stc's comeback down south grow...

PaulG · Jan 11, 2019

Thats the spirit, brother! Good to see you
getting off to another start! Like your nice
window side work bench. Should be awesome
for your chili peppers.

Sawyer · Jan 13, 2019

I just watched that seed germinating video. Interesting stuff, I think I'll try to adapt some of that for some of my own older seeds. Last year, Rick (stickman) said something about using fulvic acid to stimulate germination, but I haven't found a good source for that, yet.

stc3248 · Jan 22, 2019

Fresh seeds...we have lift off!

Ghost Pepper Revolution · Jan 22, 2019

Woot woot, this is when things get exciting

Great job

CaneDog · Jan 22, 2019

Back in business! Great to see those hooks!

PaulG · Jan 23, 2019

Jigsaw, Choco Bhutlah, Sepia Serpent :drooling:

Those ought to warm up your grow tent a little, Shane :flamethrower:

Can't wait to see you pass us all up and leave us
trailing in the dust. Maybe some tricks like the
Christmas Tree Lights

Good luck, Chief!

Sawyer · Jan 23, 2019

For anyone interested, I heard from Rick. This is the fulvic acid he uses:

https://www.bioag.com/products/ful-power/

stc3248 · Jan 24, 2019

PaulG said:
Jigsaw, Choco Bhutlah, Sepia Serpent

Those ought to warm up your grow tent a little, Shane

Can't wait to see you pass us all up and leave us
trailing in the dust. Maybe some tricks like the
Christmas Tree Lights

Good luck, Chief!

Thanks Paul...I doubt it, but we shall see. I also have some Doughah, Carmel Scropion and Moruga Satan up and running. :fireball:

Full update tonight.

Sawyer...thanks for the link and tell Rick to come on back to the dark side!

Shane

PaulG · Jan 24, 2019

New seedlings! Sounds good, brothah!

Looking forward to seein' what you got :party:

stc3248 · Jan 24, 2019

Ughhh...posted all this once only to loose connection...so here they are again.

Jigsaw...(Pepper Joes)

Moruga Satan and Yellow Scotch Brains (Pepper Joes)

Douglah (The Chili Pepper Institute)

Sepia Serpent (Pepper Joes freebie)

Chocolate Bhutlah x 2 and Yellow Scotch Brain (Pepper Joes)

Chocolate Bhutlah x3 and Caramel Scorpion x2 (Pepper Joes)

Moruga Satan x2 and Yellow Scotch Brain x2 (Pepper Joes)

That's all for now...the Pepper Lover seeds arrived about a week after these, so they should start popping over the weekend :pray:

...so far so good though. May try again on some of my old seeds...there are some old crosses that I would hate to see gone for good.

Hope y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

CaneDog · Jan 24, 2019

Looking good STC! I hope you're able to get some of the old stuff going too and recover the lines.

Planning to grow any heat this year or just those snacking peppers?

Ghost Pepper Revolution · Jan 24, 2019

Looking good, coming along nicely

stc3248 · Jan 24, 2019

CaneDog said:
Looking good STC! I hope you're able to get some of the old stuff going too and recover the lines.

Planning to grow any heat this year or just those snacking peppers?

Not a big fan of hot foods...may throw an Anaheim in for some spice later on.

stc3248 · Jan 25, 2019

So...I start looking for some new Goat's Weed seeds and this pic comes up on dozens of sites.

Which is funny since it's from my 2013 grow log...wonder what the poor folks that actually order from them receive??? Probably not what they ordered for sure.

stc3248 · Jan 27, 2019

One of my favorite parts of the grow. Every time I check...new life emerging! True leaves starting to show...ahhh. Still a few no-shows on the fresh seeds...Fatalii, Reaper, Chocolate Devil's Tongue and Bhut Orange Copenhagen...but the Tepins pulled them selves off the no-show list this afternoon with a tiny hook. Still early enough I think the other no-shows all have a good shot. Betting withing the next couple days that list will be cut in half... :pray:

Really good numbers on the rest with several going 100%. I have a nice sized yard here in town and I just aquired a 2.5 acre property outside of town...so room for as many as I feel like starting.

The LED's make the photos terrible. Will have to rig up some white lights to use during photos...

Any time I get multiple sprouts in the same cell, I pull the smaller one and move directly to a 2.5" Chocolate Douglah went 7-7 so plenty of them to go around.

Red Devil's Tongue with the Triple Coty...

True leaves forming...

More tiny true leaves...

Tiny little Tepin hook...

The Jigsaws are taking the lead...

Speaking of Jigsaws...I just planted the "other" Jigsaws from Chili Pepper Institute which are an Ornamental variety with variegated leaves much like a fish pepper. I also planted most of my Annuum varieties and my one and only Frutescens "Tehrani" a freebie from Pepper Lover. Also into the dirt went some Big Jim's from two different sources, Numex Twilight and Black Magic and Black Zebra Cherry tomatoes.

Hope y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

CaneDog · Jan 27, 2019

stc3248 said:
One of my favorite parts of the grow.
...

Hope y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

Best of times and worst of times for me - joy when they pop and not so much when they don't.

Glad to see your grow moving along so well and how awesome to have all that outdoor space to work with - and a great climate to boot!

Ghost Pepper Revolution · Jan 27, 2019

CaneDog said:
Best of times and worst of times for me - joy when they pop and not so much when they don't.

Glad to see your grow moving along so well and how awesome to have all that outdoor space to work with - and a great climate to boot!

Im right there with you guys, if I get at least 1 seedling I can deal but if none pop I question myself lol. Grows picking up pace slowly

stc3248 · Jan 28, 2019

Ok...so my prediction was pretty close. Except it only took until this evening and now every variety (second round seeds) has at least one hook. Forgot to mention I had no primo hooks yesterday either, but they showed up today. Went from 0 to 4 or 5 fataliis...One tiny Reaper hook. I'm going to give them a couple more days and I will update with exactly how many went from seed to plant, near 60 I think...Here are a few obligatory pics. First time growing many of these under the LED grow lights, some purpling going on, but I ain't sweating it. I added a few CFLs to use during photos and the pics look much better.

Wild Texas Tepin

Chocolate Devil's Tongue

Bhut Orange Copenhagen in the foreground and a tiny Primo hook in the background.

Hope Y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

PaulG · Jan 30, 2019

Looks like pretty good coverage, brother.
Great that you have at least one of each variety.

Am the teeniest bit jealous of your growing space.
2.5 acres sounds just about right!

stc3248 · Feb 5, 2019

Out of town this week...plants are in the shaky hands of my son. He says they all still look good. :pray: