Dougthehead 2023 Glog

I guess now is as good a time as any to start a grow log. I'm currently growing under a Barrina 2000 led grow light. I'm using Berger 7 potting soil amended with bone meal, blood meal, earthworm castings, and innoculated with Mikro-Myco mycorrhizae. My current plants were dropped in on January 15 and January 30 with no soak or pre-treatment. My current grow list is as follows:

7 Pot White
Andy's King BOC
Big Black Mama XL
BOC X Orange Primo X Purple Naga Viper
Borg-9 Red
Death Spiral
Destroyah
Hallow's Eve
Jes's Moruga Purple/Red
Judy's Brown Moruga
Khang Starr Lemon Starburst
Naga Black

Peach Miasma
Pockmark Orange
Pumpkin BBG7
Reaper Purple Peach
Reaper X Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Reaper X SRTSL
Sugar Rush Peach Stripey
T-Rex Chocolate
T-Rex Yellow

I will be planting the following today:

7 Pot Bubblegum

7 Pot Cinder

7 Pot Yellow X Douglah

Aji Ahuachapan

Aji Cito

Aji Cochabamba

Aji Fantasy

Aji Fantasy

Aji Jobito

Aji Lemon Drop

Amnesia

Antonia P. Rhomedia

Bahamian Goat

Bahamian Goat

Bahamian Goat

Barra Do Riberio

BBG7 Chocolate

BBG7 X Naga Peach

Bih Jolokia Caramel

Bismarck Chocolate

Brazilian Moruga

Brazillian Starfish

Dangler's Ghost

Death Spiral

Death Spiral

Dragon's Breath

Dragon's Claw

Dragon's Toe

Elysium Oxide

Genghis Khan Chocolate

Hurt Berry Longtail

JA Mushroom

Jalapeno Biker Billy

JPGS X BB7 Dream

Madballz Gnarly

Naga Smooky Rainbow

Orion

Oxkutzcab

Papa Dreadie

Peppa Dew

Prairie Spice

Primotalli (Isolated)

Purple Thunder Mystery

Reaper X SRTSL X Purple Reaper

Rocoto Amarillo

Rocoto Amarillo Mini

Rocoto Rojo

Rocoto Rojo Mini

Scotch Bonnet Cappuccino

Scotch Brains Orange

Star Scream

Swiss Chocolate Cross

Thai Spezzano

Trinidad Red Cherry

Trippaul Threat

Trippaul Threat V2

XL Antep Aci Dolma

Zing

 

[Grass Snake]

Those winds were vicious! We lost power here for a bit but it's back on now.

 

[Dougthehead]

Those winds were vicious! We lost power here for a bit but it's back on now.

It was just flickering on and off here.

 

[Dougthehead]

Because, why not. Hopefully they get here quickly and I can add a few to the seed train B. These are coming from: https://www.smallislandseedco.com/. I think I am going to try growing these strictly indoors. It will give me something to do when its 105 F outside this summer.

 

[Dougthehead]

 

[Sulsa]

Had some pretty extreme weather here tonight. The wind was a bit strong. As I now am the proud new owner of my neighbor's trampoline. It flew over a 8-ft fence and landed perfectly in my yard although it's a bit broken now.

Good thing it missed that Traeger pellet grill!

 

[Dougthehead]

 

[Dougthehead]

Added a little aeration to the Aerogarden. Had an air pump laying around and figured why not.

 

[Dougthehead]

Just picked up some supplies from a great nursery near where I work. Never tried this Microlife Ultimate (8-4-6) fertilizer, but from the list of ingredients and the reviews, as well as what the nursery owner had to say, this stuff should be pretty awesome.

https://www.amazon.com/Fertilizer-Established-Vegetables-Professional-Granulated/dp/B06XJRPYHH

 

[Deadpouk]

I like how you tinker with your aerogarden!
I found out that not adding fertiliser the first two weeks and covering the holes of the aerogarden until germination prevents algae grow on the sponges.

your going to end with a lot of nice and loaded plants with all those supplies

 

[Dougthehead]

I like how you tinker with your aerogarden!
I found out that not adding fertiliser the first two weeks and covering the holes of the aerogarden until germination prevents algae grow on the sponges.

your going to end with a lot of nice and loaded plants with all those supplies

I'll try that on the next go round because I definitely have algae growth. Luckily it hasn't had any negative effect so far that I can tell. I haven't typed it all out but I still have more of the wild varieties from Paul G starting to germinate in there. Some just starting as of yesterday.

 

[Dougthehead]

So, my wife had these containers that looked like they would be good for the Grodan cubes. Turns out they are a perfect fit for 15 of them. I'll try to figure out what they are called. She got them on Amazon.

 

[Grass Snake]

Just picked up some supplies from a great nursery near where I work.

What nursery? I’ve never heard of Berger until now.

 

[Dougthehead]

What nursery? I’ve never heard of Berger until now.

Doan's nursery in Irving. It's a Vietnamese owned nursery with an amazing selection of vegetables that are from all over the world. They have stuff this year that I have never heard of and I have been going there for 5 years.

 

[Grass Snake]

Doan's nursery in Irving. It's a Vietnamese owned nursery with an amazing selection of vegetables that are from all over the world. They have stuff this year that I have never heard of and I have been going there for 5 years.

I’m in Irving all the time. I’ll have to stop by and check it out. Thanks

 

[Dougthehead]

Decided to upgrade and expand the grow area properly. I don't think my son would appreciate 40,000 lumens of light coming from his closet and the enticing aroma of blood meal when he comes back to visit in a couple weeks. So, I have this guy on the way:

Check this out! https://a.co/d/3pItqny

 

[Ratatouille]

That's one bad boy! You didn't skimp on size.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

cor that's a monster

 

[Dougthehead]

Looks like I'm getting some variegation on one of my Reaper X Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion plants.

 

[Dougthehead]

Well, my favorite quote is "A calm sea never made a skilled sailor". That applies to many things in life, and growing peppers is definitely one of them. After only germinating about 50% of my 72 cell tray, having multiple helmet heads that didn't make it, and some damping off, that batch was cut down to about 25 survivors, which I then nuked with some full strength hydroponic solution on accident. Most of those should pull through hopefully after flushing them with distilled water, but definitely not the best way to start sensitive seedlings.

But, I have backup plans for my backup plans, and that's going wonderfully. I think I'm only going to be using the Grodan cubes from here on out with distilled water. Far less variables to account for, and helmet heads never seem to be an issue.

A little behind schedule for this area, but these replacements should do well coupled with their older cousins already growing that went through my torture treatment.

 

[Ratatouille]

I have to say, I really, really like reading about what happened before a backup backup plan is instated. For one, it makes me feel less alone in my hit and miss gardening style and two, I often learn a lot from posts like this.