PaulG 2013

stickman · Feb 14, 2013

PaulG said:
Hey, Rick! Things here are good. Spring is just around the corner.
Well, maybe not too far in the sometime foreseeable possible future?
Got snow?

Hi Paul
Maybe just a little... Turns out I under-reported our snowfall last weekend. It was actually about 20 inches. We've had sunny days since, with the daily highs in the low 40s, so it's been slowly slumping and running off. It'll be sometime in March before it's all gone though...

PaulG · Feb 15, 2013

stickman said:
Hi Paul
Maybe just a little... Turns out I under-reported our snowfall last weekend. It was actually about 20 inches. We've had sunny days since, with the daily highs in the low 40s, so it's been slowly slumping and running off. It'll be sometime in March before it's all gone though...

Okay. That's a fair amount of snow in a short amount of time!
Our winter really has been fairly mild; only two short stretches
down into mid-20's and no snow this year in our neck of the
woods.

I have been looking carefully at my seedlings, and realize that
I'm not much ahead last season, and I started a month
earlier. In retrospect, I waited way too long to transplant the
seedlings - should have done it when I culled the seedlings, and
the roots were starting to fill up the bottom of the pots. I also
had the lights on 24/7 for too long due to needing the heat from
the lamps during the colder parts of the winter. Some of them
show some darkening from the light, and other signs. The third
strike is the fact I was holding back on the fertilizer and the seed-
ling mix being non nutritious for the seedlings caused some green
vein/yellow leaf here and there. So, the early start for no gain, really.
Rack one up to experience!

stc3248 · Feb 15, 2013

Be willing to bet in spite of their size their further ahead than you think...bet root development is better. Once you feed them and give them some of Paul's special soil mix they're bound to jump ahead of last years starts! At least that's what I'm thinking...

DocNrock · Feb 16, 2013

Pretty sure they will be fine, Paul. Like Shane said, if you have a nice compact root ball, once they get nutes, they'll probably take off! Regarding the darkening of the leaves, is that going to affect growth?

PaulG · Feb 16, 2013

stc3248 said:
Be willing to bet in spite of their size their further ahead than you think...bet root development is better. Once you feed them and give them some of Paul's special soil mix they're bound to jump ahead of last years starts! At least that's what I'm thinking...

Thanks, Shane. I've been holding that thought in the back of my mind!
There are seedlings that look pretty good as well, so I'll take whatever
comes, just wish I had jumped on this sooner. The OW plants in the
greenhouse are starting to show signs of activity. The ExpEmber
tanked, I'm afraid! Not sure about the Goat's Weed, yet. If all goes
well, should get a few good plants out of that group as well.

DocNrock said:
Pretty sure they will be fine, Paul. Like Shane said, if you have a nice compact root ball, once they get nutes, they'll probably take off! Regarding the darkening of the leaves, is that going to affect growth?

Hey, Brent. I'm hoping that is the case. Some of the leaves
had got crispy around the edges and a few had burned spots.
Weird from the flourescent lamps. I think it was the 24/7
nature of it. Too much of a good thing maybe. I don't know,
really. We'll just have to see where it goes in a week or two.
I gave all the seedlings a spray of CalMag to help in the short
term.

KiNGDeNNiZ · Feb 16, 2013

Nice updates with descriptions I think most just snap pics and upload. Let my know how HF does for you. This year I'm doing strictly roots organic. Bump for more pics.

Trippa · Feb 16, 2013

They should bounce back fine Paul!! I kept about 8-9 plants just in tiny jiffy pellets for about 3 months last year (August to November) just through laziness and lack of prep and once potted up they took a little while but they soon established themselves and are now podding as normal. Plants are tougher then we think!!

PaulG · Feb 22, 2013

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
Nice updates with descriptions I think most just snap pics and upload. Let my know how HF does for you. This year I'm doing strictly roots organic. Bump for more pics.

So far so good, Denniz. Have lost 2 or 3 seedlings to an attack of
the punys. Just never got off to a good start. The rest look pretty good.

We are going on vacation tomorrow so will post up some post-transplant pics
when we get back.

Trippa said:
They should bounce back fine Paul!! I kept about 8-9 plants just in tiny jiffy pellets for about 3 months last year (August to November) just through laziness and lack of prep and once potted up they took a little while but they soon established themselves and are now podding as normal. Plants are tougher then we think!!

You are right about that, Tripp!
Just hard to be patient, right?
See you in about 10 days.

Jamison · Feb 22, 2013

Have fun and be safe Paul! And hurry back to them chile plants!

stc3248 · Feb 22, 2013

Be safe brother! Up in da mountains again? Cross country skiing or base jumping?

RocketMan · Feb 25, 2013

Hope your having a blast Paul, looking forward to the next update.

PeriPeri · Feb 27, 2013

Hye Paul, hope you're having a blast. I founf the best thing for the chillies was me going on holiday. Came back and things were just great!

Trippa · Mar 9, 2013

Hope that vacation went well Paul and the plants survived there time away from you alright

WalkGood · Mar 9, 2013

Have fun, stay off da net and be assured that we’ll be here when you get back. If not, we’re only away on vacation as well, hehe Enjoy mon!

DocNrock · Mar 10, 2013

Enjoy the vacation! Details upon your return! BTW, I got a nice seedling out of the Orange Rocoto seeds you sent. Thanks!

PaulG · Mar 10, 2013

Jamison said:
Have fun and be safe Paul! And hurry back to them chile plants!

Thanks, Jamison. We had a great time - went to the Western Caribbean.
Sailed out of New Orleans. I'll post a link when I get the web pages on line.

Started using the oscillating fan yesterday; one hour a day;

stc3248 said:
Be safe brother! Up in da mountains again? Cross country skiing or base jumping?

Hey Shane - I need to get out on skis before this season is a wash! My partners were out this weekend
in the Mt. St. Helen's area. We took a cruise to Costa Maya, Belize, Roatan Honduras, and Cozumel.
Saw some interesting sights. I am optimizing pics for the web as we speak, so hope to start building
the web pages soon.

The seedlings on the stilts are all Peruvian White Habaneros, from seed harvested last summer. There is a wide variety in growth rates and sizes among the various seedlings. I have at least one good seedling of just about every variety:

RocketMan said:
Hope your having a blast Paul, looking forward to the next update.

Thanks, Bill. Sort of a basic update this time! Some great looking seedlings and a few not so much! A couple of Orange Rocotos on the left. The big leafed one in the middle is a Naga Morich:

PeriPeri said:
Hye Paul, hope you're having a blast. I founf the best thing for the chillies was me going on holiday. Came back and things were just great!

Trippa said:
Hope that vacation went well Paul and the plants survived there time away from you alright

Thanks friends! I think you are right, they did fine without me. I was able to have my son hang out and take care of them for me, so had no worries while on vacation!

Most of the seedlings are looking pretty healthy, even if growing slow or small. Many lost their lower two sets of leaves in the late transplant fiasco, but seem to be doing better now.

WalkGood said:
Have fun, stay off da net and be assured that we’ll be here when you get back. If not, we’re only away on vacation as well, hehe Enjoy mon!

Thanks, Ramon! Hope you are on vacation now! We had a very relaxing and fun time.

DocNrock said:
Enjoy the vacation! Details upon your return! BTW, I got a nice seedling out of the Orange Rocoto seeds you sent. Thanks!

Glad to hear that, brother! I was pleased with the results of mine as well. Three out of the four are healthy looking, and the fourth has a little leaf curl from the past watering, but is coming around.

These are runts and clone attempts. Some clones look like they will make it. The Tepins in water are
growing out new growth, but no visible rootlets yet.

Thanks for looking in, everyone. Hope all is well with your grows.

WalkGood · Mar 10, 2013

Paul, the plants look great ... are you sure they didn't miss you

3/5King · Mar 10, 2013

Welcome back Paul! Sounds like you had a nice little adventure. Glad to hear the grow is still kickin' I'm going to try that cloning in water, I've tried straight into dirt with no success yet

stickman · Mar 10, 2013

Welcome back Paul... Glad you had a vacation to unwind a bit. Did you scout out any new Caribbean pepper varieties while you were there? Plants look dandy...

Sanarda · Mar 10, 2013

Welcome back my good man. Glad you had a good time. Plants look great. They survived without you.....