HabaneroHead's 2014 Glog - Nuclear Destruction

HabaneroHead · Feb 1, 2014

Devv said:
Due to my climate I'm a bit ahead of your schedule. The larger plants are in 6" or wannabe 1 gal pots, moving them in and out this time of year gets to be a chore. 9 fit in a box and I have 9 or 10 boxes...I'm sooo ready for dirt day..

Moving trays is easy, but setting the moisture of the cells is a real pain in the arse. Cells having bigger plants are using the water faster, therefore drying faster than the smaller ones. I could put them into 0.75 - 1.4 litre pots from these cells, but there must be an intermediary potting-up step before that, to support the growth of the roots.

stickman · Feb 1, 2014

HabaneroHead said:
Moving trays is easy, but setting the moisture of the cells is a real pain in the arse. Cells having bigger plants are using the water faster, therefore drying faster than the smaller ones. I could put them into 0.75 - 1.4 litre pots from these cells, but there must be an intermediary potting-up step before that, to support the growth of the roots.

Man, ain't that the truth! Lol! I've noticed the same thing with my seedlings. They're not big enough yet for this to happen to me, but I've noticed it in other years. How's it going for you brother? Any chance of pics?

HabaneroHead · Feb 1, 2014

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since I posted anything on this forum...
So here I am!

This is the first weekend I am leaving my seedlings alone. I was taking them out and put them in front of the window.
I am experiencing issues with my plants... Some weird papery stains, which are just visible only the front side of the leaves, causing little curling, and distorted leaves. It does not seem to be powdery mildew, since I cannot just scratch it off. On the other side nothing is visible on the back side of the leaves. My first idea was sunburn, but I am using the same T8 light I was using in the last years, and it is even higher than before. .
I was making a foliar spray with some calcium nitrate and some copper containing stuff. If it is calcium deficiency, it should at least make the fresh growth healthy. If it is some mold, fungus, copper would do the magic. I am going to pot them up soon...for which I still need to but the worm castings I was using last year, and which my plants loved. There are many beneficial bacterias in that thing, which make the roots healthy.

Phone pics about the plants

Leaf issue (first 3 pics are from the same plant, trying to use different settings on the camera)

Balázs

stickman · Feb 1, 2014

Hi Balázs
In general, I'd say your seedlings look very good... one or two leaves like you pictured wouldn't bother me as long as primary growth wasn't affected. There's often stuff that looks a little gnarly when you get your plants started at first, but they seem to grow out of it later on. Cheers!

HillBilly Jeff · Feb 1, 2014

Your plants look nice. Your leaf issue is the same issue I am having on the St Barts plants. Only those are having it happen too. Dunno.

HabaneroHead · Feb 2, 2014

stickman said:
Hi Balázs
In general, I'd say your seedlings look very good... one or two leaves like you pictured wouldn't bother me as long as primary growth wasn't affected. There's often stuff that looks a little gnarly when you get your plants started at first, but they seem to grow out of it later on. Cheers!

Thanks, Rick! I hope nothing serious, it will turn out soon. I just picked up 60 small pots for potting up...I think I am not going to use the trays...I cannot feel the weight of the individual cells, so it is hard to feel which needs water, and which not... I know that moving them in and out is a pain...but if it is the price to grow them...challenge accepted!

HillBilly Jeff said:
Your plants look nice. Your leaf issue is the same issue I am having on the St Barts plants. Only those are having it happen too. Dunno.

Hi Jeff,
Yep, I was writing to your glog as well

My issue is that I have it approx on 25% of the plants, and it really makes me worried. There are some types I have only 2 seeds germinated, from which I cannot really loose any. Hopefully they will be ok, but I am still curious what can cause it. I hope that your plants will be ok, as well.

Balázs

I have a bunch of frozen pods from the last season both in my and in my Mom's freezer, so decided to make some fermented sauce.
Recipe (makes a 0.7 litre jar)

Ingredients:
20-25 red peppers (Habanero, Bhut Jolokia, Naga Morich)
1 medium onion
4 gloves of garlic
2 medium carrot
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar
1 deciliter sauerkraut brine (slightly less)
2 deciliter preboiled water

I almost pureed them in the food processor. I say almost, because I left bigger pieces in it, and also added the most of the shredded carrot without processing it.
The biggest challenge was to put the airlock to the top of the jar... With the help of the father (actually he was doing it

) we managed to drill a hole to the top, fit the airlock in, and sealed it with something which is called 'sziloplast' in Hungarian, contains silicon, and used as some sort of glue for example in the bathrooms (basins, tiles etc). After drying it has a rubbery feeling, but the best is that it seales perfectly.
Yesterday I was asking the family to smell the finished product, and everybody liked it. Raw pepper smell. This morning (though I could not see bubbles), before putting the airlock on (the glue had to dry), I smelled it, and it was rather like sauerkraut for me, so the Lactobacillus has already started working on it. :dance:

stickman · Feb 2, 2014

Wow Balázs... Nice looking start to your ferment! Good luck with it, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on your progress.

