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mmcdermott1 Grow List Log 2011

Well here is my grow list and status. I had a smaller home built greenhouse but I am quickly running out of room so I built a 8' long x 2' deep x 4' high one last night. Used reflective 4x8 sheet in back and bottom/sides/top are some r13 insulation that is suppose to have 98% reflectivity. We shall see. As of now, I have 445 seeds planted and/or purchased and 147 germinated seeds. Other than the 2010 Jalapeno, all seeds with a "0" germination have not been planted yet and/or were just planted in the past few day. My favorite new supplier is Trade Winds Fruit. Their seeds are germinating at an unbelievable rate. My current list is....

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Can't imaging seeing it snowing outside and having such beautiful huge plants that need to go outside like yesterday. So many amazing pepper growers at THP. Springtime please come soon, no more snow!
 
Received the last of the tomato seeds in the mail today, Federle, Sweet Pea Currant, and Riesentraube. They are now germinating in their little cuppy homes :) I also planted 36 germinated Italia's and 9 more Roma's (that's the final plantings of Roma). Time for a wine break ;)
 
It must be all that global warming keepin the snow comming. Plants look great though. Love the taste of home grown tommies.
 
Amazing thread Mr and Mrs McD! You guys both have green thumbs. I see you fell prey to the "just one more type" and are running low on space. This chili growing thing is very addictive.

I didn't notice if you guys are using fans to blow on the plants. The reason is to strengthen up the stems. I use a fan on a timer that blows on them several times a day for 15 minutes. One way to check stem strength is to see how pliable the stems are. If they're nice and rigid you're good to go, if not then you may want to stock up on sticks to tie the plants to when you first put them out.

Best of luck to you two.
 
Hey Patrick. Yup, I use fans in both greenhouses. I have those window type fans that blow in both directions..one on each side. I put them in the middle of the greenhouse and blow one in one direction and one in the other. I actually keep mine on quite a bit during the day.
 
They seem to be doing well LC. They are in the group of "shorter" ones right now but look healthy. I bought some sulfur this weekend and sprinkled on top of plant soil and watered. Still fighting the pH thing. Some of our plants look really healthy but don't seem to be getting any bigger..not sure what that is all about. Could just be the variety. As you know, a lot of these are a first for us. Jen has a boat load of tomatoes growing
 
I figured you guys had something going, you seem to have this pepper growing thing pretty well handled.

I'm sure you know if your pH is off that the plants will have trouble absorbing the available nutes. Sulfur works well for lowering your pH but it's slow slow slow. Try mixing in some peat the next time you guys pot up. It tends to work quicker than sulfur at lowering the pH.

I can't wait to see everything planted and growing outside.
 
Yea I used a different soil that had more of a neutral pH. Later plants got ProMix with a lower pH but this darn water I have is really high pH so been fighting as usual. Never ending battle
 
patrick said:
Amazing thread Mr and Mrs McD! You guys both have green thumbs. I see you fell prey to the "just one more type" and are running low on space. This chili growing thing is very addictive.

I didn't notice if you guys are using fans to blow on the plants. The reason is to strengthen up the stems. I use a fan on a timer that blows on them several times a day for 15 minutes. One way to check stem strength is to see how pliable the stems are. If they're nice and rigid you're good to go, if not then you may want to stock up on sticks to tie the plants to when you first put them out.

Best of luck to you two.
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This is a little off topic, but your suggestion about the sticks is a good one for other reasons as well. My first year to grow peppers, I lost a couple of plants right after I put them in the ground. Stem was chewed through at soil level. It ended up being cutoworms. Since then, I slide a small wooden skewer alongside the stem of every pepper and tomato plant I plant out, and haven't lost a plant to those nasty buggers again! Plus, I live in a high desert, so the spring winds can be devastating. Last night, the winds were 25 - 40 mph with gusts close to 70 mph for 8 hours straight. Not many young plants can tolerate that kind of abuse without a little extra support.

So thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten about the sticks!
 
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