[SIZE=medium]I have a job that requires meticulous record keeping. Consequently, when it comes to leisure pursuits my note taking can be a little lackluster. This glog is my attempt to find a happy medium between keeping a laboratory notebook, and not remembering when I planted things and how long they took to grow. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]A quick picture of the gang right after I brought plants in from the garden to over winter. The grow tent is an inexpensive one off of amazon with dimensions of 4’x4’ (1.2mx1.2m). The two on the left are hydroponic plants that have been grown inside the apartment for the past 3 years. The remaining have all been dug up out of the ground. I stripped all of the leaves off the plants to combat aphids that came inside with the plants. Additionally, I ordered up and released 1,500 ladybugs inside the tent.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]First Pic: This is an overhead shot of my Aji Dulce a few weeks later taken on 12/11/18. The leaves are growing back quickly. In general this plants gives quick vegetative growth by comparison to my other plants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Second Pic:[/SIZE] The top left in the hydroponic setup is an orange habanero that is also 3 years old. Top center is a MOA Scotch Bonnet that came in from the garden. It is 1 year old. The top right is a mystery variety. I grew the plant out from some Thai chili seeds that were saved from my mother’s garden. They grew out with a larger pod than the previous generation with a slightly thicker wall. I believe it to have hybridized with an Anaheim that I grew out from seeds I took off a ristra while riding my motorcycle through Hatch NM. I however am not sure. The plant is actually two years old. Unfortunately my over wintered plants got ripped out of my garden. I however found this one and put it back in the soil. I thought it was dead but it is showing a little bit of life. I am hoping that enough of it will come back that I can take a couple of clones to save the hybrid since I don’t know what it really is. The remaining two plants are another mystery variety. I ordered white bullet habanero seeds from rareseeds.com last year. Upon growing out the plants were most certainly not white bullet habaneros. They appear to be some type of sweet chinense variety with yellow/gold fruit that is ~3” in length with a strong chinense flavor but no heat. While I was disappointed to not get the white bullets, I really enjoy the flavor of this pepper.
[SIZE=medium]Third Pic:[/SIZE]A couple that I already started this year. I don’t quite remember when this seeds hit the peat, but the picture was taken last night. The peter pepper is saved seed so I am not sure it will breed true, but I will find out. The ghost is yet to sprout, but it is pretty old seed, and anymore you can buy the plants from the hardware store, so I will not be very concerned if it doesn’t sprout.
[SIZE=medium]The last pic is of the seeds I am starting as of yesterday. The two on the left are varieties of tomato varieties that I received from a friend in Seattle. I don’t know what variety they are but I liked the flavor so I saved some seed. I didn’t bother fermenting the seed, so we will see if it sprouts or if I get mold before sprouting. The other two baggies are a generic cayenne, and a second generation of the aforementioned Thai chilli cross from my mother’s garden.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]The seeds I am waiting on in the mail are orange and red rocoto, and fatalii. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]A quick picture of the gang right after I brought plants in from the garden to over winter. The grow tent is an inexpensive one off of amazon with dimensions of 4’x4’ (1.2mx1.2m). The two on the left are hydroponic plants that have been grown inside the apartment for the past 3 years. The remaining have all been dug up out of the ground. I stripped all of the leaves off the plants to combat aphids that came inside with the plants. Additionally, I ordered up and released 1,500 ladybugs inside the tent.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]First Pic: This is an overhead shot of my Aji Dulce a few weeks later taken on 12/11/18. The leaves are growing back quickly. In general this plants gives quick vegetative growth by comparison to my other plants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Second Pic:[/SIZE] The top left in the hydroponic setup is an orange habanero that is also 3 years old. Top center is a MOA Scotch Bonnet that came in from the garden. It is 1 year old. The top right is a mystery variety. I grew the plant out from some Thai chili seeds that were saved from my mother’s garden. They grew out with a larger pod than the previous generation with a slightly thicker wall. I believe it to have hybridized with an Anaheim that I grew out from seeds I took off a ristra while riding my motorcycle through Hatch NM. I however am not sure. The plant is actually two years old. Unfortunately my over wintered plants got ripped out of my garden. I however found this one and put it back in the soil. I thought it was dead but it is showing a little bit of life. I am hoping that enough of it will come back that I can take a couple of clones to save the hybrid since I don’t know what it really is. The remaining two plants are another mystery variety. I ordered white bullet habanero seeds from rareseeds.com last year. Upon growing out the plants were most certainly not white bullet habaneros. They appear to be some type of sweet chinense variety with yellow/gold fruit that is ~3” in length with a strong chinense flavor but no heat. While I was disappointed to not get the white bullets, I really enjoy the flavor of this pepper.
[SIZE=medium]Third Pic:[/SIZE]A couple that I already started this year. I don’t quite remember when this seeds hit the peat, but the picture was taken last night. The peter pepper is saved seed so I am not sure it will breed true, but I will find out. The ghost is yet to sprout, but it is pretty old seed, and anymore you can buy the plants from the hardware store, so I will not be very concerned if it doesn’t sprout.
[SIZE=medium]The last pic is of the seeds I am starting as of yesterday. The two on the left are varieties of tomato varieties that I received from a friend in Seattle. I don’t know what variety they are but I liked the flavor so I saved some seed. I didn’t bother fermenting the seed, so we will see if it sprouts or if I get mold before sprouting. The other two baggies are a generic cayenne, and a second generation of the aforementioned Thai chilli cross from my mother’s garden.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]The seeds I am waiting on in the mail are orange and red rocoto, and fatalii. [/SIZE]
