JCW 2016

OCD Chilehead · May 24, 2016

jcw10tc said:
Thanks, I'll finish the fence after planting. No use having a fence around nothing, so did the parts toward the road, gate and back in a few weeks. Maybe someday some raised beds in there or something to fix the soil.

Wish i was so fortunate, I have no topsoil on my property, only yellow sticky nasty clay. For now the holes with mix work. I really don't know if I want to put too much effort into this as hoping to not be in this house in 5 or 10 years, too much to take care of here. The other yardwork is a good 6+ hours a week, + all the other maintenance projects and aging things.

Skunks I don't need. Of all thet pests possible I suppose thats the one thing I have never seen at my house and I really don't know why. I live on the edge of a pretty big patch of woods. I have had every other wild animal Illinois has to offer in my yard at one point or another, sometimes over 20 deer at one time, but no skunks. Pretty sure the small holes were from the squirrels, they sure like to dig in peat mix. I'll probably have some walnut trees sprout up next to a pepper this year, which sucks as they are toxic and already have ruined the back edge of my property from ever growing peppers. Last year coons attacked and tore plants out of the ground the night after planting and tipped over half my pots. Its a never ending battle.

I have lived here 9 years now, and the war against the natives has never stopped. I don't think I am winning overall but have the upper hand on a few fronts. The chipmunk numbers are greatly reduced, but still not gone. But the moles keep coming in from the park behind me. I need to do some grub control probably but yard is so damn big don't want to spend the money on it. Squirrels and raccoons are everywhere. I have a Ruger pellet rifle that will stop them all. Don't use it often, pretty loud and looks like a real rifle from a distance as its so big and has a big scope on it. Have had the police called on me once by people in the park.

And yeah the clay, doing what I can. I figure some time if I can keep the same spot now inside the fence withing a few years of digging holes should have enough mix and peat in there to think about ammending and tilling, that is if I don't do raised beds. Hard to commit to either when plan is to be moved in 5 or 10 years to a smaller house.

Hey Justin

How big of a hole do you dig, when transplanting into the clay? Wondering how much mix to add? I have the same problem.

Hope the plants are doing well.

moruga welder · May 24, 2016

Looking good my friend ! Gonna be one HOT SUMMMER for you !

jcw10tc · May 24, 2016

OCD Chilehead said:
Hey Justin

How big of a hole do you dig, when transplanting into the clay? Wondering how much mix to add? I have the same problem.

Hope the plants are doing well.

Last few seasons I used post hole diggers and dug a hole about 12 to 18" deep and filled with mix of peat,topsoil, composted manure. They did great. This year since I moved spots and had even more holes to dig, I just went with your standard round point shovel and dug a hole of similar size but probably only 9 to 12 inches deep. Seems to hold about 2 to 3 scoops of mix. Hoping its enough, I think it should be. Now if I can just win the battle with the critters and heat.

moruga welder said:
Looking good my friend ! Gonna be one HOT SUMMMER for you !

Well, spring sure is hot all the sudden and too hot for some of my smaller not hardened enough plants. I have lost some already since I planted in high 60s low 70s last week and then it shoots straight to upper 80s with no clouds in sight for 4 days now. Combine that with the onslaught by the racoons digging around all my plants I guess thinking the organic fertilizer and/or bonemeal I use is something for them to eat. Its been tough, but should have something to show for it I hope but been a frustrating start so far and now still have more to plant and all I see is high 80s for the coming days and storms, so just not matching up well with the weather at all this year. I need to check out yours see how things are going, I just have had so little time, haven't had a chance to browse much.

OCD Chilehead · May 24, 2016

Thanks Justin,

That gives me hope. Your plants kicked a$$ last year. Hope mine are half as good as yours.

D3monic · May 24, 2016

jcw10tc said:
Last few seasons I used post hole diggers and dug a hole about 12 to 18" deep and filled with mix of peat,topsoil, composted manure. They did great. This year since I moved spots and had even more holes to dig, I just went with your standard round point shovel and dug a hole of similar size but probably only 9 to 12 inches deep. Seems to hold about 2 to 3 scoops of mix. Hoping its enough, I think it should be. Now if I can just win the battle with the critters and heat.

