D3monic's Crossing Project/Community Grow

D3monic · Jan 30, 2016

Lol can spam as often as you like, awesome on the ripening, about how big are they? Look like they are bigger than the inca berries where

SentencedToBurn · Jan 31, 2016

Hey I would say they'd be about 30-40mm long so roughly 1 1/4" to 1 3/4". I have a couple of mates who are coming in 2 weeks to do a taste test so will put up a youtube link once we're done. Should be interesting.

D3monic · Jan 31, 2016

I look forward too it, wonder if orange will be the final color or if it will phase to red. Can't wait!

D3monic · Jan 31, 2016

Did some watering today. Damn fungus gnats, did a neem and azamax soil drench. Hate the little bastards.

Seedlings doing well, about time to split into additional pots

Aji Amarillo X Caribbean red hab

Peter S · Feb 2, 2016

Here's a quick update on the Paper Lantern x Butch T Yellow babies. So far they're doing really well.

Biggest one

D3monic · Feb 2, 2016

Very nice, you may have already said. If so forgive me but how many you going to grow out? There shouldn't be much variation in f1 so shouldn't really need more than one or two unless you just want several for pods

Peter S · Feb 2, 2016

D3monic said:
Very nice, you may have already said. If so forgive me but how many you going to grow out? There shouldn't be much variation in f1 so shouldn't really need more than one or two unless you just want several for pods

I was thinking about growing out two, and picking the best looking of the six when they get a little bigger. If it's okay with you, I can ask some of the guys at work if they want to grow one. If so I'll make sure it has your name and plant name on it. If not, I won't ask them. A couple co-workers are planning to grow some of my extras, so they might be interested.

D3monic · Feb 2, 2016

Sure I don't mind

santis00 · Feb 2, 2016

D3monic said:
Here's my little organizer. Have my pollen (paint) brushes, marker, butter fly tags, pollen spreadsheet and on the right side there's usually a cross spreadsheet too that I use for keeping track of the crosses. I'll assign a letter and number to the tag that I can reference to the sheet. Like A1 or so on. I started with just letters but worked my way through the alphabet so had to start assigning numbers as well.

Here's an example of the pollen spread sheet https://www.dropbox.com/s/voawtyfsiiizdxk/Pollen%20spreadsheet.xls?dl=0

here's an example of the cross spread sheet https://www.dropbox.com/s/p0iqsj9n2iebjcr/Pepper%20Cross%20spreadsheet.xls?dl=0

of course i'm sure they could be improved upon.

I can't recall seeing one or not, but if you havn't you should throw together a video of you collecting pollen and subjecting it into the other flowers.

D3monic · Feb 2, 2016

santis00 said:
I can't recall seeing one or not, but if you havn't you should throw together a video of you collecting pollen and subjecting it into the other flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns510OqKgKA

bpiela · Feb 2, 2016

D3, I am bummed but I have had no luck. I just got one Inca Berry cross to pop. I originally didn't have the seeds on a heating pad. I put them on the pad on 1/24 and I have had no changes. I do have a few seeds left of each of the two crosses, so I will try them. I am very sorry that I have thus far been a seed killer. I hope to do better with the remaining seeds and I will put them on the heat from the start. I am keeping the other seeds on the mat as well, just in case one wants to pop late.

SentencedToBurn · Feb 5, 2016

Hey mate you were right, they are turning red now:

D3monic · Feb 5, 2016

SentencedToBurn said:
Hey mate you were right, they are turning red now:

Nice, they look fairly decent sized too. Can't wait until you do a review on one. Looks like they could be medium walled. Hopefully they taste ok. Of course F2 could taste completely different not to mention not even look the same. They remind me of the old fashion outdoor xmas lights.

D3monic · Feb 7, 2016

Did some rush watering before heading into work. Didn't get a lot of pictures as I was pressed for time. Some the plants where a little angry from drying out.

It's about time I start to split some plants up. I need more lights or some new t5 bulbs

Couldn't capture how wide this plant was. It's going to be a beast by the time I plant it out

Aji Pineapple X Butch T yellow

Finally got my first decent pod off the Carbonero X Butch T yellow.

Quick taste test as I was heading out the door

Heat was surprisingly mild. Low end habanero. First impression was very watery and crunchy. Sweet but light smell of scorp, initial taste of grassyness immediately followed by a fruity bubblegum flavor that washed back and forth between fruit and grassy. Roof of the mouth burn... and the cut on my tongue when I bite it yesterday.

Only had 4 decent healthy looking seeds in it. Virtually no placenta.

Plantguy76 · Feb 8, 2016

I wanted to thank Michael for crossed seed he sent me & for all the hard work he put in doing it.
I got a 72 Jiffy cell tray & will put some of these along with some others sometime this week or next & will keep you informed on progress.

D3monic · Feb 8, 2016

Your welcome, best of luck this season!

Peter S · Feb 9, 2016

Paper Lantern X Butch T Yellow update:
They are all doing well, I put the four largest in hydro today.

D3monic · Feb 9, 2016

Peter S said:
Paper Lantern X Butch T Yellow update:
They are all doing well, I put the four largest in hydro today.

Nice! Very healthy looking. Is that one them there krackty systems or how ever it is spelled?

tctenten · Feb 9, 2016

These four babies are looking good. 100% germ rate and growing well.

Different story on the Baha Goat x Butch T. I went 0-4 there.

D3monic · Feb 9, 2016

tctenten said:
Different story on the Baha Goat x Butch T. I went 0-4 there.

Pretty sure I have another pack of them if you want to try more.