alkhall 2016

Time to get started.
 
Ordered some seeds. Buying starter materials this week. I will not get seeds started until February, but thought I would get a jump on planning this year...
 
 
The list so far:
 
 
 
2016 Grow List

(NEW)

Big Black Mama

Chocolate Naga Brain

Ghengis Khans Brain

Peach Bhut Jolokia

Red Bhut Jolokia

Black Bhutlah SLP

Venezuelan Tiger All failed to germinate, and RFC is not selling live plants this year. Bummer!

Buckeye Butchlah

Gourmet Fatalii Jigsaw
 
Chocolate Primo/Reaper <added 12/31
 
Apocalypse Scorpion <added 12/31
 
Bhut Orange Copenhagen <added 12/31
 
Bhutlah Bubblegum 7 Pot <added 12/31
 
Kraken Scorpion <added 1/10
 
NuMex Las Cruces Cayenne < added 1/17
 
For the 2016 competition
NuMex Big Jim               < added 1/17
NuMex Heritage Big Jim < added 1/17
 
Jay's Chocolate Ghost Scorpion <added 1/17
 
Big Red Mama Premium <added 1/17
 
Joes Long Cayenne <added 1/19
 
Ristra Cayenne Hybrid <added 1/19 (Failed to germinate, purchaed live plants.)
 
Brazilian Ghost <added 1/21
 
Carbanero <added 1/21
 
Bhut Orange Copenhagen (another) <added 1/23
 
Chocolate BBG7 <added 1/23
 
Chocolate Butch T <added 1/23
 
Nagareaper <added 1/23
 
Black Naga <added 1/23
 
Bhutlah <added 1/23
 
Not Wartryx <added 1/23
 
SRTSL <added 1/25
 
Lightning Habanero Chocolate <added 1/25
 
Big Guy Jalapeno <added 1/30
 
California Wonder Bell < added 1/30
 
Mustard Bhutlah <added 2/6 (Thanks 96strat)
 
7-Pot Primo <added 2/6
 
Reaper/Naga Morich cross <added 2/7
 
Great Stuff Bell <added 2/7
 
King Naga < added 2/23
 
Trinidad Scorpion Peach <added 3/4
 
 
 
 
(SAVED SEED)

King Naga - long pod All failed to germinate, mold.

King Naga - short pod

Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
 
Brown Large Scorpion cross (F2)

Yellow 7-Pot cross #1 (F2)

Yellow 7-Pot cross #2 (F2)

Caramel Madballz (F2)
 
Mystery volunteer (Red Datil cross?)
 
 
Maybe a few others, have not decided yet.
 
 
 
 
EDIT:
 
I need to add some Jalapeno, Cayenne, and Bells to round out the list.
 
EDIT 2:
 
I purchased the following live plants:
 
Ecuadoran Hot Lemon and Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero (because I never have had success germinating these), Cayenne Golden, and Ristra Cayenne Hybrid (which failed to germinate; 0 for 14).
 
I also bought two live plant varieties of sauce tomatoes from Burpee (three each of Roma and SuperSauce Hybrid).

 

[alkhall]

It has been three weeks since plant-out, time for a little update.
 
6:30 A.M., sprinklers on for an hour:
 

 

 
Black Bhutlah SLP is the tallest plant so far:
 

 
Carbanero the overall largest:

 
Roma tomatoes starting to produce:

 
The box and the BBB Minis fianlly all planted:

 

[DesertRoots]

Great looking setup you have going.  Can't wait to see that spot turn into a massive hedge full of pods.  I've been eyeing those exact brown root pouches for the future, as they seem to be priced better than other fabric pots.  It is still a bit early in the season, but what are your thoughts on them so far?  How often are the 10 gallon pouches getting watered now and how often do you think once the roots fill up as the plants become mature?  Thanks for sharing all the pics of your grow!

 

[cubbieblue82]

Great looking setup you have going.  Can't wait to see that spot turn into a massive hedge full of pods.  I've been eyeing those exact brown root pouches for the future, as they seem to be priced better than other fabric pots.  It is still a bit early in the season, but what are your thoughts on them so far?  How often are the 10 gallon pouches getting watered now and how often do you think once the roots fill up as the plants become mature?  Thanks for sharing all the pics of your grow!

 
i started this year with a bunch of 3-gallon grow pouches. love them. moved several up to the brown 5-gal versions just a couple weeks ago....wish i had gone with 10. it's been 90+ here for over a week, and it's definitely a noticeable difference - the 3-gals need watering every single day, sometimes twice. the larger pouches, not so much. can take pictures when i get home.

