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DesertChris' High Desert Extreme Gardening Glog

Hi everyone,
This is my grow log in the super windy, super hot, sometimes way too cold, rabbit and squirrel infested High Desert of Southern California.

In addition, My gardening has to be done on a super tight budget, so lots of stuff is recycled or repurposed for gardening use...LOL

I'll update my grow list as I add to it.

We have 3 garden areas that we will be using this year. (one last year, and 2 more I am preparing)


Most of the Peppers are already either Plants, Seedlings or in the germ trays :)
Tomatoes, Tomatillos and Eggplants are Seedlings or Germinating...

Special Thanks to "StupidJerk", "Pulpiteer", "Meinchoh", "AjiJoe" and "wayright" for kindly sharing so many wonderful seeds/varieties with me, and expanding my growlist!!
I will add details of where seeds came from when I get some more time :)

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]In Parenthesis is the seed source (and I know some of these came from other kind folks who sent them to these kind folks)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]SJ = StupidJerk[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]PL = Pepperlover.com[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]PJ = PepperJoe[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]OW = Overwinter[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Canadian Express = GhostPowder.com[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Terroir = Underwoodgardens.com[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]American Seed = American Seed Pouches from wallyworld[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Fatalli.net[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Other Sources are usernames here [/background] :)

GROWLIST
HOTS:
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]AjiJoe Surprise (maybe maui purple or purple peru??) (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]AjiJoe Surprise Hot Mix (AjiJoe)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Anaheim (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Banana (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Birgit's Locato (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Cobra (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Pearl (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Prince (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Bhut Jolokia India Carbon (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Bih Jolokia (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Brown Bhuts (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Chocolate Bhut (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Giant Bhut (red) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Yellow Bhuts (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Orange Bhuts (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Peach Bhuts (AjiJoe)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Purple Bhuts (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Red Bhuts (meinchoh)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Red Bhuts (PL)[/background]
Red Bhuts (Canadian Express)
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]White Bhuts (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Bolivian Rainbow (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Carolina Reaper (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Cayenne (1) (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Cayenne (2) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Charleston (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Chili de Arbol (Dried Store Pods)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Datil (1) (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Datil (2) (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Fatalii (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw (Fatalii.net)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Floral Gem (Home and Garden Show)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Fresno (1) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Fresno (2) (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Chocolate Habanero (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mustard Habanero (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mystery Red Habanero (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Orange Habanero (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Orange Habanero (From Pods Last Year)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Ramon's Jamaican Habanero (Walkgood)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Tazmanian Habanero (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]White Habanero (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Jalapeno (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Jalapeno (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Purple Jalapeno (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mexican Jalapeno (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]PepperJoe Jalapeno (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Jamaican Hot Chocolate (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Jamaican Pepper Red (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Kung Pao ( PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mystery Red Annum (came in a flat of bell peppers) (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Naga Viper (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Naranga (Fatalii.net)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Orange Manzano (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Pasilla (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Pepperoncini (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Poblano (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Pequin (Dried Store Pods)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Purple Maui (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Red Savina (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Sapporo (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Sante Fe Grande (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Scotch Bonnet (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Scotch Bonnet (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Serrano (1) (OW)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Serrano (2) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Serrano (3) (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Serrano (4) (American Seed)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Serrano (5) (Home and Garden Show)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Douglah (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Jonah (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Primo (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Red Brainstrain (SJ)[/background]
7 Pot Red Brainstrain (Pulpiteer)
7 Pot Yellow (Pulpiteer)
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Yellow BrainStrain (PL)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]7 Pot Yellow BrainStrain (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Takanotsume (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Tepin (1) (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Tepin (2) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Thai (1) (Farmers Market)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Thai Sun (2) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Thai (3) (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Tobago Seasoning (Wayright)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Trinidad Perfume (Fatalii.net)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]TS Butch T (1) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]TS Butch T (2) (SJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]TS Moruga (red) (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Wild Brazil (AjiJoe)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Yatsufusa (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Yellow Trinidad Congo (SJ)[/background]

