2019 - The Farm

Well, it's finally time to start. Again.
 
Finished taking inventory of seeds today, and started the 2019 grow list. Since the 24x96' isolation high tunnel is done, I'll be growing a crazy long list this year, as we'll be growing for 2020 seed inventory. With the soil mix equipment, it should be a lot less work on my back this winter! (Even more so if I get the indoor grow areas plumbed and set up on drip irrigation, still not sure I got the budget for that yet tho)
 
Some of the seeds I'll be pulling from are damn near 10 years old now, so I expect many of these to eventually get crossed off with 0 germination. Everything I have ever saved or traded is getting planted, though. There's 203 on the list right now, many duplicates though where seeds were sourced from more than one person/vendor. 
 
The grow room at home is getting a makeover, going to be "going vertical" to get some space back. More on that in a few days...
 
This list is not complete yet, I will be adding more after I hear back from a few folks I PM'd.
 
7 Pot Chaguanas Red  (BE)
7 Pot Chaguanas Red  (PL)
7 Pot Jonah (PL)
7 Pot Long (PL)
7 Pot Original Red
7 Pot Primo Red
7-Pot Brainstrain  (LFF)
7-Pot Brainstrain Red
7-Pot Brainstrain Red (PL)
7-Pot Brainstrain Yellow (PL)
7-Pot Primo  (LFF)
7-pot Primo Red
Aji Amarillo
Aji Cereza
Aji Dulce Red
Aji Golden
Aji Golden (old)
Aji Golden  (LFF)
Aji Jobito
Aji Limo
Aji Limo  (LFF)
Aji Margaritereivo
Aji Peruvian
Aleppo (BE)
Aleppo  (LFF)
Amish Bush
Bahamian Goat
Bahamian Goat (old)
Barre Do Robiero
Bhut (Walchits)
Bhut Jolokia Brown
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate
Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon
Bhut Jolokia Red
Bhut Jolokia Yellow
Big Sun Habanero
Big Sun Habanero  (LFF)
Big Thai Hybrid
Biker Billy (AJ Drew)
Biker Billy Jalapeno  (LFF)
Black Habanero
BOC
Bolsa De Dulce
Bonda Ma Jacques
Boyanska Kapiya
Brazilian Starfish
Brown Bhut Jolokia  (LFF)
Brown Moruga
Brown Moruga (PL)
Bulgarian Carrot
CAP 215
Carbaruga Yellow
Caribbean Red Hab
Carmia Sweet
Carolina Reaper (PL)
Carolina Reaper (BE)
Carolina Reaper  (LFF)
Carribean Red Habanero (very old)
Cayenne Long Red
CGN 19198
CGN 20812 
CGN 22091
CGN 22792
CGN 24360
Chapeu Du Frade
Chapeu Du Frade  (LFF)
Cherry Red
Chili
Chili de Abrol
Chocolate Bhutlah
Chocolate Naga Morich
Chocolate Scotch Bonnet
Criolla Sella
Criolla Sella (WHP)
Cubanelle
Datil
Dedo de Moca
Dorset Naga (BE)
Dorset Naga (PL)
Dragon Cayenne 
Dragon Cayenne (most likely crossed?)
Drying Serrano
Dulce Sol
Elephant Trunk
Espanola
Farmers Jalapeno
Farmers Jalapeno  (LFF)
Farmers Market Jalapeno
Fidalgo Roxa
Freeport Orange Scotch Bonnet
Fresno (BE)
Fresno Red
Friarello Di Napoli
Friarieilo Di Napoli
Garden Salsa
Giant Aconcagua
Giant Mexican Rocoto
Goat Pepper
Goats Weed
Habanero Antillais Caribbean
Habanero Chocolate (PL)
Habanero Cristiana
Habanero Franciscon
Habanero Giant Orange
Habanero Guadalupe 
Habanero Magnum Orange
Habanero Manzano
Habanero Niranja Picante
Habenero Red Dominica
Harbiye
Hawaiian Kona
Hot Paper Lantern
Jalapeno Biker Billy
Jigsaw
Land Race Serrano
Large Orange Thai
Large Red 7 Pot (PL)
Large Red Rocoto
Mako Akokosrade
Mako Kokoo
Matay
Matay (PL)
Mini Bell Orange
MOA Scotch Bonnet
MOA Scotch Bonnet (very old)
MOA Scotch Bonnet  (LFF)
Monster Naga
Moruga Reaper
Moruga Scorpion  (LFF)
Moruga x Reaper  (LFF)
Ms. Junie
Naga Morich
NuMex Lemon Spice Jalapeno
Numex Pinata Jalapeno
NuMex Vaquero
Orange Habanero (Wicked Mike)
Orchid PI 497974
P. Dreadie
Paper Lantern Habanero
pI 281429
Pimenta Chris Fat
Pimenta de Neyde (PL)
Pimente Espellette
Pimente Espellette (old)
Pimiento Cristal  (LFF)
Poblano (old)
Poblano BE
Poblano  (LFF)
Purple Jalapeno x Cayenne
Purple UFO
Reaper (Walchit)
Reaper Bhut
Red Fatalli  (LFF)
Safi Scotch Bonnet
Santa Fe Grande
Santa Fe Grande (PJ)
Santa Fe Grande Peppers
Scoda Brain
Scotch Bonnet x Bell Pepper 
Shattah
Star of Turkey
Stuffing Cherry
Sugar Cane
Sweet Anaheim
Sweet Anaheim (LFF)
Sweet Charleston
Sweet Charlston (LFF)
Sweet Datil (old)
Sweet French Bell
Tangerine
Tekne Dolmasi
Tekne Dolmasi (LFF)
TFM Scotch Bonnet
TFM Scotch Bonnet (LFF)
Thai
Thai (crossed?)
Thai Orange
Thai Short
Tobago Scotch Bonnet Red (PL)
Tobago Scotch Bonnet Yellow
Tobago Seasoning
Trinidad Doughlah
Trinidad Perfume
Trinidad PI 281317
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Trinidad Scorpion Cardi
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga
Trinidad Scorpion Original
Trinidad Scorpion Smooth
Trinidad Scorpion Yellow
Trinidad X
True Cumari
Turkish Cayenne (LFF)
Turkish Sweet Ball
Urfa Biber
White Bhut Jolokia
White Bullet Habanero
White Habanero
Xalapas Large Jalapeno
Yellow Brainstrain (LFF)
Yellow Fatalli
Yellow Moruga Scorpion
Yellow Scotch Bonnet (old)
 
 
Added 1/16, ordered from Justin
7 Pot Brain Strain Chocolate AU
7 Pot Bubblegum (BBG7) Bhut Chocolate
7 Pot Bubblegum (BBG7) x Apocalypse Scorpion (No Calyx)
7 Pot Cinder F3 
7 Pot Douglah
7 Pot Jonah
7 Pot Jonah Yellow X SB
7 Pot Lucy
7 Pot Nebru
7 Pot Primo Chocolate
7 Pot SR Strain
7JPN
Aji Pineapple
Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate
Bahamian Beast Mustard Stinger F2
Bahamian Goat
Bhut Jolokia (Ghost) Giant Chocolate
Bhut Jolokia (Ghost) Rust
Bhut Jolokia (Ghost) Solid Gold
Black Pearl
Brazilian Brain Strain Chocolate
Brown Reaper Cross
Devil's Nagabrains Chocolate
Elysium Oxide Scotch Bonnet
Fatalii Chocolate
Genghis Kahn's Brain
Habanero El Remo
Habanero Roatan Pumpkin
Jigsaw x Moruga
Jonah's Yellow Brain
Machu Picchu
Mako Akokosrade
Monkey Face Red
Nagabrains Chocolate
Negro de Valle
Pimenta Black Bhut
Sandra's Giant Orange (Long Pheno)
SB7J Yellow
Scotch Bonnet Sweet Moruga Brown
Scotch Brains (7 Pot Pheno)
Skunk Chocolate
Tepin x Lemon Drop
UBSC x SB
Vallero
WHP 027
 
 
 
Should have the first of the chinense and pube seeds in the dirt by end of week.
 
 
Non-pepper crop

Anise Hyssop
Astro Arugula (Roquette)
Esmee Arugula (Roquette)
Arugula (Standard)
Sylvetta Arugula (Roquette)
Mizuna Asian Greens
Tatsoi Asian Greens
Red Rubin Purple Basil
Sweet Thai Asian Basil
Genovese Genovese Basil
Aroma 2 Genovese Basil
Royal Burgundy Beans
EZ Pick Beans
Tongue of Fire Beans
Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry
Blueberry Plant Collection Blueberry
De Cicco Standard Broccoli
Belstar Standard Broccoli
Chiko Burdock
Integro Fresh Market Cabbage
Red Express Fresh Market Cabbage
Farao Fresh Market Cabbage
Deadon Fresh Market Cabbage
Bilko Chinese Cabbage
Divergent Cantaloupe (Muskmelon)
Nectar Main Crop Carrots
Negovia Carrot
Nectar Main Crop Carrots
Negovia Main Crop Carrots
Napoli Early Carrots
Yaya Early Carrots
Yaya Early Carrots
Janvel Standard Cauliflower
Mardi Standard Cauliflower
Mardi Standard Cauliflower
Janvel Standard Cauliflower
Veronica Romanesco Cauliflower
Skywalker Standard Cauliflower
Skywalker Standard Cauliflower
Common Chamomile Chamomile
Staro Standard Chives
Nira Chinese Leeks (Garlic Chives)
Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea (Coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea (Coneflower)
Leisure Cilantro (Coriander)
Santo Cilantro (Coriander)
Natural Sweet Sweet Corn
Enchanted Sweet Corn
Nothstine Dent Dry Corn
Xtra-Tender 2171 Sweet Corn
Cressida Cress
Cool Customer Pickling Cucumbers
Poniente Seedless and Thin-skinned Cucumbers
Picolino Slicing Cucumbers
Hera Dill
Bouquet Dill
Totem Belgian Endive (Witloof)
Ruby Red Orach Specialty Greens
Light Green Orach Specialty Greens
Dark Green Orach Specialty Greens
Red Russian Kale
Toscano Kale
Westlandse Winter Kale
Toscano Kale
Red Russian Kale
Korist Fresh Eating Kohlrabi
Azur Star Kohlrabi
Kossak Storage Kohlrabi
Munstead-Type Lavender
Megaton Leeks
King Richard Leeks
Pandora Leeks
Lemon Balm
Celinet Summer Crisp Lettuce (Batavia)
Concept Summer Crisp Lettuce (Batavia)
Muir Summer Crisp Lettuce (Batavia)
Alkindus Butterhead Lettuce (Boston)
Mirlo Butterhead Lettuce (Boston)
Red Cross Butterhead Lettuce (Boston)
Sylvesta Butterhead Lettuce (Boston)
Annapolis Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Breen Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Coastal Star Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Defender Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Dragoon Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Ezbruke Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Flashy Trout Back Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Fusion Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Holon Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Jericho Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Outredgeous Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Parris Island Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Ridgeline Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Rouge d'Hiver Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Truchas Romaine Lettuce (Cos)
Bronze Herbs for Salad Mix
Cumin Herbs for Salad Mix
Bronze & Green Herbs for Salad Mix
Bergam's Green Lettuce
Blade Oakleaf Lettuce
Bolsachica Oakleaf Lettuce
Buttercrunch Heritage Lettuce
Clearwater Oakleaf Lettuce
Crispino Iceberg Lettuce
Dark Red Lollo Rossa Heritage Lettuce
Deer Tongue Heritage Lettuce
Garrison Oakleaf Lettuce
Green Saladbowl Oakleaf Lettuce
Ilema Lollo Lettuce
Newham Bibb Lettuce
New Red Fire Lettuce
Red Sails Heritage Lettuce
Red Saladbowl Oakleaf Lettuce
Tropicana Lettuce
Waldmann's Dark Green Heritage Lettuce
Encore Lettuce Mix Lettuce Mixes
Lovage
Zaatar Marjoram
Clemson Spineless Okra
Yankee Full-Size Onions
Cortland Full-Size Onions
Greek Oregano Oregano
Papalo
Pipicha
Leonardo Radicchio
Virtus Radicchio
Red Raspberry Plant Collection
Jewel Raspberry
Victoria Rhubarb Seeds
Common Sage
Common Sage Sage
Summer Savory
Green Shiso Shiso
Britton Shiso
Asia Ip Shiso
Red Shiso Shiso
Lemon Drops Spilanthes
Acadia Savoyed-Leaf Spinach
Corvair Smooth-Leaf Spinach
Saltwort
Stevia
Sparkle Strawberry Bare-Root Plants
Jewel Strawberry Bare-Root Plants
Elan Strawberry Seeds
Alexandria Strawberry Seeds
Ruby Red or Rhubarb Chard Swiss Chard
Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard
Oriole Swiss Chard
Milk Thistle
German Winter Thyme
Frederik Beefsteak Tomatoes
Jasper Cherry Tomatoes
Sakura Cherry Tomatoes
Blue Beech Heirloom Tomatoes
Mountain Magic Cocktail Tomatoes
Brandywine Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherokee Green Heirloom Tomatoes
White Cherry Cherry Tomatoes
Wisconsin 55 Slicing Tomatoes
Green Zebra Heirloom Tomatoes
Common Valerian
Farmers Wonderful Triploid Watermelons (Seedless)
Gentility Triploid Watermelons (Seedless)
Sorbet Triploid Watermelons (Seedless)
Sweet Crimson Watermelon
 

Most of the lettuce is for taste and local adaptability trials, small little plots. We'll be succession planting out most crops, small qty for market, so "big list, not so big qty."
 
Some of the stock (various herbs, seedless watermelons) is non-organic seed stock and will either be grown either in the north transitional field or in pots. 
 
