PaulG 2017

Superhot Sim · Mar 15, 2017

Ker Ching

Plants look better every time I see them Paul, and a real credit to you. You sure have green fingers, superb growing my friend. Cannot wait to see all your plants covered in pods.

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Datil · Mar 15, 2017

Looking REALLY nice Paul!

Fab

Trident chilli · Mar 15, 2017

Those plants are so healthy.... picture perfect you must be really pleased with your grow to date. Looks a great place to have a vacation

PaulG · Mar 15, 2017

Trippa said:
They are such great looking plants Paul!
Pleased to see the growth vigour (in comparison with your other plants) is well and truly entrenched in the PDN x BMJ cross 5 generations in which bodes well for the final strains of the future.

You are right, Tristen. The cross is a vigorous, tall plant,
as tall as the Bhut Jolokias I've grown in the past. I'm
confident that we are just about there, buddy! I am
looking forward to seeing the white pods on it...

OCD Chilehead said:
Wow!!!

The PDN x Bonda Ma Jacques is beautiful. Can't wait to see it full of pods.

Nice pictures, Paul.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Charles. I really like the look of your grow, as well -
you've got it dialed in!

Superhot Sim said:
Ker Ching

Plants look better every time I see them Paul, and a real credit to you. You sure have green fingers, superb growing my friend. Cannot wait to see all your plants covered in pods.

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Thanks, Sim. I can't take all the credit - good
seed stock and some help from Mother Nature
swing the deal! Pods seem like such a long way
off this time of season :tear:

taxes my patience

Datil said:
Looking REALLY nice Paul!

Fab

Thanks, Fabrizio - been lucky so far.
Hope all is well in Italia :cheers:

bpiela · Mar 15, 2017

What are you using for stakes? Are they chopsticks or something like that?

PaulG · Mar 15, 2017

bpiela said:
What are you using for stakes? Are they chopsticks or something like that?

Hey, Ben! I use bamboo plant stakes. At this stage, I use
the 2' ones cut to length required. You'll see some in the
next round of pictures. In the summer, the I use the 4'
stakes, and bamboo poles.

Hope you are having a good season so far...

Devv · Mar 16, 2017

Glad your vacation went well

I can see by the looks of your plants they went well too!

They'll be monsters come dirt day!

PaulG · Mar 16, 2017

Trident chilli said:
Those plants are so healthy.... picture perfect you must be really pleased with your grow to date. Looks a great place to have a vacation

So far, so good, John. Now just to hold on for
6-8 weeks to plant-out!

Anywhere there was sun would have
been awesome!

Devv said:
Glad your vacation went well I can see by the looks of your plants they went well too!

They'll be monsters come dirt day!

That's the danger here, Scott - they could be
transplanted now, but we're forced to wait two
months to plant them in the big containers.

My neighbor must have put a spell on them,
they have grown so fast!

PaulG · Mar 16, 2017

edit - adding captions

The 'foil tunnels' have contributed to the
robust lower branching:

Second generation Peruvian Seed Red Rocoto, really extending forks:

The Orange Manzanos, fourth generation Peruvian seed:

Panorama of the greenhouse. Marginal, but you get the idea:

stettoman · Mar 16, 2017

Foil tunnel, gotta remember foil tunnel for next season...

PaulG · Mar 16, 2017

stettoman said:
Foil tunnel, gotta remember foil tunnel for next season... Pain in the neck but worth it in lieu of something not quite-so-flimsy and more permanent.

stickman · Mar 17, 2017

Nice to see the Greenhouse in action again Paul! Every time I see it I want one like it, but I'm holding out for a shed with a large skylight that'll double as a tool storage and seed starting on a potting bench inside.

tsurrie · Mar 17, 2017

Those plants are going to be giants. Great work Paul. :clap:

Devv · Mar 17, 2017

So right now they couldn't even be put out in the heat of the day?

OK...Do you have a "heat of the day"?

