Mattys first ever Glog "Into the fire" 2019 season

CDNmatt · Feb 21, 2019

And PT..cause I can

PaulG · Feb 21, 2019

That's sick.

:rofl:

BTW, they don't call Oregon the Beaver State for nothing.

Fur trappers pretty much destroyed the ecosystem in
Oregon by trapping out all the beavers, which destroyed
the thousands of square miles of wet lands they created
and allowed for erosion to denude parts of the landscape.

But, happily, Beaver are making a comeback. Of course,
some people still want to kill them all, because they think
the land belongs to them...

CDNmatt · Feb 21, 2019

PaulG said:
That's sick.

BTW, they don't call Oregon the Beaver State for nothing.

Fur trappers pretty much destroyed the ecosystem in
Oregon by trapping out all the beavers, which destroyed
the thousands of square miles of wet lands they created
and allowed for erosion to denude parts of the landscape.

But, happily, Beaver are making a comeback. Of course,
some people still want to kill them all, because they think
the land belongs to them...

You can tell when Paul has been 'Gloging'...my entire page has his avatar from top to bottom.

But I would tend to agree with you about the trappers who run lines they do cause alot of damage up and down the food chain, I will just leave it there.

So I was just creeping through your web page with all your packing pics, its soemthing I do alot of myself. The past 2-3 years with the kids being so small has not left alot of time to get out as much as I would like, as well I gave up winter camping when we moved up here since it's basically surviving and not camping at -30 to -40.

CDNmatt · Feb 21, 2019

Topped a couple fellas who were getting too big for they're own britches, actually those 3 kinda looked like they had stretched abit on me and kinda want to keep that cycle as close as I can.

Last night while my wife was at yoga it gave me a chance to pull the plants off the top shelf which makes a gi-a-normous mess I might add, and fix a few of the strips that got damaged when I put the top back on. It was my own fault for not waiting for help and trying to gently lay down a 60+lb piece of plywood above my head with percision. Any hoot they are fixed..think it was 3 needed to be totally replaced and another 3 which I cut out a few smds and clipped them back together. Also changed abit of the wiring as well.

CaneDog · Feb 21, 2019

Plants are looking a very healthy green matt! I must have missed paul's packing/camping pics. I'm a fan of all that hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and general outdoors stuff myself. Used to hike in to beaver ponds to fish for trout quite a bit when I was a kid. The trout were small, but abundant.

CDNmatt · Feb 21, 2019

CaneDog said:
Plants are looking a very healthy green matt! I must have missed paul's packing/camping pics. I'm a fan of all that hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and general outdoors stuff myself. Used to hike in to beaver ponds to fish for trout quite a bit when I was a kid. The trout were small, but abundant.

I was a tad concerned last week...I belive overwatering was a problem and frolm what I could find for pics it looked liek perhaps it was a nitrogen def from the overwatering. So I obviously cut that back and gave them a Foiler spray with a small shot of Epsom salts and my home brew calcium shot made via soaking the crap outta egg shells for a few weeks....

First I will add that my wife was pissed when I took the lid off the jar and the house smelled like rotton farts, and secondly they did not die and look not too bad which is a huge plus of course.

Oh and just take a look at Pauls profile he has a link on it to his pics.

DWB · Feb 21, 2019

CDNmatt said:
You can tell when Paul has been 'Gloging'...my entire page has his avatar from top to bottom.

I like Paul's avatar. For some reason it reminds me of Bigger Nipper, an Eastern Diamondback I took away from a couple of rednecks many years ago. They had her pegged for a wallet and a belt. She was a rare beauty and a lot more yellow than this picture shows.

PaulG · Feb 21, 2019

CDNmatt said:
You can tell when Paul has been 'Gloging'...my entire page has his avatar from top to bottom. Yeah, I know, some people need to get on the grow logs more often

Like I told Shane, more time than money! Now that everything is in cups and squares, there seems to be a few more minutes each day

So I was just creeping through your web page with all your packing pics, its soemthing I do alot of myself. The past 2-3 years with the kids being so small has not left alot of time to get out as much as I would like, as well I gave up winter camping when we moved up here since it's basically surviving and not camping at -30 to -40. Yeah, that's too cold! The gnarliest we've been out in for a few days is 0˚F, and that's darn cold Usually my favorite snow camping/ski touring temps are 28-30˚F day, and 18-20˚F at night. Cold enough to keep the snow fluffy, but not brutal on the ol' bod!

DWB said:
I like Paul's avatar (It is a pic of a big ol' Yellow Seven, if I remember correctly - (Apply MarcV's signature here). For some reason it reminds me of Bigger Nipper, an Eastern Diamondback I took away from a couple of rednecks many years ago. They had her pegged for a wallet and a belt. She was a rare beauty and a lot more yellow than this picture shows.
Yes, indeed, a beautiful reptile. The pic is mesmerizing. Seven buttons, decent!

PtMD989 · Feb 22, 2019

Plants are looking great [emoji106].

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CDNmatt · Feb 22, 2019

PtMD989 said:
Plants are looking great [emoji106].

