Jamison's "Red Dirt Grow" PLANTOUT 5/4/14

meatfreak · Jan 16, 2014

Jamison said:
I feel ya there man! I'm pretty sure I'll like it too!

Ramon! You know the MoAs will forever have a spot in my garden. Have some of your famous JA Habs soaking as well. I can't wait to see how the MoA's turn out too. Def something to be looking forward too. I wish I wouldn't have indulged soooo much on those last year, now I barely have any left. I did make some beef patties yesterday with a couple of JA Habs tho mon!

Thanks! I might have to add some more Jalapeno's tho I'm thinkin.

Thanks for the welcome! Was a little homesick at first, but loving it more day by day.

Hey Jesse! Thanks for the info. The neighbor told me that the dead end road I live on use to be a cotton field, so might get lucky. I def am gonna start a compost pile in the very near future and probably a worm bin. Def looking forward to the longer season and warmer climate!

Thanks Neil!

Thank you Judy! Lovin it more and more each day. Such a beautiful state! Can't wait for 70's. Even these 40 degree days feel like spring to me lol. Thanks for the info. I've been meaning to research the soil around here and find somewhere to test it. I appreciate the welcome, and all the seeds as well!!

Thanks! Should be enough to keep me warm next winter. I'm also looking forward to seeing some my pics!!

Can't have to many Jalapeno's

roper2008 · Jan 16, 2014

That's good your with your family now. Happy 2014 grow. I'll be watching.

Trippa · Jan 17, 2014

Great list and exciting to have new surroundings and new opportunities !! best of luck!!

stickman · Jan 17, 2014

Nice list Jamison! Good luck with your 2014 grow in your new place. Cheers!

Devv · Jan 17, 2014

Jamison said:
Thanks Scott! Too funny about the leaf collecting. My yard is littered with leaves that I was gonna put to good use! Actually been seeing a few deer every time I've been driving. Mostly at night tho. All does, they're soo tiny around here. I'm use to them monsters up north. Seen a bigger doe tonight tho. They're def around. Got my boy out the other day for his first lesson on his compound. He's only 6, gotta start em young tho. He's loving it here, shooting bows and his BB guns.

I work for a school district, the grounds people have been raking leaves, I asked them to put the bags in my truck, so far 4 full truck loads. Can't beat that, just unload and pile.

And yes the further south you go the smaller the body size, but usually the amount one can harvest goes up too as the population is higher down south. Here we can harvest 5 deer, 3 buck tags, or 5 does. More than we can eat!

Glad you have your son starting early. I did the same with my son, started taking him hunting when he was 5...talk, talk, talk he did...never saw any deer on those hunts...LOL good memories.

Have a great weekend!

Jamison · Jan 21, 2014

Hey THP! I'm back after switching ISP's. The new connection is much, much faster. Added 4 more strains to list in the past couple days. I have to thank Judy and Denniz for sending me some seeds! Anyways I added, 7 Pod Lava, and Brown Moruga from Judy and Pink Tiger, and Yaki Blue from Denniz. Seeds got soaked the other night and planted this morning. Also got a really good start on tilling a garden in. Here's a couple pics. Probably gonna go twice this big. Haven't tooken a tape measure to it yet.

JJJessee · Jan 21, 2014

Looks great, J!
Looks like good, soft soil, no rocks that I can see.
Mulch those plants like crazy especially since it's the first year out of sod.
Adding a cover crop this fall would be a big plus.

I guess 18'x55'

maximumcapsicum · Jan 21, 2014

Man! Nice gardening space! Gonna produce a ton of pods!

Sawyer · Jan 22, 2014

Nice, I agree with JJJ, that soil looks fantastic. In that first picture, are those pine seedlings to the right? If so, they'll eventually cause trouble as they grow, though from the second photo, it looks like they're at least 10' or so away, in which case, it might be a few years before you start noticing anything.

PIC 1 · Jan 22, 2014

Jamison...........dude that's a perfect color soil ..a mix of black and brown..........where's the red ?
Your weather must really be nice...I can see buds on the trees.......... :cool:

If I had a plot that big it would just be for Bonnets..........hint..hint.....and I'd cut out and till a few more....for the rest of the c.chinense
Have fun with the 2014 grow

meatfreak · Jan 22, 2014

Wow, that's an amazing plot, Jamison! Your gonna have a lot of pleasure from it, are you gonna grow other stuff besides peppers as well?

Devv · Jan 22, 2014

That's the first thing I thought, not red clay as I know it, you know the stuff where the tiller either skims over the top or yanks your arms out of the sockets

So your darn close already with that soil, and lucky. Looks like it has a lot of humus in it already.

What kind of grass is that? Don't know if it's Bermuda or if it grows there, if so it will try to come back. Bermuda has runners, so if that's the case try and rake out as much as you can.

Enjoy the getting ready, it's half the fun!

BTW, Thanks for the Manzano seeds, they're already in the dirt!

Sawyer · Jan 23, 2014

I hate Bermuda. I've had it come up through 18" of mulch.

Devv · Jan 23, 2014

Sawyer said:
I hate Bermuda. I've had it come up through 18" of mulch.

Nothing really kills it. I keep a 2 foot boundary sprayed with roundup on windless days so it doesn't creep into the garden. I still have it trying in the garden, one has to be right on top of it and dig it down when it pokes out of the ground.

If it's dry repeated deep tilling works well, but if it rains and root pieces are there you've just made things worse. That's why I brought it up, not sure if Jamison has ever run into it...

maximumcapsicum · Jan 23, 2014

Good soil. You sound make more garden though =).

Jamison · Jan 23, 2014

Thanks for the comments everyone! That picture isn't the greatest. I'll have to take another pic to show the red more. I was fairly surprised at how nice it did look, and there wasn't any rocks to be found. The neighbor told me that this whole area use to be a cotton field. I kinda figured it would be decent soil. Wasn't easy to till what so ever. Think I got er pretty fluffy now. That little bit took me about 9 hours to do. Anyways, seeds have been sprouting, and lots of little hooks that are visible. Set up the T5's on a makeshift PVC stand. Got a couple out of the germ tray and planted into solo cups with Ocean Forest and of course a sprinkle of Mykos.

Seeds that have germinated:

Jalapeno "Cracked"
Urfa Biber
Thai Orange
Large Red 7 Pod
Goat's Weed

Triple coty Manzano.

Devv · Jan 23, 2014

Looking good Jamison! Here we go!

Nice pics, I hope to have some pubes posted real soon!

Wife's asking 'bout the camo cups..

When the garden is hard I water and wait a few days, don't want to till mud, just soften. Dude! 9 hours with a front tine tiller?

Isn't youth wonderful?

HillBilly Jeff · Jan 24, 2014

Love the garden spot, but there seems to be too much green around it

Nice looking dirt. Looks like it would hold moisture well.

Good looking starts too!!

Must admit, I am jealous of the pink tiger too. Good luck on that!!!

Jamison · Jan 24, 2014

Thanks guys!

Jamison · Jan 25, 2014

Came home to this last night!

Over half of the seeds have germinated already. Less than a week. Fastest germ rates I've ever had. Wondering if it has to do with that Kangaroots I soaked the rapid rooters in. And who says you can't germinate seeds in Ocean Forest? It's always worked for me. Def proves that it's not as "hot" as people think. Have about 20 seedlings to pot up today. I'll take some more pics later.