570 fruit trees are also coming sometime early spring, those will go in to the dirt as soon as it can be worked after freeze. We'll plant those and forget about them for a few years.. just mow around them. All the big work starts in a few years with those.  Shouldn't need to irrigate them unless we get a big dry spell, and/or until they start producing.

 

[TrentL]

Did you ever find out who stole your Reaper crop last year?


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Nope. Sure hope they got sick, tho. They picked every ripe pod and also had scavenged every pod that had hit the ground, while leaving the butch-t's and moruga scorpions next to them alone.

 

[Kennylay]

When you buy a "crap"load of bird guano and trentl roasts you for it. Didn't know how this stuff was sourced, good read.

 

[TrentL]

When you buy a "crap"load of bird guano and trentl roasts you for it. Didn't know how this stuff was sourced, good read.

 
Yeah I bought about 100 lbs of "the shit"   before I realized. Population of the birds has dropped over 90% in the last century, from 53 mil to 4 mil. Not all of that is due to destructive mechanical removal of their guano; a great deal of it is pressure from anchovy fishing off the islands. Still, when we can choose what corner of the world our money goes to...
 
The other unsustainable organic component I dropped from my mix plans last year was peat moss. Once peat bogs in the wetlands are drained and harvested (which kills the entirety of the local ecosystem), they are never restored to what they were originally. Doesn't matter how much money they throw in to restoration, they're never the same again, and probably won't be fully "restored" until they're left alone for another thousand years or so. 
 
Anyway that's why I went with coco coir instead of peat moss, and why I'm dumping seabird guano from the mixes I make.

 

[karoo]

 
Yeah I bought about 100 lbs of "the shit"   before I realized. Population of the birds has dropped over 90% in the last century, from 53 mil to 4 mil. Not all of that is due to destructive mechanical removal of their guano; a great deal of it is pressure from anchovy fishing off the islands. Still, when we can choose what corner of the world our money goes to...
 
The other unsustainable organic component I dropped from my mix plans last year was peat moss. Once peat bogs in the wetlands are drained and harvested (which kills the entirety of the local ecosystem), they are never restored to what they were originally. Doesn't matter how much money they throw in to restoration, they're never the same again, and probably won't be fully "restored" until they're left alone for another thousand years or so. 
 
Anyway that's why I went with coco coir instead of peat moss, and why I'm dumping seabird guano from the mixes I make.

Thanks for highlighting this , lots of people don't understand the true cost of going organic.
 
I was fortunate enough to collect my own guano in December , rowing my kayak out to a small island and scraping around for about 2 kilograms of seabirdsh!t. I diluted that with 10 liters of water for storage and now dilute it 1:100 for my peppers.
 
It is still pretty potent stuff.

 

[Walchit]

Kayak out to an island to get free nutes? Count me in. Wait I'm in the middle of the continent. Lol

 

[TrentL]

Kicking around some revisions to my farm layout.
 

 
Thinking it might be advantageous to break up my long field in to 5 separate plots for my 5 year organic rotation. That way I can have all 5 years growing at the same time, and analyze the effects of any changes we make to management, fertilization, cover crops, etc within a year of making those changes (instead of waiting, say, 5 years for that rotation to come around again). 
 
Then within each plot I can do variety trials, experiments with different fertilizer applications, etc. Kind of make it a study farm, to get our processes nailed down, before we scale up acreage.
 
Plus this would give me ~3 acres of wheat always growing, which would supply us with the 100-120 bales of straw we use every year on the veggies. Not to mention a continual, yearly supply of wheat and corn for our soon-to-be-acquired stone mill, to turn in to flour, corn meal, grits...
 
ETA: ignore the bottom right, that's a pistol shooting range I'll build using clay excavated from the runoff catch pond.
 
 

 

[PaulG]

Looks well thought out, Trent. I like the 5-year/5-plot
idea to make real-time comparisons.

 

[TrentL]

Got a laugh out of this. A big sun habanero seed must have slipped between the cracks when I was seeding. Sprouted UNDER the starter cells. Cotys was pale yellow... but it was alive..
 

 

 
The sprout room is now 100% full
 

 

 
 
 

 

[TrentL]

I was going to move some plants out to the farm this weekend, but the well was frozen up, no running water. I'm going out tomorrow to drop a heater in the well pit, see if I can get some water flowing again... the snow load cracked the well pit lid (letting cold air settle in it) so I've got to build a new one, as well.
 
Until I get the well running again I'm kind of stuck, can't transplant any more. I've got 7 different soil tests underway, though. And about 1800 plants that need transplanting....
 
So far all of the soil mixes I've had in for a week have done really well, growing nice big healthy plants. Hopefully I can avoid a repeat of the plant Armageddon of last year.
 
