alkhall 2016

Malarky · Apr 26, 2016

alkhall said:
A litte planning update:

For my 20 (so far) root pouches (10 gallon Boxer Brown) this year.

To get 200 gallons or 1 cubic yard, I am mixing:

1 @ 3 ft3 of Premier peat moss,

5 @ 2 ft3 Happy Frog,

4 @ 1½ ft3 Ocean Forest,

2 @ 2 ft3 CocoLoco,

4 @ 1 ft3 Pro-Mix Ultimate Organic,

1 @ 4 ft3 chunky perlite.

31 ft3 in all.

how much did that cost ya?
I'm slowly counting the cost of a new addictive hobby...

alkhall · Apr 26, 2016

Malarky said:
how much did that cost ya?
I'm slowly counting the cost of a new addictive hobby...

Premeir peat moss - $10.47 each

Happy Frog- $14.95 each

Ocean Forest - $14.95 each

CocoLoco - $18.95 each

Pro-mix Ultimate - $ 6.44 each

Chunky perlite - $ 35.95 each

I come up with $244.63. Plus tax, of course (the guvmint always takes their cut).

It is quite addictive, and although I am sure one might do it for less, I find that I do not have the time (nor the patience) to make my own, hence my buying the bags of pre-made.

Malarky · Apr 26, 2016

alkhall said:
I come up with $244.63.

Do you add the used mix to a garden the next year?

alkhall · Apr 27, 2016

Malarky said:
Do you add the used mix to a garden the next year?

Absolutely.

And I will purchase new bags of the various pre-made mediums to mix up for the containers.

alkhall · Apr 30, 2016

Last day of April, four weeks to go...

A few pics:

The cayennes in the foreground are nearly a foot tall now, been clipping off pods.

alkhall · May 12, 2016

Started the hardening-off.

Temps in the upper 70°s, indirect sunlight.

No picture, sorry. Photobucket is totally F-ed up today, after five years, it is probably time find another sharing site.

EDIT:

Photobucket working again, sort of... they have so many affiliates that it jacks up my account. Just let me upload and share photos without having to allow your data-mining, ad-serving, scumbag partners using all my bandwidth.

Rant over...

Anyway, the pic:

alkhall · May 16, 2016

I am so glad I resisted temptation to plant out early.

Mother's Day, the weekly forecast called for overnight lows in the mid-40°s F this last weekend.

At 5:30 this morning, when I turned on the news before going to work, it was 32°F. Frost or freeze warnings everywhere.

Yeah, I believe I will stick to my plan to plant out Memorial Day weekend...

Also, I added ten more 10 gallon Boxer Brown and six 7 gallon Boxer Brown (for tomatoes) root pouches.

This ups my potting mix requirements to approximately 342 gallons, or a little over 45 ft3.

I added another 8 one ft3 bags of Pro-Mix Ultimate, a two ft3 (four ft3 expanded) bale of Pro-Mix General Purpose, a four ft3 bag of regular (small) perlite.

Pics to follow.

alkhall · May 22, 2016

Time to mix up the medium for the root pouches.

Pro-Mix All Purpose:

Premier peat moss:

Ocean Forest:

CocoLoco:

Happy Frog:

Pro-Mix Ultimate:

Raked out on 16x20 foot tarp, time to add the small perlite:

All mixed together:

All filled 6 @ 7 gallon, 30 @ 10 gallon:

dragonsfire · May 22, 2016

Thats allot of pots and soil lol

alkhall · May 22, 2016

Heh... yes, and a bit of work.

Started at 11:00 A.M., finished at 2:00 P.M.

alkhall · May 28, 2016

Five months from the day I started this glog, it is finally time to plant out.

7:30 A.M., 68°F, partly cloudy.

I need to run the RotoTiller through the raised bed one more time to loosen the soil up, and then decide what goes in the ground, and what goes into the root pouches.

Pics to follow...

10:30 A.M., raised bed planting complete.

