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MikeUSMC 2017 Grow

A little late in the season to start a glog probably, but I figure if I want to trade seeds with some of you guys at the end of the year, at least you'll know I'm not full of shit when I say I have stuff to trade ;)

Anyway, I had a pretty rough start this year. Started my seeds mid-February, then proceeded to fry half of them when they dried out from being in the living room with my pellet stove (Doh!). After that, my two overwintered plants (a Manzano and a Rocoto) turned into aphid magnets. Those promptly got chucked outside in March (I think?) to freeze and die a cold, miserable death. Of course, the aphids found their way to (what was left of) my seedling tray, but I got those under control.

Ok, enough whining. I'll try to get you guys caught up.....
Last year, I grew about 30 different Scotch Bonnet plants, which caught the attention of Superhot Sim and Trident, who are also huge Bonnet fans. We ended up doing a seed trade last year, so a lot of my seeds this year came from my chilehead brothers from across the pond (in the U.K.) :cheers: Thanks guys!

Here's my 2017 list (this will be my 4th year growing), which is a little smaller than last year due to a lower back surgery I had about a month ago. All is well, I'm on the mend, and back out in the garden :)

-Numex Twilight x3
-7 Pot Douglah x2
-Chocolate SB x2
-Scotchbrain (F4) x2
-Cappuccino Scotch Bonnet
-"Yellow" Scotch Bonnet
-TFM Scotch Bonnet
-Tobago Scotch Bonnet
-M.A. Peach Scotch Bonnet
-M.A. Daisy Cutter x2
-Bahamian Goat
-Aji Mango
-Aji Jobito
-Orange Blob
-Chocolate Bhutlah (DM)
-Nagabon
-Mammoth Jalapeño x2
-Poblano

Here's some pics from earlier in the year:
March 30, 2017
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April 16, 2017- First look at the sun
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I always grow in 5:1:1 mix (and add in CRF granules) in 5 gallon buckets. Here's a couple shots of my 5:1:1 "Graveyard" in the woods behind my house, and the new stuff ready to be mixed.
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May 21, 2017- All potted up
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What a difference a few weeks makes ;) (Pics taken this morning)
I'm also trying CNS17 (3-1-2) instead of DynaGro this year. It's just so much cheaper.
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Chocolate Scotch Bonnets on the right, Douglahs on the left
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Numex Twilight (biggest plant in the middle). I had 2 Belingrath Gardens plants in that pot last year, and now there's a TON of volunteers popping up. Almost looks like ground cover, haha. Gonna leave 'em just cuz ;)
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Another Numex Twilight out front. Getting some volunteer Twilights in that pot too, but I'll probably pull those
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Besides the Twilights, the only pods I have so far are a couple of 'peños...
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...and a couple of small Poblanos
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5 Tomato plants for Mrs. USMC
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Thanks for looking, everybody :cheers:
 
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Thanks Blitz! Can't complain, I guess. Freezers getting full of pods. A lot of sauces, salsas, jellies, and smoked powder/flakes to get started on soon. I should have another decent harvest coming up soon too. Nights have been dipping into the 40's lately around here. I'm okay with the season wrapping up though. I've got more pods than I probably need. I always overdo it ;)
 
I hear ya, we have a threat of frost so I just went through and emptied my plot. Ended up with a banana box FULL of pods. Some are ripe, most still green. Anyone have any suggestions on ripening them up? I have 2 gallon size bags of reaper, 2 bags of Trinidad moruga scorpion, 2 bags of ghosts, a bag of lemon drops, then a half bag of rainbows, devil's tongue, habs and I think that's it. Still gotta grab the chocolate habs and bishops crowns.
 
I just found this severely neglected glog way back on page 3 ;)

Haven't kept up with it lately, but I just pulled my plants today. I probably could get another couple weeks out of them, but I've had enough for the year. Lots of pods had been sitting on the plants for a few weeks that ended up rotting; just too busy lately. Lots of pods that were starting to turn too, but just didn't feel like waiting. No overwinters except for a single NuMex Twilight Bonchi.

