PaulG 2013

RocketMan · Jan 15, 2013

Nice growth Paul, what ever your feeding those babies, they're liking it.

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

patrick said:
I knew you were telling the truth Paul, millman made me challenge the no pic thing. All his fault.

Nice try, Patrick! That Mill dude is a real rabble rouser, all right :rofl:

Beehunter said:
Set up is lookin supreme there paul! They will be happy to have the dome off and getting that fan blowing on them. Does that fan run constant or does it cycle on and off?

Hey, Britton. I need to get the fans going, right now
they are hooked up but not mounted in any way. I
usually just turn them on for a while a couple of
times a day.

Thanks for the kind words, my friend!

StupidJerk said:
Looking good. Can't wait to see the progress on those babies!

Hey, buddy! Thanks for the look. The waiting game is the hardest part
for me. When I look back to the beginning of last season, I can't believe
the plants were ever that small!

Good luck getting that balcony grow going strong, Carson!

stickman said:
Nice to see your grow shelf in action Paul, those are some good-looking kids you have there. Cheers

Thanks, my friend. You always say the nicest things!
I ned to run over to your glog before I have 10 pages
more to read through! You are ramping it up this
season, Rick!

scratchzilla said:
It's been unseasonably warm the past few days, but I hear there's a cold front coming in. Good thing we have plenty of firewood.

Now if we could only get a little snow....

It's another crazy climate winter this year, eh? I have to
hand it to you for growing in VT; you must have a fairly
short grow season there. I'm not familiar with your state,
except to know it is quite beautiful.

scratchzilla · Jan 15, 2013

Very beautiful state. Winter can et a little drab, but summer more than makes up for it. You're right the growing season can be quite short around here. With the exception of my Scotch Bonnet, which I started in October, none of my chinenses produced pods. If we're lucky we can make it to the first week of October, but in my area it's not really safe to plant out until June. So we're talking about 120 days or so of quality weather.

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

Sounds like our neck of the woods.
What's the elevation where you are?

RocketMan said:
Nice growth Paul, what ever your feeding those babies, they're liking it.

Hey, Bill, don't know how I missed your post!
The cotyledons are feeding the seedlings, so
no food yet, just seedling mix. Some starting to put
out their first set of true leaves. Once they are
a bit more grown out and are starting their second
leaves, I'll start with a 1/4 strength fish with guano, kelp
and cal mag mix.

Latest results:

Marconi Rosso Hume 6/6
Scotch Bonnet TFM Trippa 5/6
Yellow 7 Trippa 5/6

romy6 · Jan 15, 2013

Geez Paul you sure are setting the bar high for germination. You got skillz my man!!!!

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

romy6 said:
Geez Paul you sure are setting the bar high for germination. You got skillz my man!!!!

Thanks, Jamie! That's high praise from the pod master!
I have to say that the seeds Trippa sent me have
done very well. Right now the overall rate is
around 67% for the entire grow, which is fine
for an amateur grow, I guess. Still have six varieties
left to pop. We'll see how that goes.

Not sure about the skills part; just putting them
in wet seedling mix and letting them be!

compmodder26 · Jan 15, 2013

Grow looks good thus far Paul. I like your list as well. Lotta good varieties there. I look forward to watching your year unfold my friend.

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

compmodder26 said:
Grow looks good thus far Paul. I like your list as well. Lotta good varieties there. I look forward to watching your year unfold my friend.

Hey, Brian. Thanks, man. I'm scaling it down a little this year,
but am starting to find a few favorites I'll probably grow every year.

Good growin' in Lexington, bro! I wonder if the Revolutionaries
ate hot peppers?

WalkGood · Jan 15, 2013

Dam I'm gone a few days and loads of catching up to do. Great germ rates Paul, mind if I send you some of my tuff cookies, lol. Nice updates and pics, I'll try to keep up and certainly enjoying the read

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

WalkGood said:
Dam I'm gone a few days and loads of catching up to do.
That seems to be a common theme on THP these days, buddy!
If I don't visit my glog for a day, it's on page two
Great germ rates Paul, mind if I send you some of my tuff cookies, lol. Bring it, buddy
Nice updates and pics, I'll try to keep up and certainly enjoying the read

Hey Ramon, Que tal? I'll try to keep the log under 88 pages
this season, so you won't have to slog thriough so much glogginess!

Keep the faith, bro!

highalt · Jan 15, 2013

PaulG said:
Forgot to post a pic of the bushy Yellow Aji cuttings. Took the six cuttings yester-
day, and dipped in Rootone. Left leaves on some, not on others. Cut the plant
back to see if it will OW in the greenhouse.