I started 3 new tests today, bringing the soil test population to 105.
 
I goofed on one of them but caught it. I had already transplanted so I'll keep the test going, but I inadvertently used 2x as much dry fertilizer in the mix than I intended. I was cutting fertilizer in half as I was doing half the volume of mix, but on test D I forgot to cut ferts in half and.. yeah, it's gonna be really damn strong.
 
Everything in the room has now been inoculated with myco. I'm done with all of the primary sprouting, for the most part, so now I'm running trays a LOT drier than I was and the plants are really starting to take off. Keeping the trays wet so things would continue to germinate really had slowed up growth, but now they're racing right along.
 
Two more days until the first 8 trays are at the 30 day mark. I might as well have flame weeded trays 1-4, as hot as they got that day I goofed and turned the lights on full blast. Seeds that hadn't sprouted yet at the time of the cooking incident are growing fine, but the ones that were all up are nearly 100% dead. The ones that didn't keel over immediately (100% fatalities in the center of the tray) are yellowed and dying now. They never grew out true leaves, the cotys just slowly turned yellow, then brown, then they died. The plants got hot enough to interrupt some process going on inside of them and they just quit. 

Which is exactly what flame weeding does. 
 
So yeah, pretty much might as well have flame weeded those trays.
 
I'm still getting some viable transplants off of them, from seeds that sprouted after "the incident", and many are already potted up in soil tests.  So wasn't a complete loss. Probably cost me about 200-250 plants in the first 4 trays.
 
Trays 5-8, which were cooked, but not as badly, are almost 100% recovered now.
 
Plants which were transplanted last week in to last year's graveyard dirt, are already well in to their second sets of leaves. Compared to the trays they originated from, they are WAY ahead. The starter trays had 5-1-1 fish emulsion so they do have nutrients, they just aren't growing anywhere nearly as fast as the plants in the organic potting soil mix.
 

 
Illustrates that early pot-up has advantages.
 

 

[TrentL]

Also that runty stowaway under the cells... when I potted up that poor little seedling (assume to be Big Sun Habanero), it was labeled "T3 "I refuse to die habanero" mix E 2/16" so I can identify it later easily.
 
Since that's the first "what the hell?" thing to occur this year, I'll track it through the growing season, assuming it lives, which it should, because that's one tough sonofabitch to grow out that far with near zero light and almost no media whatsoever, and a tray bottom that is frequently bone dry.
 
I simply cannot believe that little bugger not only sprouted, but grew out long roots like that to find more nutrients.
 
The only thing that probably saved it, was when I gave that tray a fish emulsion run last week, it picked up enough nutrients to keep on kicking. 
 
It looks so pathetic and yellow next to the other seedlings I've transplanted.. I've literally thrown away dozens of better plants that have sprouted multiples in a cell, when potting up, but jeez.. you just can't throw away something like that! Not after it worked so hard just to survive.
 
Anyway, stowaway will be a prominent fixture this year. Kind of like how scrawney was last year.
 
 

 

[TrentL]

Oh I forgot to mention, I bought a tractor yesterday.
 
Well, signed the paperwork for it. It'll be 7-10 days before I can pick it up. 
 
This is a stock image of the same model I got, not my specific tractor; I'll have the loader, like this one has.
 

 
Here's one without a loader, with a human riding it for scale
 

 
Gotta send off the wire for some attachments Monday, the ones I mentioned previously. They'll be shipping on a semi, with three big rolls of plastic mulch.
 
 

 

[TrentL]

Weekly inventory 2/17/2019
 
2402 of 3020 cells sprouted (79.54%)
 
