PaulG 2014

Solem22 · Jan 3, 2014

Those are some nice additions to your list Paul! Gonna be some heeaaaat...and flavor.

Cheers!

PaulG · Jan 3, 2014

stickman said:
if you want to fill the extra spaces in the Aerogarden... why not add a couple more of the Marconis and Sweet Paprikas? You'll use the Marconis in the kitchen and can use the extra Paprika pods to mellow and sweeten some of your powder blends. Just a suggestion...

That's a good suggestion, Rick. I was thinking along similar lines; something
not so hot.

Penny said:
Nice set up Paul....and good list too, good luck with them

Thanks, Penny. I'll be starting the tomatoes come March :party:

Jeff H said:
More jalapenos obviously. One lesson I learned last year is that I needed to grow many more low to medium heat peppers. I use way more jalapenos than I do scorpions, but I grew twice as many scorpions last year.

Another good suggestion - thanks, Jeff!
I know my grow is top heavy with heat.

maximumcapsicum said:
Thanks for the tip Paul. This is more or less what I had in mind, just noticed they had single-bulb 2' T5 setups online for ~20 bucks. I don't think a single bulb would be enough, so the CFL's are probably better for my money. Also I know they work... My OW's have been loving them. That was with Sylvania brand daylight bulbs... I am going to switch to Home Depot's ecosmart I think.

Good luck making your mind up and getting going, Adam.
There are just too many good choices out there!

Penny · Jan 3, 2014

Oh excellent, I cant wait to see how you make out with them :dance:

. I've started all of mine really early, but I have the room, and I figured that with the crazy summer we had, the bigger the plants the better off they'd be, just in case we end up with the same weather again.

JJJessee · Jan 3, 2014

Whew, just caught up, barely.
This glog iza rockin'!

I had good enough luck on the pellets last year, some drying out problems. Fluffing them up is a great idea.
I eventually gravitated to cluster germing and then transplanting the lot when the cotys are are at about the maximum count.
There is some video on here somewhere, it's easy, fast and painless for the plant.

You've got enough seed to plant out Arizona and the varieties are fabulous!

I'm plenty curious to see that Aerogarden in action.

You're in the tube, surf it!
Good Luck 2014.

Scarecrw · Jan 3, 2014

I bought all the supplies to make my ghetto light bar last year so I was all ready to go and I don't remember where I put it. Back to hd I go. I'm glad to see other people using it. I hope it works for you. Nice looking list of peppers. I have my son help pick when I don't know what to plant. Now I have peppers called Rhetts pick. He's still learning not to pull the tags and say dad these are doing good but not these. It's always fun to watch him try and put them back in the right ones.

PaulG · Jan 3, 2014

Solem22 said:
Those are some nice additions to your list Paul! Gonna be some heeaaaat...and flavor.

Cheers!

Cheers to you, Rom! Hope you had a cool yule and great year's end!
Maybe too much heat; Rick and Jeff are both right, I need some mellower
stuff. Once this season is over, I'll get my list down to about 20 dependable
varieties across the spectrum of heat. I may add another Costeño Amarillo
as well, that's a great milder pod.

Penny said:
Oh excellent, I cant wait to see how you make out with them . I've started all of mine really early, but I have the room, and I figured that with the crazy summer we had, the bigger the plants the better off they'd be, just in case we end up with the same weather again.

I'll probably try to grow out 4-6 different plants. I may enlist my
neighbors to grow out a few, too, so we can try them all. I noticed
Oregon Spring on your list - that's my go-to tomato every season; does
very well in our climate. I'm looking forward to seeing some of your
grow later on in the spring/summer, Penny.

JJJessee said:
Whew, just caught up, barely.
This glog iza rockin'!
I feel your pain, brother; if one doesn't visit the glogs every day,
suddenly you're 3 pages behind on every one!
I had good enough luck on the pellets last year, some drying out problems. Fluffing them up is a great idea.
I eventually gravitated to cluster germing and then transplanting the lot when the cotys are are at about the maximum count.
There is some video on here somewhere, it's easy, fast and painless for the plant.
Sounds similar to biointensive gardening technique; they sow seeds into flats,
and then carefully transplant the seedlings into small pots when they show cotys
and just have the little tap root. I've done it with veggies of various kinds, and
flowers, but haven't done it with the hot peppers, since I'm not growing for lots
and lots of plants.
You've got enough seed to plant out Arizona and the varieties are fabulous!
If I only could live there!
I'm plenty curious to see that Aerogarden in action.
Me, too!
You're in the tube, surf it!
Good Luck 2014.

