contest Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024

Do you have what it takes to be crowned the Growdown Throwdown King or Queen in 2024?


  • Total voters
    12
  • Poll closed .
I am getting skeptical of myself as well. I only started 8 seeds, two per Jiffy pod. In that one pod, both seeds popped. What are the odds? What did I do special? Nothing really. If it helps, I will try to post pics once a week. I think I just got lucky or maybe some other seeds got mixed in with the seeds that were sent to me??

Now I am thinking that I got a different batch of seeds. Here is another one popping in another cell. Something is wrong.

You just have the touch Ben! That's what I'm hoping for anyway! Hoping you didn't mix up seeds and/or trying to pull a fast one on us! If you got three.... there's hope!
 
Here goes nothin!
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I'm certain I did not mix up the seeds - I had all other seeds already in storage or in the dirt before I collected seeds from the dried pods and sowed 16 in rockwool (4 per cell) on Feb 27 in a tray I've kept marked and set aside. So I'm pleased to confirm a germination! It's wearing a helmet, of course, but I'm letting a drop or two of water soften that before I attempt any surgery.

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How many seeds?


Who knows. Took a few double handfuls of berries, slapped them into a Ninja, pulse a few, sifted, and scattered. Thousands? Maybe 2,000?


I'm certain I did not mix up the seeds - I had all other seeds already in storage or in the dirt before I collected seeds from the dried pods and sowed 16 in rockwool (4 per cell) on Feb 27 in a tray I've kept marked and set aside. So I'm pleased to confirm a germination! It's wearing a helmet, of course, but I'm letting a drop or two of water soften that before I attempt any surgery.

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NOW WE ARE TALKING! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!


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I'm certain I did not mix up the seeds - I had all other seeds already in storage or in the dirt before I collected seeds from the dried pods and sowed 16 in rockwool (4 per cell) on Feb 27 in a tray I've kept marked and set aside. So I'm pleased to confirm a germination! It's wearing a helmet, of course, but I'm letting a drop or two of water soften that before I attempt any surgery.

So, it looks like it took 30 days to germinate. I still got a week or two to go. There's still hope!
 
So, it looks like it took 30 days to germinate. I still got a week or two to go. There's still hope!
I have already passed this mark (1 month on March 24). Yesterday I took the seeds out of the heat mat and placed them at room temperature. I don't know if this will help, but I have noticed that sometimes, after being kept at a higher temperature, a sudden change (drop) in temperature can trigger some stubborn seeds to germinate. Either way, there's not much to lose at this point!
 
Not bad! 1 outta 2000, huh? Maybe you didn't send out enough seeds, so the rest of us could play. Just sayin...:whistle:
There have been more since I snapped that photo.
Besides I figured the promise of old seeds, grim outlooks and the threat of actual work/challenge would deter future seed snipers who always seem to vote and get seeds but never post after that 🤣

@bpiela Yours has to be 8” tall by now and branching right?
 
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There have been more since I snapped that photo.
Besides I figured the promise of old seeds, grim outlooks and the threat of actual work/challenge would deter future seed snipers who always seem to vote and get seeds but never post after that 🤣

@bpiela Yours has to be 8” tall by now and branching right?
Maybe, but for those who do grow, post and keep this thing alive it's disappointing... If you had asked, I would still have been willing to participate in your germination experiment.

I don't think it was the best move for a Growdown because now most of us won't be able to participate in this year's comp at all. My two cents...

Besides, I'm glad you got some sprouts so you can replenish your seed stocks at the end of the season.
 
I was very open about needing to freshen this inventory up from the beginning of us chatting about Aji Charapita. This is sort of by design. A challenging growdown year, uncertain seed viability and a mystery poll to boot.
Maybe, but for those who do grow, post and keep this thing alive it's disappointing... If you had asked, I would still have been willing to participate in your germination experiment.

I don't think it was the best move for a Growdown because now most of us won't be able to participate in this year's comp at all. My two cents...

Besides, I'm glad you got some sprouts so you can replenish your seed stocks at the end of the season.
Post in thread 'Growdown Throwdown 2023'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/growdown-throwdown-2023.76525/post-1778976

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781425

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781435
 
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I was very open about needing to freshen this inventory up from the beginning of us chatting about Aji Charapita. This is sort of by design. A challenging growdown year, uncertain seed viability and a mystery poll to boot.

Post in thread 'Growdown Throwdown 2023'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/growdown-throwdown-2023.76525/post-1778976

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781425

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781435
Maybe I missed something, but you opened up about it after Charapita was "elected", before that you only said "There is still a lot of bad Aji Charapita floating around out there and I need to freshen this inventory up anyway. ---Pictures--- If we decide on them, I have loads of isolated seed stock."

Anyway, I didn't mean to throw stones at you, I just expressed some sort of disappointment here. And even if just one seed dared to sprout today, chances are my season would not be long enough to harvest mature fruit.
 
I was very open about needing to freshen this inventory up from the beginning of us chatting about Aji Charapita. This is sort of by design. A challenging growdown year, uncertain seed viability and a mystery poll to boot.

Post in thread 'Growdown Throwdown 2023'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/growdown-throwdown-2023.76525/post-1778976

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781425

Post in thread 'Ají Charapita Growdown Throwdown 2024'
https://thehotpepper.com/threads/aji-charapita-growdown-throwdown-2024.77444/post-1781435

It's all for fun anyway. :cheers:
 
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