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Oddity of the month from the pepper patch :rofl:

I came across some gynormous 150W (600W equivalent) 5000K corn cob LED lights with around 20,000 lumens. How well could these pair with my 1200W equivalent full spectrum LED UFO lights for vegetative growth of my nursery plants?

I've never seen one quite like this. Our armadillos do more like a snowplow, the possums and skunks never go deep. This ~6" diameter hole is almost straight down with symmetrical sidewalls and 8" to the bottom. Like this critter pulled a plug out of the ground. It was done overnight Tuesday. It...

Drying BSF compost is much worse than drying tar. This particular tub has been drying in the sun since May 1. May 1 June 6 Not much progress. I have two tubs of this stuff drying. I want to chop it up finely and mix with three tubs of more conventional compost that I infused with all...

I have a large supply of captive BSF larvae that have been going and growing for 2½ months. They live in 15 gallon buckets of compost "tea". They're eating well and have to be multiplying constantly but I'm not exactly sure how that works.   I'm also making dry compost from the organic materials...

Is there a certain point in the last half of the season (when the days are getting shorter) you think it beneficial to completely remove the shade cloth and let them have full, all-day sun?   My plants seem to be doing well after they escape from the 30% shade. It's hard for me to know if they...

Old Homestead heirloom variety pole beans. Originally developed in Texas and supposed be a heat tolerant strain but I'm not believing it.   Twelve, 3-week old starts were planted May 6 and seeds for 12 more plants were put in the ground May 7. We started picking a lot of beans later in May but...

I'm trying to post an update to one of my old and ongoing topics.   http://thehotpepper.com/topic/63729-capsaicin-vs-pain-neurotransmitters-calling-all-chile-alchemists/   It is properly auto-saving my content but when I push a post or preview button, it kicks straight out to the main forum...

It doesn't match any of the pictures I can find but the closest thing is striped armyworm. It's about 7 mm in length. I spayed my patch with spinosad yesterday so hopefully they'll be gone in another day or two. I'll get BT for backup.          

Tomatoes must be slam dunk easy. I broke the top off one of my A Grappoli D'Inverno plants when detwangling it from the others to remove it from the indoor nursery area the Friday before last. I quicklike brought it in and stuck it into a jar with a yellow scorpion branch that's been growing...

Here's a tip. Brit Floyd.   We used to go way out of our way at every opportunity to see Pink Floyd but the last time that happened was their last tour in 1994 when we saw them in New Orleans and it was effenepic. After many years of hopefully waiting, it eventually became apparent it would...

Some of my tomato seedlings are doing some crazy stuff. This one is A Grappoli D'Inverno. I have some Amish Paste that did the same thing. I germinated under a humidity dome at 82-ish. These seeds popped quick and shot out like silly string. As soon as they pop, I move them into a light chamber...

Buc-ee's Carolina Reaper Salsa.   The first Buc-ee's travel center outside of Texas just opened in our county. 50 pumps and 50,000 square feet of genuine goodness imported from Texas. According to the local news, this is A Big Thing for L.A. My wife stopped in there yesterday to look around and...

Not exactly high tech but they make my growing easier. These little tags work great for 30 ml medicine cups or peat pellets if you germinate in things like this. Cheap too at a penny apiece. Only bad thing is they come on the slow boat from China. The free shipping package arrives in about three...

Do you find you can keep the light panel closer to the plants without burning them?   I don't know how close these lights can be to the plants but the manufacturer recommendations begin at 36". So far I learned when I moved a 1000w panel to 26" above the plants, all the burning, bleaching and...

I've been a member for a while but never posted a grow log. My usual garden is too boring for that. I use 20-30 pots and overwinter my mama plants in a hillbilly winter shelter. Our ground here isn't good for in soil gardening and I've not been enthused enough to undertake the work and expense...

I was getting nervous about our 18 year old 15.2 cf Whirlpool freezer and I was getting real tired of defrosting it so I got a new 17.7 cf frost-free Whirlpool. After debating with myself over what to do with the old one, I decided to convert it to a refrigerator. I bought an external Century...

Fire in the belly thanks to the Carolina Reaper. Feels good.

My wife got me a bag of Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper chips for a long road trip that begins tomorrow. I'm fairly certain these won't be anything like those challenge chips I've read about here but I hope they're delicious and interesting. It's hard to dip superhot salsa and drive so maybe these...

Made from crystallized xylitol and simple flavors, this is a very healthy and delicious hard candy. Xylitol is a natural sweetener derived from birch trees with the expected 4 carbohydrate calories per gram but unlike sugar, it has a glycemic index that approximates cauliflower. It's a great...