glog 2022 - too early to get started...

My real start of the season is still months away but I couldn't resist to put something in the soil already - Tasmanian Black!

 

[MarcV]

Hey, Marc. If that JA Red Habanero is from me, watch
out for edema while they are indoors. My strain seems
susceptible to it for some reason. I actually tossed one
earlier this season due to a severe case. When they go
outside, they usually snap out of it.

It's yours indeed. But I haven't noticed anything unusual yet... It's standing in the door opening of our veranda so it gets outside air during the day...

 

[Sulsa]

Despite the setbacks you had to endure it starts to look like a promising season after all!

 

[MarcV]

I really hope this round will keep on growing and I'm reasonably confident that it will - fingers crossed. That would also mean that there was some truth in the title of this glog ... it was still waaayyy too early to get started .

But if they all germinate and stay alive I'm going to have a space problem I think... the propagator is literally filled with varieties right now - 16 to be precise - together with the 7 plants that I already have growing this would mean 23 plants in total. Not sure where I'm going to put them all... . There are at this moment 2 varieties that haven't popped yet but one of those has only been sown a couple of days ago so that is to be expected. The other one may eiter be late or not grow at all...

The advantage of this late grow will be that the plants can go outside right away when they get too large...

 

[PaulG]

The advantage of this late grow will be that the plants can go outside right away when they get too large...

That is, indeed, a bonus, Marc!
They should just take off once you get them out.

 

[MarcV]

Since everything seems to do quite well in the propagator, here's a list of what's geminating...

Variety	Origin	Result	Helmet ☹
Bahamian Goat	Semillas	1	0
Ramiro	Supermarket pepper	5	0
SB Beth Boyd	WHP	3	0
SB Cappuccino	WHP	4	0
SB Chocolate	WHP	4	0
SB Foodarama Red	WHP	4	0
SB HSH	Humble Servants Homestead	3	0
SB Jamaican Long	WHP	0	0
SB Peach	WHP	3	0
SB Trenton Farmers Market	WHP	2	0
SB Walton Farms	Facebook Group	5	1
SB White	Trident	2	1
Scotch Brains	WHP	4	0
Scotch Brains Red	WHP	3	0
Scotch Brains XCP Yellow	WHP	4	0

 

[MarcV]

Makes me wonder if it would be possible to insert a google sheet as a dynamic object in a forum post...

 

[MarcV]

I believe I can be happy now... all varieties have at least one germinated seed and they're actually growing too!
The Jamaican Long (rear right) took a while to wake up but there's one hook now.

 

[PaulG]

Looks like pretty good germination rates
on most of the Bonnets.

 

[MarcV]

Yep, and I already removed some of the weakest. I feel a bit bad about having to remove even more especially after the difficulties I've been having but I can't possibly keep them all. Even with one specimen of each variety it's going to be overcrowded here...

 

[PaulG]

You are a victim of your own success now, @MarcV!

 

[MarcV]

Yeah... trying a lot hoping to get a few that make it, and then it turns out that they all make it...

 

[MarcV]

Been going through my seedlings this morning with the intention of removing all but the best looking one. I just don't have the room to keep more than one plant of each variety. But many of the seedlings look so good that I really feel sorry to kill them. Could I keep more than one plant in a single pot? What size of pot would I minimally need to grow 2 plants in it?

 

[PaulG]

Skullbiker puts 2 or 3 plants in his 18-gallon containers.
I suppose you could do multiple plants in a single container
as long as it has 8-12 liters of soil for each plant. Smaller
than that, I don't know. At some point, diminished space
might make for smaller plants.

 

[MarcV]

Actually I already murdered all but one of each variety...

 

[PaulG]

Actually I already murdered all but one of each variety...

Daring move for ya, Marc!

Good luck with the new batch of starts, I hope
they go bonkers for you.

 

[MarcV]

So here we are, back in this stage of the grow, while you guys are already at the second round of harvesting

The tags tell it all...
The Ramiro is the only annuum among these seedlings and I'm growing this especially to please my wife who is not exactly a fan of scotch bonnets (but I secretly like the ramiro too )...

Still need to kill one of the bahamian goats...

I wonder what "XCP" stands for...

The Jamaican Long is a really tiny seedling. Let's hope it will grow well. Just noticed that a second seedling is trying to hatch...

 

[JGBaxter59]

I feel bad that you ran out of Marabella Market Caramel SB seeds. I'll fix you up again after this season.

 

[MarcV]

I feel bad that you ran out of Marabella Market Caramel SB seeds. I'll fix you up again after this season.

Thanks!

 

[Sulsa]

Actually I already murdered all but one of each variety...

you need more grow space!!!

 

[MarcV]

The biggest problem is getting rid of the potting soil at the end of the season. I dump it in my back yard but the back yard itself is small so the amount that can be dumped is limited. And it doesn't disappear the next season, ir keeps adding up...