Well, spring sure is hot all the sudden and too hot for some of my smaller not hardened enough plants. I have lost some already since I planted in high 60s low 70s last week and then it shoots straight to upper 80s with no clouds in sight for 4 days now. Combine that with the onslaught by the racoons digging around all my plants I guess thinking the organic fertilizer and/or bonemeal I use is something for them to eat. Its been tough, but should have something to show for it I hope but been a frustrating start so far and now still have more to plant and all I see is high 80s for the coming days and storms, so just not matching up well with the weather at all this year. I need to check out yours see how things are going, I just have had so little time, haven't had a chance to browse much.

maybe put a bucket of dogfood with some chicken wire over the top on the other side the property. Just big enough for filthy lil coon hands to reach in but not pig out. Though that may just attract more at least it would be a diversion?

jcw10tc · May 24, 2016

OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks Justin,

That gives me hope. Your plants kicked a$$ last year. Hope mine are half as good as yours.

Yeah, I attribute part of mine last year was due to the weather. It seemed too wet, but maybe it wasn't so bad after all. We had about 20 inches of rain in June and first part of July, then went bone dry for over a month. I hope my holes are deep enough this year, I always thought that having that mix go down 12 to 18" gave roots plenty of space to grow down and also allowed for some good drainage. It did work great last 2 years. Before doing this I felt like I had no hope to grow anything in the ground here without building raised beds, which I still want to do eventually.

I think I posted my mix somewhere before, but if interested here is exactly what my formula has been for the in ground stuff.
1.5 cu ft compressed bail peat moss (i cut a 3 foot and half and use half per batch)
2 x .75 cu ft bags of top soil
2 x .75 cu ft bags of composted manure
about 2 to 4 cups of pelletized lime
about 2 to 4 cups of pelletized gypsum
that was the base, mix the top soil and composted manure i would get from a midwestern big box hardware store we have here called Menard's and its cheap but one of the best quality ones I have found

when i plant out i normally roughly 1 tablespoon of an organic fertilizer for tomatoes, jobes did very well last year, 1 tablespoon of bonemeal and 1 to 2 tablespoons of gypsum again.

not sure how i came up with those, but its simple and from my results last 2 seasons i cannot come up with a reason to change. not sure if all will work in your environment, but i wish you good luck and hope you can have a stellar season

D3monic said:
maybe put a bucket of dogfood with some chicken wire over the top on the other side the property. Just big enough for filthy lil coon hands to reach in but not pig out. Though that may just attract more at least it would be a diversion?

Way ahead of you on that, and have other things in the works. I had 0 damage last night so hopefully making some progress.

OCD Chilehead · May 24, 2016

Thanks, I was going to ask, but didn't want to bother you. I'm going to plant this weekend. Your mix is close to mine. I think it will work just fine.

Glad to hear no damage to the plant's last night. I've been a bit worried. I use organics with bone meal.

Devv · May 27, 2016

Coons!

They hammered me this spring. Out of about 60 plants 15-20 made it. In fact we had a critter invasion. I bought Dog proof traps, a live trap, and rat traps, I keep them baited still.

And yes, the bone meal, I have some and it's in the garden shed. I held off after reading it attracted critters. I'll use it, but way (a month or so) before I plant next season.

I hope they leave you be and you have a great season

D3monic · Jun 1, 2016

Peach Bhuts, where they growing by cayenne by any chance? Interesting pods they are developing. Always seems the plants that start out the best turn out to be accidental crosses. Plants going to be loaded with pods

OCD Chilehead · Jun 14, 2016

How's the new garden area doing? We're going to need some pics soon.

Hope all is well.

jcw10tc · Jun 14, 2016

OCD Chilehead said:
How's the new garden area doing? We're going to need some pics soon.

Hope all is well.

Things are dong better. Just been so busy haven't had time or energy to post much. But snapped a few crude pics tonight for you.

Annuums and baccatums here and a few chinense spares that look pretty poor. Starting to go pretty good finally, gotta get some weeds out of the raised part.

This one is all sueprhots, lot of BBG7, various reapers, brain strains, peach bhuts and jonahs. Some of my favorites. Wanted to put them in some know good ground. Next year have to plant grass in this spot. Few in buckets that I can move around as needed. Most are starting to go pretty good, with a few runts that were beat down by some early bad weather but look like they might survive.

