alkhall 2015

Going to start in coir around first weekend of February.
 
The list so far, subject to amendment:
 
 
BROWN LARGE SCORPION-saved seed from last year

7-POT YELLOW-saved seed from last year

ORANGE(ISH) BRAINSTRAIN-saved seed from last year

ORANGE DOUGLAH-saved seed from last year
 
CHOCOLATE BHUT JOLOKIA <REPLACED ORANGE DOUGLAH
 
CARAMEL MADBALLZ-seed saved from last year <ADDED
 
NOT PEACH (ORANGE(ish)) GHOST-SCORPION-seed saved from last year <ADDED

RED BRAINSTRAIN

YELLOW BRAINSTRAIN

CHOCOLATE BHUTLAH

BIG SUN HABANERO 25 seeds, not one germinated. However, the vendor gave me 8 starter plugs for free to make up fo it. Unfortunately, none were the Big Sun. I found another vendor that had Big Sun (or Yellow Sun, as they called it) plants for sale, so I bought 2 of those.

7-POT WES

TRINIDAD HOT CHERRY

YELLOW PRIMO
 
RED BHUT JOLOKIA

JALAPENO Biker Billy, Big Guy, Jalapeno M (all Burpee Seeds) < Updated
 
CAYENNE Ecuadoran Hot Lemon, Long Thin, Large Red (all Burpee Seeds) < Updated
 
BELL PEPPERS California Wonder, Orange Sun, Great Stuff, Honey Crisp, Fort Knox, Big Dipper (Burpee Seeds) <Updated
 
RED SAVINA HABANERO <ADDED
 
VENUZUELAN TIGER <ADDED
 
BUTCH T (POTTED, OVERWINTERED TWO YEARS)
 
 
5x10 trays in netted coir, on heat mats:
 
                                                                                                      TRAY #1

 
                                                                                                        TRAY #2

 
 
 
I have couple of freinds who love bell peppers, so I will probably give them several of the bells, along with some of the Jalapenos, and maybe a select few of the superhots.

 

[Runescape]

Pics update.

omg...I can never get used to that date format...thought those pics where from the future for a sec...

 

[alkhall]

Updated pics.
 

 

 

 
First two pics mostly bell peppers, third pic is superhots that are about two weeks behind.
 
All of these are under the actinic/6500K combination lighting.
 
 
 
@Runescape, I changed the date format, but got the year wrong. It should be 2015, obviously.

 

[Runescape]

Lol, thats an awesome forest you got there...
 
have the Big Suns sprouted yet?

 

[alkhall]

No Big Sun sprouts yet.
 
I checked the seeds in the Ziploc, and they appear to have absorbed enough water and are fairly swollen. Hopefully, any day now.

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

Pics update.
 

Looking good!

 

[alkhall]

Weekly update:
 
I bought some 2x2 trays for more efficient bottom watering. These are great! Very thick plastic.
 
The plants look a little different color green because they are on the dining room table with the ceiling light on.
 

 

 

[jimbo53]

Weekly update:
 
I bought some 2x2 trays for more efficient bottom watering. These are great! Very thick plastic.
 
The plants look a little different color green because they are on the dining room table with the ceiling light on.
 
 
 
 

 
The plants are looking awesome.  
 
What type of 2x2 trays are those and where did you find them?  They look heavy duty and have a flat bottom, perfect for holding and bottom watering plants in cups or square pots.

 

[alkhall]

 
The plants are looking awesome.  
 
What type of 2x2 trays are those and where did you find them?  They look heavy duty and have a flat bottom, perfect for holding and bottom watering plants in cups or square pots.

 
 
Thanks.
 
The trays: http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/square-garden-tray/flats-trays-inserts
 
A good value, if you ask me. I have seen thin plastic junk for not much less.

 

[alkhall]

No pics this week, not much happening. The plants seem to have settled in and are doing very well.
 
I updated my grow list to reflect the Big Sun Habanero seeds failing to germinate.
 
I have quite a few plants putting out flower buds, which I try clip off so they put more energy into leaf growth, but it is a constant battle.
 
Thanks for reading, to be continued...

 

[PaulS]

Wow thats a lot of plants!
They look really good

 

[alkhall]

Wow thats a lot of plants!
They look really good

Thanks.
 
Two months until plant-out, I am going to have a jungle by then.

 

[socalgardengal]

Looks amazing! Good luck

 

[alkhall]

An update.
 
I had one Ecuadoran Hot Lemon Cayenne die. It was not very strong from the beginning, so it was not unexpected.
 
Anyway, some new pics:
 

 

 

 

 

[alkhall]

Raised the lights today, plants are growing wide but not tall, (except the cayennes). Maybe they need to stretch a little.
 
Pics:
 

 

 

 

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Al!  Your grow is really taking off; everything looks great.  

 

[alkhall]

Hey, Al!  Your grow is really taking off; everything looks great.  

 
Thanks.
 
 
 
Hurry up warm weather so I can put these babies in the ground!

 

[PaulS]

Looking awesome dude

 

[alkhall]

Looking awesome dude

Thanks.
 
I actually found two baby Jalapenos that I clipped off, I have flowers everywhere!
 
They need to get ouside in the ground, but I have at least a month to wait.

 

[alkhall]

Mid-to-upper 70°s today; ran the Roto-tiller through the raised bed.
 
Added kelp meal and crab shells (Neptune's Harvest brand) and raked in. We are supposed to get one-half to one inch of rain tomorrow and tomorrow night. That should soak the the stuff in pretty good.
 
Still a more than a month away from plant-out, I will probably add a little bone and blood meal in a couple of weeks and run the Roto-tiller through once more.
 
This year, I am going heavy on the Bells, as per the better half's demand... I mean request. She really does not like hot peppers at all, but she makes a great stuffed Bell pepper, so it is all good.
 
Therefore, I will probably only have room for one or two of the hots from Tray #2. Of course, I have to go with at least two each of the Jalapenos from Tray #1.

 

[alkhall]

A few pics of some plants.
 
Group shot:
 
Top, left to right-Red Savina Habanero, Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero, Yellow Brainstrain.
Bottom, left to right-Red Brainstrain, Orange(ish) Brainstrain, 7-Pot Wes.
 

 
Individual shots of the above:
 
Red Savina
 

 
Orange(ish) Brainstrain
 

 
Jamaican Hot Chocolate
 

 
Red Brainstrain
 

 
7-Pot Wes
 

 
Yellow Brainstrain