Juanitos 2016 Grow

juanitos · Feb 28, 2016

bpiela said:
Juanito, I was reviewing your glog from 2015 where you topped a tray of baccatum peppers. I think you also stripped most of the leaves off. How long did it take the plants to recover? How far down the plant did you "top"? Any chance that you could include a short video on how you topped and stripped a plant? I looked at your videos from that time and I just saw you reviewing the growth after the cutting but not any actual cutting. Any info is greatly appreciated!

just take some scissors and clip it wherever just make sure its atleast 6in tall. 10-12in probably better. you can strip too just clip off the leaves close to main stem.
gotta treat plant less like babies more like men who can handle themselves lol.

topped oct 1st
stripped oct 11th
recovered with new branches nov 18 or 29th.
so about 40 days

bpiela · Feb 28, 2016

juanitos said:
just take some scissors and clip it wherever just make sure its atleast 6in tall. 10-12in probably better. you can strip too just clip off the leaves close to main stem.
gotta treat plant less like babies more like men who can handle themselves lol.

topped oct 1st
stripped oct 11th
recovered with new branches nov 18 or 29th.
so about 40 days

That's what I need! Good stuff! Thanks

juanitos · Feb 29, 2016

doing some research for 2017 lol... coir plugs

these little trinidad perfumes are cute

here you can see some of them like on the top shelf are doing great.
while others like the bottom right i only have like half

juanitos · Mar 14, 2016

things are going pretty good. some trays were complete shit germination but i've moved on i guess. i started some more kinda late though lol..
the experience of starting other people bulk seed has motivated me to isolate and save my own if possible for next year. All the seed i started from myself was really good germination. All the fresh seed i got from cardi did great too. I think with vendors who do not label when their seed was harvested kinda suck. When i looked into selling seed commercially it is a requirement to put harvest date on the package... so not sure why not everyone is doing it.

72 cells are getting very crowded, 2 more weeks till i start selling stuff though so should be fine. I'm hitting them will full strength ferts now to see if they can put on some more growth before i ship.

bishop hat and paper lantern growing tall gangly kinda

tctenten · Mar 14, 2016

Everything looking spectacular. I enjoyed the trinidad perfumes last year.

Blister · Mar 17, 2016

Everything is looking good as usual J! How are the coir plugs working out for you? Just picked up a dozen and will try them out next year.

Neil

chocolatescotchbonnet · Mar 17, 2016

looks like the l.e.d.'s are paying off!

juanitos · Mar 17, 2016

Blister said:
Everything is looking good as usual J! How are the coir plugs working out for you? Just picked up a dozen and will try them out next year.

Neil

testing out a couple brands, also saw a thread on rapid rooter plugs that shows they are fast, but they are more expensive.

Some no name brand i got off amazon are very fine, is almost just like peat.. the ones on the front middle and back left have a bit bigger particle size can actually see that they are coir.

What size did you buy?

Blister · Mar 17, 2016

I picked up some Planers Pride for no other reason than I happened to see them on the shelf. I've used the peat pellets with good results in the past and decided to give these a try next year.

http://www.amazon.com/Planters-Pride-RZE004202-Coconut-Pellets/dp/B000RNH8E6#immersive-view_1458227467803

I'd like to find a more successful germination technique than I've been using. Lately I've been germinating in paper towel and baggies. I've even tried Rockwool with varying success rates.

Neil

Peter S · Mar 20, 2016

Those CARDI seeds I got from you did great. Not growing nearly as many as you though, lol. I'm growing out one or two of each and the plants look nice.

Trident chilli · Mar 20, 2016

A carpet of green .... great photographs ... all the best

juanitos · Mar 20, 2016

Peter S said:
Those CARDI seeds I got from you did great. Not growing nearly as many as you though, lol. I'm growing out one or two of each and the plants look nice.

yeah they did the best out of all the seeds i got... even my own lol

must be because they are washed and treated with trisodium phosphate.

Devv · Mar 21, 2016

Nice looking grow!

Good luck this year!

juanitos · Mar 22, 2016

so my long thin red cayenes are already splitting... in the plugs... i saw a little bud on a couple of them

Also it's been pretty humid in my grow room and now, Adventitious roots

FiresOfNil · Mar 22, 2016

nice! your plants are growing so nicely, very active genetics on some of them, Y's in plugs and shooting out roots what looks like almost an inch above soil.

santis00 · Mar 22, 2016

Looking nice Juanitos! How are you liking the LED set up? My plants seem to love it, leaves are looking great and are ready for some full sun.

juanitos · Mar 22, 2016

santis00 said:
Looking nice Juanitos! How are you liking the LED set up? My plants seem to love it, leaves are looking great and are ready for some full sun.

they work great so far! so much cheaper than other methods too

now i'm trying to think of a way i can automate the watering.

santis00 · Mar 22, 2016

juanitos said:
they work great so far! so much cheaper than other methods too

now i'm trying to think of a way i can automate the watering.

Same here, I got an Amazon Echo for my birthday, was looking to see what irrigation stuff I can add. That would make life easier.

I agree, the lights were a good investment, kind of a pain to lay them out and solder all of them but well worth it.

juanitos · Mar 22, 2016

santis00 said:
Same here, I got an Amazon Echo for my birthday, was looking to see what irrigation stuff I can add. That would make life easier.

I agree, the lights were a good investment, kind of a pain to lay them out and solder all of them but well worth it.

just think if you have 16' shelves you wouldn't have to solder anything... lol

pepperguy1 · Mar 22, 2016

juanitos I always learn something new in your Glog.I picked up a few tricks from you this year. :cheers:

Thanks for sharing your Glog and tips with us.