Time for another season. Big hopes for a better season this year. Last year was a near complete bust for me, started out battling ferocious winds, very poor extremely hard clay soil, too much rain, and a number of other issues. I was able to learn from it, had some plants up near the house I babysat through the season, and I have since made some massive improvements to the soil and hope to get a fence up to act as a windbreak before the plant out in May. This is my second year with a giant garden (50x50) and have no intentions of scaling down just yet. In the past I have been limited to a small 15x5 garden because of where I lived. We moved to our new (and hopefully permanent) home in Nov of 2013.
In the past I have always started my seeds in Feb. Last year I broke the norm and started Jan 1st. Peppers did really good but most all started producing buds a month before plant out. The tomatoes got to leggy and were very weak at the plant out. Most of them died but was able to save a couple up near the house. I think I was able to get 1 tomato off the two plants I had near the house. My good friend catherinew hooked me up with about 30 fresh tomato's from her garden toward the end of last season. She has been a very good friend and has helped me out immensely, supplying me with leaves for the garden, peppers, tomatoes, even some toys for the boys. She is soo awesome and I thank this forum for helping us meet.
Wanna also thank everyone for the encouraging words last season especially Devv and Sawyer, they offered some very valuable advise to help improve the soil conditions here at the house. A special thanks to the generosity of seacowboy, joefish, and OCD chilihead sharing loads of peppers last season. Awesome, just Awesome. Pepper people really are the BEST!!
Now, on to the season. I got the seeds sowed last Wednesday. Have 200 exactly right now but have some more seeds coming in the mail. Think I will settle on somewhere around 220 for a total count. Heres the list in no special order.....
White Bhut Jolokia--2
Naga Morich--3
Jigsaw--1
Barrackpore--1
Cumra Cherry--2
Douglah Red--2
Giant Jalapeno--3
Hot Banana Pepper--3
Datil--1
Chimayo
Choc. Bubblegum--2
Prik--3
Moa Scotch Bonnet--2
T. Scorpion Red--4
Pimente D' Espellete (true, from France)--3
Aji Brazilian Pumpkin--4
Golden Habanero--1
Orange Peter Pepper--1
Aji Habanero--3
White Bullet Habanero--2
Malaguetina--3
Aji Cito--4
Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion--2
Goats Weed--2
Tabasco--4
Goldfinger--3
5 Color Chinese--2
T. Scorpion Chocolate--3
Arribi Gussano--2
Chupetina--4
Pequin
Chiluacle Amarillo--4
Choc. Bhut Jolokia--1
Antillias Caribean Habanero--2
Red Peter Pepper--3
Thick Cayenne--1
Biker Billy Jalapeno--3
Cayenne Chile--3
Red Thai--2
Paper Lantern Habanero--2
Zimbabwe Bird Pepper--2
Yellow Pointed Pepper--2
Aji Limo--2
Venetian Seasoning
Bishops Crown--2
Peach Bhut Jolokia--3
Aji Amarillo--3
Rooster Spur--2
Cherry Hot--5
Birgets Locoto
Brazilian Starfish--2
Jimmy Nardelo--2
Red Scotch Bonnet--2
Yellow Devils Toungue--2
Goronong
Sus Biberi--2
Aji Pineapple-2
Scotch Bonnet (True)--2
Mustard Bhut Jolokia--3
Lightning Mustard Habanero--3
Fish Pepper--2
Mustard Habanero
Aji Lemon Drop--4
Manzano Red--3
Bubblegum Red--2
Dorset Naga
T. Scorpion Yellow--2
Red Bhut Jolokia--4
Yellow Bhut Jolokia--3
Prarrie Fire--2
Orange Bhut Jolokia--4
7 Pot Madballz--2
Francisco Pepper-1
Cascabella Pepper--3
Heart Throb--3
Pepperoncini--3
Pinzon--3
Ring of Fire Cayenne--2
Santa Fe--3
Thanks to those for seeds, I'm not very good at remembering who gave what, but usually can remember the who. Some sent seeds (this year and/or last), others I harvest from fresh and dried peppers sent to me.
Trade Winds Fruits
Seacowboy
Rory
AdamStl
Smokenfire
Meatfreak
Peter S
Meathead1313
Coachspencersx
Djinn
Catherinew
Marc V
Joefish
Coki
Pepperlover
Aarron TT
Neoguy
TexasHotPeppers
Jaunitos
Sicman
Hendrix1326
Spicy Chicken
MS1476
OCD Chilihead
What an awesome and generous community!!!!!