This is the Trident patch. Majority of these are bonnets and the like. My 3 pubescens are here and a few other habenero types. All of these are looking pretty good now even though a few were uprooted by raccoons early in their lives.

Here is the main patch and hopefully all of the future chinense varieties will be inside this fence. There is a lot of peppers in here. A few weeks back, looked not so good, the heat seems to be taking its toll on them. I did loose a few to weather, a few to a rabbit, but now most are doing pretty well. I lost a few that were in a very wet spot that I removed the plastic from and now its dry as a bone. I have a about 4 or 5 that might not make it, but many are looking strong and really starting to take off. Now to see if they will start setting pods. Heat here is pretty bad for early June.

Heres my 2 yellow nagabrains that I feared were toast. The leaves wilted, they dropped, they fell completely off. The ground in this spot was extremely wet even though we have had very little rain. I took off some of the plastic, it has dried out, and they look like they are going to give it a go. Some new shoots and leaves are forming leaving me some hope.

Heres a few healthier plants.

Chocolate Primo

Phantom

Brain Strain Black Rose

D3monic · Jun 14, 2016

looking good and the fenced in spot turned out nice. Did your critter problem absolve?

mpicante · Jun 14, 2016

Looking great Justin!!!

OCD Chilehead · Jun 14, 2016

Looks great Justin. Very inspiring grow. Between everyday life and the garden, your not kidding on the lack of energy. Do you water by hand? I'm dealing with extreme heat as well.

Thank you for taking the time and energy to post this fantastic update.

Best of luck and take some time for yourself my friend.

jcw10tc · Jun 14, 2016

D3monic said:
looking good and the fenced in spot turned out nice. Did your critter problem absolve?

Thanks, and yeah I think I am past the worst of the critter issues. The ferts should be watered in pretty good now. I normally don't have many issues after they have been in the ground a few weeks. I took measures to distract them from the plants and other actions to let them know I wasn't happy with their presence near the garden.

mpicante said:
Looking great Justin!!!

Thanks, was a lot more work this year than any previous year, happy they are all planted and that phase is over.

OCD Chilehead said:
Looks great Justin. Very inspiring grow. Between everyday life and the garden, your not kidding on the lack of energy. Do you water by hand? I'm dealing with extreme heat as well.

Thank you for taking the time and energy to post this fantastic update.

Best of luck and take some time for yourself my friend.

Thanks my friend. Yes I water by hand. I thought about a soaker hose, sprinkler, resurrect the pvc system I used at my old house, but those are going to waste too much water and the pvc system just not enough parts for this many plants. I just hit them with a the wand about twice a week and get all the water where it needs to go. Can do all in about an hour so not too bad. Not going to like seeing the water bill though. Water in our town is not cheap. It did rain for about 2 minutes tonight, first I have seen in 2 weeks. Slight chance for more, but I don't think so. Looks like a hot dry summer like 2012. That year we didn't see rain from June until like mid september. I count on rain, but I think this year its not going to happen. After tonight next rain chance in forcast is next Tuesday. Its already been in the 90s more this year than all last summer I think. At least the bugs will be better if no rain. Looks like 97 tomorrow and upper 80s to mid 90s for the 5 days after that.

OCD Chilehead · Jun 15, 2016

I went with a drip system this year. I know, I was wasting a lot of water with the wand. At the same time it does add extra humidity in the air. It's so dry here. We're looking at around 100 for the next couple weeks.

Keep cool, Justin.

karoo · Jun 15, 2016

Great looking garden.

tctenten · Jun 15, 2016

Wow! That is a lot of plants. You are going to be a busy guy in a month or two.

jcw10tc · Jun 15, 2016

karoo said:
Great looking garden.

Thanks, hopefully it will kick in and do what its supposed to do and produce a pod or two.

tctenten said:
Wow! That is a lot of plants. You are going to be a busy guy in a month or two.

Yeah, trying not to think about it too much as not sure how I can manage this fall.
I think I have the final inventory figured out. Kinda not what thinking this winter but if the count is right, have 468 plants growing, 324 varieties. I would classify about 10 to 12 of them in critical condition so its likely finally tally will go down a bit.

Heres the final list of varieties.

