juanitos 2019 grow log

juanitos · Apr 5, 2019

topped and stripped of old leaves, growing new branches.
the stem and roots are still growing stronger in this time, it doesn't kill the plant.

Devv · Apr 5, 2019

I would be interested to see how the grow medium works for you this year.

Should be good, you killed it with the bags

PaulG · Apr 7, 2019

I will miss your grow slabs this year, Jonathan. I thought
those were a very interesting way to grow. Certainly
successful judging by your results!

Good luck getting the garden prepped. Will be checking
out your cloth units for sure.

juanitos · Apr 9, 2019

been cleaning up, progress is too slow with plant orders and real life work.

cookies make me feel better lol

Orekoc · Apr 9, 2019

The cookies look very good.

Best of luck with your orders.

Mildfruit · Apr 9, 2019

Definitely consider selling some cookies in the shop as well

NorCaliente916 · Apr 9, 2019

Man, those plants look fantastic! Orders closed for the season? :pray:

juanitos said:
been cleaning up, progress is too slow with plant orders and real life work.

cookies make me feel better lol

juanitos · Apr 9, 2019

NorCaliente916 said:
Man, those plants look fantastic! Orders closed for the season?

i'm done building orders but i'll probably post some special "left overs" in forum ads in may.

i'm keeping some in reserve in case there are problems.
like earlier this week i had an return to sender / undeliverable because the clients apartment people are dicks.

internationalfish · Apr 10, 2019

Mmmmm, coooookies.

...oh, right. Nice plants, too, I guess.

NorCaliente916 · Apr 10, 2019

juanitos said:
i'm done building orders but i'll probably post some special "left overs" in forum ads in may.

i'm keeping some in reserve in case there are problems.
like earlier this week i had an return to sender / undeliverable because the clients apartment people are dicks.

Thanks for the reply man. So do you normally take preorders before starting plants or how does it normally work? I will definitely be watching for any "leftovers."

Sounds like that guy needs to find a new apartment, I'd be pissed.

juanitos · Apr 10, 2019

NorCaliente916 said:
Thanks for the reply man. So do you normally take preorders before starting plants or how does it normally work? I will definitely be watching for any "leftovers."

Sounds like that guy needs to find a new apartment, I'd be pissed.

yeah i had it open for preorders for about 2 months on my site https://juanitospeppers.com/

juanitos · Apr 15, 2019

here's the 3 year old coco. much thicker now but still has some structure after i broke up the roots with a spade for a bit.
mix in some fresh coco chunks or perlite or something to keep it fluffy and good to go.
of course the disease chances are much higher though =\

lots of roly poleys (like hundreds wtf) and a few snails and grubs hiding in the bags.

BigCedar · Apr 15, 2019

Alright where do I start? The pepper patch from last year is quite an amazing sight, I bet you did your fair share of military low crawling to harvesting all those! I've never seen or heard of anyone using your sprout pot-up method, that is really freaking cool man, I'm gonna use that! Brisket... Money. Photography is on point. I wish I knew you sold plants earlier, I would have definitely bought some, they're beautiful. I'll be keeping an eye out next year for sure. Nice work on all accounts! I'll be following :cool:

Orekoc · Apr 18, 2019

Which I will be watching for, since I never got an order in while you had it open. My bad! :mope:

juanitos said:
i'm done building orders but i'll probably post some special "left overs" in forum ads in may.

i'm keeping some in reserve in case there are problems.
like earlier this week i had an return to sender / undeliverable because the clients apartment people are dicks.

juanitos · May 6, 2019

used the old coco from above and then needed some more so got some berger mix from local nursery.

one thing i didn't think about was that the irrigation lines are now too short to reach up to the pots.
so i had to order some new 1/4 in line and replace all the lines. that took a while.

overall shot of setup

brought some plants over

transplanting was pretty easy though

and to finish the weekend made some burgers & dogs, and some yummy jalapeno

m1hagen · May 6, 2019

Your garden looks amazing. I'm trying the grow bags this year and planning a set up just like that. Good luck with everything!

Mildfruit · May 12, 2019

I don't know if this belong here, but here goes:
I tasted my first Biquinho pepper, from the seeds I ordered from your store.

What delicious little gems those peppers are! Barely any heat, but really sweet and juicy. The smell gave me flashbacks from some superhot chinenses, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted it. As always, great plants from your seeds, thanks!

juanitos · May 13, 2019

Mildfruit said:
I don't know if this belong here, but here goes:
I tasted my first Biquinho pepper, from the seeds I ordered from your store.

What delicious little gems those peppers are! Barely any heat, but really sweet and juicy. The smell gave me flashbacks from some superhot chinenses, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted it. As always, great plants from your seeds, thanks!

Nice! it is so hard to describe the biquinho heat to people. it's like a faint memory. not completely heatless like a bell pepper. but it's not hot either.

juanitos · May 13, 2019

trying to get all the plant orders shipped this week.

only spent like 10 mins on my peppers this week, just making sure everything is still alive n chugging.

one of my plant failed completely, habanada just withered and died. so i have to replant another.

I guess the unattractive green color is why most people go with the black fabric pots.

PaulG · May 14, 2019

From grow blocks to grow bags! Nice transition,
John. Either way, very tidy set-ups always.

I'm looking forward to seeing some awesome
pod color above those bags!