Here's a shot of the setup, have the lights running just to provide heat for now. The only change I made from last year was I tapped into the main water on the house and rigged up a little watering hose, (ill get a shot later to show ya) so no more hauling gallons of water to the basement this year. Whoo hoo.
Thanks for stopping by more to come...Hope everyone has a great weekend!
**list edited to show quanties 4-6-15
In the past I have always started my seeds in Feb. Last year I broke the norm and started Jan 1st. Peppers did really good but most all started producing buds a month before plant out. The tomatoes got to leggy and were very weak at the plant out. Most of them died but was able to save a couple up near the house. I think I was able to get 1 tomato off the two plants I had near the house. My good friend catherinew hooked me up with about 30 fresh tomato's from her garden toward the end of last season. She has been a very good friend and has helped me out immensely, supplying me with leaves for the garden, peppers, tomatoes, even some toys for the boys. She is soo awesome and I thank this forum for helping us meet.
Wanna also thank everyone for the encouraging words last season especially Devv and Sawyer, they offered some very valuable advise to help improve the soil conditions here at the house. A special thanks to the generosity of seacowboy, joefish, and OCD chilihead sharing loads of peppers last season. Awesome, just Awesome. Pepper people really are the BEST!!
Now, on to the season. I got the seeds sowed last Wednesday. Have 200 exactly right now but have some more seeds coming in the mail. Think I will settle on somewhere around 220 for a total count. Heres the list in no special order.....
White Bhut Jolokia--2
Naga Morich--3
Jigsaw--1
Barrackpore--1
Cumra Cherry--2
Douglah Red--2
Giant Jalapeno--3
Hot Banana Pepper--3
Datil--1
Choc. Bubblegum--2
Prik--3
Moa Scotch Bonnet--2
T. Scorpion Red--4
Pimente D' Espellete (true, from France)--3
Aji Brazilian Pumpkin--4
Golden Habanero--1
Orange Peter Pepper--1
Aji Habanero--3
White Bullet Habanero--2
Malaguetina--3
Aji Cito--4
Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion--2
Goats Weed--2
Tabasco--4
Goldfinger--3
5 Color Chinese--2
T. Scorpion Chocolate--3
Arribi Gussano--2
Chupetina--4
Chiluacle Amarillo--4
Choc. Bhut Jolokia--1
Antillias Caribean Habanero--2
Red Peter Pepper--3
Thick Cayenne--1
Biker Billy Jalapeno--3
Cayenne Chile--3
Red Thai--2
Paper Lantern Habanero--2
Zimbabwe Bird Pepper--2
Yellow Pointed Pepper--2
Aji Limo--2
Bishops Crown--2
Peach Bhut Jolokia--3
Aji Amarillo--3
Rooster Spur--2
Cherry Hot--5
Brazilian Starfish--2
Jimmy Nardelo--2
Red Scotch Bonnet--2
Yellow Devils Toungue--2
Sus Biberi--2
Aji Pineapple-2
Scotch Bonnet (True)--2
Mustard Bhut Jolokia--3
Lightning Mustard Habanero--3
Fish Pepper--2
Aji Lemon Drop--4
Manzano Red--3
Bubblegum Red--2
T. Scorpion Yellow--2
Red Bhut Jolokia--4
Yellow Bhut Jolokia--3
Prarrie Fire--2
Orange Bhut Jolokia--4
7 Pot Madballz--2
Francisco Pepper-1
Cascabella Pepper--3
Heart Throb--3
Pepperoncini--3
Pinzon--3
Ring of Fire Cayenne--2
Santa Fe--3
Thanks to those for seeds, I'm not very good at remembering who gave what, but usually can remember the who. Some sent seeds (this year and/or last), others I harvest from fresh and dried peppers sent to me.
Trade Winds Fruits
Seacowboy
Rory
AdamStl
Smokenfire
Meatfreak
Peter S
Meathead1313
Coachspencersx
Djinn
Catherinew
Marc V
Joefish
Coki
Pepperlover
Aarron TT
Neoguy
TexasHotPeppers
Jaunitos
Sicman
Hendrix1326
Spicy Chicken
MS1476
OCD Chilihead
What an awesome and generous community!!!!!
Here's a shot of the setup, have the lights running just to provide heat for now. The only change I made from last year was I tapped into the main water on the house and rigged up a little watering hose, (ill get a shot later to show ya) so no more hauling gallons of water to the basement this year. Whoo hoo.
Thanks for stopping by more to come...Hope everyone has a great weekend!
**list edited to show quanties 4-6-15