Anyway, this is my final haul for the year
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Gonna fire up the smoker for a lot of these, then break out the dehydrator for powder/flakes. Some will be frozen until I get around to making salsa and jelly.

I've got a feeling I'm gonna scale back my grow quite a bit next year (yeah right, I say that every year ;) ), and probably do another "Bonnet themed" grow like last year. Maybe down to 20 plants, but who knows. That plan will probably change in 5 minutes :rofl:

Thanks for following my progress this year, everyone. I've met a ton of great new friends here, my first year at THP! Thanks again, guys and gals! :party:

:cheers:
 
MikeUSMC said:
I just found this severely neglected glog way back on page 3 ;)

Haven't kept up with it lately, but I just pulled my plants today. I probably could get another couple weeks out of them, but I've had enough for the year. Lots of pods had been sitting on the plants for a few weeks that ended up rotting; just too busy lately. Lots of pods that were starting to turn too, but just didn't feel like waiting. No overwinters except for a single NuMex Twilight Bonchi.

Anyway, this is my final haul for the year
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Gonna fire up the smoker for a lot of these, then break out the dehydrator for powder/flakes. Some will be frozen until I get around to making salsa and jelly.

I've got a feeling I'm gonna scale back my grow quite a bit next year (yeah right, I say that every year ;) ), and probably do another "Bonnet themed" grow like last year. Maybe down to 20 plants, but who knows. That plan will probably change in 5 minutes :rofl:

Thanks for following my progress this year, everyone. I've met a ton of great new friends here, my first year at THP! Thanks again, guys and gals! :party:

:cheers:
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 " Lots of pods that were starting to turn too, but just didn't feel like waiting. No overwinters except for a single NuMex Twilight Bonchi. "

 
 Some of those might have been worth picking, i reluctantly picked all my green pubescens before trimming my overwinters back, and some of them actually turned yellow over the course of the following week while sitting in a tub on the table :dance:
Also that's a great choice for a bonchi
mine in the emu egg is still doing great. I look forward to seeing your bonchi.
 

" I've got a feeling I'm gonna scale back my grow quite a bit next year (yeah right, I say that every year ;) ), and probably do another "Bonnet themed" grow like last year. Maybe down to 20 plants, but who knows. That plan will probably change in 5 minutes :rofl: "
 
 
 
 I say something similar to myself each year, and yet each year i plant even more 
i'd like to do an Aji only grow focusing mostly on all the variations of Sugar Rush, the two Aji Fantasy, Dulce Sol, and Berry Amarillo but i know that's never gonna happen so i'll just expand my grow again to include even more  :crazy:

 
Thegreenchilemonster said:
Nice final pull, Mike!

It's crazy that we still haven't been hit with a frost here in the Mid Atlantic/New England area.
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lucky,  i saw you are still getting nice harvests too.   Those large red Rocotos looked fantastic!
 
 
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How many growers say in October, I'm cutting back, less plants less work, we cannot eat every pod anyway [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Drop in on a chilli head you leave with a bag of pods [emoji6], smoked flakes/powder [emoji6] seeds for that " I must have it in my grow "

And cussing under your breath because your buddy convinced you having a nibble on his Chocolate bhutlah DM, SM, CS. as forum research was a smart move.[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Compost all the plants then it begins AGAIN.
NEXT YEARS GROW LIST. [emoji6]

plan for 12 squeeze in 6 more, take a few of ya mate cos he got spares. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23].

I'm crying Mike lol so how many different bonnets you going to grow buddy.?
I might send you a seed care package to mess with ya head.[emoji854][emoji854][emoji854]

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Well said Sim!
 
Time for closure eh? Mike, I'm pulling mine tomorrow. I have a few in pots going, but me and the soil are tired. :shh:
 
We skirted the frost most around us got last weekend, and yes, 86° today...Tejas weather...
 
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