PaulG 2013

We are starting the New Year with a little run of freezing weather; lows in the 25˚F range at night.

1/1/13 - Soaked seeds 24+ hours, put into seed starting mix (BG, peat and perlite mix). The temp in the grow shelf about 72 degrees, the dome trays about 84 degrees.

Here's the seed and overwinter list for this season:

OW greenhouse plants. Seed source in parentheses, P = plant:

Explosive Ember, c. annuum (THSC)​

NuMex Twilight, c. annuum (CPI from Ken/Siliman)​

Black Pearl, c. annuum (THSC)​

Goat's Weed, c. annuum (Shane/Stc3248)​

Bushy Peruvian Market Yellow Aji, c. baccatum​

Red Manzano, c. pubescens (Shane)​

Wild Texas Tepin, c. annuum (THSC)​

(?) Wild Brazil c. baccatum var. praetermissum (Shane)​

Fatali, c. chinense (Peppermania)​

Ghost Pepper, c. chinense (Robin/Spankycolts P)​

Chocolate Habanero, c. chinense (Refining Fire), also 2 in #1 pots​

'Red' Habanero, c. chinense (Lily Miller) - orange pods​

Peach Habanero, c. chinense (Fernando/SocalChilihead)​

Congo Trinidad, c. chinense (Peppermania)​

Seeds for this season. Seed source in parentheses, P = plant,

H = my pod harvest OP, * = repeat from 2012:​

*Costeño Amarillo, c. annuum (Fernando) H​

*Chiltepin, c.annuum (CPI)​

*Marconi Rosso, c. annuum (Hume Organic)​

*Tepin cross, c. annuum (Shane) H​

*Tepin 15, c. annuum (Shane) H​

*Orange Rocoto, c. pubescens (Peppermania) H​

Devil's Tongue, c. chinense (USHotStuff)​

Yellow Seven, c. chinense (Trippa)​

*Naga Morich, c. chinense (Robin P) H​

*Bih Jolokia, c. chinense (Robin P) H​

Bonda Ma Jacques, c. chinense (Trippa)​

Bahamian Goat, c. chinense (Trippa)​

Congo Trinidad Yellow, c. chinense (Pia/Sanarda pod)​

*Congo Trinidad Red, c. chinense (Peppermania) H​

*Red Habanero, c. chinense (CPI)​

Jamaican Red Habanero, c. chinense (Ferry Morse)​

Red Savina, c. chinense (Peppermania)​

Jamaican Red Mushroom, c. chinense (Refining Fire)​

Peruvian White Habanero, c. chinense (Peppermania)​

Orange Habanero, c. chinense (CPI)​

*Fatali/Savina, c. chinense (Robin P) H​

*Pointed Yellow Habanero, c. chinense (Robin P) H​

Scotch Bonnet MoA, c. chinense (Steve)​

Scotch Bonnet TFM, c. chinense (Trippa)​

Yellow Scotch Bonnet, c. chinense (Refining Fire)​

*Giant White Habanero, c. chinense (Robin P) H​

 

[WalkGood]

… 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!

Two questions, can I do this outside and what type of cut is best (i.e. angled or straight) and I’m assuming a razor type incision like xacto knife. Any info would be interesting and I might give it a go when temps stabilize … thanks in advance

 

[PaulG]

Two questions, can I do this outside I think so if temperatures are moderate and not in direct sun and what type of cut is best (i.e. angled or straight) I cut at an angle to maximize cross-sectional area and I’m assuming a razor type incision like xacto knife I just use a pair of decent scissors, but knock yourself out . Any info would be interesting and I might give it a go when temps stabilize … thanks in advance

Give it a whirl, Ramon, even if just to get some practice
for when you have a need for making clones. Denniz will
tell you it's a piece of cake! But be careful, you will be
assimilated. Resistance is futile.

 

[WalkGood]

Thanks for the feedback Paul, and yes I'll give it a go soon when temps stabalize and I'll go with the shade till dem hardy ...

 

[PaulG]

Todays germination results. Pretty random at this point.
21/26 varieties accounted for.

Repeater:
Scotch Bonnet TFM ................................ Trippa (6/6)

New Variety:
Devil's Tongue ......................................... Us Hot Stuff (1)

Many seedlings with first set of leaves growing out. Next
watering, maybe a 1/4 strength fertilizer.

 

[Trippa]

100% germ on the SBTFM nice work Paul!

 

[RocketMan]

Hummm, grafting, so I guess I could take a good strong Jalapeño and graft on some Red Habanero, Fatalii, Yellow Scorpion and a Naga just for good measure and have. HabaFatScotpNEno plant. Would be nice and colorful.

Nice

 

[WalkGood]

100% germ on the SBTFM nice work Paul!

+1 you da mon Paul or is there special secrets you possess

 

[DocNrock]

Glad to hear the DT popped. How about the Peruvian White? Slam dunk on the SBTFM, sounds like!

