Figure it would be good to become more of an active member on these forums and start my own glog. For the following reasons
1. Something to look back and reflect on for my accomplishments.
2. Get expert advice (from all you wise ones, and some of the pretenders
on what I am doing wrong.
3. To make some new friends and possible trade some seeds and plants in the future!
I am going to start by first thanking chocolatescotchbonnet for the seeds and all the help you have given so far, definitely got the ball rolling for me!
So to start out this is my first time ever growing super hots. I found this site a while back but missed the grow time. Check in from time to time but now decided to jump in, make some friends and give it a shot.
Typically I go to the local nursery here and pick up some plants and then get them ready for the weather gradually. Mainly a vegetable garden but also NM (Hatch) Green Chile which I don't even know the actual name of the plant or the scientific name. Last few years we have planted about 50-75 plants and had some pretty decent yields. For those who havn't been to this side of the country (specifically NM, some CO, AZ and some parts of TX but they wont admit it) green (and red) chile are found on everything here. I will add some pictures of the uses of these chiles to make some of you all jealous!
ANYWAY back to the glog. I got some seeds (Bhut, Orange HB, Fatalii, Tabasco, Moruga Scorpian, Devils Tongue and... cant remember the last one off the top of my head). I have tried to grow from seeds in the past using the little Jiffy greenhouses. They always grow really good, but I think I leave the lid on to long and it never fails they tend to die. I had already started some vegetable seeds and started the germination process for these. So I threw in some of the super hots (about 4 days after the vegetables) into some zip loc bags and a paper towel. I think some of these were a little to wet and I rushed to get these into the containers so they were not fully germinated (first mistake). Either way I couldn't wait because the vegetables had germinated.
Mistake #2- Decided to use some potting soil (before i started reading through here and learning... Watered it and put the lid on. Mistake 3 - Over watered (more on that later). So after smartening up and reading here picked up another Jiffy container and some peat (starter for seeds). Planted and watered, but not overly so... Put them on the kitchen counter (which my wife has been threatening me to get it cleaned off...) and let them rest, check on them daily yadda yadda yadda.
So I noticed in the first of the two Jiffy containts (over watered) had sprouted three seedlings (watermelons) but nothing else. They were getting big so took off the top and transplanted.. just for giggles I checked the soil in a couple of the other slots, and i noticed the seeds had rotted (ugh!) so checked more, sure enough they all showed no growth. But its ok, transplanted the few watermelon seeds and emptied out the dirt, filled with the seed starter mix. Getting dark outside (Mistake #4, drum roll please).. Quick need to plant some more seeds, all super hots this time!! Have my son help me cause he is exited to grow some ghost peppers to make a potion... yikes! So we get the baggies of seeds, start planting, next bag, plant.. and so on... cover them up, water and realize... We didnt make a fancy chart of what we planted where. ah! (so as this glog evolves we will be playing a fun game of guess the plant!).
On to some pictures and relief from this novel!!
Jiffy container (about a week ago)
Side view of the first couple of seedlings
Container lid off and starting to grow and spread
Plants again, a little streched I think (before getting light)
Bought a little plant light (a grow light from Home Depot, probably not the correct one but got it in a pinch) First attempt at a light, but have a new set up will add some pictures of that when I get home. I think this one was a little to far from the plants.
If I can get these to survive a few more weeks and get a little bigger I will be happy. This is the furthest I have gotten seeds to grow. will be planting the rest of my other plants this weekend. Thats the goal anyway but my father just dropped of 1600 sq ft of sod so that might be my entire weekend...
Either way, sorry for the lengthy post. But definitely would like feedback and anything you guys can provide that will help this grow succeed!!!
1. Something to look back and reflect on for my accomplishments.
2. Get expert advice (from all you wise ones, and some of the pretenders
on what I am doing wrong.3. To make some new friends and possible trade some seeds and plants in the future!
I am going to start by first thanking chocolatescotchbonnet for the seeds and all the help you have given so far, definitely got the ball rolling for me!
So to start out this is my first time ever growing super hots. I found this site a while back but missed the grow time. Check in from time to time but now decided to jump in, make some friends and give it a shot.
Typically I go to the local nursery here and pick up some plants and then get them ready for the weather gradually. Mainly a vegetable garden but also NM (Hatch) Green Chile which I don't even know the actual name of the plant or the scientific name. Last few years we have planted about 50-75 plants and had some pretty decent yields. For those who havn't been to this side of the country (specifically NM, some CO, AZ and some parts of TX but they wont admit it) green (and red) chile are found on everything here. I will add some pictures of the uses of these chiles to make some of you all jealous!
ANYWAY back to the glog. I got some seeds (Bhut, Orange HB, Fatalii, Tabasco, Moruga Scorpian, Devils Tongue and... cant remember the last one off the top of my head). I have tried to grow from seeds in the past using the little Jiffy greenhouses. They always grow really good, but I think I leave the lid on to long and it never fails they tend to die. I had already started some vegetable seeds and started the germination process for these. So I threw in some of the super hots (about 4 days after the vegetables) into some zip loc bags and a paper towel. I think some of these were a little to wet and I rushed to get these into the containers so they were not fully germinated (first mistake). Either way I couldn't wait because the vegetables had germinated.
Mistake #2- Decided to use some potting soil (before i started reading through here and learning... Watered it and put the lid on. Mistake 3 - Over watered (more on that later). So after smartening up and reading here picked up another Jiffy container and some peat (starter for seeds). Planted and watered, but not overly so... Put them on the kitchen counter (which my wife has been threatening me to get it cleaned off...) and let them rest, check on them daily yadda yadda yadda.
So I noticed in the first of the two Jiffy containts (over watered) had sprouted three seedlings (watermelons) but nothing else. They were getting big so took off the top and transplanted.. just for giggles I checked the soil in a couple of the other slots, and i noticed the seeds had rotted (ugh!) so checked more, sure enough they all showed no growth. But its ok, transplanted the few watermelon seeds and emptied out the dirt, filled with the seed starter mix. Getting dark outside (Mistake #4, drum roll please).. Quick need to plant some more seeds, all super hots this time!! Have my son help me cause he is exited to grow some ghost peppers to make a potion... yikes! So we get the baggies of seeds, start planting, next bag, plant.. and so on... cover them up, water and realize... We didnt make a fancy chart of what we planted where. ah! (so as this glog evolves we will be playing a fun game of guess the plant!).
On to some pictures and relief from this novel!!
Jiffy container (about a week ago)
Side view of the first couple of seedlings
Container lid off and starting to grow and spread
Plants again, a little streched I think (before getting light)
Bought a little plant light (a grow light from Home Depot, probably not the correct one but got it in a pinch) First attempt at a light, but have a new set up will add some pictures of that when I get home. I think this one was a little to far from the plants.
If I can get these to survive a few more weeks and get a little bigger I will be happy. This is the furthest I have gotten seeds to grow. will be planting the rest of my other plants this weekend. Thats the goal anyway but my father just dropped of 1600 sq ft of sod so that might be my entire weekend...
Either way, sorry for the lengthy post. But definitely would like feedback and anything you guys can provide that will help this grow succeed!!!
