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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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Wow HJeff! Love your farm. Cool to see that the kale made it all the way through. Had to tear mine out to make room for the silly number of peppers I planted this year, but you got to do what you got to do right?
 
Nice review. So you sure you didn't get any of the fruit on your lips? The heat went there on its own? Bizarre. Sounds like it would make a very nice, mild, sauce though.
 
Pretty certain of it.  I will have more naturally matured pods to try later in the year.  I am sure those will pack a bigger punch when the real sun gets on them.
 
Made it through the night fine.  I don't think it got as cold as they were saying it was going to get.
 
Got three kinds of bunching onions to get put in the dirt today and I think that's all the planting I will do today.
 
On the hoop clips....just thinking out loud....
 
 For a 1/2"  hoop, I'd try a 3/4" piece of PVC pipe (the clamp stock) and cut  ~3/8" kerf in one side. I don't have a kerf blade so I'd do 2 cuts clamping the PVC to a 2x4 to hold it straight to feed through the table saw.
 
Hopefully the 3/4" ID would about equal the plastic/row cover plus the wall thickness of the 1/2" hoop close enough to be snug would allow some spring to the kerf size.
 
Size of the kerf, thickness of the PVC clamp stock, and final length of each clamp would need some tweaking.
 
Might even make a jig to kerf the clamp stock after cutting clamps to length.
 
just thinking
 
Got the potatoes in the ground finally.
 
 
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Got the front of the fence tilled so I can get it leveled better and get the marigolds planted.  Skimmed the sod off with a shovel first to limit the amount of bouncing I did.  Tiller wouldn't start, but a spin of the spark plug on my wire brush attachment on the grinder did the trick for tonight.
 
 
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Fishing tomorrow, then everything starts going into the dirt...starting with the OW I believe.
 
Dirt day has arrived for the OW.  Tomorrow more plants get stuck in the dirt.  My goal is to have everything planted before Monday.
 
The first two (bhuts) I took out of the pot to plant.  Everyone after that, I cut the pots off.  Rather waste the 30 cent pot than set these plants back any.  Did not have the root system I thought they would have.  Not enough feed/right soil mix I am sure.
 
Yellow Bhut
 
 
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Peach Bhut
 
 
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Three Burgundy
 
 
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The Yellow Butch T
 
 
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Datil
 
 
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Fatalii
 
 
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Primo
 
 
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Brain Strain
 
 
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Hoping to see these guys take off and give me some massive poddage this season.  They bloomed while in the house, but never did set pods which was really surprising to me.
 
If I plant peppers tomorrow instead of nons, my goal is to fill one raised bed with my hab types.  I think one bed will hold them.
 
Get home from work today and the only OW that is being stressed is the yellow Bhut.  One of the ones I didn't cut the pot off of.  Just checked and it is looking better.
 
Looks like I am going to have some fruit this year....can't wait.
 
 
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One bed planted.  I believe there are 33 Habanero type peppers in this bed.
 
 
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I also planted out all the other non pepper plants except for the tomatoes.  Bed two gets planted tomorrow and hopefully all the sweets and milds get stuck in the back garden.
 
Looking at all these plants I am starting to think that even with the extra beds I might be pinched for space.

I should not have kept the 31/2 inch pots in a tray that holds them.  Peppers didn't get super stable and I am a bit worried about wind damage.  Got them in cages, but I think a trip to the store for dowel rods tomorrow is in order.
 
Devv said:
 
A lot of mine have fallen over, early this year, but no sign of the tops turning brown yet. I usually see this 30 day from now.
 
Have a great week!
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Anecdotal. But last year I had a group of 3 deer decide to BED DOWN in my rows of onions. They knocked down about 80% of them mid-June.
 
While a few died, most (strangely) kept right on growing along the ground, and I had a decent harvest out of it. Was a real pain to weed them after that but hey, onions are onions. :)
HillBilly Jeff said:
 
 
One bed planted.  I believe there are 33 Habanero type peppers in this bed.
 
 
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I also planted out all the other non pepper plants except for the tomatoes.  Bed two gets planted tomorrow and hopefully all the sweets and milds get stuck in the back garden.
 
Looking at all these plants I am starting to think that even with the extra beds I might be pinched for space.

I should not have kept the 31/2 inch pots in a tray that holds them.  Peppers didn't get super stable and I am a bit worried about wind damage.  Got them in cages, but I think a trip to the store for dowel rods tomorrow is in order.
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Fantastic!!! 
 
You're going to have soooo many habaneros man, wow. :)
 
TrentL said:
 
 
Fantastic!!! 
 
You're going to have soooo many habaneros man, wow. :)
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That is the plan.  Sadly my yellow hab probably won't make it.  Had too much going on to properly look after them all and I think it was held back by the growth of the others around it.  The peach is behind schedule as well, but both weren't planned on this season.
 
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