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

 

Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.

 

Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.

 

Just throwing this up here to plan out my list for next year.  Looking at some changes to my grow next year.

 

[JJJessee]

I've been burned by those spring, harbringing, robins before.
All the poetry and robins in the world won't bring spring one day quicker.
Maybe I'm just overcome by mid-winter curmudgery .
 
Tomorrow is mid-winter day.
We can tear the page of January out of book for this year.
We have survived the brute force of winter, now it starts to resort to psychological warfare as well.
And in the southern mountains, we'll have skirmishes on into April if not a few days of May too.
 
I think everybody's grow room will be busting at the seams within 6 weeks.
If not a lot sooner. 

 

[Devv]

That is a little bit too much like work.  I am really hoping I don't have to get to that point.

Well I think at some point you will
 
I feel the sun and wind is good for them, it's a hardening process. I only haul them out if they can do 3 days or so outside. Looks like they come back in this evening.

I've been burned by those spring, harbringing, robins before.
All the poetry and robins in the world won't bring spring one day quicker.
Maybe I'm just overcome by mid-winter curmudgery .
 
Tomorrow is mid-winter day.
We can tear the page of January out of book for this year.
We have survived the brute force of winter, now it starts to resort to psychological warfare as well.
And in the southern mountains, we'll have skirmishes on into April if not a few days of May too.
 
I think everybody's grow room will be busting at the seams within 6 weeks.
If not a lot sooner. 

Oh mine hit the sooner mark already!

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

February is here, and Mother Nature is dumping snow on me again.  Good news is we're 28 days from March and that's when the ice comes off the lake and the boat hits the water.  Everything I start indoors that hasn't been started will be started next month.  Should be the last month of the wood stove.  Perhaps a little into March, but depends on the cold.  If I can't run the wood stove constantly, I will switch to furnace.  Then April will be here and some garden work will begin.  And I have a lot of work to do.  Raised beds to create, A border garden to create.  Another tall fence to put in the front garden so I can rotate my pickles (pickling cukes).  The first tall fence I put in will have snow peas, and some climbing beans on it this season.  Tulips could be up before all the snow is gone.  Daffodils as well.  And turkey season starts in April.  It will be some really busy times, but some of the best times of the year.
 
Then once all is in the garden, it is time to reap what we sow.
 
Okay, back to the present.  
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My bird picture made it onto Chicago news this morning, spring has sprung.  Kind of cool.  And yes, I think we all will be running out of room, but oh the joy of seeing all them plants reach for the lights and thicken their stems.  
 
Trying a new watering style this morning.  I am taking the 18 pot tray with the holes in the bottom into a water tight tray and bottom watering the peppers.  Bottom watering should limit damping off issue that I think mainly happens with top watering. 
 
Peter is a really fast growing pepper.  It is putting on buds already.  I would have to check my notes, but I believe this pepper was planted mid to late December.  I am thinking next year no peppers get planted until February.  But the itch will hit to get dirt under the nails and the worry about slow germination will hit again too lol.
 
Looks like it will be picture day today.

 

[GA Growhead]

Those peters are annuums. They will out grow all the chinense in no time!

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Those peters are annuums. They will out grow all the chinense in no time!

 
 
They are outgrowing annuums that are older than they are by a long shot.  If peppers were cars, Peter would be the only one with NOS.

 

[Jeff H]

Peters look good. 
 
Stay warm. More snow in the forecast. <sigh> They say Tuesday around here, so you'll probably get it on Monday. 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Peters look good. 
 
Stay warm. More snow in the forecast. <sigh> They say Tuesday around here, so you'll probably get it on Monday. 

 
Calling Tuesday here.  Could be snow/rain/ice or a mix.
 
 
Thought I'd start off with some food.
 
 

 
 
 
Guess I will start off with three St Barts that have some leaf issue.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
Here are my first jaques.  Going to pot them up today.
 
 

 
 
 
Here are the ones I sprouted behind the wood stove.  Going to have a ton of these.  
 