Type / Seeded / Inventory / Percent
7JPN WHP 9 9 100.00%
7-Pot Brainstrain Chocolate AU WHP 9 5 55.56%
7-Pot Brainstrain Red WHP 18 18 100.00%
7-Pot Bubblegum (BBJ) x Apoc. Scorpion (No Calyx) WHP 12 2 16.67%
7-Pot Bubblegum Bhut Chocolate WHP 9 9 100.00%
7-Pot Bubblegum Chocolate WHP 7 7 100.00%
7-Pot Bubblegum Red BBG7 WHP 11 11 100.00%
7-Pot Chaguanas PL2012 6 0 0.00%
7-Pot Cinder F3 WHP 9 9 100.00%
7-Pot Douglah WHP 19 19 100.00%
7-Pot Jonah PL2012 10 0 0.00%
7-Pot Jonah WHP 10 10 100.00%
7-Pot Jonah Yellow X SB WHP 11 11 100.00%
7-Pot Jonha Orange WHP 4 2 50.00%
7-Pot Jonhah Orange WHP 6 6 100.00%
7-Pot Long PL2012 3 0 0.00%
7-Pot Lucy WHP 7 7 100.00%
7-Pot Nebru WHP 8 8 100.00%
7-Pot Orig Red PL2012 6 0 0.00%
7-Pot Primo 72 72 100.00%
7-Pot Primo Chocolate WHP 9 9 100.00%
7-Pot SR Strain WHP 11 11 100.00%
7-Pot Yellow Brainstrain PL2012 7 0 0.00%
Aji Amarillo 12 12 100.00%
Aji Cachucha 6 6 100.00%
Aji Cachucha Purple Splotched 6 6 100.00%
Aji Cereza 12 0 0.00%
Aji Colorado 6 6 100.00%
Aji Dulce Red 6 4 66.67%
Aji Golden 24 24 100.00%
Aji Guyana 6 6 100.00%
Aji Jobito 12 1 8.33%
Aji Limo 48 48 100.00%
Aji Margariteno 12 7 58.33%
Aji Panca 6 5 83.33%
Aji Pineapple 6 2 33.33%
Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate WHP 10 10 100.00%
Bahamian Beast Mustard Stinger F2 WHP 10 10 100.00%
Bahamian Goat WHP 11 11 100.00%
Bhut (Andy) 24 24 100.00%
Bhut Jolokia Brown PL2012 2 0 0.00%
Bhut Jolokia Brown PL2018 22 0 0.00%
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate WHP 24 9 37.50%
Bhut Jolokia Giant Chocolate WHP 9 6 66.67%
Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon PL2012 2 0 0.00%
Bhut Jolokia Red PL2012 7 0 0.00%
Bhut Jolokia Rust WHP 13 13 100.00%
Bhut Jolokia Solid Gold WHP 5 3 60.00%
Bhut Jolokia Yellow PL2012 5 0 0.00%
Big Sun Habanero 288 270 93.75%
BOC Devv 22 21 95.45%
Brain Strain Red PL2012 33 0 0.00%
Brainstrain 144 144 100.00%
Brazilian Brainstrain Chocolate WHP 8 8 100.00%
Brown Bhut Jolokia 72 28 38.89% (seeded 7 days ago)
Brown Moruga WHP 24 24 100.00%
Brown Reaper Cross WHP 9 9 100.00%
Butch-T PL2012 2 0 0.00%
Butch-T PL2018 4 4 100.00%
CAP215 PL2012 6 0 0.00%
Carbaruga Yellow (andy) 22 9 40.91%
Carolina Reaper 144 133 92.36%
Carribean Red Habanero (andy) 144 144 100.00%
CGN 19198 PL2012 5 0 0.00%
CGN 21500 6 2 33.33%
CGN 22091 PL2012 10 0 0.00%
CGN 22794 Goat Pepper PL2012 6 0 0.00%
CGN 227972 PL2012 6 0 0.00%
CGN 24360 PL2012 3 0 0.00%
Datil PL2012 15 0 0.00%
Dedo de Moca PL2012 7 0 0.00%
Devil's Nagabrains Chocolate WHP 9 6 66.67%
Devils Nagabrains Red WHP 6 6 100.00%
Dorset Naga BE2018 6 0 0.00%
Dorset Naga PL2012 5 0 0.00%
Elysium Oxide Scotch Bonnet WHP 12 12 100.00%
Fatalli Chocolate WHP 9 9 100.00%
Fidalgo Roxa (andy) 26 0 0.00%
Freeport Orange Scotch Bonnet 30 30 100.00%
Ghengis Khans Brain WHP 8 8 100.00%
Ghostly Jalapeno 19 19 100.00%
Giant Aconcagua BE2018 1 0 0.00%
Giant Mexican Rocoto PL2012 18 0 0.00%
Habanero Chocolate PL2012 1 0 0.00%
Habanero El Remo WHP 17 17 100.00%
Habanero Franciscan WHP 24 24 100.00%
Habanero Guadalupe WHP 24 24 100.00%
Habanero Magnum Orange 36 10 27.78%
Habanero Red Dominica WHP 36 16 44.44%
Habanero Roatan Pumpkin 8 8 100.00%
Jigsaw x Moruga WHP 11 11 100.00%
Jonah's Yellow Brain WHP 10 7 70.00%
Large Red 7-Pot PL2018 4 0 0.00%
Lava Chocolate 6 2 33.33%
Machu Picchu 10 10 100.00%
Mako Akokosrade PL2012 3 0 0.00%
Mako Akokosrade WHP 27 27 100.00%
Matay (andy) 24 24 100.00%
MOA Scotch Bonnet 288 272 94.44%
Monster Naga PL2012 3 2 66.67%
Moruga Scorpion Red 72 72 100.00%
Moruga x Reaper 144 125 86.81%
Moruga x Reaper PL2018 6 6 100.00%
Naga Morich 12 0 0.00%
Naga Morich PL2012 3 0 0.00%
Nagabrains Chocolate WHP 9 9 100.00%
Naglah Beast 6 1 16.67%
Orange Ghost WHP 6 6 100.00%
Orange Turdcicle WHP 5 3 50.00%
P. Dreadie (Devv) 5 5 100.00%
P.Dreadie Devv 9 9 100.00%
PDN X SB7J Peach 8 8 100.00%
Peri-Peri 6 5 83.33%
PI 497974 Orchid PL2012 5 0 0.00%
PI281429 1 0 0.00%
Piment Leopard 6 0 0.00%
Pimenta Black Bhut WHP 21 19 90.48%
Pimenta Chris Fat 10 0 0.00%
Pimenta De Neyde PL2012 5 0 0.00%
Pink Tiber x BB6 Choco 9 2 22.22%
Ramirez Stinhge 6 4 66.67%
Reaper (andy) 14 14 100.00%
Reaper x Bhut PL2018 6 6 100.00%
Red Fatalli 72 72 100.00%
Red Shark 6 1 16.67%
Saco De Nelho 2 2 100.00%
Sandras Giant Orange (Long Pheno) WHP 8 8 100.00%
SB7J 6 5 83.33%
SBJ7 Yellow WHP 9 9 100.00%
Scotch Bonnet Sweet Moruga Brown WHP 8 8 100.00%
Scotch Bonnet WHPII 2 2 100.00%
Scotch Brain Devv 72 71 98.61%
Scotch Brains 7-Pot Pheno WHP 8 3 37.50%
Skunk Chocolate WHP 6 6 100.00%
Tepin x Lemon Drop WHP 14 12 85.71%
TFM Scotch Bonnet 72 72 100.00%
Tobago Scotch Bonnet Red PL2012 4 0 0.00%
Tobago Scotch Bonnet Yellow PL2012 2 0 0.00%
Tobago Seasoning PL2012 4 0 0.00%
Trinidad Douglah PL2012 8 0 0.00%
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion PL2012 6 0 0.00%
Trinidad Moruga Yellow PL2018 6 6 100.00%
Trinidad Perfume 6 0 0.00%
Trinidad PI 281317 PL2012 6 0 0.00%
Trinidad Scorpion Cardi PL2012 2 0 0.00%
Trinidad Scorpion Original PL2012 1 0 0.00%
Trinidad Scorpion Yellow PL2012 6 0 0.00%
Trinidad Smooth PL2012 1 0 0.00%
Trinidad X Andy 24 17 70.83%
True Cumari PL 2012 1 0 0.00%
USBC X SB WHP 12 12 100.00%
Wartrye Orange 3 3 100.00%
White Bhut Jolokia PL2012 7 4 57.14%
WHP027 10 10 100.00%
Wiri Wiri 6 6 100.00%
Yellow Bhutlah 6 1 16.67%
 