PaulG · Mar 17, 2017

These two F5 PDN x Bonda Ma Jacques got their start here.
It took two weeks for the cuttings to begin to root, and after
10 days of root growth, I transplanted them to the AeroGarden.
That was a little over two weeks ago. Now I figure it's time for
a transplant to dirt before the roots get too big. It may be close
already, lets see:

First, the smaller; oh yeah, just about right:

Then the larger; definitely more root structure
but looks doable without damage to the roots.

The smaller slipped out of its basket easily;
no root tears:

In the new pot:

Separated the roots on the larger, and the plug
slipped right out of the basket:

#2 in the can, so too speak:

Watered in with Plant starter / Transplanter.
Wilted after potting. Hoping for :pray:

nice and perky
tomorrow or next day.

PaulG · Mar 17, 2017

stickman said:
Nice to see the Greenhouse in action again Paul! Every time I see it I want one like it, but I'm holding out for a shed with a large skylight that'll double as a tool storage and seed starting on a potting bench inside.

Hold out for bigger when and if, Rick. (With a
big south-facing roof for greenhouse effect!)
My 6 x 8 just isn't quite big enough when I have
40 or 50 plants in late Spring.

tsurrie said:
Those plants are going to be giants. I know, Help! Great work Paul.

Thanks, Uros, I hope we can hang on in the
2-liter pots for 8 more weeks until 10% last
frost day in May. Last season, they got so
big they were hard to handle and were very
top-heavy, so I had to be very careful, and
even then there were a few mishaps.

Devv said:
So right now they couldn't even be put out in the heat of the day?
Yes, no problem, with the usual caveat of watching the clock the first few times.

OK...Do you have a "heat of the day"?

Mostly scattered sun breaks in this kind of weather pattern,
Scott, but believe me when we get a sunny, warmer day, I'll
start getting them in some sun, even though it is a pain moving
everything. In full sun, the greenhouse gets over 90˚F even wide
open, so being out in the sun may appeal to the plants

Not such a problem for the plants still under the T5HO lamps.
Full day sun :cool:

!

stickman · Mar 18, 2017

It's always an education hanging around here Paul. It's nice to know what else the Aerogarden is useful for.

That's more or less the plan with our future toolshed... A "saltbox" shape with the long side of the roof pointing south and angled to catch the sun the best in early spring. It'll have to be big enough to hold our garden tools, bicycles, lawn mower and a potting bench.

randyp · Mar 18, 2017

Paul, hope you had a wonderful vacation.In 6 years I have been thinking of relocating to Chili.We have a pulley plant located there and I will be touring it in 2019.While in Country, I am casing locations that may appeal to me and my US to peso conversion rate.

The plants look great, and at least your neighbor did not have to call the fire department after the house was already on the ground.lol

Masher · Mar 18, 2017

Very nice....looking great

PaulG · Mar 18, 2017

stickman said:
It's always an education hanging around here Paul. It's nice to know what else the Aerogarden is useful for.
There are great AeroGarden grows all over the forum - always a good new idea floating around!

That's more or less the plan with our future toolshed... A "saltbox" shape with the long side of the roof pointing south and angled to catch the sun the best in early spring. It'll have to be big enough to hold our garden tools, bicycles, lawn mower and a potting bench. I'd like to see that idea a reality, Rick!

randyp said:
Paul, hope you had a wonderful vacation.In 6 years I have been thinking of relocating to Chili.We have a pulley plant located there and I will be touring it in 2019.While in Country, I am casing locations that may appeal to me and my US to peso conversion rate. The plants look great, and at least your neighbor did not have to call the fire department after the house was already on the ground.lol Indeed, Randy

My wife and I have thought along similar lines, usually
thinking of Spain, but some Spanish-speaking country.

I'll bet there are some awesome places to live in Mexico
and some of the Central American countries. My wife
loves Costa Rica.

Masher said:
Very nice....looking great

Thanks, Dan