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LunchBox's GLOG - WARNING: POD PORN

Hi...I'm new to growing, and having a problem germinating seeds. I've used the damp paper towel in a ziplok before, and it usually works. Over the summer, I seeded about 3/4 pound of t-scorps, and have tried to test-germinate 10 or so seeds, 3 times now. They go from a firm, straw colored seed, to a yellowish brown, and start looking slimey after a few days. I'm not sure if I harvested the seeds wrong, but have done this a few times before with jalapenos, and scotch bonnets, (and a few others) and they germinated just fine.

Any ideas what I may be dong wrong, or suggestions? I have a few hundred seeds, but I don't want to waste them all trying to geminate them unsuccessfully.

Thanks
 
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LB! You're such a good daddy...bahahahaha. Great Job man. Good luck on the move and such. You're a teacher huh..teach me something. You seem to be able to make things grow. My brain is in need of expansion. :hell:
 
I got lucky. This is the 4 surviving out of 20 seeds, 12 of which actually germinated, and 8 either died, or were culled because they looked sickly. Every day for 2 weeks, I was going to cull the little guy...but something told me he would make it, and I would be sorry. I've done A LOT of reading on starting and growing, and gotten advice here. The advice here has been the most helpful.

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Good looking plants. I'm just about to start mine. You're going to love it here in Ohio.....it's 18* and icy right now....
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WHen my family does get there, we'll be in Athens...not to far away!
 
Out of the germination baggy...I transplanted 9 Red Savinas, 10 Naga Morich, and 50 Chiltepins. 100% survival.

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And the Super-Scorps are just shy of 2 months old here...and looking good. I had to add a skewer to the one on the left...I put them outside today for some fresh air...tried to shield them from the 30mph winds...the biggest one tilted over a bit.

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I just covered over stuff written on the pots from their previous contents. I figured I'd get more questions about that..."why does it say "apple"...blah blah blah...lol.

Oh...next time a MOD pops in...can ya'll move this to GLOGS? Thanks. It started as a little experiment, and I'm now dealing with about a hundred babies...lol
 
After the rain, I dipped out some of the standing water off the compost bin to water the super-scorps. A few days later...we have a hitchhiker. Probably a jalapeno seed from the pile....may be a serrano...or habanero...who knows. I guess we'll find out in a few months!

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Not sure where or what to search...maybe someone here can fill me in. I don't like how "teetery" these are in light winds. I'm assuming it's safe to fill another 6-8" of a top coat (maybe a dense mulch) to keep them from wind-wobble. It will cover the bottom leaves, but 'm assuming they will still be fine...right?
 
Man, that is cool. It does look like it could set sail in your famous TX wind! I'm not sure about adding more ballast, shouldn't be a problem. Never done it to a big pepper, but I think you could pluck the lower leaves and fill in dirt.

But you might wanna construct a cage for some vertical support--run some heavy guage wire or some dowels along the inner edges of the container and rig it together at the top. In the event of a major storm, if not in a protected place, lay it over on its side before it hits.

Can't wait to see the pods on that beauty. Nicely done... :cool:
 
Updatage:

Before moving the super-scorps outside, I had a leaf fall off. The leaf was completely gone in 2 days, due to fungal activity. My first thought, is that this was a GOOD thing...to have very active, biotic soil. Correct me if I'm wrong:

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After adding cages because they are so damn tall, and the wind is 15-20mph daily...as well as filling in an extra 6" of planting mix on the top...I have what may, or may not be a problem. The bottom sides of the leaves are "bronzing". There are no streaks to indicate mites...it's the whole underside of the leave(s). They have a bronze, almost metallic sheen:

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My Congo Black that was doing very well indoors, and now lives in a pot outdoors...now looks like this on the leaves:

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Are these problems, or am I over-reacting as a rookie?

Thanks!
 
A little updatage...

Seedling trays with Congo Black, Black Naga, Yellow Fatalii, Jamaican Yellow, Morouga Scorpion, Chocolate Habanero, 7-Pot, Trinidad "Super" Scorpion, and (wild) Chile Pequin del Monte.

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Here's my most mature Congo Black...I think it got a little too much direct sun a little too fast. I stuck it in a shady spot, but didn't realize it gets about 3 hours of direct sunlight from 5-8pm.

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A shot of the 3 Super-Scorps, the Congo, and the tray at the end has about 20 young 'uns with 8-12 leaves...Naga Morich, Caribbean Red, Morouga Scorpion, Red Savina, 7-Pot, Black Naga, Chocolate Habanero, and probably a straggler or two.

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And last...but not least...check it out! I have, between the 3 Super-Scorps (that were beat to hell in 20 mph winds and tomato cages for a week)...FERTILIZED BUDS!!! I counted about 10, with more to follow. I'm leaving them parked out of the wind for a few days, and took the damn cages off...tired of losing leaves.

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I think I need to really harden them off slowly, since they've been indoors so long, and so early. They seem very sensitive to the sun.
 
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