RotoTilled:

Laid out:

I chose:
2 @ Yellow 7-Pot #2 cross
1 @ Yellow 7-Pot #1 cross
1 @ Fatali Gourmet Jigsaw
2 @ Chocolate Nagabrain (1 from Seedman, 1 from Jim Duffy)
2 @ my Brown Large Scorpion cross
2 @ Big Black Mama
2 @ Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero
1 @ Chocolate Primo/Reaper
2 @ Bhut Orange Copanhagen (1 from 96strat, 1 from Jim Duffy)
1 @ Peach Bhut Jolokia
1 @ Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
1 @ Red Bhut Jolokia
2 @ Jay's Chocolate Ghost/Scorpion
2 @ NuMex Big Jim
2 @ NuMex Big Jim Heritage
1 @ Fort Knox Bell
2 @ Great Stuff Bell
2 @ Honey Crisp Bell
1 @ California Wonder Bell
2 @ Orange Sun Bell

Root-bound?

Everyone gets a handful of worm castings:

One quarter cup of Azomite around each:

Drip irrigation sprinklers going for a good soaking:

Next up; root pouches, stay tuned.

Root pouches done!

I chose:

1 @ Chocolate Bhutlah
1 @ SRTSL
1 @ Bhutlah (Pepperlover)
1 @ Cayenne Golden
1 @ 7-Pot Primo
1 @ Bhutlah Bubblegum 7-Pot
1 @ Nagareaper
2 @ Brazilian Ghost
1 @ Chocolate Butch T
1 @ Reaper/Naga Morich cross
1 @ my Brown Large Scorpion cross
1 @ Lightning Chocolate Habanero
1 @ Mystery Red (volunteer from last year)
1 @ King Naga (short pod)
1 @ King Naga (long pod)
1 @ Not Wartryx
1 @ Mustard Bhutlah
1 @ Black Naga
2 @ Caramel Madballz
1 @ Kraken Scorpion
1 @ Trinidad Scorpion Peach
1 @ Ghengis Khan's Brain
1 @ Black Bhutlah SLP
1 @ Apocalypse Scorpion
1 @ Chocolate Bubblegun 7-Pot
1 @ Carbanero
1 @ Big Red Mama Premium

I still have these:

Probably need to fill up the Big Bag Bed Minis:

That means another 15 ft.3 of medium.

And, of course, there are the Cayennes:

six of which will go in the 'Box' (seen behind the BBB Minis above), along with three Big Guy Jalapenos.

Thanks for looking, updates as the season progresses.

alkhall · May 28, 2016

Talk about perfect timing...

I had finished the root pouches about an hour ago, and we just had a nice rain shower, probably less than a quarter inch, but it got everything good and wet.

Streetspirit · Jun 2, 2016

How large is your space! You lucky! nice details about the soil, appreciated! :party:

karoo · Jun 2, 2016

Great grow!
Very well organized and executed.
I wish you all of the best.

alkhall · Jun 2, 2016

Streetspirit said:
How large is your space! You lucky! nice details about the soil, appreciated!

Thanks, I wish i had even more space for more plants.

karoo said:
Great grow!
Very well organized and executed.
I wish you all of the best.

Thanks, I am learning as I go, and trying to document my experience as best I can.

Streetspirit · Jun 3, 2016

alkhall said:
Thanks, I wish i had even more space for more plants.

Thanks, I am learning as I go, and trying to document my experience as best I can.

Me too...[emoji24]

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karoo · Jun 3, 2016

Jip , my greatest mistakes have been not to document and learn from mistakes and successes.

nebbul · Jun 3, 2016

great looking plant bed and grow

how do you usually go about harvesting them when they're so tightly planted? also there's a fence behind which leaves the back row quite hard to reach

all the best

alkhall · Jun 3, 2016

nebbul said:
great looking plant bed and grow

how do you usually go about harvesting them when they're so tightly planted? also there's a fence behind which leaves the back row quite hard to reach

all the best

Thanks.

It does get a bit tight at the end of the season, but I just reach in and pick them off.

alkhall · Jun 12, 2016

The box and the BBB Minis:

Sorry about the above photo being missing for a while. Those A-holes at Photobucket really know how to F--- things up.

No sure about the peppers yet, but the tomatoes are loving my soil mix:

16 days before:

Now: