Meatfreak 2012 Growlog

PIC 1 · Dec 22, 2011

Hey Meatfreak,

Your soil mix would be an excellent choice for "cutting propagation" for those who wish to start clones.

Greg

meatfreak · Dec 23, 2011

PIC 1 said:
Hey Meatfreak,

Your soil mix would be an excellent choice for "cutting propagation" for those who wish to start clones.

Greg

But also for regular seedlings right? Last season I used a the same mix but with regular soil, but that is more contaminated. So I wanted to keep it more clean this time, since I have to keep them inside for a while. Don't want any bugs/flies into the house

BigCedar · Dec 23, 2011

Damn meatfreak, that's a very serious habanero list you got going! I'm looking forward to seeing those grow out for you, I haven't even heard of some of those. Good luck to you n your grow

I'll be watching this one.

Brandon

meatfreak · Dec 24, 2011

BigCedar said:
Damn meatfreak, that's a very serious habanero list you got going! I'm looking forward to seeing those grow out for you, I haven't even heard of some of those. Good luck to you n your grow I'll be watching this one.

Brandon

Thanks, Brandon. I love me some Habanero's

looking forward too seing them all grownup with all kinds of pods hanging the plants.

MGOLD86 · Dec 28, 2011

Hey Meat, where did you get your plugs from? I am considering doing a bit of an experiment and growing in coco plugs and rapid rooters to see any difference. Cant find a site that sells the coco...

Thanks,

Matt

meatfreak · Dec 29, 2011

MGOLD86 said:
Hey Meat, where did you get your plugs from? I am considering doing a bit of an experiment and growing in coco plugs and rapid rooters to see any difference. Cant find a site that sells the coco... Thanks, Matt

Hey Matt, I orded them through a dutch pepper forum. The admin bought a big amount and could offer a good deal for all members who wanted the plugs. I payed $7,7 for 100 plugs. I found them on a site here for you, they are a bit more expensive over there. Maybe they are bigger sized because you have them in all kinds of sizes. The ones I used are 1,5".

MGOLD86 · Dec 29, 2011

Thanks, Ill check it out!

meatfreak · Dec 29, 2011

Just a small update, not much going on the germination front except a few more popped. Out of 30 varieties, 6 of them didnt germinate at all

The total germination rate is 63%, wich is really disappointing. I'm gonna sow the remaining varieties again except for the Habanero Condor's Beak. I only had 2 seeds of it. I except the reason for the low germination rate is that the top of the plugs dry out very quickly wich damages the seeds when drying up again. Next time I'm gonna use the Denomethod again like I did before, that way the seed stays more moist and doesnt dry up so quickly.

Habanero Bazooka 2/1
Habanero Big Jamaican 2/2
Habanero Big Sun 2/1
Habanero Black Congo 2/1
Habanero Cappuccino Nugget 2/2
Habanero Chocolate Congo 2/0
Habanero Chocolate Hand Grenade F-1 2/2
Habanero Chocolate Lightning 2/2
Habanero Condor's Beak 2/0
Habanero Francisca ™ 2/0
Habanero Giant White 2/2
Habanero Golden 2/1
Habanero Jaguar 2/1
Habanero Long Chocolate 4/4
Habanero Mustard 2/1
Habanero Pastel 2/0
Habanero Purple 2/2
Habanero Senegal Chocolate 2/2
Habanero Tasmanian Chocolate F-1 2/1
Habanero White Bullet x Maraba 2/2
Habanero White Pearl 2/0
Habanero Yellow Bumpy 2/1
Habanero Yucatan White 2/1
Habanero Zavory 2/2
Hurican 2/2
MadballZ 2/0
Monster Naga 2/1
Peito de Moca 2/2
Pimenta Leopard 2/2
SB7J F-1 2/1 (Looking forward too this one

)

It's way too crowded and I need to find a solution for this soon

Thanks for watching.

Stefan

2gods · Dec 29, 2011

Maybe you can add some vermiculite to the soil.

Vermiculite absorbs water and releases it to the plant when it needs it.
At the same time vermiculite keeps the soil porous and fluffy.

If the White Pearl will not germinate, then i send one more bag of seeds

meatfreak · Dec 30, 2011

2gods said:
Maybe you can add some vermiculite to the soil.

Vermiculite absorbs water and releases it to the plant when it needs it.
At the same time vermiculite keeps the soil porous and fluffy.

If the White Pearl will not germinate, then i send one more bag of seeds

Thanks for the offer buddy, I still got 8 seeds left too try so if one of those don't germinate I might hold you up to that offer

In case with the soil, I did add perlite and vermiculite too it but your mixed up with the plugs

They are made out of pure cocopeat so I cant do anything about it except keep it moist every day, wich is alot of extra work

AtomicCobraPeppers · Dec 30, 2011

just wanted to say thoses seedlings look good

looking at those gets me excited to start mine next week!

BigCedar · Dec 30, 2011

WOW now I see what you mean about being crowded! that's quite the temporary solution ya got there though lol. Don't worry too much about the ones that didn't germinate, your trying to start 2 seeds of each so rates will be a bit lower than if you were starting 5 of each..Of those varieties, especially the madballz have some really low rates as it is.. I tried for 4 madballz and I just had my 2nd madballz pop.. I doubt the other 2 will. I'm sure you have some extra seeds so you can give the ones that didn't pop a 2nd shot

Good luck finding a crowding solution, if you have a south facing window or any well lit window for that matter. you could get a cheap T8 or T12 fixture , that along with the natural light will plenty enough to get them to plant out, just an idea anyway.

Lookin good dude
Brandon

meatfreak · Dec 31, 2011

BigCedar said:
WOW now I see what you mean about being crowded! that's quite the temporary solution ya got there though lol. Don't worry too much about the ones that didn't germinate, your trying to start 2 seeds of each so rates will be a bit lower than if you were starting 5 of each..Of those varieties, especially the madballz have some really low rates as it is.. I tried for 4 madballz and I just had my 2nd madballz pop.. I doubt the other 2 will. I'm sure you have some extra seeds so you can give the ones that didn't pop a 2nd shot Good luck finding a crowding solution, if you have a south facing window or any well lit window for that matter. you could get a cheap T8 or T12 fixture , that along with the natural light will plenty enough to get them to plant out, just an idea anyway.

Lookin good dude
Brandon

Yeah, none of the MadballZ popped but I got 8 seeds left too try, I only need 1 too sprout

I have a solution for the younglings but I cant make it yet because I have to finish something else first. I have 2x 125watt CFL 6400K lights and a south facing window, I only too finish the room before I can use it. Today the last of 2 SB7J's sprouted after 16 days, a welcome surprise.

meatfreak · Jan 8, 2012

Hello! It's time for another update after 24 days

Habanero Zavory and Habanero Yellow Bumpy

In the front Habanero Tasmanian Chocolate F-1, behind that 2x Habanero Big Jamaican and next to it Habanero Long Chocolate.

On the left Pimenta Leopard and to the right Habanero Big Sun

Love the purple color on this little plant.

The ones that were the last to germinate don't grow that well, not even their first set of real leaves after a week. If they don't shape up soon I will re-try those particular varieties.
The leaves have a strange color, a bit purple-brownish.

It's still crowded but they will have to wait another week before I can place them in my new growbox.

This week my order of Chilli Focus came in, I'm good for the next couple of years :lol:

So far I'm pretty satisfied with the progress of my plants, most of them are doing great and are growing really fast.

meatfreak · Jan 18, 2012

New update, most of my plants are doing great after almost 5 weeks. I moved the bigger ones into my propagator and left the small ones in the lightbox. Hopefully they will grow a bit better now they have more space.

My 20 days old SB7J, still very small.

I'm gonna need to repot the bigger ones soon because the roots are already coming out of the pot.

MGOLD86 · Jan 18, 2012

20 days from sprout or plant on that SB7J?

meatfreak · Jan 18, 2012

MGOLD86 said:
20 days from sprout or plant on that SB7J?

From sprout, but its growing its first real leaves now.

SocalChilehead · Jan 18, 2012

They look great Meatfreak what are you feeding them or plan to feed them.

MGOLD86 · Jan 18, 2012

Thanks. I am gonna be planting some of those babies pretty soon, so it is good to get an idea on how they are growin.

meatfreak · Jan 19, 2012

SocalChilehead said:
They look great Meatfreak what are you feeding them or plan to feed them.

Thanks! I'm feeding them Chilli Focus together with a mixture of epsom salt every week on the same day.

MGOLD86 said:
Thanks. I am gonna be planting some of those babies pretty soon, so it is good to get an idea on how they are growin.

I saw pictures of them in PIC1 his topic and those were huge already so I'm thinking of sowing them again.