Marino's 2012 Grow Log

Hi everybody!

I think I'm gonna start with sowing at the beginning of March 2012.

The seeds are all stored in my seeds book, but I'm having short time till the end of February; moreover I'm not gonna use any lightbox, so I'll grow indoor till the outside temperature is rising again in Southern Italian spring.

I started growing in 2011 for the very first time, reaching the amount of about 25 pots/15 different varieties at the end of May; other 15 were given as gifts to friends and relatives.

My growing list for 2012:

CHINENSE
Bih Jolokia Chocolate
Bih Jolokia Assam
Naga Morich
Fatalii
Habanero Orange
Habanero Chocolate
Habanero White
Habanero Red Savina
Chupetino
Trinidad Scorpion
TS Morouga
T. Douglah
7 Pod
7 Pod Brown
7 Pod Strain I
Pimenta da Neyde
Pimenta Leopard
Pimenta Elisir
ANNUUM
Goat's Weed
Black Scorpion Tongue
Peter Pepper
Ancho Poblano
Early Jalapeno
Fish
Jalabomb F2
FRUTESCENS
Tabasco
Malagueta
Bird's Eye (overwintered)
BACCATUM
Aji Amarillo (overwintered)
PUBESCENS
Rocoto

BACCATUM x ANNUUM F2 (only saved 3 seeds from the only 3 fruits that the F1 plant gave me)

It's a 31-variety list, I know I'm gonna make my blacony suffer again. I cannot keep more than 1 plant per variety, so friends and relatives will benefit even more than last year (I will start growing 2 small plants per variety, then I will focus on 1 plant).

Season's coming, stay tuned.

 

[DonLava]

good list!

 

[seaman]

P.S.: I want to thank the user mascalzone (mimmo); I met him on an Italian web forum, and at least a half of my varieties are from him, including a few which are really rare and special; I hope he's gonna start a g-log, too, 'cause he's a real master in growing hot peppers.

 

[Datil]

Ciao Marino,

great list, nice to see another balcony grower (i feel your pain when it's time to choose / give away plants...).

Buona fortuna

Datil

 

[MGOLD86]

Looks like you have a great list! This will definitely be interesting to watch. Good luck.

 

[seaman]

Ciao Marino,

great list, nice to see another balcony grower (i feel your pain when it's time to choose / give away plants...).

Buona fortuna

Datil

Looks like you have a great list! This will definitely be interesting to watch. Good luck.

thanks a lot, and good luck for your growing, too

here are some shots of the gonna-try-to-overwinter plants I took yesterday

this is a baccatum, Aji Amarillo


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the second one is a Bird's Eye (c. frutescens)


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the latest pic shows 2 Habanero Red, just trying to give them a survival chance... if they succeed in living through winter maybe I'm gonna bring them in the family farm


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the plants are on a balcony, exposed to 2/16° C - 35/60° F

 

[seaman]

Hi I'm back with some photos shot today

cups: 2 bih jolokia, 2 7pod douglah strain I, 2 jalapeno early, 2 jalabomb F2, 1 pimenta elisir


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the soil I'm using


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back to life: aji amarillo and red habanero


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and... I haven't the foggiest idea of what kind of disease is afflicting this overwintered bird's eye


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anyone trying to give an answer

that's all for now

marino

 

[seaman]

the seeds are slowly germinating, I've already put in cups these varieties:
orange hab
chocolate hab
white hab
assam bih
chupetino
fatalii
t. douglah
7 pod
7 pod brown
7 pod douglah strain I
pimenta da neyde
pimenta elisir
pimenta leopard
ancho poblano
jalapeno early
jalabomb F2
malagueta

instead the following varieties are still in the germbox:
red savina hab
chocolate bhut
naga morich
t.s.
morouga blend
goat's weed
black scorpion tongue
peter pepper
fish
tabasco
rocoto
B x A F2

hope you have a nice Sunday

marino

 

[seaman]

everything but few varieties has sprouted...

still in the germbox:
- fish
- goat's weed
- rocoto
- B x A F2

rely only little hope on goat's weed, 'cause the seeds are turning brownish

on the other hand 50 tiny plants are thriving thanks to the sunlight and the spring temperature

I'll post some photos tomorrow

Marino

 

[seaman]

here I am with some photos shot this morning, plants have just sprouted over the last 2 weeks, so there's only little stuff to show:

TS

jalapeno early

7 pod douglah strain 1

malagueta

7 pod brown

assam bih

jalabomb F2

pimenta da neyde

pimenta elisir

pimenta leopard

will upload more photos as soon as possible

 

[seaman]

chupetino

chocolate hab

7 pod

orange hab

fatalii

ancho poblano

morouga blend

chocolate bhut

 

[romy6]

Looking good seaman. Should be a crop for sure

 

[HabaneroHead]

Hi Marino,

I had the same with some of my overwintered Habaneros... I treated them with fungicide (before bringing them in, and during the winter ocassionally) but did not helped. The stem eventually turned to black, and completely dried out... I beleive it is some disease the plant carries with itself, and it causes issues only when the immune system of the plant is weak, during the dormant period. But that is only my two cents, maybe the others on this forum have different opinion.
The rest of the plants looks really good, it seems you will have a decent harvest.
Keep us posted.

HabaneroHead

 

[seaman]

fish seeds finally sprouted (23 days after being placed inside the germbox)

 

[seaman]

temperature is rising and the plants are appreciating the warm sunlight

on the other hand the lack of lightbox sees that plants grow naturally = slowly, but that's ok

just having some problems with a douglah and a white hab, whose leaves are light green/yellowish; the rest is ok

photos taken this morning

fatalii

orange hab

7 pod

chocolate hab

pimenta elisir

pimenta leopard

pimenta da neyde

chupetino

white hab

7 pod brown

more photos will follow...

 

[seaman]

assam bih

malagueta

jalapeno early

7 pod douglah strain 1

jalabomb F2

t. douglah

chocolate bhut jolokia

ancho poblano

morouga blend

tabasco

 

[seaman]

TS

red savina

naga

black scorpion tongue

now the overwintered ones:

aji amarillo

red hab

bye!

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Marino, your seedlings look really good - nice color and plump!
You have a very nice grow log going here! Good luck getting those
seedlings into pots when the time comes.

 

[seaman]

thank you so much paul, hope the plants are doing well to show you some photos when it's time to crop

 

[PaulG]

thank you so much paul, hope the plants are doing well to show you some photos when it's time to crop

I'll be watching for that!