Devv · Feb 2, 2014

Hi Balázs,

Plants are looking good, I think some are prone to "funny" leaves when young. I'll bet they straighten up.

Nice looking ferment! Should be tasty.

HillBilly Jeff · Feb 2, 2014

Nice looking ferment you have going there.

Scarecrw · Feb 2, 2014

Nice looking plants and ferment. I had to look up deciliter. Thanks for the recipe. I will be following along.

maximumcapsicum · Feb 2, 2014

How long you planning to let it ferment? Recipe looks interesting.

HabaneroHead · Feb 2, 2014

stickman said:
Wow Balázs... Nice looking start to your ferment! Good luck with it, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on your progress.

Thanks, Rick! I am just trying to copy what the masters are doing! :-)

Devv said:
Hi Balázs,

Plants are looking good, I think some are prone to "funny" leaves when young. I'll bet they straighten up.

Nice looking ferment! Should be tasty.

Thanks, Scott! From your mouth to God's ears!

HillBilly Jeff said:
Nice looking ferment you have going there.

Thank you! It is the first time I am doing it.

Scarecrw said:
Nice looking plants and ferment. I had to look up deciliter. Thanks for the recipe. I will be following along.

Thank you! Lol! :rofl:

I always forget to convert my metric values..sorry about that! Hopefully the recipe will work.

maximumcapsicum said:
How long you planning to let it ferment? Recipe looks interesting.

I'll let it age for 30 days. Then I am going to stop (kill) the bacteria with heating the entire sauce above 65 Celsius (149 Farenheit). I believe it won't take away the fresh pepper taste, but will stop the fermentation process.

maximumcapsicum · Feb 2, 2014

Good to know. Where did you guys learn the ferment techniques? I am having trouble finding good clear info.

HabaneroHead · Feb 2, 2014

I was checking various posts on THP, and also Google... I've read a lot of article about Lactobacillus in the last days. I was reading that 65 Celsius would kill it, etc. I am happy to share any info, but until the taste test, nothing guarantees that the final product will be ok. I will update about the progress.

HabaneroHead · Feb 4, 2014

Update time!
I made some pics with my phone in the morning, thought it would be a good idea to share

I know that the pics are not perfect, but sh...y picture is always better than no picture :fireball:

They look a little bit yellowish because the light (which is purple), and because of they are a little bit yellow.
Yesterday I gave them some Epsom salt with some combined fertilizer (fertilizer: NPK 15-30-15, I use 3 grams for 3 liter of water, and I use the same ratio from Epsom)

7 Pot Burgundy is the biggest (5 big guy in the middle of the pic)

Thanks for watching!

Balázs

GA Growhead · Feb 4, 2014

Plants look awesome.

BlisterdOutPods671 · Feb 4, 2014

Awesome looking grow!

HurtsGood · Feb 4, 2014

Great looking grow man.

maximumcapsicum · Feb 4, 2014

Great start! Are you moving the light around at all? Amazing there are now leaners.

HabaneroHead · Feb 4, 2014

GA Growhead said:
Plants look awesome.

Thank you! I'm just trying to copy what I see in the glogs of the master growers

BlisterdOutPods671 said:
Awesome looking grow!

Thank you.

HurtsGood said:
Great looking grow man.

Thank you, Justin!

maximumcapsicum said:
Great start! Are you moving the light around at all? Amazing there are now leaners.

Hi Adam! Thanks for stopping by! Well, I am moving the trays...actually rotating them by 180 degrees, so they can get the light from both directions.

Tomorrow I am planning to buy some worm castings (25 liters...khmmmm 6.6 gallons for approx 22 dollars), as it is one of the key element in my soil mix.
The recipe:
50% peat based potting soil
20% coco coir
15% worm castinngs
15% perlite

I would like to repot them this weekend if all goes well. Last year my plants loved this mix, I believe because the aeration and the worm castings, which is not only nutritient, but also contains some beneficial bacteria etc, what the plants really need.
I will pot them into individual pots...it will be a pain to move them in-and-out from the box, but as an advantage, I can have more control on the moisture of the pots, or I can separate the sick plants if needed.

Thanks for watching,

Balázs