PaulG 2014

PaulG · May 18, 2014

Jamison said:
This I love! What an awesome photo. That thing looks like it's just dripping buds!

Thanks, buddy. The crazy weather has caused a number of those
to drop since the plants have gone out for good!

OCD Chilehead said:
Yeah it's strange weather. Coming from Southern California 7+ years was a shock. I've adjusted and maybe if I grow the same strain every year maybe the they will adjust as well. LOL. Tomatoes looking good.

Thanks, Chuck!

I think the trick is to experiment a lot and find out which varieties do well
in your own particular grow situation, and then focus on those. I have found
a few that do well here, and will keep those lines going as long as I can.

Devv said:
Looking good Paul!

Glad to see them in their new shoes!

Have a great week!

Me too. I'm not sure how great the peppers feel about it. Two days after
I started planting out, we had a hail storm, so several plants looked pretty ragged.
Then I planted out the rest and three days later we have 90+ temps in our back
yard for three days. Needless to say, I have pruned off lots of leaves lately, as the
pics will show.

stickman said:
Looks like you have some very cool Tomato varieties Paul! Where did you get the seeds? I have a few new varieties I got from Meatfreak... Italian cherry and slicing tomatoes and a Russian plum.

They are cool, indeed. Penny in Canada sent me eleven different seeds,
most all heirloom and 'black' varieties. The Russian Plum sounds cool.
I'll bet she'd love to trade seeds with ya!

JJJessee said:
Beautiful garden! Congrats on a productive Dirt Day.

Thanks, Jesse. It feels good to get the plants into their ultimate destinations!

Here are a few more of the plant-outs:

The deck row; quite a few leaves taken off these. Wow, I must have moved the camera on this one!:

It was so hot, I had to fashion a makeshift sun shade for the long afternoons.
A couple of these plants really wilted in the hot sun. The temps were quite a
bit cooler today, and will be even a little cooler the next week. The plants
probably like the break:

Part of the tomato grow. Penny's seeds are awesome!:

Manzanos and Yellow Ajis live in the shade of the Red Osier Dogwood:

I have put some plants in a partially shaded portion of the front yard:

Scotch Bonnets. TFM, Trinidad chocolate, MoA:

I'll upload some more pics tomorrow. Until then, I hope everyone had a nice weekend.
My wife and I had birthday weekends, so it was a fun one for us!

OCD Chilehead · May 18, 2014

Plants are looking good. Thanks for the advice on variety in climate. Will see what works for others in my area. Tomatoes are getting big. I like the sun shade. My plants are outside as of yesterday. I may need to move them or make some shade. 84 today. Crazy the lows were in the 20s last week. Thanks for the update and pics. Good luck with the planting and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Devv · May 18, 2014

Very nice Paul!

Such organization! And not a ~~hair~~ leaf out of place

PaulG · May 18, 2014

OCD Chilehead said:
Plants are looking good. Thanks for the advice on variety in climate. Will see what works for others in my area. Tomatoes are getting big. I like the sun shade. My plants are outside as of yesterday. I may need to move them or make some shade. 84 today. Crazy the lows were in the 20s last week. Thanks for the update and pics. Good luck with the planting and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thanks, Chuck! I think checking out Bonnie and Ronin and/or some of the
other CO folk is a good idea. No matter what, you have picked a real challenge
for pepper growing there! The variable weather makes things weird for sure.

Probably my biggest learning this season is that many peppers like some shade.
Before I started growing them, I thought chills were all hot weather lovers.

Devv said:
Very nice Paul!

Such organization! And not a ~~hair~~ leaf out of place

Thank you, Scott!

Just trying to follow your lead, buddy!

Romy6 - Brainstrain:

Stc3248 - C. Chacoense var. Exile:

Stc3248 - C. Galapagoense:

The outdoor Chili Costa Rica. Pinched top to make it branch out a little. Note the difference between this
and the aerogarden specimen below started the same day:

Goat's Weed. Stc3248 seed from 2012. Started last August and OW'd:
Lots of pinching along the way.:

Red Bhut. 2nd generation from a Spankycolts plant in 2012. This is one that just sat for a month before
even making a set of true leaves, then just sat in the greenhouse and stopped growing. A little fish fertilizer
therapy and some more room for the roots, and the little guy has started looking pretty good:

The big primary leaves on the aerogarden plant were blocking all the light for the lower branches:

So I removed about a dozen and a half big leaves:

You can see the forked branches from the apical node starting to push out from the flower knot:

Had a half-inch of rain last night. Big task today is repair some irrigation
system damage and start testing it so it will be ready to go this week.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend; they go too fast.

Jamison · May 18, 2014

Love all the pics PaulyG! Please keep em coming!