SWEETS:
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Chinese Giant (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Chocolate Bell (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Corno di Toro Giallo (yellow) (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Corno di Toro Rossa (red) (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Golden Marconi (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Grand Bell Mix (American Seed)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Melrose (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Orange Bell (From A Store Pod)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Keystone (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]King of the North (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mini Bell Mix (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Sweet Crimson (PJ)[/background]

Tomatoes:
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Amish Paste (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Brandywine (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Plum (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Black Zebra Cherry (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Cherry Roma (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Cosmonot Volkov (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Giant Syrian (PJ)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Honkin' Big Black Cherry(Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Mortgage Lifter (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Oregon Spring (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Principe Borghese (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]San Marzano (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Speckled Roman (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Yellow Pear (Terroir)[/background]
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Wild Galapagos (Terroir)[/background]

Tomatillos:
Tomatillo Verde

Eggplant:
Listada de Gandia (white)

Herbs:
Rosemary
English Broadleaf Thyme
Sweet Basil
Garden Sage
Mullein
Thai Basil
Marseilles Basil
Cilantro
True Greek Oregono
Parsley
Giant of Italy Parsley
Dukat Dill
East Indian Lemongrass
Mint
Pepppermint
Spearmint

Onions/Leeks/Kohlrabi:
Crystal White Wax Onion
Walla Walla Onion
Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah Onion
Evergreen Bunching Onion
Peking Green Kohlrabi
Giant Musselburg Leek

Lettuce/Greens:
Romaine Lettuce
Salad Bowl Mixed Lettuce
Terroir Seeds Blend Lettuce
Mesclun Medley Lettuce
Jericho Lettuce
Little Gem Lettuce
Sainte Anne's Slow Bolting Lettuce
Agretti
Vates Blue Curled Kale
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Spinach-Beet Greens Swiss Chard
Red Aztec Spinach
Garden Cess
Spicy Greens Mix

Carrots/Radishes:
Yellowstone Carrot
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Easter Egg Blend Radish
Japanese Minowase Winter Radish

Grains/Etc:
Mennonite Sorghum
Faro Quinoa
Teff
Golden Flax

Turnips/Beats:
Purple Top White Globe Turnip (Sown and Germinated already)
Detroit Dark Red Beet

Beans/Peas:
Black Valentine Bean
Rattlesnack Bean
Henderson Lima Bean
Kala Chana Garbanzo Bean
Lazy Housewife Bean
Lincoln Pea
Telephone Pea
Oregon Giant Sugar Pod Snow Pea
Mammoth Melting Snow Pea (tried a couple times starting back in November, so we'll see if any make it)

Melons/Squash/Pumpkin/Cucumber/Berry/Etc:
Wonderberry-Sunberry
Vine Peach-Mango Melon
Golden Beauty Casaba Melon
Prescott Fond Blanc Melon
Sugar Baby Watermelon
Golden Midget Watermelon
Jack Be Little Pumpkin
Gele Reuzen Pumpkin
Jarrahdale Pumpkin
Lumina Pumpkin
Connecticut Field Pumpkin
Spaghetti Squash
Table Queen Bush Acorn Squash
Waltham Butternut Squash
Bergess Buttercup Squash
Poona Kheera Cucumber
Everbearing SMR-58 Cucumber
Boston Pickling Cucumber


Thanks for looking,
Chris
 
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WalkGood said:
Looking good mon, tell the woman folk happy mama's days :) Don't know how you guys do it, it's way too hot there ... if it were me I'd be building a pool for daily cooling off. AFAIK we've not hit higer than 96 Degrees In The Shade ;)
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Well, we have to hide inside when it gets really hot....it'll get up to 110°+ sometimes....
Luckily we have use of the relatives pool, in town, anytime we need to cool down :)


Devv said:
We hit over 105 on a rare day, most summer days are 93-98 with most days around 94. It's what put me on an early schedule. Get outside at sun up and work until 11 or so..
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Yep, when it gets hot, my gal banned me from being out there in the midday sun...lol
So mornings and evenings are prime gardening time :)





OK, I counted the maters....I was wrong.... there aren't 300






There are 340... bwahahahahaha

341 including the cherry tomato plant my gal recieved for her birthday today from her cousin...hahaha
 
Since I have been posting alot about tomatoes lately...