 

[Jamison]

Moving right along there buddy! Keep up the good work Pauly G!

 

[Stefan_W]

Great job with the gemination. Trippas Scotch Bonnets must have some sort of super growth enzyme in them

 

[PaulG]

100% germ on the SBTFM nice work Paul!

Yes, brother, and the Bonda Ma Jacques and theYellow 7 !
The Bahamian Goat is 3/6. So far, your seeds have an 87.5% germina-
tion rate. Credit goes to the grower, my friend!

Smokin'!

Hummm, grafting, so I guess I could take a good strong Jalapeño and graft on some Red Habanero, Fatalii, Yellow Scorpion and a Naga just for good measure and have. HabaFatScotpNEno plant. Would be nice and colorful.

Nice

I think you have a perfect grasp of the concept, Bill

There were some great grafting threads/posts last season.

+1 you da mon Paul or is there special secrets you possess

No secrets here, WG! I should compare this year's and last year's germ rates
since I grew in orchid mix and regular peat/soil mix last season to see if
there was a difference in germ rates. In the end there wasn't a significant
difference, really. Now this season the starter mix is basically fine peat,
fine perlite, and a wetting agent. I have a feeling there isn't a significant
difference here, either, but will report later. (Later: Ha! check it out below!)

Glad to hear the DT popped. How about the Peruvian White? Slam dunk on the SBTFM, sounds like!

Ha! I'll take 1/6 on the Devil's Tongue at this point!
No luck on the Peruvian White, yet, but I'm not giving up.
I can always try to sprout some of my harvest seeds.

Yeas, Tripp's seeds rock, for sure!

Moving right along there buddy! Keep up the good work Pauly G!

Thanks, Jamison; back at ya, buddy!

Great job with the gemination. Trippas Scotch Bonnets must have some sort of super growth enzyme in them

Must be the rarefied air surrounding his grow
Basically all I did was put them in the starting mix!

A few more repeaters today.

Fatali Savina ............................ Robin P H 4/6 this last sprout is tiny
Bonda Ma Jacques ................. Trippa 6/6
Yellow 7 .................................. Trippa 6/6

Tripp's seeds hit the trifecta

After diving into last season's bloated glog,
here's last year's germ rate record. See post 92:
http://thehotpepper....12/page__st__80
So far this season, for the varieties that have germed, there are
93 /126 sprouted for 73.8%. Almost exactly the same
as last seasons results with the two other media (73.5%
avg, 72% for soil mix, 75% for orchid mix). That tells me
it's more about heat and moisture more than the media I
germinate in in my situation!

Later note: This season there are more varieties with 6/6
germ rates, than last. Last year, many 5/6 varieties.

 

[WalkGood]

... ... ... After diving into last season's bloated glog,
here's last year's germ rate record. See post 92:
http://thehotpepper....12/page__st__80
So far this season, for the varieties that have germed, there are
93 /126 sprouted for 73.8%. Almost exactly the same
as last seasons results with the two other media (73.5%
avg, 72% for soil mix, 75% for orchid mix). That tells me
it's more about heat and moisture more than the media I
germinate in in my situation!

Later note: This season there are more varieties with 6/6
germ rates, than last. Last year, many 5/6 varieties.

Solid info and I believe this is the same in my case now ... I'll have to cook dem eggs

 

[HillBilly Jeff]

Great start man!!!

 

[PaulG]

Great start man!!!

Thanks, Bodeen! How's the fishin'?

One more variety sprouted last night.

Scotch Bonnet MoA .............................. Steve954 (1)

edit: one more today (2) for 2/3 so far.​

So now we're at 22/26 varieties germinated.

 

[Stefan_W]

22/26 sounds really good, what is left to go?

 

[STEVE954]

Thanks, Bodeen! How's the fishin'?

One more variety sprouted last night.

Scotch Bonnet MoA .............................. Steve954 (1)

So now we're at 22/26 varieties germinated.

Thats great news Paul! Keep up the great work!

 

[PaulG]

22/26 sounds really good, what is left to go?

Hey, Stefan. Varieties left:

Yellow Scotch Bonnet RF​

Tepin Cross Shane H​

Tepin 15 Shane H​

Peruvian White Habanero PM​

I also started Wild Texas Tepin seeds from
harvested pods on 1/13, original seed from
Shane.

 

[stc3248]

You're tearing me up on the germ side! Good job buddy! Hope those hold outs pop soon.

 

[PaulG]

You're tearing me up on the germ side! Good job buddy! Hope those hold outs pop soon.

It would be nice to get a plant of every variety, but if they
don't, I've got a fair amount at the time, so no worries. I
need to go see how your start up has been going the past week!

 

[Burning Colon]

i am giving up on the peppermania peruvian whites, purchased 2011/12, i have burned through the entire package and zero on the germination. i am looking at 6 more in soil since xmas and nothing happening.

2012 i tried every possible sprouting technique with these guys and nothing. thought i would try again this year but history is repeating itself.