CAPCOMS COCOA GROW 2018

Ghaleon · May 28, 2018

You should make a cross of your own and name it Street Pepper....or maybe a Megaman pepper. =P

CAPCOM · Jun 2, 2018

6-2 18 Update

All container plants are in place til the shade tent comes down and reorganization occurs. Still lots of work ahead, but lots of rewards I hope.

Below are the last of my starts that are intended for an inground grow. the 2 plants to the right were my only over winters a choc 7 pot Primo and a 7 pot Burgundy. What is so significant about the 7 pot Burgundy is the next pic. This plant grew into a uncoursed 360° loop as a seedling. I intend to bonchi it.

I have ventured this year into a few other things, one of them being AACT. I started my 1st tea almost 72 hours ago and was beginning to think it was a wash. I contacted my Chili Bro and made some modifications and my tea went from this.

to this.

All containers got a good feeding so now we wait and see. Will probably start another batch on Wed for next weekend.

Tea must be plant safe as there must have been some seeds in with my worm castings, see pic below.

CAPCOM · Jun 5, 2018

I just added a small 150 gal aqueduct to my outdoor grow. I will no longer have to water my plants from the garden hose.
Ohhhhhhhh, my microbes and fungi are gonna love me now.

I will start my 2nd batch of tea tomorrow night.

YAMracer754 · Jun 8, 2018

CAPCOM said:
6-2 18 Update

All container plants are in place til the shade tent comes down and reorganization occurs. Still lots of work ahead, but lots of rewards I hope.

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Below are the last of my starts that are intended for an inground grow. the 2 plants to the right were my only over winters a choc 7 pot Primo and a 7 pot Burgundy. What is so significant about the 7 pot Burgundy is the next pic. This plant grew into a uncoursed 360° loop as a seedling. I intend to bonchi it.

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I have ventured this year into a few other things, one of them being AACT. I started my 1st tea almost 72 hours ago and was beginning to think it was a wash. I contacted my Chili Bro and made some modifications and my tea went from this.

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to this.

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All containers got a good feeding so now we wait and see. Will probably start another batch on Wed for next weekend.

Tea must be plant safe as there must have been some seeds in with my worm castings, see pic below.

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What did you do to fix your tea probs? I'm on my second batch and the first time one bucket did the foam and the other didn't-this ones shaping up to be less foam as well.. What activated it?

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CAPCOM · Jun 8, 2018

YAMracer754 said:
What did you do to fix your tea probs? I'm on my second batch and the first time one bucket did the foam and the other didn't-this ones shaping up to be less foam as well.. What activated it?

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More molasses 1 cup and more aphrodites extract 1/2 cup. Not enough food available to feed the masses.

YAMracer754 · Jun 8, 2018

CAPCOM said:
More molasses 1 cup and more aphrodites extract 1/2 cup. Not enough food available to feed the masses.

Hmm OK. I added 4TBSP to 20 gal to start along with humic acid powder, vermicasting 6 cups, 1 cup kelp meal, and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. What were your initial and final specs of what u added? I also have fish emulsion but haven't added it yet was not sure if it's something to put in at the end or what..

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CAPCOM · Jun 8, 2018

YAMracer754 said:
Hmm OK. I added 4TBSP to 20 gal to start along with humic acid powder, vermicasting 6 cups, 1 cup kelp meal, and I'm sure I'm leaving something out. What were your initial and final specs of what u added? I also have fish emulsion but haven't added it yet was not sure if it's something to put in at the end or what..

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Yeah, your gonna need more sugar. I think I ended up with a total of 2 cups of various sugars for a 15 gal batch. 4 tbsp will get them up but that's all. Mine went almostv72 hrs before it took off. And then only after the addition of more molassas.

YAMracer754 · Jun 8, 2018

CAPCOM said:
Yeah, your gonna need more sugar. I think I ended up with a total of 2 cups of various sugars for a 15 gal batch. 4 tbsp will get them up but that's all. Mine went almostv72 hrs before it took off. And then only after the addition of more molassas.

Cool man, yeah I just went out after seeing your post and replying and hitting it up with about 2/3cup more molasses and 3tbsp of alfalfa meal as well as 2 cups of composted yard trimmings to hopefully catch more bennies than just vermicast alone..

It's funny, I thought this pump was a Lil overkill and figured it was justified because I could use it for DWC buckets and such outside as well as aact and now I'm wishing I got a bigger one!lol! Maybe I'll exchange it for the bigger one on Amazon! 951 China GPH=probably 400 real gallons. Gotta get da big boy, and rig me up a pvc brew rig instead of ghetto style. Have it brewing in a big tote!

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CAPCOM · Jun 9, 2018

2nd batch aact after 12 hrs, modified recipe.

CAPCOM · Jun 26, 2018

Planted the last of the grow on Sunday as Saturday I was busy at the chi town hot sauce fest.

Tonight they are getting watered, Greatly.

I have 20 gals of RO water for a huge nectar feeding as soon as the rains stop. and an equal size batch for compost tea a day there after.

CAPCOM · Jul 1, 2018

I did a complete weed and feed yesterday. Today weather permitting, I will give everything a nutrient booster shot with NFTG. The extreme hot weather had my in ground plants slightly wilting at the time of their tea party. It didn't take long for them to perk right back up. It has been rather wet here lately and that has affected the feeding schedule due to container saturation.

CAPCOM · Aug 12, 2018

Update 8-12 18. After a long and trying spring and early summer, the grow is starting to respond positively. Starting to pump calcium, aminos

A hand full of Choc Primos and 7 Pot Burgundies.

This is a madd balls fat phenotype

Choc Reaper and a not 7 pot burgundy

I have no idea what this one is and or how it got into my 7 Pot Burgundy seed stock. Is it posible being the seed came from open pollinated plants that this cross is expressing more of the doner genetics?

These pics are 2 weeks old and the plants are already twice as big. My 15 gal plants are putting out some of the hottest pods I have ever grown.

The following group of plant are the bumper crop I started when I had issues in Feb and didn't know if my start would survive. They have surpassed the crop they were to replace.

CAPCOM · Aug 25, 2018

My in ground grow two weeks later.

and my 15 gal container grow.

Serrano is doing great this year. who don't like a hand full of Serranos on hand?

the following two pics was supposed to be a 7 pot burgundy. they were from my OP seed stock but I have no idea what they crossed with from last year. I did not grow any purple varieties.

A few invaders and their just rewards.

CAPCOM · Oct 13, 2018

Thank God I started a bumper crop when I did. Looking back when I had the issues with the Alaskan fish fertilizer early in my "18" grow I did not realize just how a major setback would have such a positive impact til tonight.

Several of the varieties I grew did not produce the desired outcomes in my main grow. How disappointing.

However, I got exactly what I was looking for in the bumper crop. Striving for a couple years now for chocolate Primos and Chocolate Reapers, well I will just let pics speak for themselves.

Chocolate Primo

Chocolate Reaper

And JCGS

CAPCOM · Oct 17, 2018

Working hard to make occomodations for all my over winters. Overall crop came through the last couplenof weeks and provided me enough pods to flake/powder for the year.

CAPCOM · Nov 18, 2018

Oh, and by the way, heres my overwinters starting to spread their wings.

Walchit · Nov 20, 2018

Nice harvest! You doing a seed train this year?

PaulG · Nov 20, 2018

Looks like you had a very nice season, Jeff!

The chocolate varieties are especially nice. Prodded
me to add a chocolate Bhut Jolokia to my grow next
year!

Enjoy those powders!