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Stickman's 2017 Minimalist Glog
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You wont go hungry Rick 
everything growing nicely and looking lush green, pods forming as well, 
think you got it all covered buddy.
Love it when you start picking whats grown and the experiments start in the kitchen
keep doing what ya doing .....
everything growing nicely and looking lush green, pods forming as well, think you got it all covered buddy.Love it when you start picking whats grown and the experiments start in the kitchen
keep doing what ya doing .....
Cheers guys! Bad news on the doorstep I'm afraid... My '99 Toyota pickup finally died with almost 400k miles on the clock.
I've got a line in a 2013 replacement but my time will be very short around here until I secure it.
Still waiting for the weather to warm up enough for the chiles but they're hangin' tough meanwhile.
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I've got a line in a 2013 replacement but my time will be very short around here until I secure it.
Still waiting for the weather to warm up enough for the chiles but they're hangin' tough meanwhile.
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Sorry to hear about your pickup.... 400k miles now that's impressive ... you have a good grow and I am sure the weather will improve.. we are getting a battering at the moment rain storms and a lot of wind
Trident chilli said:
Cheers John.
I feel for ya with the stormy weather you've been having. I guess you could say that I really empathize... Devv said:
Heh... it wasn't any one thing at first Scott, more like a growing collection of complaints that reached critical mass with a dead starter. It runs fine mostly but is hard to start when the weather's wet, the exhaust is getting loud and there's a slow leak in the coolant system. Added all together and factoring in the age of the vehicle, it was time to replace it. The new truck has an automatic transmission. I'd prefer a standard but they're hard to find these days... at least around here.
Sorry to hear about the yota. They are great machines. I've seen 300k no problem with them 22r and 22re's. I have a 82 Toyota Hilux pickup, 4 wheel drive. Love it. Need to do some work on the steering. But runs and starts every time.
We will see you when we see you.
Good luck with the new truck.
We will see you when we see you.
Good luck with the new truck.
OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks for the good vibe Chuck!
randyp said:
Here they call it an excise tax Randy. Registration fee is $60 for two years but excise tax is $25 per thousand yearly. My new truck will cost about $13k for an excise tax of $325 this year. Fortunately the valuation goes down each year as the vehicle ages.
Devv said:
The deal's not done yet Scott, but if it goes through it'll be a white 2013 4-cylinder Toyota Tacoma. It's a Florida vehicle so the body should be sound. I understand Toyota had a recall of the 2013 and 2014 Tacoma 2.7 liter 4-cylinders due to bad valve springs. You can bet I'll be checking the maintenance records to see if they were swapped out on this truck!
He mentioned somewhere he would be absent until he got his new truck settled out.Devv said:Everything OK Rick?
You're usually the perpetual poster
I hope he gets it soon, Im missing him and his garden already.
Essegi said:
PaulG said:RIP '99 Toyo
Long live the new ride
Looks like you are in the same weather pattern
we are in here, Rick. Grow roots, grow!
Devv said:Everything OK Rick?
You're usually the perpetual poster
OCD Chilehead said:
Cheers guys! I've finally seen off the old truck, completed the arrangements and paperwork and taken possession of the new one. The king is dead, long live the king!
I'll try to get caught up on all of your glogs next week before my Wife and I head off to New Brunswick, Canada to spend a week with her family on the occasion of her Mom's 96th birthday.
The weather here has finally warmed up enough that the chiles have greened up and begun to really grow. The plants in the airpots are actually looking better than the ones in the ground at the moment. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
bpiela said:
I do Ben... the micro-life in the soil that converts the organic matter in it to Nitrates depends on warm soil temperatures, so I add about 100 pounds per acre (pro-rated down to my 465 square feet of garden space) to tide the plants over until it warms up enough. This spring was crazy... it was so cold that it locked out the nitrogen at first, causing the plants to be stunted and yellow until it finally warmed up enough this past week. Once the chiles start to blossom I ease off the Nitrogen a bit and give them more Potassium. They should already have taken up about as much Phosphate as they need by then, though a little more won't hurt. https://www.maximumyield.com/boosting-your-harvest-with-potassium-supplements/2/1251
There are also micro-nutes that are helpful during flowering and fruiting too, but I'd have to research them to be able to talk about them.
Here's the raised bed with the in-ground chiles now that it's warmed up.
The plants are still tiny compared to this time last year but they're finally looking healthy and the flowers are beginning to stick.
The plants in the airpots have been warmer since they've been up against the south side of the house and they got additional nitrogen since their root ball can't grow any larger than the pot.
The exception is the Aji Oro, which has continued to work on the pods already set, but has been dropping yellowing leaves and not setting more flowers. I don't think it liked getting whipsawed between the heat and the cold, but it may just be that it wants more Nitrogen than the Chinense varieties. I'll give it a mild shot of liquid nutes containing nitrates and see if it makes a difference.
The pods on it have gotten close to harvest size and the first few are beginning to color up a bit.
Hope everybody is having an enjoyable Father's Day weekend. Cheers!
That's a nice pickup. It looks to have a little more room too. Congrats!
I like the garden. Plants seem to be coming along nicely. Thanks for the link of information. I haven't switched from grow to bloom yet. I think they are eating up that garden tone I mixed in the hole at planting time. I gave them supplements of black diamond, liquid kelp and cal-mag. I'll be making compost tea with molasses in the next week or so. That usually makes the plants vigor.
Have a safe and fun up and coming trip.
I like the garden. Plants seem to be coming along nicely. Thanks for the link of information. I haven't switched from grow to bloom yet. I think they are eating up that garden tone I mixed in the hole at planting time. I gave them supplements of black diamond, liquid kelp and cal-mag. I'll be making compost tea with molasses in the next week or so. That usually makes the plants vigor.
Have a safe and fun up and coming trip.