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Ken, your guess is as good (actually probably better) than mine as far as how to harvest coco coir. I thought about doing a comparison grow of the layering vs. completely mixed, but I'd need more comparable plants than I have now. To get any kind of scientific validity I'd need sizable and...

Welcome from Covina!

Welcome...from the San Gabriel Valley. LA county chili head unity!

Thanks for the look! I took a peek at your profile, pretty epic stuff you've got going on. Is that for commercial purposes or just massive enthusiasm? :D

Today's transplants: Yesterday I transplanted the first Scorpion, the Jamaican Yellow and the Caribbean Red into pots - I felt they were sufficiently hardened off to move to partial sun outside, and I wanted them out of the Cal State soil. Today, the 2nd Scorpion and the Bhut got transplanted...

Hi guys and gals! For fun's sake, posterity, and for something to do this lazy Friday afternoon (I'm self-employed and nothing on the agenda today), I decided to chronicle this years gardening adventures. This is the second year I've lived in sunny Covina, CA, and although last years gardening...

Hey thought I'd update on the plants progress. It's doing really well in it's new digs, lots of new growth although its all so small a pic wouldn't really do it justice (yet.) The few small peppers I left after pruning have all matured and are delicious. I've been eating them straight up and...

Thanks for the input guys. I'll probably give it a few more days, then start some seeds with the papertowel / ziplock method, then do an autopsy on the pellets not showing anything. I tried to find an indoor appliance that is warm enough to heat the thing up, hadn't thought of the modem...I...

If the plants and (the fish ferts) are still inside...I don't think there's much you can do. I had a skunk spray my room mate in our kitchen when I was in college...(the idiots I lived with would NEVER close the backdoor and all kinds of critters would come in the steal the cat food)...I was...

Hey guys, just had a question... I've got a humidity dome full of seeds in jiffy peat pellets that I'm trying to germinate. It's been cold, and in an effort to get the temps up I let it sit out in the sun. I checked back every half hour to an hour yesterday, and everything looked great. A...

Package arrived today. My seedling kit is currently full, but I've got 3 rows of tomatoes that are already sprouting, and will start up some of your peppers as soon as they move on to the kitchen windowsill. Will update w/ pics when there's something to see. Thanks!

I'm on day 3 of "hardening off" my new plants, and I left em out in the sun a little too long today, with the same results. It's definitely sunburn. Should I give them the day off tomorrow (they spend nights and the rest of the day in a southern facing window, still plenty of light but...

Top Dog over Caspers in my book unless you want a simple hot dog. Caspers is good but fairly standard stuff. My order at Top Dog : hotlink, add a bunch of spicy mustard (the beaver russian hot mustard with the horse radish,) add some relish and onions and you're set.

Howdy from (lately not so much) sunny Southern California! So if 4400 posts isn't posting a bunch, can we safely expect 10k by the end of the week? :cool:

Hey Rob, I checked out the pepper sale today and was a little disappointed. I picked up a healthy looking Bhut Jolokia and a Trinidad Scorpion (my girl grabbed me a second TSP), as well as a kind of measly looking "Carribean Red" (supposedly an "improved" habanero) and a Jamaican Yellow. Of...

Received my Superhot Surprise Mix w/ an unexpected Aji Mix bag. Thanks Joe, much appreciated!

To rehash the perlite debate, I have seen plants grown successfully in nothing but perlite. Keep in mind however it has little to no moisture retention, and you would have to water the plant multiple times a day to keep it alive & thriving.

That young man is fearless. Very impressive.

Thanks!

I was wondering if anyone else has had problems loading a profile picture? I've been able to host and post images within posts, but I get an endless stream of errors whenever I try to upload one as my profile pic or avatar. I've tried uploading from my computer, a wheel turns then it tells me...