Thanks for the good vibe and well wishes, JJ.
:cheers:

to you, as well, my friend!

Scarecrw said:
I bought all the supplies to make my ghetto light bar last year so I was all ready to go and I don't remember where I put it.
That sounds like me, Jeff Early onset youngzeimer's is a terrible thing!
Back to hd I go. I'm glad to see other people using it. I hope it works for you. Nice looking list of peppers. I have my son help pick when I don't know what to plant. Now I have peppers called Rhetts pick. He's still learning not to pull the tags and say dad these are doing good but not these. It's always fun to watch him try and put them back in the right ones.

That's too funny, brother! Cool that he's showing an interest in the grow.

MeatHead1313 · Jan 3, 2014

Nice looking updated list. The Bonda ma Jacques x yellow 7 sounds like one tasty pepper!

PaulG said:
My bad. Shane's light bar is in the Ghetto Gear thread:
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/26985-show-us-your-ghetto-growing-gear/?p=571730

Going to see how well the T5HO's I ordered do for me. If they look like they're not giving me quite enough light I may try this. Great info.

PaulG · Jan 3, 2014

MeatHead1313 said:
Nice looking updated list. The Bonda ma Jacques x yellow 7 sounds like one tasty pepper!
Yes! I really liked the Bondas and Yellow 7s I grew from Trippa's seed last season.
John's cross should be double awesome!
Going to see how well the T5HO's I ordered do for me. If they look like they're not giving me quite enough light I may try this. Great info.

Those T5HO lights will rock your grow, my friend!
You could always use both in combination

MeatHead1313 · Jan 3, 2014

PaulG said:
Those T5HO lights will rock your grow, my friend!
You could always use both in combination

Knowing what I'm like, that'll probably happen sooner than later. Haha.

PaulG · Jan 3, 2014

Spent some time in the greenhouse today - aphids still trying to
gain a foothold, so I took most of the plants outside and sprayed
them. I have been rotating three products: Sucrashield, Safer
Insect Killing soap, and Neem. My hope is that by rotating the
sprays, I will minimize insect resistance to any one product in
particular. I can't wait for warmer weather so I can put some
ladybugs or aphid killers in the greenhouse!

While I had the plants out for their treatment, I snapped a few pics.
The Yellow Ajis seem very happy in the greenhouse,and are growing
like crazy. Should get some great pods off these if I can keep them
going until plant out. All three plantswere pinched while growing in
the growshelf. Sow date for the seeds Aug. 15, 2013:

The Goat's Weeds are growing well, too, but are not as happy as
the Ajis. They are the same age as the Ajis, and still flowering. One
set a pod and ripened, but hard to see in the pic. They have some
minor leaf issues, but that's understandable since their grow season
is upside down!:

Orange Manzanos are happy in the cooler climate of the greenhouse. The grow shelf was a bit warm
for them. The second one still has that funny spreading growth habit. Will be interesting to see what it
does in the Spring:

The Wild Texas Tepins don't seem bothered by aphids, yet. The terminal leaves are small and yellow-y, but they are ripening up pods in fair fashion for January in the PNW. I have fertilized them a time or two, but don't want to do too much until warmer weather and pot-up. Only snapped a pic of one of them; all very similar, but this one has the most ripening pods:

I have a few of OW pics to post when this entry clears.

Devv · Jan 3, 2014

Bump!

Looking good Paul!

And what's the deal with winter Aphids? Never ever saw one here until November, now I'm fighting them in the shop with the OW's..

stickman · Jan 3, 2014

Do yourself a favor guys, and nuke the bastiges with pyrethrin! In the OW environment you don't have to worry about friendlies and pollinators, and it oxidizes to harmless components overnight. One spray with good overall coverage (including underneath the leaves) did the trick and wiped out the whole colony I had on my OW plants.

