Juanitos 2016 Grow

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My plan is to have a smaller number of varieties with 10+ of each plant so i can get a decent harvest.
 
wholesale aji gold
wholesale hab choc
wholesale hab mustard
wholesale hab peach
wholesale hab white bullet
wholesale hab paper lantern
wholesale manzano
CARDI moruga red
CARDI west indes red
CARDI scorpion red
CARDI scotch bonnet (moa)
Feltrin bico biquinho
Feltrin ouro cumari do para 
Feltrin malaguetinha 
Feltrin bishop hat
Tastynl choc nagabrain f3 
Tastynl scotch brain f4
Tastynl bbg red
Tastynl bbg yel
Tastynl bbg br
Tastynl bog9
Semillas aji pineapple
Semillas aji starfish
Semillas aji omnicolor
Semillas santa rosa blanco PI 257142
Semillas trinidad perfume
Semillas red bhut II
Semillas peach bhut
Semillas choc bhut
Semillas yel moruga s
Semillas choc moruga s
Semillas primo
steve sb7j
 
i have some more stuff i'll start in smaller quantity just to try them out. (like cool crosses i get from seed train)
 
phase 0: PreGermination
first 2 weeks
 
8oz deli containers
paper towel
water + chamomile tea + potassium nitrate
 
phase 1: Indoors
January - May
 
area:
small  room(40sft) in shed
reflectix radiant barrier to insulate walls / floor
12 x 4'x2' shelves (made from 2x4 posts, 1x1 rails, 1x4 furring strip shelf support, OSB shelf tops)
capacity ~3500
radiant heater utilitech
tower fan blows on heater to heat faster
hurricane oscillating wall fan to circulate air in room
16' of 5630 light strip on each shelf powered with 240w psu on each shelf unit(powers 4 shelf)
 
containers:
1020 tray
72 cell starting tray
later into 606 jumbo inserts
 
media:
Berger.ca custom fast draining mix (extra pine bark, rice hulls)
 
irrigation:
hand watered, bottom watering using 1020 trays
 
nutrients:
masterblend tomato formula (low dosage)
 
phase 2: Outdoors
May - November
 
area:
outside
ground will be covered in black plastic (to prevent weeds)
capacity ???
 
containers:
5 or 7 gallon viagrow plastic grow bags
 
media:
DIY 5-1-1 mix
 
irrigataion:
mixrite 1% fertilizer injector
1g/h drippers
 
nutrients:
chemgro tomato formula
CANO3
MGSO4
 
 
links
1st transplant
1.5 month old

 

[sicman]

nice plant on the right.

 

[queequeg152]

yeah it was fine in april and may when plants were smaller i only watered every 24hrs.
but now with 90-100s and big plants they dry out lots faster. 
 
maybe i'll do 10 mins every 6 hours like at 6,12,6,12 are probably good times.

 
 
what i do(or what i read to do) is keep a naked emitter just dangling into a mason jar... and use that as a volumetric measurement of your irrigation events.
 
all emitters have ratings of x. gph, but they vary, eve the pressure compensatign ones. they all vary to some extent according to water pressures and flow rates.  so by putting the mason jar there to collect a bit of runoff you can get the volume of 1 irrigation event and compare it to the volume of runoff you are getting in your trays or however you collect runoff. then you just adjust the irrigation cycles accordingly, attempting to manage runoff ec and volume.  its all variable obiviously... but you would be suprised how stable it is even with cloudy weather. 
when it rains a shit load i would only skip a few cycles because the slabs dont absorbe much rain.  but even when i forget to hit the skip setting it barely makes any diffference.
 
slabs are real cool. its the best way to grow imho if you have the cash for them.

 

[juanitos]

nice plant on the right.

hm idk, u talking about my weeds?
 
my father planted onions early and didnt want me to cover a couple spots... and now they are full of weeds... i was using a hoe / harvesting onions the other day and i broke the handle off. was probably 20 yrs old lol.

 

[queequeg152]

are you really hitting 100 in oklahoma? i thought it was more temperate there.