Here are my 2 freshly sprouted Ramone's JA Habs looking nice and happy :)

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And just for Shane's dog Porter..... "It's a freakin' Indian Carbon Bhut Jolokia man"...hahaha
Everytime I see one of my carbons, I think of that Porter quote :)

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Don't forget that dumb mutts cheesy smirk when you say that! Haha...good on ya. My BJIC is one of the last hold out setting pods. She's still a beauty though! She's trying now...the mama plant's pods were some of the gnarliest I've seen. Hope she grows true!
 
Spent all day out in garden #1 Trenching rows, and then planted a few peppers

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So I planted all those cups of peppers, until it got too dark to see...
But they all got in the ground :)
No photos of them in ground till tomorrow when the sun comes up ;)
 
stc3248 said:
Don't forget that dumb mutts cheesy smirk when you say that! Haha...good on ya. My BJIC is one of the last hold out setting pods. She's still a beauty though! She's trying now...the mama plant's pods were some of the gnarliest I've seen. Hope she grows true!
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Sweet! I hope yours grow true... and mine also...

I hope mine do as well as yours looks!
I think I have 10 or so of them...all little guys though....that photo is the newest one.

Figured I better mention, the daughter helped me plant those peppers! :)
It took a little convincing to get her out in the garden/dirt, but she p,anted em like a champ :)

Also, there were maybe 700 plants... not sure...didn't count...lol
But I do know that they were the sweets, milds, mediums etc... mainly anuums.
And of course a few fun things too, but that is the kid friendly garden.
I wouldn't want any of the neighbor's kids to chomp a superhot on accident!!

Oh, and pod update... about the only things setting pods are anaheims and serranos...
2 of the varieties I almost didn't bother to grow!

Hopefully you guys/gals forgive me, but my arms are too tired after all that planting, to type much...lol
So will have to reply on your glogs tomorrow :)
 
Haha...borg sowing now borg planting! Gonna be tight in there, but you're halfway there. The chinenses need a bit more room than the annuums. Looking good man! 700 WOW! I am growing a few anaheims...but only because I couldn't initially find any Numex types...got a couple Big Jim's later on and will ship you out some seeds once I get some, much superior pepper!
 
OK, action photos of garden #1 with the annuums, and non chinense guys....

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Water flowing :)
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Chinense guys on the porch, waiting for me to prep there in ground homes next (gardens #2 and #3)
They will have more space per plant than the annuums :)
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KiNGDeNNiZ said:
Wow. And my wife thinks I'm nuts!!!! Good luck with the hot weather
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Thanks!
I find that some varieties will still set pods in the crazy heat, but not the chinense ones....
So an enormous fall harvest is what i'm really looking at....
The key to success here is close planting, windbreaks and water...lots and lots of water!!

My gal thinks I am nuts too!! And obsessed... :)
 
stc3248 said:
Haha...borg sowing now borg planting! Gonna be tight in there, but you're halfway there. The chinenses need a bit more room than the annuums. Looking good man! 700 WOW! I am growing a few anaheims...but only because I couldn't initially find any Numex types...got a couple Big Jim's later on and will ship you out some seeds once I get some, much superior pepper!
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Yep, garden #1 is a Borg collective of tomatoes and peppers!! hahaha
But that is the key to survival here...more plants to work together for shade and resistance to the wind :)
I was just estimating the #'s planted, but I think it is around 700 in there, I borg sowed a ton of non chinense stuff.
And looking at the porch, it looks like a little over half of the plants are inground...
I don't think I have any numex types, but I could be wrong... I have lists and charts of all the varieties and planting locations.