 
I bolded types which will be destined for at least some field planting (was planning around 20 chinense types for produce sales). Remainder will be seed crop.
 

 

[Walchit]

Carribean Red Habanero (andy) 144 144 100.00%

Not too shabby! Lol

I saw all 3 of the ones that I sent in which I grew the plant and harvested seed (reaper,Bhut,Caribbean red) all got 100%. Those others are either off of a seed train or from the pods I got from Texas hot peppers. I think Matay was supposed to be a good one, or maybe I just liked the name I can't remember. I remember just sending you stuff I had a decent amount of seeds for. Hopefully they grow true for you. If the carribean red grow like mine did you will be swimming pods for sure on 100 plants lol. I had them crammed in a short raised bed that was built on top of gravel.

 

[saiias]

Remember that Brown Bhut you gave me when I visited you last year? I colledted seeds from it and they took forever to germinate. Lol.

But finally they did like after 2 weeks or so. Hopefully I will end up with those massive brown bhuts.


Sent from my S9

 

[TrentL]

Carribean Red Habanero (andy) 144 144 100.00%

Not too shabby! Lol

I saw all 3 of the ones that I sent in which I grew the plant and harvested seed (reaper,Bhut,Caribbean red) all got 100%. Those others are either off of a seed train or from the pods I got from Texas hot peppers. I think Matay was supposed to be a good one, or maybe I just liked the name I can't remember. I remember just sending you stuff I had a decent amount of seeds for. Hopefully they grow true for you. If the carribean red grow like mine did you will be swimming pods for sure on 100 plants lol. I had them crammed in a short raised bed that was built on top of gravel.

