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overwintering Overwintered Scorpions

Wow very nice AJ. Hope that hail didnt screw any plants too awful bad. Those scorps are very nice. Finally getting to till up the ground here so I can put my black mesh down and sit pots on top. After that, its isolation cage time and Im in the clear! woo hoo. Hope mine get as bushy as yours and hopefully no hail! Sounded like about 1000 games of ping pong going on at one time :)
 
AlabamaJack said:
my overwintered scorpion plants seem to be doing OK...lot better than anything else...the shade cloth structure saved them from the double dose of hail I have had in the last 10 days...

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and I have some guardian angels too...they hatched just a few days ago and are about 1/2" long now...hoping to get a resident population...

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and the last two hail storms...
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Shifu Jack says "When you can snatch the hail stone from my palm... only then will the scorpion reveal itself!" :lol:


Those are some nasty storms man :eek: looked like marbles falling to the ground :crazy:
 
Torno said:
Oh wow, can't believe it dented up the patio roof like that. Hopefully the hail will keep away the next few months. The DFW area has been getting a lot of hail the last two months, certainly more in that short time frame than I ever remember total in the past ten years! I know this area has been averaging quarter sized hail and up to just a bit larger than golf ball. Shame the storm season has only really started haha.

-J
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I/'ve been here in Fort Worth for about 23 years now and have grown used to the storms we get...almost like a box of choc-o-lates...I was downtown at Billy Minors in 95' having a Friday Evening Margarita and watched softball to grapefruit size hail pummel my 93 Customized GMC shortbed...5800 in damage to the truck...nothing I could do and I sure as the devil was not going to go out in it..think about the damage a 3 pound rock traveling at ~200 mph would do if it hit you...


SuperHot said:
Last year at this time I lost about 100 superhots from a terrible storm, but to sustain two is just inhumane and cruel!! How bad was the damage? How are your nerves holding up? I really feel your pain. The mesh barrier seems like a savior, great idea!! You're very resourceful and I really like your setup!!

Please keep us posted, hopefully smooth sailing the rest of the way.

May the pepper gods shine on you…use suffered enough already!!

Good luck, Jack
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if all mother nature throws at me is small hail, I can live with that...we have been lucky with all the tornados over the past month...so lucky in fact that we are considering a tornado shelter...I am doing a trade study right now to see if I can build one cheaper than have one installed...if I build it, it will have a 1" black iron inside casing with 12" reinforced cement around and tied into the bedrock beneath...already in the conceptual design phase...

mmcdermott1 said:
Wow very nice AJ. Hope that hail didnt screw any plants too awful bad. Those scorps are very nice. Finally getting to till up the ground here so I can put my black mesh down and sit pots on top. After that, its isolation cage time and Im in the clear! woo hoo. Hope mine get as bushy as yours and hopefully no hail! Sounded like about 1000 games of ping pong going on at one time :)
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thanks and good luck this grow season...gigglin' here about playing ping pong with hail stones...don't you know that would rattle the paddle pretty good...

DudeThtsBad said:
god dangg. way to beat mother nature !
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won't ever beat her...just learning to live with her...

Alphaeon said:
Shifu Jack says "When you can snatch the hail stone from my palm... only then will the scorpion reveal itself!" :lol:


Those are some nasty storms man :eek: looked like marbles falling to the ground :crazy:
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:rofl:
 
AlabamaJack said:
my overwintered scorpion plants seem to be doing OK...lot better than anything else...the shade cloth structure saved them from the double dose of hail I have had in the last 10 days...

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I was going to ask who the hippie was in your Scorpion nest, but realized it had to be you. They look mighty fine.

How did your solve your multi-valve thingy you had last year on your irrigation system? Did you go ahead and put an automatic timer on it?
 
Converting your hoop house from winter 'indoor' growing to outdoor growing by changing the 6 mil visquene to sun shade material--now providing hail AND sun protection--is genuis. Or is this a separate structure? Do you think you will stretch your pod production during the dog days of summer with the shade? (I might try this on a smaller scale with my little portable greenhouse as a structure.)

Look's good in a patio setting, too! must have passed the wife-unit's scrutiny.... :cool:
 
Datil Patch said:
Where does one buy the material for sewing your own pots?
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good question...haven't gotten that far in the project yet...


Datil Patch said:
I was going to ask who the hippie was in your Scorpion nest, but realized it had to be you. They look mighty fine.

How did your solve your multi-valve thingy you had last year on your irrigation system? Did you go ahead and put an automatic timer on it?
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hippie...why, that long haired sorry son o'........oh, yeah, that is me... :rofl:

two automatic timers plus added another one this year...here is a pic of the makeshift manifold and timers...I have 10 circuits...no circuit has more than 40 drippers on it...

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Siliman said:
Converting your hoop house from winter 'indoor' growing to outdoor growing by changing the 6 mil visquene to sun shade material--now providing hail AND sun protection--is genuis. Or is this a separate structure? Do you think you will stretch your pod production during the dog days of summer with the shade? (I might try this on a smaller scale with my little portable greenhouse as a structure.)

Look's good in a patio setting, too! must have passed the wife-unit's scrutiny.... :cool:
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thank's...when I thought of this back in December, the goal was exactly what I have done...6 mil visquene to 30% shade cloth on the same structure...then in late November, I can go back to 6 mil visquene until I get the plants inside for the winter...I have never grown the same plant for 3 years...

about the "scrutiny"...I only want it to look nice...wife knows that and trusts me to do it the way I need to...I am telling you...sitting here in my little alcove is very private...it is between the house (south) and the retaining wall (north)...storage building to the west and yard equipment storage to the east...

naganumbness said:
beautiful plants AJ! i haven't seen one mantis since i've lived here.
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thanks man...I have only seen very few but am in earnest trying to create a resident population here...will probably put out 4 egg sacs a year until they either establish themselves or I run out of money/egg sacs...
 
AlabamaJack said:
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hippie...why, that long haired sorry son o'........oh, yeah, that is me... :rofl:

two automatic timers plus added another one this year...here is a pic of the makeshift manifold and timers...I have 10 circuits...no circuit has more than 40 drippers on it...

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Those look like Orbit timers from Lowes or Walmart. I have read mixed reviews of them. Have you had any problems with them?

What size drippers are you using? .5gph or 1gph?
 
Datil Patch said:
Those look like Orbit timers from Lowes or Walmart. I have read mixed reviews of them. Have you had any problems with them?

What size drippers are you using? .5gph or 1gph?
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I think they are orbit, not sure the brand but I got them at Home Depot and they are not cheap...I have had no problem with them at all. All you do is set your times and put them on automatic. Then I can just sit back and watch the plants grow.

I am using 1 gph drippers...
 
JungleRain said:
Unreal T Scorps AJ, are they various strains or just one strain?
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thanks JR...they are all "my strain" that I have been growing for the past three years...I got the seeds from another member here from Trinidad..

and what's funny is that the pod shape of the Butch T that hippy has on his website looks eerily like one of the pod types I have...I have 4 specific pod types in the variety I am growing...here is a pic of the one I am talking about from 2008...

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and here is a pic of the 4 pod types I have..(and was my main seedstock this year)

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AJ if you were referring to that timing monster when you suggested I build something to water my peppers with I am flattered that you think I have the smarts and ability to do it. Extremely flattered.

Something I do know though is the sacs of baby mantids are called ootheca's. Are you getting them locally or online? Make sure you only release ones that are native to your region. Introducing non native species can create an environmental disaster. OK, I'm done preaching now. :clap:
 
patrick said:
AJ if you were referring to that timing monster when you suggested I build something to water my peppers with I am flattered that you think I have the smarts and ability to do it. Extremely flattered.

Something I do know though is the sacs of baby mantids are called ootheca's. Are you getting them locally or online? Make sure you only release ones that are native to your region. Introducing non native species can create an environmental disaster. OK, I'm done preaching now. :clap:
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the building part is not hard Patrick...but coming up with the manifold with a bypass system took me a while to figure out...and I surely believe you could do it...

the "ootheca's" came from my local nursery I deal with and surely they wouldn't sell me something that wasn't native here...they are an old, reputable nursery...
 
Hey AJ, in looking over your rig, I am not seeing a pressure regulator. Are you running at full pressure? or somewhere between 10psi-30psi?
 
AJ I have grown out seeds from your '08 pods and they have been more consistent compared to the Butch T's. They mostly have stingers from what I recall. Not growing them this season (have more annuums this year), but I am sure they will make it back into the rotation in future seasons.
 
Datil Patch said:
Hey AJ, in looking over your rig, I am not seeing a pressure regulator. Are you running at full pressure? or somewhere between 10psi-30psi?
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yup...no pressure regulator...just city water at full pressure...the emitters require 15-25 psi...and I think I am there...I just checked...the 1 gph rainbirds handle pressure from 15-50 psi so I am sure I am OK...


Josh said:
AJ I have grown out seeds from your '08 pods and they have been more consistent compared to the Butch T's. They mostly have stingers from what I recall. Not growing them this season (have more annuums this year), but I am sure they will make it back into the rotation in future seasons.
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cool Josh...consistancy is what I am after (as I am sure Butch is)...but with the 4 different pod types, I don't know which one to go with...I have some that are identical pod shape to the Butch Ts...
 
I just had a mild hail storm 2 days ago while I was at work. Only heavily damaged 2 plants, but I think they will make it. I'm glad I didn't have one like yours or I would be counting casualties. :tear:
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