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HillBilly Jeff's 2014 Adventure - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

HillBilly Jeff said:
 

Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.
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Bodeen said:
Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.
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Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.
 
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highalt said:
First Rick, and now you!  Is everyone starting earlier this season, or am I just behind already, LOL?!
 
Your grow is looking great, and I haven't even started working on my growlist yet!
 
Best wishes in the New Year!
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Thanks Bonnie.  I haven't officially started my grow yet, just tinkering around we a couple varieties to see what happens.
 
I have two Neyde Bhut crosses up, and all 6 of my brown bhuts are up.  I have three yellow Manzano up in one cell, one is good, one died, and one has a serious helmet working.  It is one more than I had and perhaps early enough to get pods off of.
 
Orange peter and Orange manzano still haven't popped up.  I am excited on the Neyde Cross.  Not sure what it will look like, but I imagine it has some heat.
 
I misspoke, it is 6 brown moruga that are up, not bhuts.
 
 
 
 
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And they're off!  The little sprouts look great; nice, green,
healthy cotys.  
 
Hope your Christmas is a good one.
 
Congrats on the new ladies, those pubes sure are hard to get going. I've run into the same thing low germ rates, then helmets.
 
Jason gave me a tip for damping, Hydrogen Peroxide full strength. A cap full at the base. Can use more than once..
 
Well the tally for the brown moruga is up to 7 plants.  I thought for sure I went three in a cell.  
 
For two years now I have tried to get a peter to come up without any luck.  Perhaps bad seed.  2011 I had a non yellow manzano in the garden, but none of my current orange is coming up and I am on my third go at it this year.  
 
How long does everyone leave full light on their new plants before they move them to a cycling light source?  I probably go to long and that might be why my plants are so huge by plant out.
 
Thanks 
HBJ
 
HillBilly Jeff said:
 
How long does everyone leave full light on their new plants before they move them to a cycling light source?  I probably go to long and that might be why my plants are so huge by plant out.
 
Thanks 
HBJ
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I don't at all. Once they pop,pull them out of the heated germination chamber and  I put them straight in the grow room with everything else which is on a 12/12 timer this early in the winter. I don't want them too huge, I have  lot of plants to fit in there still.
 
Jeff H said:
 
I don't at all. Once they pop,pull them out of the heated germination chamber and  I put them straight in the grow room with everything else which is on a 12/12 timer this early in the winter. I don't want them too huge, I have  lot of plants to fit in there still.
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But could one argue leaving them close to the constant light source early on can give them a thicker stem?  I know what you mean about the grow room being crowded....The last month is the worst for watering them all.  I am begging to plant out at that point in time lol

Just did a quick cleaning of the grow room.  I have 6 4 foot sections with two banks of light in each one, and I can expand this to 10 sections if I need to.  
 
I also have a 4 foot grow table with two banks of lights that I can use.
 
My two foot metal table gets a little warm for growing, but makes a great germ table.  
 
Sounds like a lot of room, but once the plants start getting ready to harden off, it gets crowded.  I can use the area I first set up for my OW to put a lot of plants....depending on the temps, but this would be April, so the temps should be pretty good.   Could be a pre-season harden off section :)

2014 Grow List Kicking Off​
 
 
 
********* ******* (3rd Gen) 15 Plants, 3 from each parent
 
Goliath Jalapeno
Purple Jalapeno
 
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Bonda Ma Jacques
Harold St Barts
Chocolate Habanero (Over Winter Only)
Mustard Habanero
Datil  (Over Winter Only)
Paper Lantern 
JA Habanero
West Indie Red Habanero
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Cherry/Big Bomb
Santa Fe Grande 
Inca Red Drop
Budapest
Biggie Chile
Hurrikan
Pimeta De Neyde X 2 seedlings up
Tepin x lemon drop
Antilles fire
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Peach TS 
Yellow Scorpion (1 Over Winter) 4 cells planted 12/26
CARDI 
 
Yellow Billy Boy Douglah
 
Yellow Brain Strain
Red Brain Strain (Over Winter Only)
 
Yellow Bhut (Over Winter Only)
Peach Bhut 
Chocolate Bhut 
White Bhut 
Peach X 
 
Yellow Fatalii 
Red Fatalii (Over Winter Only)
Chocolate Fatalii 
Fatalii Cream
 
MoA Scotch Bonnet 2 plants going strong
 
7 Pod Burgundy (3 Over Winter) 4 cells planted 12/26 (seed from stinger pod)
 
Yellow Devil's Tongue 
Chocolate Devil's Tongue
 
Yellow Moruga 
Brown Moruga 7 seedlings up
 
Primo (Over Winter Only)
 
Yellow Congo 
 
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Yellow Manzano 1 plant going strong, one seedling up 1 helmet removed, survival iffy
Orange Manzano 0-3 on planting so far
 
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Jimmy Nardello
Douce d'Espagne
Sweet Goliath
Lipstick
Patio Red
Dulce Rojo Paprika 
 
HillBilly Jeff said:
 
 
But could one argue leaving them close to the constant light source early on can give them a thicker stem?  I know what you mean about the grow room being crowded....The last month is the worst for watering them all.  I am begging to plant out at that point in time lol

Just did a quick cleaning of the grow room.  I have 6 4 foot sections with two banks of light in each one, and I can expand this to 10 sections if I need to.  
 
