jojo's Ghetto Grow Log 2014

I thought I might as well keep a log on mi growing season.
 
Started the following first week of December.  I bought these seeds from Baker's Peppers
it may be bright right now, but earlier we had some wicked rain.  had to set these aside for a while.
 
T Scorpion Moruga
7 Pot Merlot
7 Pot Primo
Reaper, Brain Strain 
Yellow Fatalii, Peter Pepper
T Scorpion Chocolate

 
should I maybe snip these buds off?  

 
here's the rest of my pepper grow.
Started these Late January... I bought these seeds from Judy @ PepperLover
 
Giant Mexican Rocoto 
Peruvian White Habanero
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Chocolate Bhutlah
White 7 Pod (she threw this in for free)  

 
this is what I'm planning on transferring into with an added mix of perlite, earthworm casting, azomite, and a few bricks of coco coir.  from what I heard and read, vermifire is the sh!t...  like way better than ocean forest?  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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well well well, looks like im gonna have to try to compare for myself and others to see which is better?

 
here's what i'll do...  one of these 5/6 gallon pots filled with ffof, and the other with vovf

 
i also want to start a bonchi tree using this small bonsai pot

 
donno what to plant in there yet, thinking either that reaper plant in it or this peru white hab

 

[jojo]

Things are looking good here Jojo!
 
I've been wanting to grow Avacados for quite some time, never have had any seeds grow though..

Thanks Devv,
 
Yeah, i heard avocados take a long time to develop.  I think this tree here is older than i am. lol

 

[Rymerpt]

Rymerpt

 

[SL3]

Looking good jojo. Where did you get the cool solo cup holder? I could use a few of those.

 

[filmost]

Them some biutiful plants! 

 

[jojo]

Looking good jojo. Where did you get the cool solo cup holder? I could use a few of those.

 

Them some biutiful plants! 

 
 
Thanks for the comments guys...  
 
Those solo cup holders I got from Home Depot.  They were display cases for their own 4in pots for sale...  luckily, i happen to see some unused and asked if I could have some...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Check this out!
 
My little experiment between Vermicrop Organics VermiFire and Fox Farm Ocean Forest...  my bet is on VF.
 

 

 

 

 

 
chocolate bhutlahs provided by judy

 
those square pots are said to hold more than traditional round 5 gallon pots.
but check out how small they look compared to 15 gallon pots to the right of em
 
 
 
 
on a side note, I probably shouldn't have been so lazy few days ago when I decided to leave my plants out all day and night.  In fact, I have left them out ever since...  only a few burnt leaves, no lives lost...  
+1 for Team Lazy       prolly update pics when flikr acts right again
 
EDIT:  to add pics:
 
 
burnt leaves are slightly burnt

 

 
i think these guys are a little upset i haven't paid much attention to them.     

 

[jojo]

Another Experiment
 
Some say bigger is better, we'll see if that's true in this case...  got a five gallon bucket vs a fifteen gallon pot
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion from Judy at pepperlover.com

 

 i hope i have enough holes.
 
 
also mended some soil today.
 
coco coir

 
rock dust, azomite

 
vermiFire, perlite, earthworm casting

 

[jojo]

my future bonchi tree is a sprouting

 
 
a view of what's growing on in my garden

 

[jojo]

Another update...  another trial run...
 
here are two more Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpions.  5 gallon bucket vs 15 gallon pot

 
Thai Pepper Bonchi Tree...  4 seedlings and 1 hook = 5  
hoping to get some kind of fusion going with these guys to create a nice big strong trunk.

 
 

 

[Rymerpt]

Things look great.

 

[jojo]

Place your bets everyone, the show is about to take off!
 
Another challenge here:  VermiFire vs Ocean Forest

 

 
 
and my rocotos are in the ground!

Things look great.

Thanks Rymerpt, 
 
Can't wait to see yours grow out too  

 

[jojo]

Bought some soil today...  found this product called Happy Frog by Fox Farms.  I heard it's pretty good.  
3cu/ft for $20.  Any opinions if this is a good deal?  should I have bought more?
 
gonna mix up this stuff for the bed to the right here.

 
here's a better pic of the bed I'll be filling up.

 
 
can anyone tell me how far apart ideally is best for optimum growing conditions for these super hots?
I'm guessing 1 foot apart.  which would yield me about 15 plants...  
 
like always, thanks for viewing!  

 

[Devv]

Hi JoJo,
Looking good!
 
And just where do you find those products? I've been looking, all they have around here is MG.
 
I planted my supers last season 3' apart and the rows were 3' apart. This year had I not planted so much, I was going to go with 4'  between plants and 5' between rows. That didn't happen. However I was able to do 4' between rows and 3' between plants, the Annuum's went in 18"s apart.
 
This was last year with 3'x3'
 

 
It got rather crazy!

 

[jojo]

Thanks Devv, the Happy Frog and the EB Planting mix I got from a local nursery.  The rest I bought from Lowes.
 
those are 3 feet apart?  dang man, dang...  I don't have that much space for all my plants...  i'll try to figure something out 

 

[Rymerpt]

Jojo,

Just go with it. If it turns out like his you can just swing from vine to vine harvesting as you go. Aaahhh aaahhh aaaahhhhh (tarzan yell). Its all good.

 

[Devv]

Thanks Devv, the Happy Frog and the EB Planting mix I got from a local nursery.  The rest I bought from Lowes.
 
those are 3 feet apart?  dang man, dang...  I don't have that much space for all my plants...  i'll try to figure something out 

Sorry for the Hi-jack, but I wanted you to see how they can get. They do get hard to pick

 

[filmost]

Sheesh, your pockets must be overflowing with moolah Jo! 
 
Grow is looking great man. Saw some photos with cups in buckets, did you cut out the bottom and just bury them?

 

[jojo]

Sheesh, your pockets must be overflowing with moolah Jo! 
 
Grow is looking great man. Saw some photos with cups in buckets, did you cut out the bottom and just bury them?

 
Naw, I pulled them out of the cups as usual.  That cup u see is not buried in, it's just the rim of the cup i cut out to use as a label.
 
 
 
 
Update:
 
I bought another bag of the Happy Frog Soil Conditioner.  here's how it looks like.

 
Peruvian White Habanero

 
7 Thai Peppers seedlings strung together using garlic scape - Bonchi

 
blueberries are blueberrying

 
cherry blossom tree is cherry blossoming

 
 
 
That's all for now, thanks for viewing!  

 

[Devv]

Cool looks like spring has sprung!
 
I just cut back an OW Thai for a Bonchi, it's in the pot but I guess I need to read as I'm clueless.

 

[jojo]

Cool looks like spring has sprung!
 
I just cut back an OW Thai for a Bonchi, it's in the pot but I guess I need to read as I'm clueless.

 
I read a lil sum sum on a website called fatalii.net or something like that.
 
btw, i just felt an earthquake.  yee haw!  

 

[filmost]

In Florida? Earthquake? Wtf.