Juanitos 2016 Grow

List
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

 

[karoo]

great setup.
Keep us posted.
Pregermination ; do you plant them as this stage?
 As in the photo above.?
Time for the next video.  

 

[juanitos]

great setup.
Keep us posted.
Pregermination ; do you plant them as this stage?
 As in the photo above.?
Time for the next video.  

they will completely sprout in the container (like with little green leaves) so i will wait a few more days for more of them to pop.
the longer i wait more chance for mold though... and i have to plant 3000 plants so i should probably start soon lol.

 

[Jamison]

I noticed your grow list and am interested in hearing about your CARDI Scotch Bonnets.   Do you know where CARDI obtained their seeds from?

 

[juanitos]

I noticed your grow list and am interested in hearing about your CARDI Scotch Bonnets.   Do you know where CARDI obtained their seeds from?

It says they were bred in Jamacia. Now they are grown / selected from stock in jamacia + antigua and barbuda
says they have been growing them for 20 years, i don't know their original source. 
 
they are partnered with MoA
 
CARDI is listed as an official source on publication by MoA

 

[Jamison]

Cool,  thanks for the info.

 

[t0mato]

... and i have to plant 3000 plants so i should probably start soon lol.

 
 
Holy crap!!!  Don't lose track of any.

 

[Plantguy76]

Great list,pics & plan Juanito
I am interested in the CARDI scotch bonnets the CARDI moruga red is interesting are you going to sell plants again this year?

 

[juanitos]

got some poppin, some are doing nothing. gotta love the wait.
 

 

 

 

[Lovepeppers]

they will completely sprout in the container (like with little green leaves) so i will wait a few more days for more of them to pop.
the longer i wait more chance for mold though... and i have to plant 3000 plants so i should probably start soon lol.

Looking good!
Dang, 3000 plants! How many did you grow last year?

 

[juanitos]

Looking good!
Dang, 3000 plants! How many did you grow last year?

300 lol, i'll be selling lots of them so not like i keep em all.

 

[juanitos]

so seed germinating is not going very well this year.
only thing i changed is added a little potassium nitrate(1 tsp per gallon) which wasn't really needed but is supposed to help germ rate... not that i needed help with germ rate..... just me messing with things i should just leave alone <,<
i just added it to the solution in the germ cups because i was too lazy to do the proper process, where your really just supposed to soak it 24hrs then rinse and wet them distilled water. Anything above 24hrs will actually lower germination rate according to a paper i read... whoops
 
anyway i'm just planting them into the soil regardless of their state now, hopefully most will be good.
 
here's a couple of the better ones

 

[Trident chilli]

Impressive amount of Paper Lantern's they look really cool in the dish ... nice to read of your communication with CARDI and their Scotch Bonnets

 

[juanitos]

So yeah it seems i'm behind a couple weeks. all good though not a real rush.
 
I ran out of 1020 trays so had to order more whoops lol
 
i'm having a planting party(me & my friend PBR) tonight to try and finish everything.
 
watering very often to make sure the soil stays damp while they are getting established.
about 2 quarts of water per tray (bottom water just pour it in) per 36-48 hours
i'm using a big cooler on wheels to haul the water from spigot since the hose is frozen i can't just leave it hooked up and all..
 

 
 
So about my seeds in deli container seed starting method.. It works and is great for smaller growers. Very fun to see the plant in its infacy and can transplant them optimally best position and all and you will have 0 helmet heads. 
 
But when i have to transplant thousands of them i don't think its very efficient.
Next year i will get 200 cell trays which fit the same space as the 72 cell. and if i have blanks thats ok i'll just transplant the ones that pop up.
This is more expensive as i have to have another insert and waste a little bit of seed starting mix.. but will be much much faster.

 

[juanitos]

28 trays planted... 
about 10 left.. then i got extra space for specialty stuff / grow out for c2c

 

[Runescape]

28 trays planted... 
about 10 left.. then i got extra space for specialty stuff / grow out for c2c

Nice, post some pics when you get the time.

 

[Genetikx]

I thought the same about the germ method and trying to get 3000 plants. Lot of labor there but yea seems to work well.

 

[Ozzy2001]

28 trays planted... 
about 10 left.. then i got extra space for specialty stuff / grow out for c2c

Wow. That's a lot of work. It's going to be fun to watch your grow this year as much as you are expanding.

 

[pepperguy1]

So yeah it seems i'm behind a couple weeks. all good though not a real rush.
 
I ran out of 1020 trays so had to order more whoops lol
 
i'm having a planting party(me & my friend PBR) tonight to try and finish everything.
 
watering very often to make sure the soil stays damp while they are getting established.
about 2 quarts of water per tray (bottom water just pour it in) per 36-48 hours
i'm using a big cooler on wheels to haul the water from spigot since the hose is frozen i can't just leave it hooked up and all..
 

 
 
So about my seeds in deli container seed starting method.. It works and is great for smaller growers. Very fun to see the plant in its infacy and can transplant them optimally best position and all and you will have 0 helmet heads. 
 
But when i have to transplant thousands of them i don't think its very efficient.
Next year i will get 200 cell trays which fit the same space as the 72 cell. and if i have blanks thats ok i'll just transplant the ones that pop up.
This is more expensive as i have to have another insert and waste a little bit of seed starting mix.. but will be much much faster.

Wow,That's a lot of plants.

 

[neoguy]

 
phase 0: PreGermination
first 2 weeks
 
8oz deli containers
paper towel
water + chamomile tea + potassium nitrate
 
 

 
Do you ever have problems getting the tap root out from the paper towel?

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

     Holy crap, your grow has come a long way in two years! Lookin' real pro, man. Is your garden going to be in the same space as last season, or did you acquire more space?