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Charlesquik's Tech Log 2018

Here we go another year with you guys :)   :dance: 

This year I will be advancing to the new level. I learned a lot last year about automation and I will fix all the encountered problems. 
 
Last year I only had a Meizhi 450 watt led. I tested a lot of thing with that light and I can definitely say LED are the future.

Now I got with my dad :
 
1x  Meizhi 450 watt LED
2x Generic 1000 watt LED from amazon
1x Apollo 10 750 watt LED
1x Apollo 8 600 watt LED

Apollo lights are worth the price. They are powerful and well built. (Even got a remote on the 10)
 
1000 watt LED from amazon don't even hold a candle to the Apollo.

Back on pepper....

I decided to plant 50 seeds and I'll choose later on which one I keep because I only have room for 25-30 in the greenhouse.

Some seeds didn't grow after 2 weeks so I replanted the empty spots.

Here my tray at the moment :

2x 7 pot Brainstrain yellow
2x 7 pot Primo red
2x Scotch Connet yellow
2x Aji Verde
2x Early Jalapeno
2x Reaper
2x Fatalii
2x Devil Tongue red
2x Aji Cito
2x Starfish
2x Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
2x Bhut Jolokia peach
2x Aji Jobito
2x Cayenne (Trying some old seeds)
2x Joes Long Cayenne
2x Gold Bhutlah
2x Nagabon Jolokia
2x Ghenghis
2x Hot fingers
2x Sukari
2x Aleppo
2x Thai orange
1x Red Dominican Habanero
1x Bishop crown
1x Trinidad Mystery
1x Hair pepper
1x Oily Paste
1x Trinidad beans

I replanted about 25 seeds today... (I planted them too deep the first time so my bad)

Also last year I overwintered 4 plants, but I was really busy during winter and I forgot to water them.... They are only good as fire starter now  :onfire:
 
If you guys remember, I left all my plants in the outdoor greenhouse as a test, but I didn't check yet (They are 100% dead for sure because you know -30 Celsius  :rofl: )
 
 
Here is the small setup where we germinate the seeds and grows salads and fine herbs.
 
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And there is a bigger setup in the basement with the Apollo fixture, but I don't have a picture yet.

 
These are today pictures....yeah I know I'm late, but there is still 6 feet of snow in the backyard  :deadhorse:
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Hope you guys have a wonderful growing season.
 
2018-09-07 harvest 
 
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2017-09-17 harvest
 
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2018-09-22 harvest
 
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Everthing is still growing, but its kinda slowing down with 12 degre during the night in the greenhouse
 
Brainstrain yellow
 
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supposedly ghenghis, but off pheno.
 
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Today harvest!
 
Yellow brainstrain
Yellow 7 pot
Golden Buthlah
Scotch Bonnet
Jalapeno
Brazilian Starfish
Aji Jobito
Devil's tongue
Aji Cito
Genghis Khan (off pheno)
Sukari
Hot finger
Bishop's crown
 
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I still have a shit ton of peppers left to ripe.

I hope I will be able to stretch my season with a heater in the greenhouse.

Also some peppers are flowering again. Should I remove the flowers to let the plant focus on the pods already there?
 
 
Chuck
 
 
The golden buthlah in the last picture are in the middle . There is only two of them. They are yellow, but the yellow is like limon so really flashy. (unusual for 7 pot) 

Got the seeds from pepper north, but they are only a variety of 7 pot with a cool color. 
 
2018-10-05 harvest 
 
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2018-10-13 harvest
 
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Also making a base for a new greenhouse I bought. 
 
It's 100% aluminium so no rusting and has double wall polycarbonate panels. It's used so I will have to change some panels.
 
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At the end of the season, I will count every peppers I harvested from the pictures.
 
 
 
Good luck with the greenhouse building, Charles!
 
PaulG said:
Good luck with the greenhouse building, Charles!
 
Well this didnt went well haha Paul. We got snow 1 month before we were supposed to and we were hunting so no time to install it, so I will have to install it next spring.
 
charlesquik said:
 
Well this didnt went well haha Paul. We got snow 1 month before we were supposed to and we were hunting so no time to install it, so I will have to install it next spring.
Sorry to hear that, Charles.
 
Guess you can't even count on
the weather anymore!
 
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