juanitos 2019 grow log

[SIZE=11pt]Welcome to the JuanitosPeppers 2019 glog[/SIZE]
 
[SIZE=11pt]Thanks to all the long time readers and people who followed last year. I hope to make this glog a little bit better![/SIZE]
 
[SIZE=11pt]I’ll try to do weekend update format with photos and captions. I’ll be happy to answer questions or discuss growing during the week too. [/SIZE]
 
 
[SIZE=11pt]Last year was pretty successful. [/SIZE]

 
[SIZE=11pt]Saved lots of seeds[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=11pt]I spent all winter break thinking about what varieties i wanted to grow. I want to keep a good balance of flavor, heat, color, species, cost, size. Looking to expand my seed stock so i’m growing a couple collections (brainstrain, ghost) also trying a couple wilds for fun, a few mild peppers for normal people, and the best medium peppers (moa, bahamian goat). Can follow along to see everything[/SIZE]
 
[SIZE=11pt]I like doing bulk starting in medium(soilmix). It means i only plant the successful seeds, no volunteers or weak seedlings, no wasting extra seeds, no culling. Medium is a bit easier to manage as it will separate easier than a paper towel. Also you can leave them in the medium for a bit longer. [/SIZE]Just keep them in a warm 75-85 temp range for a week or so and we’re ready to transplant into pots.

 
[SIZE=11pt]While those are resting got the growing space ready.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11pt]Made sure the led strips are still running from last year, had to repair a few[/SIZE]

 
[SIZE=11pt]Cleaned up the trays and reservoir and ordered pots / trays, started putting soil in[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=11pt]More to come… Thanks for following![/SIZE]
 

 

[juanitos]

Very cool to follow!
I notice a lot of varieties that are not sold as seeds on your website. Are these eventually going to be sold as seeds, or just sold as plants?

 
i'm expanding my seed collection for 2019. so quite a bit of new varieties. 
 
and of course keeping the good ones from 2018
shout out to Big Black Mama (BBM)
 

 

[juanitos]

i love me some tostadas, they are so easy to make.
Just put some beans in the pressure cooker while i'm at work. then fry in lard or bacon fat and mush. throw on a tostada!
also not very many dishes to clean up!
 

The peppers are still going strong. I ran out of pots so gotta order some more.

SBS purple are starting to get a little color. the more intense the light and the older the leaf the darker they get.

 

[DWB]

That looked so good I had to go make me a black bean burrito with Douglah powder.
 

 

[Walchit]

My mom would always put beans, cheese and a couple jalapeno rings on tostadas, then bake them until the cheese melted. Super simple and really good.

 

[PaulG]

Starts are looking really great, Jonathan!
 
I can hear them saying "Feed me, I want to get big!"

 

[juanitos]

made some yummy brisket on the ol rusty ugly drum smoker
just salt pepper and smoke. feed us all week lol
 

 
the plants are doing very well! just wish i had more space to start a few more thousand

 
bah goats doing great in a 6 pack

 
i took a video if you want to see more
https://youtu.be/bHAmPhi9H9M

 

[internationalfish]

made some yummy brisket on the ol rusty ugly drum smoker
just salt pepper and smoke. feed us all week lol

 
That looks delicious! Love the ghetto smoking apparatus.
 

the plants are doing very well! just wish i had more space to start a few more thousand

 
A few... more... thousand. You people... 

 

 

[Mildfruit]

Was that a lemon starrbust I just saw!? I envy that color of green, mine seems to get far darker when I drown them in nutrients. 

 

[bpiela]

I don't see the Bahamian Goats on your website for sale.  Are you just being selfish and growing them for yourself this year?  

 

[juanitos]

I don't see the Bahamian Goats on your website for sale.  Are you just being selfish and growing them for yourself this year?  

yeah i don't have any seed stock so i'm just growing for myself and if all goes well i'll have seeds to use for plants next year.

 

[juanitos]

Was that a lemon starrbust I just saw!? I envy that color of green, mine seems to get far darker when I drown them in nutrients.

yeah KS lemon starburst for the g+ growdown (rip g+ tho lol)

the leaves are so compact it's weird!

 

[Mildfruit]

Is that by any chance going to be a future seed product? Or just for the growdown?

 

[juanitos]

Is that by any chance going to be a future seed product? Or just for the growdown?

i think khang has said he doesn't want it sold / mass produced. i should confirm with him.
if so i would just throw the seeds in the reddit seed exchange

 

[Mildfruit]

i think khang has said he doesn't want it sold / mass produced. i should confirm with him.
if so i would just throw the seeds in the reddit seed exchange

Actually I think I remember him saying something along those lines in one of his videos, so you may be right. That would be great, let me know if you participate in the European exchange, otherwise Im going to join the US one

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Plants and germ rates look amazing

 

[juanitos]

plants are starting to get too big for indoors. 
 
20's this weekend but hopefully that's the last freezing temps!
 

 

 

 

[ShowMeDaSauce]

I cant take it any more!!! Ordering 6 plants today. My JPGS didnt germinate and im outta time to try other seeds.
 
Oops forgot to ask for a delivery date in comments. So whenever you need to get them out i can handle.
 
Order# L6yR50aVyXDKkGvr
 
Plants 6 Pack

Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion
Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion
Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion
Joe's Long Cayenne
Scotch Brain
Trinidad Scorpion

 

 

[juanitos]

I cant take it any more!!! Ordering 6 plants today. My JPGS didnt germinate and im outta time to try other seeds.

Nice i'm starting to ship the first orders this week. mostly to CA, FL, TX.
will finish the rest next week, so yours probably ship then.
then the northerners are waiting a few more weeks.

It's warm here so time for me to start getting the garden ready!

 

[DWB]

What's up with those bags? Hydroponic beds? Does the entire root system of your plants exist in those or do roots grow through into the ground?

 

[juanitos]

What's up with those bags? Hydroponic beds? Does the entire root system of your plants exist in those or do roots grow through into the ground?

they are slabs. for hydroponic drip to waste. the entire root system exists in it. commonly used in mega greenhouses.
i've been using these slabs for 3 years and they are depleted. lots of the initial structure has broken down.

i think i'm going to switch it up and try out fabric bags this year just for fun.