CAPCOMS "15/16" refined GLOG

CAPCOM · May 7, 2016

5-5-16
I moved all 1 gal potted plants to the hardening off shelter. Friday was bright and sunny early in the morning and impacted the plants minimally in that they were due to be watered and were not. A little wilting occurred but they rebounded nicely after getting a drink later in the evening. The indoor grow is still active with the second wave of plants quickly catching up to these pictured.

this is the full mid day sun

Hybrid Mode 01 · May 10, 2016

t0mato said:
BTW, what is the orchid ruby? It has a very intriguing name.

CAPCOM said:
Its a selection off the train that I did not grow out last year. Other than that I am not certain.

I think those seeds were mine. Definitely not a variety or intentional cross. They were supposed to be regular orchid peppers, but the pods didn't grow "wings" like regular ones. They were all cube-shaped, kind of like big red gemstones. Not a bad thing - the uniform shape made them really easy to fire roast. I filled a 2 gallon ziploc off of one OW plant last season. They were a wonderful addition to my canned salsa! I'm happy to see you're growing them and I'm curious to see what your pods look like this season.
Glad to see you have a field of big, healthy plants this year. Any plans to plant out soon?

Peter S · May 10, 2016

CAPCOM said:
I started going through my seed bank and WOW. So intimidating. And I know it is yet, dwarfed by other growers collections. Anyone know of an up and running DB program for peppers?
That would really come in handy and as much as I would like to, I dont have the background or the time to create one.

In any case, I thought I was simply going to go through my collection an just, pick em out. HA! HA! HA!

Should have started this in June.

I use an iOS app called MyStuff2. It's open ended so you can create whatever kind of database you want, define your fields,types, etc... You can also create filters and sort options, and export to multiple formats. I use it for my seed inventory, and setup different views for things like what I'm growing this season, what I have the most seeds of, etc... The data I track is mostly things like name, species, source, quantity, year acquired, isolated or not, and I keep notes and pics for each type.

CAPCOM · May 10, 2016

Peter S said:
I use an iOS app called MyStuff2. It's open ended so you can create whatever kind of database you want, define your fields,types, etc... You can also create filters and sort options, and export to multiple formats. I use it for my seed inventory, and setup different views for things like what I'm growing this season, what I have the most seeds of, etc... The data I track is mostly things like name, species, source, quantity, year acquired, isolated or not, and I keep notes and pics for each type.

Thx Peter, I will check that out, looks like it may be pretty useful. It also appears to have some depth.

bpiela · May 10, 2016

Can you import data? Would be cool to import a csv of whatever excel spreadsheet you use now...

Peter S · May 10, 2016

bpiela said:
Can you import data? Would be cool to import a csv of whatever excel spreadsheet you use now...

Yes, you can import data as well. It's very easy to do. You can define your column mappings, delimiters, etc...

CAPCOM · May 11, 2016

CAPCOM said:
Thx Peter, I will check that out, looks like it may be pretty useful. It also appears to have some depth.

Damn, didn't notice it was an Iphone app.

CAPCOM · May 18, 2016

I removed one of the shade clothes and all that is left is the 50% for high noon and afternoon. plants will now get full morning light. Planning to transplant to larger containers this weekend and move last plants from grow room to shade area.

CAPCOM · May 19, 2016

Looking really good. I got home this afternoon and immediately checked on the crop. all are doing OUTSTANDING! they took the blast of the morning sun with no cover at all and the afternoon sun with only the 50% shade cloth and are ready for transplant and their initiation. Will start transplanting tomorrow night.

OCD Chilehead · May 20, 2016

Best of luck with transplanting.

CAPCOM · May 21, 2016

Hardened off and transplanted, all 50 of them and the next 40+ moving to the shelter soon.

CAPCOM · May 22, 2016

Grow room is empty of all pepper plants. Well, with the temporary exception of 2 clones from dampened off plants.On of them is pretty cool, it is forking at the first node.

CAPCOM · May 22, 2016

The last trawl.

Yes, these are a little smaller, but they are also a later start. Should catch up fine once hardened off.

CAPCOM · May 22, 2016

There are 50 plants pictured and 60+ more coming after this.
The heat finally got here and now we have lots of rain in the forecast over the next week. They got a good feeding and a little water to hold them over the next day.
I am using a new soil that seems to have good drainage. Guess we will be putting it to the test next week.

CAPCOM · Jun 5, 2016

It is finished. I have finally gotten all of this years grow transplanted and in the garden.

CAPCOM · Jun 10, 2016

Forecast for today of 100+ with the heat index. And with the perfect rain we got yesterday, things are setting up better than I could ask for. All plants got a good feeding 1&2 days before the rain and I hit them all with bloom Khaos. Another feeding coming tonight.
I want to stimulate growth now to support a large pepper crop to come.

CAPCOM · Jun 10, 2016

Remember the red habanero long?

BROWN MORUGA DARK F2

MUTT

CUMARI DO PARA

LAND RACE SERRANO

CAPCOM · Jun 11, 2016

The heat has finally come! high 90s yesterday and the prospect of the same today. I have lots of new green growth and tons of buds forming.
Now I am getting impatient.And this is where back as a newbie, I would screw up and want to do something to speed things up. Like hitting them with more ferts and watering without a need.
This is the time you need to tell yourself that all I can do right now is watch them grow and be vigilant.
I have one plant, a Jamaican bonnet that has already produced several pods. And so far, all pest have been minimal to none, and that is good also.

CAPCOM · Jun 13, 2016

Things cooled way down on Sunday. took advantage of the partly cloudy day and gave em a good feeding prior to the rain forecast over the next 3 days. I have also started pruning the main stem leaves to induce branching. I know I can accomplish the same thing by topping but I am not a fan of topping if I dont have to. All new growth is looking fantastic and is fighting for space with buds. I have an ice cream scorpion from Tony's train I believe, that appears to be on testosterone.

Black scorpion tongue

Madd Balls

Genetikx · Jun 14, 2016

Hard to tell how tall that madballs is but appears short with some serious forking. If that's what I'm seeing, that's exactly what mine did last year. Whoosh those suckers got a little kick to them.

Everything is looking great Cap