Pics look great bruddah! My Manzano ended up growing like the ones in your pictures #8 and #9... it only went up about 3 or 4 nodes and grew mostly laterally.

maximumcapsicum · Jan 3, 2014

Consistent and determined diluted dish soap seemed to take care of 'em for me, but it took about a week or two of applications. I'm a bit afraid to use anything harsher because I got a 6 month old in the house.

HillBilly Jeff · Jan 3, 2014

Some nice looking plants. I look at my thermometer and see you still have green grass...not even right lol

JJJessee · Jan 3, 2014

Great shots and plants. Paul.
Must be nice to have some red tepins on a chilly winter day.
Those manzanos look especially happy.

PaulG · Jan 4, 2014

Devv said:
Bump!
Thanks, brother!
Looking good Paul!

And what's the deal with winter Aphids? Never ever saw one here until November, now I'm fighting them in the shop with the OW's..

Thanks, friend! No aphids outside. the 10 and 12˚F nights aced
most of them. But I've created a relatively toasty and mellow
environment in the greenhouse and it only takes one to stumble
in and start a colony! Maybe it's climate change - we have some
insects showing up here that we never had before, most notably
azalea lace bugs. The native ones only hatch once a year, but the
new arrivals hatch repeatedly. I lost several azalea bushes before
I figured out what was going on.

stickman said:
Do yourself a favor guys, and nuke the bastiges with pyrethrin! In the OW environment you don't have to worry about friendlies and pollinators, and it oxidizes to harmless components overnight. One spray with good overall coverage (including underneath the leaves) did the trick and wiped out the whole colony I had on my OW plants.

Pics look great bruddah! My Manzano ended up growing like the ones in your pictures #8 and #9... it only went up about 3 or 4 nodes and grew mostly laterally.

You are probably right, Rickster!
I'll give that some serious thought.
Don't know why I haven't done it before.

As for the Manzanos, I think the spreading habit is most typical.
I'm thinking the laterals will grow up from the scaffolding branches
once they get some warm weather and sun. Otherwise, they will
take up a lot of space!

maximumcapsicum said:
Consistent and determined diluted dish soap seemed to take care of 'em for me, but it took about a week or two of applications. I'm a bit afraid to use anything harsher because I got a 6 month old in the house.

That's probably wise, Adam.
Darn aphids.

HillBilly Jeff said:
Some nice looking plants. I look at my thermometer and see you still have green grass...not even right lol

Since we have so much rain here, we get to have green
grass year around, although in summer it takes some watering!
Even the below freezing weather doesn't do much to harm it!

JJJessee said:
Great shots and plants. Paul.
Must be nice to have some red tepins on a chilly winter day.
Those manzanos look especially happy.

Thanks, JJ!

Yeah, harvested a few today and got a nice warm feeling
on the back of my tongue!
The manzanos definitely like the cooler weather.

Okay, a couple of OW pics. The first three are going into their third season.

Fatali. Darned if I can figure out what I was focusing on in this pic! The back
rim of the pot, maybe :doh:

:

'Black Pearl':

Nu Mex Twilight:

Honduran (Roatan) Mountain Pepper, going into second season:

Thanks for the visits, fellas. Have a great weekend :party:

Sanarda · Jan 4, 2014

Beautiful start to the new growing season. I can't wait to see what this season blesses you with. :fireball:

blorvak · Jan 4, 2014

I gotta say, I'm jealous of the Goat's Weed and Manzanos. Beautiful plants.

Vegas_Chili · Jan 4, 2014

Very nice OW! They all look good and happy. Tepin is one of my favorites, I have an almost 3 year old plant that's still coming in strong. I'll post a pic sometime.

I'm very jealous of that greenhouse you have, and very well set up.

I can't speak about aphids as I never really had a mayor infestation. Only had it on a choco hab but I just squished them to death and problem solved.

Hope they stay clean now, and they produce well for you this season.

-Walt

meatfreak · Jan 4, 2014

Best of luck with the 2014 season, Paul. Sorry to hear about those aphids