 

 
 
 
Second round of Manzano
 
 

 
 
 
First Manzano
 
 

 
 
 
Brown Moruga and Neyde X
 
 

 
 
 
My big ole Peter
 
 

 
 
 
Bump Please
New to this bottom watering, any advice on how long to leave them in the water?

 

[JJJessee]

Bumpit.
 
COOKIEEEEEEEES!
 
Lookin' good, Jeff
Those Brown Moruga X Neyde crossed look especially happy.

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Bumpit.
 
COOKIEEEEEEEES!
 
Lookin' good, Jeff
Those Brown Moruga X Neyde crossed look especially happy.

 
 
Thank you and thank you for the bump!!!
My color strain grow outs.
 
 

 
 
 
Some assorted peppers in their trays.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
Two rounds of MoA
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
One more bump please.

 

[GA Growhead]

bump!

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Potted up my tomatillos this morning.  Of course this is a before picture as I didn't take an after pic lol
 
 

 
 
 
Making some pizza pockets.  Should have whipped up some pizza dough instead of pie crust, but it is all going to get chewed up any how.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
....to be continued

 

[Jeff H]

Nice pizza there. That reminds me of something I forgot. 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

 
 
 

 

[HabaneroHead]

 
 
 
 
Guess I will start off with three St Barts that have some leaf issue.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 
 
Hi Jeff,
 
Beautiful plants! Leaf issue sucks...I am having quite similar with my plants. Do you know what could cause it? Too much water? Lack of calcium?
 
Balázs
 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

LOL just posted the same thing on your glog.  I am pretty sure they will grow out of it.

 

[Nick08*]

Peppers all coming along nicely! I had to have some pizza too after reading SG's posts. 

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Had to share a link I was given on face book
 

31 Fearless Ways To Stuff A Jalapeño Chile
 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/emofly/31-fearless-ways-to-stuff-a-jalapeno-chile

 

[JJJessee]

My couple of Jalas last year didn't do much. I've been searching the Burpee racks for Billy Bikers this year with no luck thus far.
The grocers around here only carry the mildest of mild Jala's 
Though I'm not a big fan of bacon, all those looked pretty good, Jeff. The chessy cornbread filling was eye catching, and mouth watering.
Thanks.

 

[Capsicum Select]

Caught back up with the mouth watering food posts, and tease of spring. Can't come soon enough. I just want to grow grow grow! You've definitely got your hands full! Everyone is looking good! I wouldn't worry too much about the leaf curl on those little ones. As long as you have ruled out mites and the like. I have a group of Trinidad Perfumes/7Pots that did that until I got them into the sun outside and they grew out of it. 
 
Im not sure how productive they are but I have Giant Jalapeno seeds saved from some of Judy's peppers if you want me to send you some PM me. They would make great stuffing peppers.

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

My couple of Jalas last year didn't do much. I've been searching the Burpee racks for Billy Bikers this year with no luck thus far.
The grocers around here only carry the mildest of mild Jala's 
Though I'm not a big fan of bacon, all those looked pretty good, Jeff. The chessy cornbread filling was eye catching, and mouth watering.
Thanks.

 
Mine didn't do well last year either. Goliath are pretty warm and so are Bikers.  I believe Bikers are hotter but I think the Goliath are larger.
 

Caught back up with the mouth watering food posts, and tease of spring. Can't come soon enough. I just want to grow grow grow! You've definitely got your hands full! Everyone is looking good! I wouldn't worry too much about the leaf curl on those little ones. As long as you have ruled out mites and the like. I have a group of Trinidad Perfumes/7Pots that did that until I got them into the sun outside and they grew out of it. 
 
Im not sure how productive they are but I have Giant Jalapeno seeds saved from some of Judy's peppers if you want me to send you some PM me. They would make great stuffing peppers.

 
I think Goliath are hybrids and you can't save the seeds from them and have them grow true.