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Stickman's 2017 Minimalist Glog
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Great update Rick ... Glad the ScotchBrain working for you your plants are flying and super healthy
Great looking sprouts. Can't wait for them Forbing Nagas to ripen. I bet you too. LOL! I like the name and the story behind it. Gary grows some fantastic plants. Top notch! Glad your growing them.
Naga King is a good one. Charles has a good variety of that one.
You got some real gems.
Wishing you continued success my friend.
Naga King is a good one. Charles has a good variety of that one.
You got some real gems.
Wishing you continued success my friend.
stickman said:
Hi Alejandro, and welcome to the zoo!
I like to give my plants a bit of a rest at night, so I have the lights on for 18 hours and off for 6. I hope that helps.
Rick, I'm with you on 18-6.I believe the babies need a rest, just as we would by trying to work 24-7.My lights turn on at 12pm and off at 6am.Takes advantage of keeping them happy during the night on what is still winter for us.
dennish said:
Cheers Dennis! Thanks for the good vibe.
randyp said:
Right on Randy! I run my lights from 5am to 11pm. Who needs an alarm clock... the lights get us up every morning, and we usually get in a walk before breakfast.
The first-round seedlings are getting tall enough that I had to move them downstairs to the grow-box I made with mylar faced styrene board. I can raise and lower the shop lights inside so the plants have more room to stretch.
The round-two seedlings are little more than cotys right now, and I had multiples in some of the cups, so I pricked out the extras and re-potted them in their own cups.
Looking good Rick. If you manage to get some mature seeds off your Douglah 'Alphanerdz' I would be interested in getting some if that is possible? I am out of the original seeds I sent you and down to a live single plant that doesn't look like it will produce this year. Due to our rubbish summer so far.
Trippa said:
Devv said:Things are chugging along quite nicely Rick!
IRT experiment starts very soonBeen crazy busy with shredding the pastures, and fixing tractor flats. That and at the car dealership 9 days in the last 4 weeks. Traded up on my car and it's not been a joy so far.
Ah the joys of home and automobile ownership... I hear ya on that one Scott. Just remember, this too shall pass.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the IRT experiment works out for you. Take lots of pics!
I just realized that it's been a little over a month since I sowed the first-round seeds and I'm mostly happy with the results of starting them in the Aerogarden. On the plus side, very healthy plants in a relatively short time... on the minus side, the initial investment was substantial and the unit can only handle 6 plants at a time. The literature that came with the unit says the CFL bulbs have to be replaced after one season too, but since I'm only using it to start the plants I figure I can stretch it out proportionally.
The first-round plants are all showing the first signs of side-branching, and in the case of the Piment Cabri is actively growing them out.
Aji Oro
On a side note... I made pizza on Friday night using Bhut chile oil to fry the hot Italian sausage
Some of my homemade Ajvar with a tablespoon of Laurens' Chilli Sauce instead of tomato sauce
The dough... recipe from "Breaking Bread With Father Dominic" http://www.breadmonk.com/basic-american-pizza-crust.html
The other toppings were sweet onions, kalamata olives, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, thin-sliced tomatoes, grated Parmagiana Reggiano and fresh mozzarella. Sorry about the blurry pic, but we were hungry and I only snapped the one.
Enjoy the presidents day holiday all, and have a good week!
I just got home from work, it's midnight and now I have to look at your pizza... And I want it..
That homemade ajvar looks delicious, care to share your secrets?
That homemade ajvar looks delicious, care to share your secrets?
RaelThomas said:
Sure... nothing to it Rael... just roast and peel any sweet, thick-fleshed ripe pepper and process to a chunky relish consistency in a food processor, then add salt and a splash of lemon juice or vinegar and reduce to a spreadable paste on the stovetop. Different recipes add other ingredients as you can see from this thread. My own taste runs to adding garlic and roasted eggplant pulp, and I always roast the vegetables on my charcoal grill to give them a smoky flavor. Cheers! http://thehotpepper.com/topic/36298-ajvar/