MikeUSMC 2018 Grow

b3rnd · Mar 31, 2018

Wow, that sucks man. I also had some no-shows on some varieties I was really looking forward too. But looking at your germ rates I have nothing to complain about. Hope you can make something out of this anyway!

ako1974 · Apr 3, 2018

Good luck after the bumpy start.

What's your plan for isolation? Bagging whole plants? Individual flowers? Moving some plants to different locations?

That's going to be one of my big focuses for this year.

D3monic · Apr 3, 2018

I got some plugs I can send you, not selling any this year. They didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Getting tree plug trays next year. Like 6" root zones.

They will be a little root bound but still should do well.

MikeUSMC · Apr 4, 2018

ako1974 said:
What's your plan for isolation? Bagging whole plants?

Yup, whole plants. This is a pic from 2015. I made a bunch of "pillow cases" out of tulle netting and Gorilla Tape, then stapled the seams. Bungeed the bottom of the net to the top of the buckets. Worked out great. I bag the whole plant so you have more options for saving a desired phenotype of a pod, vs. gambling on one branch or flower (they're only up on that board so I could get the weed whacker in there

)

D3monic said:
I got some plugs I can send you

That'd be awesome, D3. I feel horrible, letting your D3 Goat seedlings die. I had every intention on isolating those and helping with your community grow. I'm sure I could find a way to reciprocate. You're still not allergic to beer, right?

Devv · Apr 4, 2018

Now that's plant isolation!

Genetikx · Apr 4, 2018

My offer still stands too, let me know

Bhuter · Apr 9, 2018

Hey, Mike!!!

I'm sorry to hear about your germ rates and the loss of the remaining seedlings. I'm glad you've decided to go ahead with a grow. Great news that you'll have your sauce-making pods this year. I'm just starting, so I'm way behind, but I'm growing your cappuccino Scotch Bonnet and Justin's (WHP) Peach Scotch Bonnet this year. So if you need pods of those, I'd be happy to help...when they grow and ripen, of course. I'll be following.

-Adam

Walchit · Apr 9, 2018

BHUTER! Someone was asking where you've been on another thread, lol. I've got two cinders going

Bhuter · Apr 9, 2018

Walchit said:
BHUTER! Someone was asking where you've been on another thread, lol. I've got two cinders going

Hey, Andy!!!! Really? I was wondering why my ears were ringing. Lol. Two cinders? Excellent!!! I hope they're doing well, and the rest of your grow, too. I'm just catching up here, so I'll check your glog. Sorry, Mike, for the interruption. Lol

MikeUSMC · Apr 16, 2018

Bhuter said:
Sorry, Mike, for the interruption. Lol

No need to apologize, bud! At least SOMEBODY'S posting in here :rofl:

Not gonna be much from me until my plants get delivered in May

Devv · Apr 16, 2018

MikeUSMC said:
No need to apologize, bud! At least SOMEBODY'S posting in here

Not gonna be much from me until my plants get delivered in May

You're funny Mike

Blitz527 · Apr 21, 2018

MIKE!!!! what's up bud. List looked good. Haven't had too much time to check everything out yet. Hope it turns out well this season. I took a little sabbatical lol. But I'm Back in full swing now.

MikeUSMC · May 17, 2018

MikeUSMC said:
-2 Chocolate Scotch Bonnets
-2 Douglahs
-2 MoA Scotch Bonnets
(^ my main "sauce plants")
-2 Yellow Fatalii
-1 White Bhut
-1 Aji Chombo
-1 Yellow Rocoto
-1 Red Rocoto

Back from the dead, off Page 3

Got my online order from CCN yesterday, and everything is looking good! (Other than a couple of lanky plants, especially the C. Pubescens)

I had to get them out of those little pots, so I transplanted them into 0.75 gallon containers. Hardening off this week, then going to transplant them into 5 gallon buckets by next weekend

:cheers:

chocolatescotchbonnet · May 18, 2018

Good to see how well your plants did in 5 gallon buckets.. just transplanted mine into buckets 5 days ago, had to mix 75 gallons of coco/perlite, what a job it was!

PtMD989 · May 18, 2018

Back to “Game On”. [emoji106][emoji16]

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Devv · May 18, 2018

Aight, Mike's got his game on!

Good luck this season

MikeUSMC · May 21, 2018

chocolatescotchbonnet said:
Good to see how well your plants did in 5 gallon buckets.. just transplanted mine into buckets 5 days ago, had to mix 75 gallons of coco/perlite, what a job it was!

Thanks! Yeah, my back is killing me just thinking about it. Plus, I just got done spreading about 6 cubic yards of mulch around my house

Been growing in buckets since I first started in 2014. I love the 5:1:1 mix

PtMD989 said:
Back to Game On

Devv said:
Aight, Mike's got his game on!

MikeUSMC · Aug 2, 2018

Hey, check it out! I have a glog here! Who knew?! :shocked:

Super busy with life lately, and neglected to keep this updated. Anyway.....

Group shot

Starting to get some pods

I should've known something was up with this Douglah by how "light" green these pods are. I've grown Douglahs for a few years in a row now, and I don't remember their pods starting out so light. I know there's a red Douglah too, but that's NOT what I ordered from CCN. That's really gonna throw a wrench into my sauce making plans this Fall. Pods are a little darker on my second plant. I guess I'll have to wait and see

Not happy at all about the pheno on these

Second MoA plant looks like it "might" have some potential for good pod shape. Too early to tell though

Aji Chombo is the only C. Chinense plant not putting out pods yet. Was fighting aphids for a while, and it's starting to flower now

C. Pubescens doing a whole lotta nothing, as per usual, haha. Not even flowering yet. Full shade all morning, filtered shade for a couple of hours in the afternoon, then full shade again late afternoon

Yellow Rocoto (that's a 54" tomato cage)

Red Rocoto (can't remember if it's a "mini" or an "Ecuadorian")

Numex Twilight overwintered bonchi out front, with a few volunteers popping up too. I had this in a bonchi pot inside all Winter, then put it outside this Spring. A few weeks ago, I finally got around to transplanting it into this big pot, out front. I also put a softball under the root ball (I used a baseball last year) to try to get some cool looking roots later on. I plan to keep overwintering and "bonchi-ing" this plant, at least until the bigger roots are exposed, above ground, and it can support itself like that, with a big open space underneath the main trunk

Thanks for looking!
:cheers:

Walchit · Aug 2, 2018

Looking good! I don't think I have any Douglahs. But if you need a box of something chocolate I should have some.

MikeUSMC · Aug 2, 2018

Thanks, Andy! We'll see what happens, I guess. If it comes down to it, I'd gladly pay you for a SFRB

Really sucks because that Douglah turning red just cut my Original Recipe sauce batches in half!
Grrrrrrrrrr......