 

[juanitos]

almost lol, they keep spouting heat index #'s on radio telling everyone to stay inside

 

[Ozzy2001]

Supposed to be 100 here in St Louis today :/.

 

[juanitos]

made some mango pineapple sauce for a lunch at work. medium one has aji pineapples. superhot one you can see has  scorps / reapers.
 

 
everything is 2-3ft bushes now, going to add some string lines / iso some plants soon probably.

 

[juanitos]

so que was right i need some support. so i added some posts with string lines to keep em in the row more or less.
 

 

 

[queequeg152]

nice trellis.

did you get one of those sliding fence post drivers? those things are a bitch to drive with just a hammer.

 

[juanitos]

nice trellis.

did you get one of those sliding fence post drivers? those things are a bitch to drive with just a hammer.

hammer lol. can confirm.
 
my first ripe pods last year were july 14th, wonder if i'll be the same.
 
some gnarly pods

 

 

[queequeg152]

hammer lol. can confirm.
 
my first ripe pods last year were july 14th, wonder if i'll be the same.
 
some gnarly pods
 

 
ah well, if you remove them for what ever reason... get one of these to reinstall them.
 
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-Fence-Post-Driver-901147EB/204331909?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D21-Fencing%7c&gclid=CjwKEAjwtLO7BRDax4-I4_6G71USJAA6FjN19fLfwuwBXx9N24vAIOlvn-V-GMQwkhoxMpiZWOzU0RoCpqLw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
 
also idk if i posted this yet, but consider a flordia weave trellis next year.
 
one post per row, and you literally weave it inbetween the plants a few weeks after transplant.
 
its meant for tomatos, but id be suprised if it did not work equally as well with toms.
 
also consider a post in the center as well... using the hooks just to hold the weight of the plants on the trellis, not to work against any tension.  im afraid your trellis as its now set up will sag excessivly months down the line?
 
its too late to change anything right now... flordia weave needs to be done way early on, but maby consider it next time.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6YDs_b6Kow

 

[DesertRoots]

Wow, wicked fast growth in that coco.  Pretty cool setup you have going.  Looks like your fert/watering schedule is on point.  In the small amount I've messed with coco in containers, I learned quickly that the watering schedule was way more frequent but once correct the growth rate was pretty amazing.  Keep it going, and thanks for sharing!

 

[Devv]

A jungle in the making!
 
I like the Florida weave, not so much for peppers, as tomato cages work just fine. But for the other crops. And a T-post hammer is must for setting T-posts.
 
Liking the poddage too!

 

[coachspencerxc]

hammer lol. can confirm.
 

I found maybe thirty 7' posts & fifteen 5' ones. I used a hammer last year but invested in a $20 driver this year. MUCH easier, straighter, & if we're being honest, I didn't wimp out & drive them in too shallow this year. Set up's looking great.

 

[juanitos]

think i'm going to switch to a low N nutrient soon. I have been using a highish N nutrient meant for herbs / leafy greens lol. my leaves are huge.

some super gnarly pods.

 
who needs reaper tails when you have biquinhos

 

[juanitos]

first ripe pepper i found.
 
biquinho .. the plants are absolutely loaded.

some choc brains are ripening too

and the sbs purple looking pretty

 

[moruga welder]

nice looking grow  !       

 

[queequeg152]

how much nitrogen in your solution?
 
annum leaves always get that big im my experiance. chin leaves not so much but ive grown only a few chins.

 

[juanitos]

how much nitrogen in your solution?
 
annum leaves always get that big im my experiance. chin leaves not so much but ive grown only a few chins.

i was using a bit high n 9-7-37 + the 15-0-0 cano, was premix meant for lettuce/greens.
am switching to 4-18-38 with the same cano, premix meant for tomatoes

i'll say i could see the difference in growth the higher n gave me. i have large leaves and stems as thick as hotdogs. The rows are getting a bit overgrown need to do some trimming so i can actually walk between them.
i probably should have switched a few weeks ago. Some of the plants are mostly veg with only a few buds.

 

[bpiela]

I am laughing at how awesome the Biquinho's are.  That is phenomenal!