OCD Chilehead · May 18, 2014

Thanks Paul. I'll see what works for them. My boy Mikey (jedisushi06) has a close season as mine. Indoor lights seems to be the best route so far. Last year I found the same results, better I the shade. Nice pics. Always love the AeroGarden shots.

maximumcapsicum · May 18, 2014

Paul you are a master of the container. Love the comparison pics with the aero, and simply astonished at how nice the leaves of most of your plants look. Never seen a snail, grasshopper, earwig or aphis in their lives.

Really digging the costa rica and exile. Keep the updates comin!

Spicegeist · May 18, 2014

Everything looks so nice, what a real professional set up you have going on...

PaulG · May 18, 2014

Jamison said:
Love all the pics PaulyG! Please keep em coming!

Glad you liked them, my friend!

Some are kind of blurry cuz I was using a slow shutter speed with no tripod.
Will try to post a few more when something interesting happens!

OCD Chilehead said:
Thanks Paul. I'll see what works for them. My boy Mikey (jedisushi06) has a close season as mine. Indoor lights seems to be the best route so far. Last year I found the same results, better I the shade. Nice pics. Always love the AeroGarden shots.

Thanks Chuck. The aerogarden is an interesting set-up.
Some of the other forum members make better use of it
than I do. Next season will be the first with the aero from
the get-go. Should be fun to experiment with it. As Romy6
says, it's a great way to pump out pepper starts!

Indoor starts with lights are almost a must north of SanDiego :rofl:

Mikey has some good stuff goin' for sure!

maximumcapsicum said:
Paul you are a master of the container. Love the comparison pics with the aero, and simply astonished at how nice the leaves of most of your plants look. Never seen a snail, grasshopper, earwig or aphis in their lives.

Really digging the costa rica and exile. Keep the updates comin!

Adam, you are too kind, brother! I keep the damaged and yellowing leaves
pruned off so you don't get to see the damage

I just discovered the little
red bhut has been chewed on by something, so have to give it a shot of Neem.
One of the downers of being outside! That being said, we have very few really
noxious pests here. Mostly aphids, I guess, and slugs big time. Even our
tomatoes get by with minor apparent effects. Growing in containers really
mitigates the pest issues, and I have found that jumping on them early goes a
long way to making a successful season.

I'm stoked to see some pods from the Costa Rica; the pics I've seen are awesome,
like black marbles that turn red.

Spicegeist said:
Everything looks so nice, what a real professional set up you have going on...

Thanks, Charles. I appreciate your nice feedback.

I think the same thing when I look around many of the other grows on the forum.
There are a lot of really talented people posting here, you among them, bud!

Devv · May 18, 2014

Wow! That Aerogarden plant is really doing well!

PaulG · May 18, 2014

Devv said:
Wow! That Aerogarden plant is really doing well!

It's the fastest growing plant I've had. the aerogarden definitely speeds things up. Especially if it
is in a room in the house that stays 60-68 degrees! I think I'll leave it where it is for starting plants
next year. It was cool in the garage during the winter, and the seeds took a while to germinate,
but in the warm room, they should pop much faster.

I will definitely still use jiffy pellets as well, however!

Roguejim · May 18, 2014

Another great glog! Makes the case for potted plants.

Portuge · May 19, 2014

Paul, Today I pop in to take a peek at whats been going on up there and buddy it is looking amazing.. Keep up the good work..

PaulG · May 19, 2014

Roguejim said:
Another great glog! Makes the case for potted plants.

Thanks, JIm! They do solve some issues that arise in-ground, I guess.

Portuge said:
Paul, Today I pop in to take a peek at whats been going on up there and buddy it is looking amazing.. Keep up the good work..

Thank you, James! We've had a bit of luck.

Jeff H · May 19, 2014

Nice update Paul. Plants all look good.

PaulG · May 19, 2014

Jeff H said:
Nice update Paul. Plants all look good.

Hey, Jeff, thanks. And thanks for the look.
Hope your season is going well.

jedisushi06 · May 19, 2014

thanks for the pics!

PaulG · May 19, 2014

jedisushi06 said:
thanks for the pics!

My pleasure, Mikey.

Sorry they don't come more often!

Pulpiteer · May 19, 2014

Looking amazing as usual! Those are pretty purple flowers on the aero garden pepper there. Whenever I see shots of your yard and everything potted and growing, I think that it would be hard to actually work back there and not just sit with a pitcher of iced tea and take it all in.

PaulG · May 20, 2014

Pulpiteer said:
Looking amazing as usual! Those are pretty purple flowers on the aero garden pepper there. Whenever I see shots of your yard and everything potted and growing, I think that it would be hard to actually work back there and not just sit with a pitcher of iced tea and take it all in.

You are kind as usual, Andy, thanks!

We're getting close to iced tea and sitting time!
When the irrigation is dialed in, then it's just a bit
of hand watering and normal yard maintenance.

I'm looking forward to that!

BTW the Chili Costa Rica has at least 7-9 buds at each node.
It should be a bouquet of bright red marbles when it's ripened up!