I also have a 4 foot grow table with two banks of lights that I can use.
 
My two foot metal table gets a little warm for growing, but makes a great germ table.  
 
Sounds like a lot of room, but once the plants start getting ready to harden off, it gets crowded.  I can use the area I first set up for my OW to put a lot of plants....depending on the temps, but this would be April, so the temps should be pretty good.   Could be a pre-season harden off section :)

2014 Grow List Kicking Off​
 
 
 
********* ******* (3rd Gen) 15 Plants, 3 from each parent
 
Goliath Jalapeno
Purple Jalapeno
 
----------------------------
 
Bonda Ma Jacques
Harold St Barts
Chocolate Habanero (Over Winter Only)
Mustard Habanero
Datil  (Over Winter Only)
Paper Lantern 
JA Habanero
West Indie Red Habanero
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Cherry/Big Bomb
Santa Fe Grande 
Inca Red Drop
Budapest
Biggie Chile
Hurrikan
Pmeta De Neyde X 2 seedlings up
Tepin x lemon drop
Antilles fire
---------------------------------
 
Peach TS 
Yellow Scorpion (1 Over Winter) 4 cells planted 12/26
CARDI 
 
Yellow Billy Boy Douglah
 
Yellow Brain Strain
Red Brain Strain (Over Winter Only)
 
Yellow Bhut (Over Winter Only)
Peach Bhut 
Chocolate Bhut 
White Bhut 
Peach X 
 
Yellow Fatalii 
Red Fatalii (Over Winter Only)
Chocolate Fatalii 
Fatalii Cream
 
MoA Scotch Bonnet 2 plants going strong
 
7 Pod Burgundy (3 Over Winter) 4 cells planted 12/26 (seed from stinger pod)
 
Yellow Devil's Tongue 
Chocolate Devil's Tongue
 
Yellow Moruga 
Brown Moruga 7 seedlings up
 
Primo (Over Winter Only)
 
Yellow Congo 
 
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Yellow Manzano 1 plant going strong, one seedling up 1 helmet removed, survival iffy
Orange Manzano 0-3 on planting so far
 
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Jimmy Nardello
Douce d'Espagne
Sweet Goliath
Lipstick
Patio Red
Dulce Rojo Paprika 
 
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Nice list Jeff! How are the overwinters holding up?
 
Nice list Jeff. 
 
When are you putting seeds in the dirt for the bulk of your crop? I'm planting everything else I need to plant some time in Jan. Yes, the grow room will get real crowded, but  want peppers early darn it. 
 
maximumcapsicum said:
 
Nice list Jeff! How are the overwinters holding up?
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They are all holding up well except for the chocolate habanero.  IT is browning and has some wilt leaf going on.  It is the only OW I have from the front garden, all the rest came from the back garden.

Jeff H said:
Nice list Jeff. 
 
When are you putting seeds in the dirt for the bulk of your crop? I'm planting everything else I need to plant some time in Jan. Yes, the grow room will get real crowded, but  want peppers early darn it. 
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The bullk of the planting will be in January.  I am just playing around with some staggered plantings right now.  Tomatoes won't go in until February.  They can get quite tall if I plant them too soon, but the more stem I bury during plant out, the better root system I will get too.
 
Some of my brown moruga are setting their first trues.  Loving it.
 
 
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Got out with the nice weather today and cut some posts for a pickle fence in the front garden.  Now I will be able to rotate them.
 
 
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The butch T nots (yellow) and the burgundy I planted last night are still not up :(
 
Really happy that the Neyde cross popped up so well.  With only having five or six seeds and the issues I had last year I was a bit worried on these.

Just looking at the pic of the Neyde from the 25th to the pic from today, I think if I am really quiet, I can hear them grow :)
 
That looks just too good, my friend!
 
Do you use powder in the recipe, or ?
 
PaulG said:
That looks just too good, my friend!
 
Do you use powder in the recipe, or ?
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Quite simple recipe.
 
3 cups chocolate chips, I prefer the 60% dark
1 can condensed milk 14 ounce
half stick parkay
1/4 teas pepper powder
 
Heat in microwave for about three minutes or until you can stir it smooth.  If you want to add a dash of vanilla you can.
 
Once it it stirred smooth, rubber spatula it into a sheet pan and let cool.
 
I went with chenzo powder and went slightly over the 1/4 teas.  Gives a nice warm feeling to the throat and everyone can eat it.  
 
I ordered some more strawberry plants this year.  Usually get tired of taking care of them and keeping the water grass pulled from the rows.  Trying something different this year.
 
 
I am seeing a nice raised strawberry bed here.  Just need to find the proper location and make sure I have a mat underneath to keep that grass from trying to push up through the bed.
 
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Old tire has been in the family for a long time lol....keeps me in tune with the old homestead.
 
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