My first attempt...

I was given about 60 fruit bearing trees and bushes last week and in my mind, that just about makes me a farmer. I have decided I want to growing a lot of different fruits and veggies this spring. I have never done this before, but after some reading and the help of youtube, I started with some super hot seeds 2 days ago. Again, I have NEVER attempted anything like this, so I would like to keep a Glog here with you guys to get pointers, laughed at, and congratulated hopefully, lol
 
At the very least, I can share the experience with people who have done these already.
 
D-Day...seeds go in the dirt!
 

 
I planted 20 Moruga scorpion seeds, 10 carloina reapers, 10 each of Purple, white, red, chocolate, yellow, peach, and green Bhutlah. I know I went WAY overboard with these, but I wanted to make sure that I had a few of each make it. I kind of hope that I do not end up with 90 plants, but I am sure I can give some away, haha. I used a seed starter soil and a Jiffy greenhouse set up. Its about 80 degrees at night here, so I need to get a little heat on these guys. I plan on putting them in my shed outside with a warm light. I will be covering the greenhouse so they do not get any of the light. I read that its better to get them started in the dark. Opinions greatly appreciated! I plan on taking a pic every day, but no need to post till I see some results
 
 

 
I see everyone else listing what they have in the dirt, so I want to do that too, lol
 
Planted on 12/2
 
Chocolate Bhuts x10
Peach Bhuts x10
Orange Bhuts x10
Green Bhuts x10
White Bhuts x10
Purple Bhuts x10
Trinidad Scorpion x20
Carolina Reaper x10
 
Planted on 12/5
Yellow sweet peppers x30
Red sweet peppers x10
Orange sweet peppers x5
Peter Peppers x20
 
Planted on 12/6
Cayenne peppers x12
Green bell pepper x 24
yellow banana pepper x12
 
Planted on 12/11
Bishops caps x 12
red jalapeno x12
 
Planted 12/13 (Friday the 13th!)
 
Naga morich x 10
Red fatlii x10
Douglah x10
Yellow fatalli x10
7 pot chocolate x10
7 pot brain strain x10
Mustard habanero x10
Black Congo x10
Monster douglah x10
Black naga x10
 
Ts x ghost x10
Cappachino habanero x10
Yellow naga x brain strain x10
Red habanero x10
7 pot white x10
7 pot changuana x10
Dorset naga x10
Yellow douglah x10
Red congo x10 
Yellow Congo x10
 
Non pepper related grow:
Parsley
sage
dill
rosemary
garlic
cilantro
 
 
 
Planting soon:
Yellow butch t
Bhut indian carbon
Naga X Brain strain
Tasmanian Habenero
Cappucino Habenero
Giant White Habenero
Infinity pepper
Chocolate Carolina Reaper
Chocolate Trinidad Scorpions
Bishops Cap
Majah X
Red 7 Pot
Bengel Naga
White 7 pot
 
 
Hoping to get:
Morugas
7 pot primos 
...and just about anything else I can get my hands on

 

[President Trump]

Good Luck!

 

[PrimeTime]

good luck  

 

[ArkansasJack]

Good luck with your grow season I hope you get 100% germanation and tons of peppers its all trial and error forshure.............

 

[catherinew]

Best of luck in your endeavor!  Let us know how we can help.  I know it can be overwhelming.

 

[Tim Vader]

I planted 20 "peter pepper" seeds, 30 yellow sweet pepper and 10 yellow and red sweet pepper seeds in my other greenhouse today. I want to pick up a few packs of seeds from the gardening shop by my house tomorrow since I need to go check on some supplies anyway. I am getting 13 different types of peppers saturday that I was told from the seller to cull the seeds to grow, so this is becoming a really fun hobby. 
 
If anyone has any extra seeds laying around (plants, flowers, peppers, whatever) I will gladly pay postage to take them off of your hands. I want to get as much experience with growing as I can. I see these "seed trains" on the forums and I would love to get involved with those at some point when I have a little to offer in return.

Also, I have decided to convert my old shed into a grow room. I am getting two 4 bulb, 48" fixtures from work for lighting, already have an AC (if needed) and electricity in the shed. All I really need to do is clean it out this weekend and start setting up. I used to raise snakes and other reptiles in there a few years ago, this room is perfect to use for just about anything!
 
Any suggestions on light bulbs? Can I over do the lighting?

 

[Tim Vader]

4 days in, no signs of life yet, lol
 
started the second and third seed flat with some various seeds I picked up from the nursery by my house. Letting the kids do those so they avoid anything pepper related at all costs

 

[jedisushi06]

4 days in, no signs of life yet, lol
 
started the second and third seed flat with some various seeds I picked up from the nursery by my house. Letting the kids do those so they avoid anything pepper related at all costs

Takes a while for these seeds to sprout don't lose hope just yet.  Are you using a heat mat and a humidity dome?

 

[Tim Vader]

Got my first sign of life today!
 
6 days from planting and a little white bhut has broken the surface. Hoping the next 2 days show many more signs of growth

I think my soil might be too wet. There is no water in the bottom of the tray, but there is a lot of condensation inside the little greenhouse. Should I leave the top off awhile and let it dry out some?

I have them outside in my old snake room with a small heater and I am using the plastic seed start kit from jiffy. My ambient temp is about 91 degrees, I turned the heat down just a tad. I read that they love 85 degrees

 

[PrimeTime]

If the soil itself is WET not DAMP you might want to air out a little at a time. Condensation on the dome shouldnt be a problem but youll get to know when it looks like there is too much. Sounds like a hot room!

 

[Tim Vader]

its damp, not soaking wet. I am going to let it air out for an hour or so just to be sure. Like I said, there is nothing in the bottom of the tray, so I dont think its too bad.
 
I used some seed starter from Home Depot on these. I grabbed a bag from a nursery the other day for some bell peppers and a few other things, it was much different in consistency, look, and color. I was worried that the stuff I had previously gotten was too dry.
 
Temp is holding great at 86 right now

 

[Devv]

Nice grow list!
 
 
Your lights question:
 
I'm impressed with the T5 lights, but they are a bit pricey.
 
Regarding too wet question:
 
Read up on dampening off.
 
Good luck this season!

 

[Tim Vader]

I went and checked oout the "crop: ( ) and I did not see any fungus or mold, everything looks fine. I did, however, see another stem poking up and another tiny green curl making its way through. I think tomorrow morning will be pretty interesting for me. All 3 of the stems are white bhuts, I guess they were ideal in the middle of the tray.
 
This is very difficult to get a shot of, but here is my little fella
 

 

[Pinoy83]

good luck on your grow this coming year...im seeing heads popping ...nicee

 

[Tim Vader]

I keep checking every few hours, I see 4 stems so far 

 

[Devv]

LOL, it's like waiting for water to boil...I'm down to twice a day :

 

[capsidadburn]

+1 on reading about the damp off! 
 
Just twice a day huh Scott?  Morning, Noon, Evening and Night here!
 
Good luck with your season Tim Vader!

 

[Sarg3]

Can't wait to see where this all takes you in the upcoming months

 

[Tim Vader]

I can not lie, I check these trays every 2-3 hours. I woke up at 3 am just to see if I had anything popping up out of the dirt, haha
 
So far, 6 white, 2 purple and a peach bhut

 

[Transient Exuberance]

Nice list. To my thinking, way overboard is the only way to go. Eight up in a week sounds like a good start.
 
I think I hear another one coming up.