7 Pot Barrackpore
7 Pot Barrackpore Yellow
7 Pot Brain Strai Caramel
7 Pot Brain Strain x Bhut Jolokia India Carbon
7 Pot Brain Strain Black Rose
7 Pot Brain Strain Choco
7 Pot Brain Strain Red
7 Pot Brain Strain Yellow
7 Pot Brown
7 Pot Burgundy
7 Pot Caramel
7 Pot Chaguanas Yellow
7 Pot Congo SR Gigantic Choco
7 Pot Congo SR Gigantic Red
7 Pot Douglah
7 Pot Gravedigger
7 Pot Infiniti Yellow
7 Pot Jonah Orange
7 Pot Jonah Peach X
7 Pot Jonah Red
7 Pot Jonah x Congo Red
7 Pot Jonah x Congo Yellow
7 Pot Jonah Yellow
7 Pot Jonah Yellow x
7 Pot Jonah Yellow X
7 Pot Julian
7 Pot Katie
7 Pot Lava Choco
7 Pot Lava Red
7 Pot Lava Yellow
7 Pot Lucy
7 Pot Nebru
7 Pot Orange
7 Pot Orange x TScorp
7 Pot Peach
7 Pot Primo
7 Pot Primo Choco
7 Pot Primo Orange
7 Pot Primo Yellow
7 Pot Wes
7 Pot White
7 Pot Yellow
7 Pot Yellow Long
7 Pot Yellow x Douglah
7JPN
7JPN x TSMB
Adjoema Yellow
Aji Charipita
Aji Chombo
Aji Colorado
Aji Escebeche
Aji Fantasy White
Aji Jobito
Aji Mango
Aji Margariteno
Aji Valle De Canca
Amethyst
Ancient Sweet
Ankgor Sunrise
Antillais 14.5
Antohi Romanian
Apocalypse
Armageddon
Avenir
Bad Brains
Bahamian Goat
Bajamian Goat
BBG7 Bhut
BBG7 Caramel
BBG7 Choco
BBG7 Choco Long
BBG7 Cluster
BBG7 Moruga
BBG7 Naga
BBG7 NAGA
BBG7 Orange
BBG7 Red
BBG7 Scorpion
BBG7 White
BBG7 x Jobito
BBG7 x JPGS
BBG7 x Neyde
BBG7 x PDN
BBG7 x SRTSL
BBG7 Yellow
BBG7 Yellow Large
Benga Naga Peach
Bengal Naga Peach
Bhut Assam Yellow
Bhut Caramel
Bhut Choco
Bhut Choco Twst
Bhut Creamy Yellow
Bhut Golden
Bhut Mustard
Bhut Orange
Bhut Orange Copenhagen
Bhut Orange Copenhagen x JPGS
Bhut Peach
Bhut Peach TW
Bhut Red
Bhut Rust
Bhut White
Bhut x Habanero Choco
Bhut x Yellow Brain
Bhut Yellow
Bhut Yellow Copenhagen
Bhutlah Black
Bhutlah Brown
Bhutlah Choco DM
Bhutlah Choco PL
Bhutlah Clamshell
Bhutlah Gold
Bhutlah Yellow
Big Black Mama
Big Caramel Mama
Big Mustard Mama
Big Red Mama
Big Yellow Mama
Bishop's Crown
Bishop's Crown Multi Color
Bonda Ma Jacques
Borg 9 Bleeding
Borg 9 Choco
Borg 9 Long
Borg 9 Orange
Borg 9 Red
Brazilian Brains
Brazilian Ghost
Brazilian Ghost Red
Brazilian Reaper X
BTR
Bulgarian Carrot
Bulo-Bulo
Butch x Jonah
Butch x Jonah Gold
Cabai Chili Tree
Cayenne Yellow
CGN 21500
CGN 21500 x Barrackpore
CGN 21566
Chinese GIant
Colombian Yellow
Congo Trinidad White
Congo x Butch T
Corno Di Toro
Costeno Amarillo
Count Dracula
Coyote Zan White
CP115
CPR
Cumari Do Para
Daisy Cutter
Devil's Brain
Devil's Tongue Caramel
Devil's Tongue White
Devil's Tongue Yellow
Dorset Naga Orange
Dorset Naga Yellow
DouglahTX
Dragons Claw
Ecuador Red Pepper From Hell
Espiritu Santo Red
Faces
Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw
Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw x BRM
Fatalii Mortalii
Fatalii Peach X
Fatalii White
Fatalii x Scotch Bonnet
Fatalii Yellow
Filius Blue
Gator Jigsaw
Genghis Kahn
Gold Marconi
Goronong
Guadalupe Black
Habanero Antillais Carribbean
Habanero Bolivian Bumpy Yellow
