Primo)
 
If I get some duplicate plants then will do it again, but then If I want to save my plants each year Im going to have to trim them like Bonchies every fall.
Some nice looking plants their :)
 
I'm planning to bonchi a MOA, Omni-Color, Chinese 5 color, Jalapeno and 1 other that I haven't decided on yet. Maybe a chocolate fatalii , hab or bonnet.
 
It is never too early.  I think the trick is to time n plan things so when you gotta be indoor gardening you do not run out of room.  But other than that, I kind of think of growing as a year round activity with slow spots instead of a seasonal effort.
 
I agree with you on Troy's BBM, hopefully i will get seeds for 2017 too! 
 
By the way, i think it's normal for a chilehead, he is always projected to what still has to come, and to the varieties he had to give up in the current season!
I blame peppers for this: they are too many, too beautiful, too tasty to pick only a restricted number of them! :D
 
I don't think it's ever too early to start, either. Last year, I started in January and had a forest by the time it was plant out. This year I decided to wait until March. Little did I know it would take me a month to get back into the swing of things. A troublesome beginning. So now I'm way behind. But I too am already thinking about next years grow list. I've even contacted some people for seed trades. I'd rather have a forest than these tiny guys I'm hoping will produce this year. Your red Savina looks amazing! You're doing a terrific job!

-Adam
 
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