 
That doesn't mean 100% germination, just means 100% of the cells are filled. I over-seeded 4x seeds per cell in most cases. Although some of them, like if I got a seed pack w/ 10 in them for a single variety, I might spread it out to 3 cells as I wanted a min of 3 plants per type for selection. Filling each cell was more important this year than being stingy with seed. So everything was over-seeded. The idea behind that, was last year I did a single seed per cell to track exact germination in the experiments and it really bit me in the ass when I had types with low germination. Like 5% germ, that would mean a tray  had 3 or 4 cells out of 72 filled. Huge waste of space. 
 
So yes, 100% cells filled is the goal, doesn't necessarily mean 100% germ. (Meanwhile 60% doesn't necessarily mean 50% germ, it means 50% of the cells filled, which could be more like 20% germination or whatever, if they were overseeded 4:1.
 
But your seeds, they sure did fill up trays nice.
 

 
When I transplant those up to bigger pots, the vast majority of those seedlings will die. Only the strongest move on to the next round.
 

Remember that Brown Bhut you gave me when I visited you last year? I colledted seeds from it and they took forever to germinate. Lol.

But finally they did like after 2 weeks or so. Hopefully I will end up with those massive brown bhuts.


Sent from my S9

 
Yes brown bhuts take FOREVER to germinate. I have some browns that didn't even start sprouting until 25 days this year.

 

[PaulG]

Lots going on there, Trent.  Keeping you busy, for sure!

 

[TrentL]

Had to torch around the well pit lid today. Well was frozen solid, had to get in there to put a 1500 watt heater down in it. Took an hour to get it open, another 2 hours for it to thaw, but now have running water again at the farm.
 

 

 
Also, I have a particular pest that has to die. Raccoon living in a stable in a middle of an intensive vegetable field?  Nope!  No, and NOPE! Won't have a sweet corn crop if it's living there.
 
We aren't allowed to relocate them, illegal in Illinois due to overpopulation, only recourse is destruction.
 

 

 

 
We're gonna name this spider Jonas. I dumped a 5 gal bucket in the sink and it crawled out of the drain afterwards.

 
Testing all of the fixtures and whatnots today in prep to relocate peppers..
 

 

 
PDN x SBJ7 Peach 
 

 
Reaper, soil mix C test
 

 

PDN x black bhut
 

 

 
 
7-pot Jonah x PDN
 

 

 
 
When you accidentally seed annuums in January w/ the chinense crop. These Machu Pichu's are going to be 3' tall and setting pods before they go out in May...
 

 
 
 
The sole survivor of last year's soil disasters, that I repotted 2 weeks ago and lopped off, is now growing some leaves out
 

 
 
 

 

[TrentL]

All of the peppers are a little deficient in magnesium (causes the leaves to curl upwards) but they're growing fine, so just gonna let things be. It should straighten out with time. Cal Mag (synthetic) additive is prohibited for organic transplants. The dry fert has some magnesium and calcium in it, so as biologics get active in the soil from myco they should sort themselves out. 
 
Or not. whatever. They'll still grow.
 
Only the few really fast growing annuums are expressing a deficiency, so I'm not all that worried about it for now. The soil I transplant the annuums to, after they are seeded in a couple weeks, will have some time to "cook" before they go in, so should have some availability on the next batch.
 

 

[TrentL]

Lots going on there, Trent.  Keeping you busy, for sure!

 
Yeah, I'm on the 7-day work week again now. Won't get a break until November, from this point on.
 
Next week we have ~2500 peppers to pot up.
 
As soon as it's dead calm, got to skin high tunnels with plastic. 
 
As soon as I can work the ground gotta get the new irrigation well finished, and build 2 more high tunnels. 
 
Got to get attachments and tractor and plastic and everything else I need here, and ready to go. 
 
Still got some field cleanup to do, once the snow is gone, etc.
 
Going to be a stupidly busy spring. I'm pretty well resigned at this point to working 80 hour weeks through at least June. Then I can probably tone it back down to 60 hours a week.

 

[m1hagen]

 
Yeah, I'm on the 7-day work week again now. Won't get a break until November, from this point on.
 
Next week we have ~2500 peppers to pot up.
 
As soon as it's dead calm, got to skin high tunnels with plastic. 
 
As soon as I can work the ground gotta get the new irrigation well finished, and build 2 more high tunnels. 
 
Got to get attachments and tractor and plastic and everything else I need here, and ready to go. 
 
Still got some field cleanup to do, once the snow is gone, etc.
 
Going to be a stupidly busy spring. I'm pretty well resigned at this point to working 80 hour weeks through at least June. Then I can probably tone it back down to 60 hours a week.

Good luck with everything this year Trent, we're all rooting for you!