Habanero Cappuccino
Habanero Dominican Huge
Habanero El Remo
Habanero Gambia Orange
Habanero Giant White
Habanero Hugre Red Dominican
Habanero Purple
Habanero Red Belize Market
Habanero Red Dominica
Habanero Red Savina
Habanero St. Martin
Habanero Tazmanian
Habanero Ugandian
Habanero Vietnam
Habanero West Inidian Yellow
Hainan Yellow Lantern
Hair
Hot Portugal
Huacho Amarillo
I Scream Scorpion
I Scream Scropion
Island Hellfire Cayenne
Jabba The Hutt
JAFSH Black
Jalapeno Orange
Jalapeno Purple
Jalapeno Titan
Jalapeno Yellow
Jay's Ghost Scorpion Choco
Jay's Ghost Scorpion Orange
Jay's Ghost Scorpion Peach
Jay's Ghost Scorpion Peach x Primo
Jay's Ghost Scorpion Red
Joe's Long Cayenne
Kathumby Yellow
King BOC
Komodo Dragon
Kraken
Kraken Peach
Kraken Yellow
Lacota
Macapa
Madballz Choco
Maldivian Heart
MAMP
Medusa
Monkey Face
Morado
Moranga Peach
Morovars x SR
Moruga Brains Choco
Moruga Brains Mustard
Moruga Braizilian
Moruga Brazilian
Moruga Brown
Moruga Caramel
Moruga Choco
Moruga Orange
Moruga Satan
Moruga UV
Moruga Yellow
Moruga Yellow x Orange TScorp
Morugalah
Naga Morich E-Strain
Naga Morich x Reaper
Naga Reaper
Naga Viper
Naga Viper Choco
Nagabon
Nagabon x Yellow Primo
Nagabrains Choco
Nagabrains Purple
Nagabrains Red
Nagabrains Yellow
Naglah
Naglah Beast
Naglah Brown
Orange Gum
Orange Tiger
Petenero
Peter Orange
Peter Red
Peter Yellow
Phantom
PI281317
Pimenta Chris FAT
Pimenta De Neyde
Pimenta De Neyde x Douglah
Pink Tiger
Pink Tiger x BBG7
Pink Tiger x Reaper
Pink Tiger x Reaper (Green Leaves)
Podzilla Choco
Purple Cayenne
Reaper Caramel
Reaper Peach
Reaper Red
Reaper X (Long)
Reaper x 7 Pot Brain Strain Red
Reaper x Madballz Choco
Reaper Yellow
Red Foot Long Sweet
Rocoto Cosata Rican Yellow
Rouge Noire
SB7J
SB7J Yellow
Scorpanero
Scotch Bonnet Choco
Scotch Bonnet Elysium Oxide
Scotch Bonnet Faria
Scotch Bonnet Foodarama Red
Scotch Bonnet Foodarama Yellow
Scotch Bonnet Freeport Orange
Scotch Bonnet Long
Scotch Bonnet MA Peach
Scotch Bonnet MOA
Scotch Bonnet MOA Red
Scotch Bonnet Papa Joes
Scotch Bonnet Safi Red
Scotch Bonnet Saraga
Scotch Bonnet TFM
Scotch Brain
Sepia Serpent
Shabu Shabu
Sugar Rush Peach
Super Datil
Swiss Chocolate
Thunder Mountain Longhorn
Trinidad Morovas
Trinidad Scorpion Black
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Choco
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Red
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T x Black Bhut
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Yellow
Trinidad Scorpion Choco Long
Trinidad Scorpion Cola Beacn
Trinidad Scorpion Long SR
Trinidad Scorpion x Moranga
Trinidad X-Strain
Turbo Pube
Venezualan Tiger
Venezuelan Tiger x SRTSL
Wartryx
Wartryx Variant
Yaki Blue Fawn

OCD Chilehead · Jun 15, 2016

Holy sh!t !!!

That's quite a list. You are going to busy picking in a couple months. Nice crosses.

Thanks for taking the time to list all the varieties. 324!

That would've taken me half a day to type that.