 

[alkhall]

Great looking setup you have going.  Can't wait to see that spot turn into a massive hedge full of pods.  I've been eyeing those exact brown root pouches for the future, as they seem to be priced better than other fabric pots.  It is still a bit early in the season, but what are your thoughts on them so far?  How often are the 10 gallon pouches getting watered now and how often do you think once the roots fill up as the plants become mature?  Thanks for sharing all the pics of your grow!

Thanks.

So far, I am liking them a lot.

No real schedule for watering. I use the wilting/drooping method to tell when they need a drink, so, just when they need it. Once the soil mix got soaked through, (it took a while; the peat was almost hydrophobic) it appears they really retain moisture quite well.

I imagine by the end of the season, the rootball will fill the entire bag.

 

[alkhall]

Plants are growing like weeds, and unfortunately, so are the actual weeds.
 
A few pics.
 
Raised bed and root pouches:
 

 
Black Bhutlah SLP pods:
 

 
A Reaper/Naga Morich cross that has an unusual growth pattern:
 

 
Ristra Cayenne doing really good:
 

 

[alkhall]

The Black Bhutlah SLP pods start turning color when they are quite small.
 
 

 
I thought maybe sunburn, but even the side away from the sun turns as well, and it is the same color as the larger pods are all over.
 

 
Not sure how to tell when they are fully ripe?

 

[Spicegeist]

Maybe they'll eventually turn red?

 

[alkhall]

Maybe they'll eventually turn red?

 
That would be... different.

 

[alkhall]

Podding up!
 
Joe's Long Cayenne
 

 

[alkhall]

Saturday morning, a few pics:
 
Big Red Mama Premium
 

 
 
Kraken Scorpion
 

 
 
Mustard Bhutlah
 

 
 
Bhutlah BBG7
 

 

[alkhall]

Carbonero is loaded:
 

 

[alkhall]

A few Friday after work pics:
 
Ghengis Khans Brain:
 

 
7-Pot Primo - off pheno:
 

 
Bhutlah BBG 7-Pot:
 

 
Chocolate Nagabrain (quite productive, I count 30 pods in this pic):
 

 
 
Caramel Madballz (volunteer last season, no idea what it has crossed with):
 
 

 
Caramel Madballz with an 'appendage':
 
 

 
 
 
Lightning Habanero Chocolate:
 
 

 
 
 
My Brown Large Scorpion Cross (these make huge pods):
 
 

 
 
 
SRSTL (Sara R Trinidad Scorpion Long):
 
 

 
 
 
Brazilian Ghost:
 
 

 

[Bhuter]

Wow! Your Ghengis Khans Brain looks evil! That's one crazy Madballz with the appendage. Madballz is one of my favorite strains. I grew it last year and again this year. The light green color looks the same as mine but mine were more elongated last year, like your second Madballz pic. That Bhutlah x BBG7 looks great! They all look fantastic!

-Adam

 

[alkhall]

Wow! Your Ghengis Khans Brain looks evil! That's one crazy Madballz with the appendage. Madballz is one of my favorite strains. I grew it last year and again this year. The light green color looks the same as mine but mine were more elongated last year, like your second Madballz pic. That Bhutlah x BBG7 looks great! They all look fantastic!

-Adam

 
Thank you.
 
The Madballz are actually from two different plants. One is elongated, the other is more rounded. As I mentioned, the seeds were saved from a volunteer last year, which grew near some Yellow 7-Pot crosses (Yellow 7-Pot/King Naga).
 
The elongated one looks more like the parent.
 
As you know, the original Madballz is a Yellow 7-Pot/Chocolate Bhut Jolokia cross, so the round pods may have back-crossed with the Yellow 7-Pot/King Naga cross.
 
 
Some pics of this years Yellow 7-Pot crosses (F2):
 

 

[alkhall]

Bhut Orange Copenhagen.
 
Seed from 96strat:
 

 
 
Seed from Jim Duffy (RFC):
 
 

 

[lobo]

Congratulation for your private HELL !!! NICE !!!

 

[alkhall]

Congratulation for your private HELL !!! NICE !!!

 
Thank you.
 
Yes, mostly super hots.
 
Took a look at your glog, you have some serious heat as well.
 
You know what they say about Hell; at least you will be among friends.

 

[alkhall]

Maybe they'll eventually turn red?

 
And...
 

 
 
 
Wide shot of the plant:
 

 
 
So mostly 'black', but a few red, obviously.
 
I know, only F3. Saving seeds from the red ones, for sure.

 

[Spicegeist]

Simply amazing   
 
Very exciting grow you have going on there!

 

[alkhall]

Ristra Cayenne:
 

 
 
Reaper/Naga Morich cross. These are only two inches at the most. Wicked looking little pods:
 
 

 
 
Chocolate BBG7:
 
 

 
 
Big Red Mama Premium starting to show color: