PaulG 2013

PaulG · Mar 23, 2013

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
wow you even know their birthdays... i lost track of mine due to always sowing.. dont know which batch is which

Blue masking tape and black sharpie markers work wonders!

DocNrock said:
Nice update, Paul. Those plants look so green and lush. It's amazing the difference good soil makes. I've been using Sungro Mixes #1 and #4 (with amendments) and have been quite pleased with the results relative to what I had last year when I was on the steep part of the learning curve. The little greenhouse made my entire grow possible. I can really imaging how much more it would help in your climate.

Ajis and Rocotos are coming along! Love that shot of your Pointed Yellow Hab. I'm growing that one, too, from seed I got from a pod you sent me. Really looking forward to growing it out. I posted a pic of the Orange Rocoto sprout in my glog that I grew from the seed you sent me.

EDIT: Almost forgot to say, I love those clear cocktail cups for seedlings. It's great being able to see the rootball!

Right on for the One Stop Gardens greenhouse! Glad to hear
that your Ajis and Rocotos are gettin' it on for ya. The Pointed
Yellow Habs are a great little pepper.

Jamison · Mar 23, 2013

Jeez Paul, those plants are stunningly beautiful. They are absolutely perfect! They are soooo healthy man, good job!

PaulG · Mar 23, 2013

KiNGDeNNiZ said:
wow you even know their birthdays... i lost track of mine due to always sowing.. dont know which batch is which

Blue masking tape and a sharpie black marker work wonders for my feeble memory!

DocNrock said:
Nice update, Paul. Those plants look so green and lush. It's amazing the difference good soil makes. I've been using Sungro Mixes #1 and #4 (with amendments) and have been quite pleased with the results relative to what I had last year when I was on the steep part of the learning curve. The little greenhouse made my entire grow possible. I can really imagine how much more it would help in your climate.

Ajis and Rocotos are coming along! Love that shot of your Pointed Yellow Hab. I'm growing that one, too, from seed I got from a pod you sent me. Really looking forward to growing it out. I posted a pic of the Orange Rocoto sprout in my glog that I grew from the seed you sent me.

EDIT: Almost forgot to say, I love those clear cocktail cups for seedlings. It's great being able to see the rootball! That is a nice feature, for sure.

I'm glad to hear that the little greenhouse has worked out well for
you, Brent. Not a bad investment! I figure my amortized cost is
about 50 bucks a year at this point, and getting cheaper! Make
that $75 if we count the new roof panel capital investment : ) !

Sounds like your grow is in full swing, brother!
and that the seeds I sent actually germinated for you. I'll try to get
over to your glogand check out the progress!

Devv said:
All's I can say is well done.

Note my sig, it's from looking at good grows

Scott

edit: poor typing

Thanks, Scott. There are some stunning and spectacular grow schemes
on this forum, indeed. You came to the right place to learn peppers! I
sometimes wish I had a few acres to work with like some of the larger
growers, but my little grow shelf seems to keep me quite busy! Good
luck with your grow season, brother!

Trippa said:
Looking great Paul!! You will be more than happy with those Naga Morich's once they start podding. I have been super impressed with mine and how productive it us and its only in a 1.5 litre pot!! (I know they are not the same genetics as yours but I think its is a general trait for that variety). Onward and upward brother!!

The Naga's are one of my favorite plants, Tristen! Very productive in our
climate, and HOT! The bush and growth habit is really similar to the Bih
Jolokia. I'm growing both again this year. Your seeds produced some
awesome plants for me, buddy! I am looking forward to trying the pods
very much.

STEVE954 · Mar 24, 2013

I see all is well in NW Pacific chileland! That Naga Morich and the Bahamian goat looks outstanding!

ThePepperManiac · Mar 24, 2013

WOW just got up on the glog from page 13 paul you my friend have some wonderful plants keep up the good work.

HillBilly Jeff · Mar 24, 2013

Looking good. My peppers in their 18 pot tray is starting to crowd each other (first pot ups) and I could use a greenhouse I think. Except it is 30 degrees here now lol.

I still got a few more shelves to play with in the grow room so I should make it another month and half.

Love your variety of peppers. Kind of jealous of the ones you got up that I didn't even get to germ though.

Keep up the good growing my friend.

PaulG · Mar 26, 2013

STEVE954 said:
I see all is well in NW Pacific chileland! That Naga Morich and the Bahamian goat looks outstanding!

Hey, Steve! Both are doing well. Thanks for the visit.
Many of the other plants are growing fast, too.
Good ol' Fox Farms and a little kelp foliar spray!
The Scotch Bonnet MoA is still a slow grower, but I
moved it out to the greenhouse for a change of scenery.
Maybe that will perk it up a little.

tylerdodd25_92 said:
WOW just got up on the glog from page 13 paul you my friend have some wonderful plants keep up the good work.

Thanks, Tyler. Have been lucky so far. The main problem is they
are crowding each other in the grow shelf! I'll have to move a few
more to the greenhouse in the next few days.

Bodeen said:
Looking good. My peppers in their 18 pot tray is starting to crowd each other (first pot ups) and I could use a greenhouse I think. Except it is 30 degrees here now lol.

I still got a few more shelves to play with in the grow room so I should make it another month and half.

Love your variety of peppers. Kind of jealous of the ones you got up that I didn't even get to germ though.

Keep up the good growing my friend.

Howdy, Bodeen! It would have to be a pretty awesome greenhouse
to keep 'em alive at 30 without a heater of some kind!
Sounds like your plants are doing great. You will need the extra
grow shelf room!
Getting seeds to germinate can be a pain sometimes. Even when they
germinate they can just flat out be puny no matter what one does.

Thanks for visiting, everybody; hope your grows are proceeding apace.

Here are some pics of the Manznano pods on the OW plant in the greenhouse.
The dark spots are the remnants of the very dark green coloration. I'm not sure
if it's my imagination, but those areas seem to be lightening up a little. I will
wait a few more days and see what happens before I harvest them. The pods
look a bit yellower in real life, and the dark spots not quite so red:

The nodes at the very bottom of the trunk are starting to put out some new growth:

stickman · Mar 26, 2013

Hi Paul, It's awsome that you're about to pick a few Manzanos and the other babies are jostling to get out of the nest. Good thing you have a greenhouse to take the overflow...

Out of the 30 or so Pubiscens seeds I started, i finally got one Red Rocoto to pop. It's only an inch high yet, and has one set of true leaves, but they're definitely hairy.

stc3248 · Mar 27, 2013

Nice Paul...I think that Manzano is about done cooking! The burn on that thing will surprise you...not the hottest pod out there, but it'll burn for a LONG time. Can't wait to see your chili oasis once you get them out in the sun...

WalkGood · Mar 27, 2013

I'm doing back flips ... great Manzano pods, I'm sure you're stoked ... awesome success!

Devv · Mar 27, 2013

Can't beat OW pods this early!

PeriPeri · Mar 28, 2013

Hey Paul, great looking plants and pods as well. Will definitely be trying some Manzanos next season... they look great. It's going to go quick from here

RocketMan · Mar 29, 2013

Paul, those plants of yours are going to be monsters. They're looking great and you have some really great growth on them. Mine have been outside from the git go and they're no where near that big. Good on ya, Brother!

DocNrock · Mar 29, 2013

Pube pods! awesome!

Chaosbites · Mar 30, 2013

Just caught up on your glog- still have to go back and check out the clone info. Great pods on the pubes.

We almost did that same cruise this winter. We ended up changing to one out of Galveston going to Roatan, Belize and Cozumel. I didn't find any pods while we were there. There were about 800 Cajuns/zydeco fans on the ship with us. They were lots of fun!

I also do a lot of genealogy. I have been able to get some lines back pretty far. Others, not so much. Since I was adopted and then found my birth parents I have done those trees as well. I even got pics from "cousins" of my greats and grands- amazing to see the same features in myself and the kids.

Michelle

Sanarda · Mar 30, 2013

Those clear plastic soup containers are a fantastic idea. I cant believe I didnt think of that before. Thanks Paul I could probably gather thousands of those with all the soup I eat. FANTASTIC :dance:

sicman · Mar 30, 2013

lots of catching up! looking good my man.

Sanarda · Mar 30, 2013

These one or two little pics is not feeding my need...... Just saying!

PaulG · Apr 2, 2013

stickman said:
Hi Paul, It's awsome that you're about to pick a few Manzanos and the other babies are jostling to get out of the nest. Good thing you have a greenhouse to take the overflow...

Out of the 30 or so Pubiscens seeds I started, i finally got one Red Rocoto to pop. It's only an inch high yet, and has one set of true leaves, but they're definitely hairy.

Just picked the two manzanos today. Glad to hear you
have at least one rocoto to germinate for you, Rick.
All my plants went out to the greenhouse today.

stc3248 said:
Nice Paul...I think that Manzano is about done cooking! The burn on that thing will surprise you...not the hottest pod out there, but it'll burn for a LONG time. Can't wait to see your chili oasis once you get them out in the sun...

Thanks, Shane.
They were definitely ripe; the seeds just fell out of one of them.
Very little heat in the dish I made with them, though. Great flavor.

WalkGood said:
I'm doing back flips ... great Manzano pods, I'm sure you're stoked ... awesome success!

Thanks, Ramon. Those pods were a looooong time ripening!

Devv said:
Can't beat OW pods this early!

No kidding! Those pods set late last Fall when I put the plant
into the greenhouse, so they were about 4 months or so! I was
amazed they survived the winter, actually.

PeriPeri said:
Hey Paul, great looking plants and pods as well. Will definitely be trying some Manzanos next season... they look great. It's going to go quick from here

Thanks, Lourens! Good luck with the manzanos/rocotos
if you decide to give them a go.
You're right; it's about time to seriously consider potting up to gallons,

RocketMan said:
Paul, those plants of yours are going to be monsters. They're looking great and you have some really great growth on them. Mine have been outside from the git go and they're no where near that big. Good on ya, Brother!

So far, so good, Bill. Once that warm Florida sun gets rollin',
your plants will leave us PNWers in the dust!

Chaosbites said:
Just caught up on your glog- still have to go back and check out the clone info. Great pods on the pubes.

We almost did that same cruise this winter. We ended up changing to one out of Galveston going to Roatan, Belize and Cozumel. I didn't find any pods while we were there. There were about 800 Cajuns/zydeco fans on the ship with us. They were lots of fun!

I also do a lot of genealogy. I have been able to get some lines back pretty far. Others, not so much. Since I was adopted and then found my birth parents I have done those trees as well. I even got pics from "cousins" of my greats and grands- amazing to see the same features in myself and the kids.

Michelle

Thanks for visiting, Michelle. Hope the clone stuff is useful to you.
We had to ask in a bar/restaurant if they had any spare hot peppers,
as we never saw a market.

The genealogy stuff is interesting, for sure. Cool that you were able to
trace the lineage of your birth parents. God luck finding even more stuff.

Sanarda said:
Those clear plastic soup containers are a fantastic idea. I cant believe I didnt think of that before. Thanks Paul I could probably gather thousands of those with all the soup I eat. FANTASTIC

They work great. And they are very stable, which is a short coming for the party cups.
The Congo Trinidad Yellow is really growing! Pics soon, I promise.

sicman said:
lots of catching up! I feel your pain, Sic! looking good my man.

Thanks, buddy. hope all is well down Florida way.

Sanarda said:
These one or two little pics is not feeding my need...... Just saying!

Okay, Pia, these will have to do for now!

Plant's eye view of the grow shelf:

First pod of the 2013 season; Marconi Rosso:

Last pods of the 2012 grow season! Manzano pods:

Seeds came out readily:

All cleaned out:

There were quite a few seeds:

Manzanos soaked in cold water, sugar and a little vinegar, babybel cheese, slice of hard boiled egg, our peruvian friends relleno stuffing yum, one beaten egg:

Stuff the peppers and layer the ingredients:

Bake 15 minutes at 350:

Very flavorful and hearty. Not much heat, but a great dish.

Pulpiteer · Apr 2, 2013

wow that looks great... :drooling:

Great way to use those last peppers (of your year round grow) and a tribute to your season last year!
That grow shelf is looking good to - you'll be ready for plant out again!