Ozzy2015 Glog

D3monic · Mar 21, 2015

Very nice list, Jalapeno x peperchini sounds interesting.

Remind me to so some trades with you this fall wouldn't mind adding aji mango next year.

The Tequila sunrise is that the "Hot" version from ajijoe?

Ozzy2001 · Mar 22, 2015

This weekend has been a good one so far. I finally had time with my son's swimming season over, to start prepping for the upcoming growing season.
Here's the plot before tilling.

After the initial till

The soil here really isn't bad. There are already lots of worms in the ground, but there is also a fair amount of clay.

I threw down a 1 1/2 yards of compost though

and tilled it in with my helper

She said she really wanted to help and even though i didn't really have anything for her to do, I wasn't about to discourage her. Besides, I always enjoy help from somebody that's interested, especially my family.

All tilled up and ready for the worms to get back to munching.

D3monic said:
Very nice list, Jalapeno x peperchini sounds interesting.

Remind me to so some trades with you this fall wouldn't mind adding aji mango next year.

The Tequila sunrise is that the "Hot" version from ajijoe?

I'm anxious to try that cross as well. I got that in a seed swap on Gardenweb.

Got the Mango from Judy. I'll definitely be saving seeds from everything.

The sunrise were also from the Gardenweb swap so i'm not sure how hot they will be. I had some pretty hot ones last year that I would have saved some seeds from but we were moving and I ran out of time. They were really tasty in salsa's.

I'm hoping to get some compost bins built tomorrow. I also have a rain barrel that I need to get hooked up to the guttering on our garage. We'll see how it goes though because I have about a million other things I want to do tomorrow as well. Still have a lot of leaves that I want to get chopped up and piled up. Also need to reseed the yard where moles tore it up so I actually have some grass again. I'll have to get the grubs under control. Apparently the grubs run around in the roots of our huge oak trees right around the drip line because that's where the moles tore up the yard the most. We've only been in this house since August so I'll get everything figured out around here after awhile.

One of the Aji Mango plants is growing strange too. I'm thinking it must have been damaged and I didn't see it when it was a seedling. It's like it split right at the base.

Here's a side by side

and a close up of the runt

D3monic · Mar 22, 2015

yea looks like it got accidentally topped or something early. In the pic it seems to be forking right at the cotyledons. My only hot tequila sunrise is growing really goofy too. I'll get a pic of it in a bit.

Not as goofy as that aji mango but nothing symmetrical about it either.

Ozzy2001 · Mar 22, 2015

i have a Hot Lemon plant that is the same way as well

D3monic said:
yea looks like it got accidentally topped or something early. In the pic it seems to be forking right at the cotyledons. My only hot tequila sunrise is growing really goofy too. I'll get a pic of it in a bit.

Not as goofy as that aji mango but nothing symmetrical about it either.

was it really slow to grow at first too? I know that mango and this hot lemon were light years behind the others. I almost threw them out but I wasn't cramped for room then.

Plantguy76 · Mar 22, 2015

Best of luck this season ozzy the aji mango sounds interesting I got aji melocoton and dulce Sol but I pretty much roached the dulce Sol on a transplanting learning lesson .
I decided to do it all outside when it was sunny and in the 70s with a breeze will the seedlings got sun and wind damage and I got sunburned .
I have learned my lesson.
I've lost some but most I think will come out of it .
I like your list looks like you are well on your way I am going to be doing more sowing soon
Hope you get those grubs under control and there not Japanese Beatles

D3monic · Mar 22, 2015

Ozzy2001 said:
i have a Hot Lemon plant that is the same way as well

was it really slow to grow at first too? I know that mango and this hot lemon were light years behind the others. I almost threw them out but I wasn't cramped for room then.

Yea it's way behind all the others. It has white tape on the front so had to of been in my first few plantings. I switched to silver marker after my first two trays worth.

robbyjoe01 · Mar 22, 2015

My friend that is a nice spot of ground you have and a killer list. Got a pic of the new ground I m starting wouldn't want to jump your post so I'll pm you the joke. Looking forward to seeing your garden this season and wish ya all the best.

Ozzy2001 · Mar 22, 2015

robbyjoe01 said:
My friend that is a nice spot of ground you have and a killer list. Got a pic of the new ground I m starting wouldn't want to jump your post so I'll pm you the joke. Looking forward to seeing your garden this season and wish ya all the best.

Feel free to post. Doesn't bother me. And yes that was a joke in that pic.

My conscious got the best of me today and I usually live by if you're not going to do it don't bother. I wasn't satusfied with the tilling yesterday and knew that the soil was too compacted with all the clay so I forked everything to turn it over and I'm going to throw in some gypsum in later.

You can also see the compost bin that I got started. Need to add a lid and some material. I also got some of the bigger babies outside today to catch some real rays and air.

It was such a nice weekend. Going to grill some burgers and sit on the deck in a little while.
Pre grilling cigar

Alynne · Mar 22, 2015

Lovely set up!

Ozzy2001 · Mar 22, 2015

Alynne said:
Lovely set up!

Thanks

Ozzy2001 · Mar 23, 2015

First flower of the year award goes to.... The Aleppo plant.

Rairdog · Mar 23, 2015

That garden soil looks good. Have you check ph? I'm cutting in peat since my ph is always high...and no freaking pine fines.

Ozzy2001 · Mar 24, 2015

Rairdog said:
That garden soil looks good. Have you check ph? I'm cutting in peat since my ph is always high...and no freaking pine fines.

Not yet. I'm going to though.

PaulG · Mar 24, 2015

to growlogosphere 2015!

Looks good; great to have room for a nice in-ground grow.

As for the Aji Mango, sometimes plants just fork at the cotys.
I have a JA Red Habanero that did that this season, and it is
an awesome plant, two stout stalks and very healthy. Should
make an awesomer bush.

tsurrie · Mar 25, 2015

There's a good grow you got going in your basement Scott, nicely done.
And good work on a future garden, the soil seems nice and I bet the peppers will love it.

Ozzy2001 · Mar 28, 2015

I finally got the Aerogarden up and running last night. Started up 4 new seeds courtesy of Chocolatescotchbonnet.

Started:
Red Savina
Golden Cayenne
Chocolate 7 Pot
Yellow Devil Tongue
Cilantro
Trying to clone my Caribbean Red Hab
And lastly a cutting off of a shrub that I like for the fun of it.

I can't wait until these Caribbean Red Habs start growing normally on my over winter

Ozzy2001 · Mar 30, 2015

Well, I have all my ingredients for my 5-1-1 mix. The pine bark fines are hard tom come by here so I bought pine bark mulch and sifted out the really big stuff.