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First Dirt day is behind me :) Ground is ready Peppers, tomatoes and tomatillos, all ready to go, got some compost mixed with perlite, mykos and horse manure to give them a boost at their final destination Few of the happy plants :) 1/4 of peppers and 1/5 of tomatoes is planted :D

Got some free time this weekend so I started potting up some of the bigger plants. I'll be potting up those that will finally come to a 5 gallon pots, around 30 plants. Majority of my peppers is going into the ground on my folks ranch, and they will not be potted up before planting, I stand no...

Hey Rick, sorry to see that weather is still giving you a hard time. From what I se I'm sure you'll manage, there's a lot of big and flowered plants in Casa Stickman :)

Thanks Rick :) I appreciate your advice very much! Your Poblanos got really huge last season. I know it's a lot of plants, but I will not sell them. I'll probably give away something like 20 peppers and 30 tomatoes to friend growers, and probably all plants wont survive. I lost 6 tomato...

Well, I guess Ican state that my peppers survived the winter :) Most of my peppers are out in greenhouse 24/7 from yesterday. They didn't grow much in last month, they were stunt by cold temps and almoust no sun. Choco Fatalli, Yellow TS FG and Poblano - 2 months old Those peppers were in my...

Mighty lights Rick :) That Manzano is superb. Hope you can take your beasts out soon :)

No jiffies for me :) I used them last few seasons, but the jiffies sold overhere are very low quality. They get dry to fast, you have to water them every day, and every year few of them get mold. I got good percentage of sprouts from them, but then again - I had that with every other...

Sun is finally here, just a glimpse, but it's a good sign :) We're gonna have +5 C night temps from Wednesday, so I will be able to keep them out 24/7. Hope they start growing fast, I have a lot of 3 weeks old peppers on south window and they still didn't develop first true leaves, due to no...

Thanks for stopping by Rick. Sorry to hear you are struggling also. It looks like this is gonna be a hard working season for many of us. I really hope that the worst weather of the season is behind us :) Cheers!

Hi guys. Just a little update, nothing worth picture taking. Although the weather is still bad (we had a little snow again yesterday, and during the night temps still go under 0 C, my plants are surviving :) I also got more then 200 tomato seeds to germinate on the top of my closet (on 20 C...

Hi Rick, glad it's getting better up there :) 1+ for the tomatillos :) I've grown Purple ones last season, they were great in salsas and sauces. This years I'm growing them again, along with Verde. Heavy producers, got a lot of pods from two plants. Be careful with the space, if you plant...

I just went through this topic, and it was quite an interesting read. I was not much into grow lights before, because I can grow outdoor April to October, and I have a lot of outdoor space. I only used one or two 6500K/2120 lumen CFL bulbs from January to March to give the plants an early...

Thanks, send me some powder but ONLY if you will have enoguh pods. I'm growing 2 Baccatum varieties just to see the difference from last season. Maybe I'm just not into Baccatums, so I can cut down growing lists :D

Baccatuums are good fast and undemanding growers. Aji Habanero was the first plant that gave me ripe pods last season. I started Bishops Crown late in April last year, and got ripe pods in September! About the taste.. I didn't like it much, both Aji Habanero and Bishops Crown got little heat in...

Boy, he has a great grow section :D I'm gonna give half of mine stuff to family and friends, but the truth is - weather surprised me, we haven't had a winter like this for more then five years. Usually I could start with outdoor growth in late February, early March. That's why I planted almost...

Mighty Baccatums Rick. I see majority of your plants is still looking great, hope it stays that way. Few casualties are expected even with ideal conditions.

It's snowing outside, but my germ box is working full time, so here's a little update - more Manzanos, plenty of Rocotos and 7 Pots are germinating, also few Tabascos and Morugas: Jalapeno M 0/10 Jalapeno Purple 0/10 Red Hot Paper Lantern Habanero 0/10 Mustard Habanero 0/5 Aji Yellow 0/5...

Amazing Hab Rick :) Snow sucks big time this year...

So you're in weather troubles also. Sorry to hear that, hope you get out of it soon.

Thanks for the kind words guys. Hope it gets better for all of us. There is a snow storm probably coming here next week, hope this is the last one and a one day thing. I'll try to ignore the weather for a while and say some good news - I have new hooks. They are popping out as i write -...