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Thanks boss appreciate that :cheers:

I did not realize this was your thread when i first read it back in the fall

http://thehotpepper.com/topic/69663-saving-tomato-seeds/

I came across it again a few weeks ago while looking for alternatives other then the fermentation method which I have been doing for years.

How did you make out btw??

I tried a 50% bleach and 50% water soak for 30 mins and it worked out pretty good as well in my germ test after.
Was a page I found that had some other alternatives I will see if I can find it laters for ya for something you can try down the line if ya wanted.

CDNmatt · Feb 22, 2019

And on the tomato line of talk I got 42 types into soak early this morning as well my final pepper soaks...bell and sweet peppers that is before anyone jumps on me eh

I need to renew some of my tomato seeds since 15 or so types were getting abit older now and very few left, as well I have some of the stuff I got from Garth on the go, a few of which are types I have never grown before

Is nothing fancy just a few different types of bells, some Marconis and mini bells ect that I will grow this year, almost all of what I have is form years past and anything I bought was on the hotter side of course.

PtMD989 · Feb 22, 2019

I had great success on germination with the fermented seeds [emoji106]. I was only testing them, so I kinda let them wither away. I planted some ( fermented)tomato seeds on 2/14 they popped a week later [emoji16]. Up until I started fermenting tomato seeds, would just dry the seeds with their gel coat on a paper plate. Those germinated fine also. I guess there is more than 1 way to skin a beaver [emoji16].
I haven’t done any type of preplanting soak on my seeds, just put them in some potting soil and go.
No Boss here, that’s the misses, but sometimes she will let me pick the restaurant, but then she will veto my pick [emoji16]

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PtMD989 · Feb 22, 2019

You grow 42 types of tomatoes? Holy cow!!!!

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CDNmatt · Feb 22, 2019

PtMD989 said:
I had great success on germination with the fermented seeds [emoji106]. I was only testing them, so I kinda let them wither away. I planted some ( fermented)tomato seeds on 2/14 they popped a week later [emoji16]. Up until I started fermenting tomato seeds, would just dry the seeds with their gel coat on a paper plate. Those germinated fine also. I guess there is more than 1 way to skin a beaver [emoji16].
I haven’t done any type of preplanting soak on my seeds, just put them in some potting soil and go.
No Boss here, that’s the misses, but sometimes she will let me pick the restaurant, but then she will veto my pick [emoji16]

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Fermentation was the way to go for me only becuase that is all I knew really since my dad did it as long as I can remember. I have used the paper plate/paper towel method before in a pinch I just found it a cleaner way to store a large amount of seeds with little worry of moisture and killing off any pathegons that may be on the seed.

BUT some seasons I would have jars all over the place cleaning off 20-30 types at a time at the very least, which my BOSS err wife did not enjoy so much, and since I was going to have a bunch this year I was kind of trying to find something that would give me similar results

PtMD989 said:
You grow 42 types of tomatoes? Holy cow!!!!

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And oh gawd I probably could of had 25-30 on top of that if I wanted but will have to split it up over the next few years to keep the seed stock as fresh as I can.

CDNmatt · Feb 22, 2019

DWB said:
I like Paul's avatar. For some reason it reminds me of Bigger Nipper, an Eastern Diamondback I took away from a couple of rednecks many years ago. They had her pegged for a wallet and a belt. She was a rare beauty and a lot more yellow than this picture shows.

Soooooooooo you got these things floating around on your property Dee??

DWB · Feb 22, 2019

CDNmatt said:
Soooooooooo you got these things floating around on your property Dee??

I rescued this particular snake about four miles away but yeah, they seem to enjoy our place. In the 20 years at this property I've caught eight that were within feet of our house, garage or porches. Not so much the past few years because land usage on the adjoining property closest to our house changed from cattle to crops.

heefy · Feb 22, 2019

Great Glog. Made for a fantastic read. Thanks.

Your plants look great too, very green and healthy. You must be very pleased with things so far?

Great to see such good results.

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CDNmatt · Feb 24, 2019

heefy said:
Great Glog. Made for a fantastic read. Thanks.

Your plants look great too, very green and healthy. You must be very pleased with things so far?

Great to see such good results.

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Thanks Heefy and Aye very happy with things so far, and honestly I did not expect things to run as smoothly as they have to this point. This being the longest grow for me indoors I thought for sure I would have alot more issues, and hey I still could for that matter.

Hopefully April I will be able to get things out to the hoop house, even if its just during the day time it will help take the load off my space issues, especially with everything else getting planted from now till then.

heefy · Feb 24, 2019

CDNmatt said:
Thanks Heefy and Aye very happy with things so far, and honestly I did not expect things to run as smoothly as they have to this point. This being the longest grow for me indoors I thought for sure I would have alot more issues, and hey I still could for that matter.

Hopefully April I will be able to get things out to the hoop house, even if its just during the day time it will help take the load off my space issues, especially with everything else getting planted from now till then.

Yep. I think a lot of us have the growing space issues. I still have most of my other veg to sow yet.

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Zippy · Feb 24, 2019

Plants look good Matt.