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Flavours of the Caribbean (Mainly)

Thought it was about time I put on blog on here as requested by a good friend Gary (wind chicken).
I got to know Gary having done a seed trade over 2 years ago via fb, and have always admired his growing.
As title says most of my grow will be bonnets as I love Caribbean cuisine especially Jerk chicken, curry goat etc.

I started some rocotos quite early as I know they take forever to ripen..

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First time I've ever grown rocoto and pleased with progress so far.

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The rocoto,s are red rocoto, tropical orange f3, and De seda.

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Will make a proper grow list when I receive the p.dreadie select seeds kindly sent by Gary and one I'm pleased to have as a memory to Erin.

Another one already up and waiting to be potted on is Carrot Jolokia which I was kindly sent by Ben (bpiela), took ages to sprout a hook, but got one in the end.

Just waiting on a few stubborn bonnets to show hooks before finalizing what's a keeper.
 
Know quite a few of the british growers on here as there active members of a forum we all share
 
Trident
Dennish
Snagglepuss
Heefy Si Borg
Jay
and also Plantguy 76 Jason who is active here and a couple of other forums.

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Superhot Sim said:
Paul your bang on the money, as this was a new light unit of 4 x t5s
I give it good distance over the seedlings then lower it a inch every
week so they adjust slowly, kind words my friend and appreciated,
going to be a fun ride I'm buzzing.
Will you plant out the same as us sometime in may?
 
Yeah, buddy - out 10% frost date is May 19th, so by
mid-may I'm rarin' to go  

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Nice looking plants and yard Simmy! Love the pup too! Look up Blue Lacy dogs, I have a pair of sisters. Fantastic gals, but they need room to romp ;) They were bred to do similar work like the Border Collies.
 
As Fabrizio said the RCW really rocks. It's free here so I scarf it up ;)
 
Devv said:
Nice looking plants and yard Simmy! Love the pup too! Look up Blue Lacy dogs, I have a pair of sisters. Fantastic gals, but they need room to romp ;) They were bred to do similar work like the Border Collies.
 
As Fabrizio said the RCW really rocks. It's free here so I scarf it up ;)
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I knew what they were without looking Scott and yeah there stunning dogs , similar to a Border collie , super intelligent always want to please and strictly one man dogs ;)  "Gizmo " is 5 now and still like a pup and ultra loyal , if im not around he sulks and if my partner trys to feed him he turns his back on her and wont have any of it :shocked: :crazy: :lol: :lol:
 
Gary got me in to RCW 3 seasons ago and was the best advice i took , like you i get it for free and i just ring a friend who is a tree surgeon on the farm in our village , he drops off as much as i need, payment is " chilli products" and a few cold bottles of country cider which i brew myself :cheers:
Top the rcw beds up every year with fresh chips about a inch thick were good to go.

 
 
Making the most of some sunny warm spring days and wanting to give the established plants some natural light and harden them off a bit, about half the plants been sunning themselves.

Bit of a juggling act getting them all back in the tent at the end of day, but temps still dropping here very quickly about 5-6 pm. Will put the cover on the tunnel at the end of the month.

Few pics as I was sat at the table having a brew break.

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PS. Some of the pics bit blurry , iv cracked the lens glass on the back of my phone . :crazy: :whistle:

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There getting there Rick, one of them is your Gochu, and a beauty was the first plant to fork and bud.
The chinense catching up slowly but doing OK under the new lights.
But they we're sown really late as I was not happy with growth as grow room was too cold.
Just doing a experiment with some Guano and molasses in rainwater and adjusted to ph of 5.5 and will be aireated for 24 hours.
Will foliage and root feed and see if that helps gives the plants a boost.



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Picture 1 is Ricks Gochuang one im really looking forward to and making his spicy ketchup.
 
Picture 2 is one of 6 P.Dreadie select seedlings i have , love the large foliage leaves, very similar to the MOA.
 
Picture 3 is a caption of half of the grow tent and most of the later sown chinense peppers.
 
Picture 4 is a Supersweet cherry tomato racing along and getting some height.
 
Picture 5 is a couple of sweet peppers , we use loads of these in marinades and soups .
 
Picture 6 is a Zapotec Jalapeno kind sent by Gary (windchicken) and a real favourite of Beth Boyd,s . In memory of Beth i will grow this every year.
 
Picture 7 is the other half of the grow tent , chinense catching up and all looking healthy plants.
 
Picture 8 is a Tropical Orange Raocoto doing well on a south facing window, starting to stretch out now.
 
Picture 9 :lol: is marked P.Dreadie select but 100 % a annum, dont know if Gary dropped a Zapotec seed in their or if it was me , we will find out soon enough. :lol: :crazy:
 
Picture 10 is a  Cordon tomato Ailsa Craig , one i have never grown before , will be used in sauces chutneys and a tomato and chilli jam.
 
Last picture is a Aji Mango starting to grow out now its in the poly all day, one of my favourite tasting pods of last season , kindly sent by Dennish. This will go in a auto pot for maximum yields.
 
Thanks for looking in and happy gardening.
 
 
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PaulG said:
Great progress, Sim.  Your plant-out will be awesome to behold!
 
Be sure to let us know how the Guano and molasses tea works out for you...
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Cheers Paul,
Yeah getting near plant out and chomping at the bit now, plants all seem a darker green and pushing out a lot of growth nodes, think the bat guano tea is helping, but so is spending all day in the poly tunnel with the sun on it all day.
I soak all the bark chippings on the floor which creates nice humidity.
A few plants are budding up and I'm leaving them on letting grow naturally.
They will all be potted on to their final boots in a mix of Palm tree ash which has a high dosage of potash /potassium.
Getting excited now.

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Picked up some cheap frozen fruits at local supermarket and found a bag of dried Borg 9s so decided it was time for some of my old favourite Borgberry Jam.


Stuff looks like molten lava. It's a true chilli heads jam. :shocked: :lol: :crazy:

Will liven up your morning toast or muffins. Superb flavour of summer fruits.
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