It's never too early to get started!

Sooo... 2022 season is over and most of my 2023 plants are already there - no reason not to start a new thread already!

See my previous glog... https://thehotpepper.com/threads/2022-too-early-to-get-started.75362/

While all my current plants are technically overwinterers, only a couple have grown through the 2022 season and are considered interesting enough to keep for next seasons grow.

Let's start with the famous Schneider farms SB plant, which will be going into it's third season in 2023. It currently doesn't look all that nice but that was also the case during the winter of 2021 so no worries here...

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Next in row is my Scotch Brains plant...

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And then there's the Humble Servants Homestead (HSH) SB, which was also elected to stay for next season...

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[MarcV]

Dang, I ordered a couple of seed packs from THSC this weekend... yes, I know, it's sad (Seed Acquisition Disorder)...

But what really scares me is that, contrary to what I'm used to from THSC, I received a TRACKING CODE! That may very well mean that the envelope will pass through customs and I'll have to pay taxes and handling costs! Dang Neil, what did you do to me! That's another €20 or so!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

I'm not laughing at possible custom duties but the fact that you've got the seed disease

 

[Ratatouille]

Is it infectious? Cause I feel something coming up.

 

[MarcV]

Definitely...

 

[Tinkerbelle]

there is no cure

 

[MarcV]

Don't tell anybody! I just put another six varieties in the soil!...

• Orange blob
• Fatalii
• Orange fatalii
• Carbonero
• Kraken scorpion orange
• 7pot nebru (again as the previous attempt failed)

I'm keeping them at room temperature without heat mat. Germination may take a bit longer this way...

 

[Ratatouille]

I'm scrolling back to the beginning of your glog after posting this. Out of curiosity, to see if you had plans on sowing only x varieties this year.

 

[Ratatouille]

So I already have a total of 8 plants going for next season.

I normally try to limit my grow to a maximum of 10 plants although usually there will be a couple more.

I do not want to make the mistake I made last season with starting too many different varieties and then having to conclude that I don't have enough room for all of them.

I'll have to be very careful in deciding which varieties to add to fill the remaining spots.

Wait, who's glog is this? It's like I am looking in a mirror. I love my THP tribe.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

it all sounds oh so familiar

 

[MarcV]

You people are making me crazy!

Now that I think of it... I could also add the the red hab seeds that I got from PaulG a couple of seasons back, they deserve to be grown also!

I'll just have to keep the plants sized down. Letting them grow all the way is unthinkable with the room I have...

 

[MarcV]

Wait, who's glog is this? It's like I am looking in a mirror. I love my THP tribe.

I think you have to go back to my 2022 glog to find that I only planned 5 seedlings + 3 overwinterers for this season...

 

[Ratatouille]

We should meet halfway between where we live and do an exchange where we both hand each other our surplus plants.

There. Problem solved.

 

[MarcV]

Great idea

 

[Grass Snake]

You people are making me crazy!

Now that I think of it... I could also add the the red hab seeds that I got from PaulG a couple of seasons back, they deserve to be grown also!

I'll just have to keep the plants sized down. Letting them grow all the way is unthinkable with the room I have...

Have you grown any red scotch bonnets before?

 

[MarcV]

Nope, no red SB's yet...

 

[Grass Snake]

Well the Reb Hab is close enough

 

[ahayastani]

No Re Hab is going to cure this addiction...

 

[MarcV]

For the record...

Top row: JA Red Habanero purple foliage cross / kraken scorpion orange
Bottom row: Carbonero / Fatalii / Orange Fatalii / 7pot Nebru / Orange Blob

 

[MarcV]

Dang, I ordered a couple of seed packs from THSC this weekend... yes, I know, it's sad (Seed Acquisition Disorder)...

But what really scares me is that, contrary to what I'm used to from THSC, I received a TRACKING CODE! That may very well mean that the envelope will pass through customs and I'll have to pay taxes and handling costs! Dang Neil, what did you do to me! That's another €20 or so!

...and there you have it... just received a message that I have to pay a fee of 19.74 euros for import of a couple of measly seeds...

 

[Ratatouille]

Dang.

How do customs calculate the import fée?