OCD 2017!!!

OCD Chilehead · May 14, 2017

bpiela said:
Plants look great! How did you protect all of them from aphids/gnats?

Thanks Ben!

No gnats this year. I kept the top of the soil dry. Aphids don't bother my plants. I have a 6x6x6 rose bush they love. They've never touched the pepper plants which I grow about 6ft from the rose bush. Knock on wood. Grasshoppers are starting to show. Those are my enemy.

OCD Chilehead · May 14, 2017

moruga welder said:
n.p. my friend ! and right back at ya on the seeds , The pumpkin BBG'S are growing hot n heavy , and the Neyde x BBg are falling suit , 1 nice and purple , 1 just standard green , did get the ladies in the dirt

Glad to hear it Frank. I hope between the two of us, we get some cool ones.

tctenten · May 14, 2017

Everything just looks great. Love the photo of the flower on the mutant candlelight.

bpiela · May 14, 2017

OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks Ben!

No gnats this year. I kept the top of the soil dry. Aphids don't bother my plants. I have a 6x6x6 rose bush they love. They've never touched the pepper plants which I grow about 6ft from the rose bush. Knock on wood. Grasshoppers are starting to show. Those are my enemy.

So, you got the outside covered, but how did you keep the aphids off of the plants indoors? You seem to grow a lot of plants. Just wondering what you do so that maybe I can do a better job next year... Thanks!

OCD Chilehead · May 14, 2017

tctenten said:
Everything just looks great. Love the photo of the flower on the mutant candlelight.

Thanks Terry. It is a strange one. I think some have already have little pods forming. It just seems that it just flowered one day. No indications of even having buds. Weird.

OCD Chilehead · May 14, 2017

bpiela said:
So, you got the outside covered, but how did you keep the aphids off of the plants indoors? You seem to grow a lot of plants. Just wondering what you do so that maybe I can do a better job next year... Thanks!

I've never had one aphid inside or outside. Fungus gnats in the past. Bottom water helped that and ventilation.

Sorry I couldn't help.

Wiriwiri · May 14, 2017

Chuck you've really made a lot of progress with getting the plants to their final destination..awesome job on the hoop house..a lot of credit for your hard work.
My eyes darted right to the galap,it looks fantastic...growing at a fast pace,a different kinda odor from the leaves.."its quite the plant",I hope it continues to do well for you.Like you,must say its my favorite..I don't know if I mentioned to you,I planted 3 seeds and all 3 germinated in 10 days,(got lucky

)kept 2 & I have another plant that is a bit bigger,I hope that one bears fruit...will see!
Also like the candlelight mutant,not knowledgeable on that one..anyway continue success,seems that you will have a ton of peppers in no time. :party:

OCD Chilehead · May 15, 2017

wiriwiri said:
Chuck you've really made a lot of progress with getting the plants to their final destination..awesome job on the hoop house..a lot of credit for your hard work.
My eyes darted right to the galap,it looks fantastic...growing at a fast pace,a different kinda odor from the leaves.."its quite the plant",I hope it continues to do well for you.Like you,must say its my favorite..I don't know if I mentioned to you,I planted 3 seeds and all 3 germinated in 10 days,(got lucky )kept 2 & I have another plant that is a bit bigger,I hope that one bears fruit...will see!
Also like the candlelight mutant,not knowledgeable on that one..anyway continue success,seems that you will have a ton of peppers in no time.

Hey Sandy! Thanks!

Your to kind.

The Galop is just beautiful. Congrats on the germ rate. I had two that germinated and they took forever. I even had to scarify to get them to pop. Out of the two, only one made it. I definitely want to OW this one.

I wish there was more people like you, that want to rejuvenate seed stock of some of the rare and wild ones. Seeds don't last forever. With out new stock they could disappear. I hope you succeed with your project. Next year I will focus more on that. I did rejuvenate a Indian pepper, couldn't find any vendors with viable seeds. I saved almost all of the seeds from the pods. I spread them around and see them on some seed trains. Cool!

Thanks for stopping by.

Superhot Sim · May 15, 2017

Your going to be so well rewarded for your hard graft Chuck, lot if work gone into the whole grow.
Must of been a huge effort when you put them all down in dirt ? But the hoop house looks fantastic and will be a jungle of pods in no time.
Stunning flowers on the mutant.
Plenty of peppers coming your way buddy. Growing like a Boss. Nicely done.

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OCD Chilehead · May 15, 2017

Superhot Sim said:
Your going to be so well rewarded for your hard graft Chuck, lot if work gone into the whole grow.
Must of been a huge effort when you put them all down in dirt ? But the hoop house looks fantastic and will be a jungle of pods in no time.
Stunning flowers on the mutant.
Plenty of peppers coming your way buddy. Growing like a Boss. Nicely done.

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Wow! Sim!

Your making me blush. I try the best I can. Lots of research and trial and error. I've got a lot of help around here.

I have to give credit to Rick (stickman), Scott (Devv), Paul (PaulG) , Justin(jcw10tc), Stefan(meatfreak), Rich(pepperguru). You see this is truly a community grow. With out tips and tricks from all these members, I wouldn't have much going on. There is many more growers out there I envy, but these guys have really helped along the way. I hope to have half the skills of them someday. Just given credit where credit is do.

And thank you for following along.

You all Rock!

Devv · May 15, 2017

Wow Chuck!

You're off to a killer start for sure. Plants all look great and the Nikon shots really stand out.

Keep on kickin it bro!

randyp · May 16, 2017

Chuck your hard work starts paying you back this week.Weather is taking a turn in your area.

Superhot Sim · May 16, 2017

I back up all the growers you mentioned Chuck all established good pepper guys , and same over here its about helping each other with knowledge , tips , seeds, pods , and then produce

im very lucky to share a forum as you know with John (Trident) and Dennis(Dennish) and others who are on here as well , all very generous and always willing to help.
So yeah it becomes a mass community grow , some a little crazy

as we all are but great growers who have become friends over the years.

Gary ( windchicken ) is another very special pepper grower indeed , not only for his generosity , but always got time to explain and share his knowledge.
Sure goes a long way to keeping this hobby very special and a whole lot of fun... :metal:

stickman · May 16, 2017

Don't sell yourself short Chuck, I rarely second-guess the man on the ground.

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OCD Chilehead · May 16, 2017

randyp said:
Chuck your hard work starts paying you back this week.Weather is taking a turn in your area.

Thanks Randy

It's definitely taking a turn. It was staying warm hit 90 today and just got notice of a freeze warning in effect for the next 3 days. What!

Superhot Sim said:
I back up all the growers you mentioned Chuck all established good pepper guys , and same over here its about helping each other with knowledge , tips , seeds, pods , and then produce im very lucky to share a forum as you know with John (Trident) and Dennis(Dennish) and others who are on here as well , all very generous and always willing to help.
So yeah it becomes a mass community grow , some a little crazy as we all are but great growers who have become friends over the years.

Gary ( windchicken ) is another very special pepper grower indeed , not only for his generosity , but always got time to explain and share his knowledge.
Sure goes a long way to keeping this hobby very special and a whole lot of fun...

stickman said:
I'm all about knowledge. If you can't find it within a chili forum, it probably doesn't exist. LOL!

Gary, Charles, Jason and the list goes on and on. It's amazing how many amazing growers there are. When I first came to this a number of years ago, I was welcomed with open arms. It was all new to me. I don't even do facebook. This is much better (for me).

Don't sell yourself short Chuck, I rarely second-guess the man on the ground.

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Thanks Rick.

I've heard that before. I suppose, I don't give myself enough credit.

I guess humbleness has its down sides.

Just got a freeze warning

Had to board up the greenhouse

ThatBlondGuy101 · May 16, 2017

Still can't get over how bloody good the greenhouse looks! The ladies will be nice and cosy for sure, snow, hail or shine!

stickman · May 16, 2017

OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks Randy

It's definitely taking a turn. It was staying warm hit 90 today and just got notice of a freeze warning in effect for the next 3 days. What!

Thanks Rick.

I've heard that before. I suppose, I don't give myself enough credit.

I guess humbleness has its down sides.

Just got a freeze warning

Had to board up the greenhouse

Yeah... THAT sounds familiar. [emoji13] Good thing you were on the ball Chuck! [emoji2]

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PaulG · May 17, 2017

Hope you managed okay last night, brother.
Your greenhouse looks like it's more than
adequate for the task! I talked to a friend in
Denver today and he said there is a prediction
for 4" of snow possible overnight. Plants in
there are looking great, BTW.

Will be interesting to see the pod that comes
from the mutant candlelight.

Devv · May 17, 2017

I'm sorry about the weather Chuck.

But you're prepared; those babes will do just fine.

Keep it green Bro!

Wiriwiri · May 17, 2017

Me too Chuck..so sorry..hope it all goes away pronto.& blue skies & warm temps prevail..if only I could send you some of the 90* we have on tap for tomorrow...I surely would,but the thought is there,your preparedness should ensure a good outcome..besides we are all pulling for you.

OCD 2017!!!

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