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

 

[juanitos]

think ima setup some kind of frame to hang them from.

 

[queequeg152]

think ima setup some kind of frame to hang them from.

a frame sounds like a pita to be honest.

you could just ram one of those metal fence things into the ground at a 60 degree angle and run a wire over the top of it, then down to an earth anchor.

one of these things.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_92064-80032-UPL05_?productId=1112329

im building a trellis myself, but its too tall and tight to use those

top smoke just posted a cool trellis wire product too. ABS plastic or something like that.

 

[Devv]

So I have a question?????
 
What's the advantage of what you're doing versus just putting them in the soil?
 
Just trying to understand your method.
 
Thanks,
 
Scott

 

[juanitos]

these chocolate brainstrains look nice, really good uniform spread of leaves.

 
planted them

 

[dragonsfire]

Great looking plants and setup

 

[Jeff H]

So I have a question?????
 
What's the advantage of what you're doing versus just putting them in the soil?
 
Just trying to understand your method.
 
Thanks,
 
Scott

 
 
Scott, those bags look to be all cococoir. If so, then his system is all hydroponic on a drip to waste system. The drippers supply the nutrients but the waste water is not collected and reused.

 

[juanitos]

yeh means i don't have to till, amend soil, worry about flooding / drainage, composting, soil biology, soil pests, all that stuff.
literally just get some bags, get some nutrients, put some drippers and i'm good to go, easy to replicate anywhere in case i ever move or expand.

 

[Devv]

Thanks, very interesting approach!
 
Call me old school, well heck I'm old...LOL

 

[juanitos]

wife got me a cheapo hps for birthday 

 
When you direct plant from 2.5k lumen leds into full sunlight .... <,<
i would imagine this is why some people have problems with my plants, should harden them off for a while first.
 
i'm curious if the ones that lost  all the leaves will come back or they are gonners.

 

[queequeg152]

im going through the same thing with my toms... i had them in the shade whilst i erected my trellis thing. when i put them back out some lower leaves went white like that.
 
i have to say though... that one leaf went totally translucent... t looks very cool.
 
i think your HPS will fix this with gusto... just a few days imho, you dont need very long in my experiance.
slide like 6 flats under that hoe and lower it down to like 36 inches for like 3 days, then put them outside.
 
my personal rule is no more than 3x intensity. i use a little shitty light meter meant for camera work to veryify this. i just keep lowering my PLL fixture untill it gets to like 80k- 100k lux then they go outside.  i have 0 with which to back up that rule fwiw. its just some stupid thing i came up with.

 

[Chilima]

You seem to have a lot of plants in stock , I personally wouldn't bother with that one and just replace it. If the stem is not burned it will eventually pop out new leaves but I dont think its worth the time.

 

[juanitos]

yea no probs i got more. that whole variety was weaker than all my other plants no idea why.

 

[juanitos]

still haven't planted everything... 
 
 

 

 

[Chilima]

Those are looking great there man

 

[Hybrid Mode 01]

still haven't planted everything... 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
     Do I see some pubes in there? 

 

[cubbieblue82]

sick

 

[juanitos]

 
     Do I see some pubes in there? 

Such a funny question out of context... Lol

Yeah manzanos

 

[PepperAaron]

The tornados weren't in your neck of the woods were they? Would hate to see some snapped plants!

 

[juanitos]

no nados yet for me.
 
 
habanero paper lantern decided he will branch out

 

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Looking good, stay safe with the crazy ass storms!