I've never tried to grow peppers from cuttings before. How'd they do?

PaulG · Jan 15, 2013

highalt said:
I've never tried to grow peppers from cuttings before. How'd they do?

So far, so good, Bonnie. the leaves haven't wilted, which has
surprised me a little. The little growth tips are still nice and green,
so I'm hoping for 3 or 4 good clones from the cuttings.

I think the secret is speed. When I take a cutting, I cut it, dip it
in water, dip it in Rootone, and put it in the starter mix. Takes
about 5 seconds. I don't want the cut end to start shrinking before
I treat it and get it in the moist medium. Last year the clones from
seedlings were wildly successful. I don't think taking cuttings from
mature plants should be any different especially if the cutting is
green and tender.

Thanks for checking in, high desert pepper goddess :cool:

PeriPeri · Jan 16, 2013

I dont have enough of me to water and weed, do you think this stuff would work if I cut off my left leg and planted it?

Trippa · Jan 16, 2013

And the sprouts continue to lurch forth into your garden Paul !! Those germ % are getting up there now. Before you know it they will be knee high and struggling for space ... what a nice problem to have

Sanarda · Jan 16, 2013

+1 Trippa. I have a feeling Paul has peppers up to his ears and won't show us pepper people his sanctuary. Ahaahahhahaaaa.

Stefan_W · Jan 16, 2013

PaulG said:
So far, so good, Bonnie. the leaves haven't wilted, which has
surprised me a little. The little growth tips are still nice and green,
so I'm hoping for 3 or 4 good clones from the cuttings.

I think the secret is speed. When I take a cutting, I cut it, dip it
in water, dip it in Rootone, and put it in the starter mix. Takes
about 5 seconds. I don't want the cut end to start shrinking before
I treat it and get it in the moist medium. Last year the clones from
seedlings were wildly successful. I don't think taking cuttings from
mature plants should be any different especially if the cutting is
green and tender.

Thanks for checking in, high desert pepper goddess

I've never tried doing cuttings, but you make it seem so easy I may give it a go.

PaulG · Jan 16, 2013

PeriPeri said:
I dont have enough of me to water and weed, do you think this stuff would work if I cut off my left leg and planted it?

I guess it's worth a try, Lourens!
Be sure to take some pics

Trippa said:
And the sprouts continue to lurch forth into your garden Paul !! Those germ % are getting up there now. Before you know it they will be knee high and struggling for space ... what a nice problem to have

You are right, Tripp, lurching is a good way to describe it!
At this point things will be sporadic, at best.

Speaking of lurching, a Devil's Tongue (USHotStuff)
finally popped up last night!

Sanarda said:
+1 Trippa. I have a feeling Paul has peppers up to his ears and won't show us pepper people his sanctuary. Ahaahahhahaaaa.

Okay Sanarda, next decent day, I'll get a pic
of the OW in the greenhouse!

Stefan_W said:
I've never tried doing cuttings, but you make it seem so easy I may give it a go.

Go for it, Stefan! Rootone is a great product. Apparently a few folk
on the forum use Clonex, but I have never tried it. Sounds like an
experiment for 'someone' to try out! When you first take the cuttings,
keep them moist and not too much light; they are recovering from
surgery! When the little green growth tips start showing, then you
can increase the light a bit. I keep mine on the workbench with a
small single CFL as the light source, about 18" away. When they start
to grow, I move them closer to the light until they can handle the grow
shelf with the big boys.

Good luck, my friend!

meatfreak · Jan 16, 2013

Best of luck to you with the 2013 season, Paul!

RocketMan · Jan 16, 2013

Paul, where do you cut when your doing a clone? You should do a write up on how you do it and post it since you have such good success with it. Could get it pinned for everyone to have easy referrence to.

PaulG · Jan 16, 2013

RocketMan said:
Paul, where do you cut when your doing a clone? You should do a write up on how you do it and post it since you have such good success with it. Could get it pinned for everyone to have easy referrence to.

Hey, Bill. Here are my posts about 'cloning' from the 2012 season:

http://thehotpepper....2/page__st__120

Start at post 131 and from there on there are lots of pics of both
cuttings and donors if you care to wade through the glogendipity,
or can tolerate doing so :lol:

and see how they progressed
throughout the grow. At some point you will see the effects of
getting them too hot, and losing a few. This time I'm leaving them
in the subdued light of the workbench.

I suppose I could go through and copy paste all the posts to make
a clonelog of sorts. I know some other members could contribute,
as well, and then there is the whole grafting thing!