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

 

[LunchBox]

LOL...we've gotten at least 2", and it looks to start tapering off over the next couple hours. I have a massive pod-set happnin'...fall harvest should be BIG.

 

[megamoo]

I like the pod porn. Keep them coming

 

[LunchBox]

I'm at the point in the garden...that I'm digging up a few plants, and potting them (just to make room)...and taking baling twine, and cinching up some of the plants. I have 6' tall red savinas, 5' tall chile de arbol that are so heavy they keep falling over...and 2 naga morich plants that are 6' or more in diameter. I should have cut them back during the heat-wave when there were no flowers.

 

[DocNrock]

I'm at the point in the garden...that I'm digging up a few plants, and potting them (just to make room)...and taking baling twine, and cinching up some of the plants. I have 6' tall red savinas, 5' tall chile de arbol that are so heavy they keep falling over...and 2 naga morich plants that are 6' or more in diameter. I should have cut them back during the heat-wave when there were no flowers.

Sounds like a GOOD problem to have.

 

[3/5King]

indeed...pictures or it didn't happen LB!

 

[LunchBox]

LOL...considering I had to set a couple of t-posts today to tie back a few explosive plants. Maybe I'll dust of the camera tomorrow...

 

[DocNrock]

Ha! T-posts. Nice.

I'm doing fine with just bamboo stakes!

 

[LunchBox]

indeed...pictures or it didn't happen LB!

Alright...here it is:

Overview...

Chile de Arbol "especial" top heavy with green missles, and fallen over...

After stringing them up...they look about 2' shorter after I bunched them...

Red Fatalii enjoying the cooler fall weather...

This is my 2 Naga Morich plants...couldn't get them both in frame...I just harvested before getting the cam...should taken pics with all the red spots...

a couple of Congo Black plants tethered to the fence so I could get through the garden...

Poblano plant was getting so pod-heavy, I finally had to tape the stems where they split, and run twine around it just to keep it in some kind of order...

6' tall Red Savinas...

See?

 

[DocNrock]

Dude, those plants are massive! Good growin' down there!

 

[LunchBox]

Thanks...not bad for a first-year grow! I did allow the plants to invest too much energy in growth instead of pod production...although I've gotten countless pods off most plants.

 

[Sanarda]

Plants looks amazing. I know your harvests are killer. Are you gonna powder the pods or make sauces or....??????

 

[LunchBox]

What I dont eat fresh, I powder, or puree.

 

[Chewi]

Damn man! Kickin it Texas style up there!!!!!!!!! Those Savinas are the SH*T!!

 

[PaulG]

Had to check in to see how the red caribbean was
doing; I assume it's just as BA as the others!