I would love more seeds.... but you probably know that...lol
When I get pods, let me know if there are any varieties you would like seeds for! I should have lots and lots and lots of them ;)

I'm thinking the chinense gardens (#2 & #3) will have lots more room per plant, since I packed everything else into garden #1
I just need to clean the areas, till a little, and put in the irrigation....probably later this week i'll start all that.
Unfortunately we have a busy schedule the next couple days, and the boy (my helper for that stuff) had the flu, and is in no condition to dig, or glue pvc pipe.....
 
WalkGood said:
700 wow! Everything looks great, not sure if I could handle that many plantings in a day ... lol.
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Yeah, it was crazy.... my back hurts, my arms are exhausted....an ant stung me on the knee, and somehow even my right foot is sore....lol
But it had to be done. Now I just get to water them and watch them grow.
However, the 2 chinense gardens still need a ton of stuff done before I can plant them out.....

And then there is garden #4.... squashes, cukes, melons etc... all the sprawling food plants.... I have to prep that area too....
 
Looking good Chris
Will be planting mine out this weekend. Should only be about 40 plants or so as some just arent ready yet. Will plant them up to bigger pots though. Also bought 2 maters and a cherry mater plant this past weekend, they will be going in this weekend also along with a bell pepper that i bought.
 
koskorgul said:
Looking good Chris
Will be planting mine out this weekend. Should only be about 40 plants or so as some just arent ready yet. Will plant them up to bigger pots though. Also bought 2 maters and a cherry mater plant this past weekend, they will be going in this weekend also along with a bell pepper that i bought.
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Awesome!

I still have a ton of stuff to do, but when it is in the ground, the hard part is done, and I can just water and watch it all grow :)
 
I'm really glad to see things coming together! Tons of work!
 
And once planted, yes, water and wait. Then comes harvest and putting everything up. Borg Harvest?
 
That's just starting for us. Towards the end ya just start looking at the tiller..wanting to bury it all..oh wait still more stuff out there...LOL
 
yep, at the end (fall) it should be quite crazy....daily pepper and tomato harvesting.

I might set up a roadside pepper/tomato stand in the driveway, just to recoup some garden expense, and...well...get rid of some of the surplus...lol
 
DesertChris said:
yep, at the end (fall) it should be quite crazy....daily pepper and tomato harvesting.

I might set up a roadside pepper/tomato stand in the driveway, just to recoup some garden expense, and...well...get rid of some of the surplus...lol
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Not sure if I mentioned this before or not but back like 10 yrs ago I grew a cherry tomato plant that i had submitted into the Guiness book of world records to see if it was the biggest tomato plant. It measured 20'4" tall at last measurement. Record was over 65', anyhow I was picking a crisper drawer full of maters every few days. I got another one this year. Cant wait to see how that thing does. Have it area all picked out already. Will be canning, selling, giving away alot LOL
 
koskorgul said:
Not sure if I mentioned this before or not but back like 10 yrs ago I grew a cherry tomato plant that i had submitted into the Guiness book of world records to see if it was the biggest tomato plant. It measured 20'4" tall at last measurement. Record was over 65', anyhow I was picking a crisper drawer full of maters every few days. I got another one this year. Cant wait to see how that thing does. Have it area all picked out already. Will be canning, selling, giving away alot LOL
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Dang! That cooler weather. Mine are already hating the heat.

Chris, Posted in a hurry earlier during a quick break, was nodding off loading software today...stare at the blue line.....had to wake up.

Anyway! Looking Good!

Hope you have a killer harvest.
 
Thanks guys!!

After mom's day, a birthday , a party for visiting relatives, and a funeral, I might have some time to work on preparing the other 3 gardens....maybe...then I could start putting the chinense varieties in the ground :)
 
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