PaulG 2019

No grow log for the 2018 season other than the Pimenta de Neyde x Bonda Ma Jacques
thread dedicated to Trippa's cross. That one is an ongoing community project going into
second year and a test of the F7 generation. I imagine I will mention it once-in-a-while in
this thread, but the details of its progress will be in the dedicated thread.
 
I am deciding on a grow list for the 2019 season after growing only Trippa's cross this
season (2018). I definitely have some old favorites that will comprise the great majority
of the grow. I have limited space, so I'm counting on nature to help me make the final
decision. I'll probably start lots of seeds since I'm gun-shy from the poor germination
rates the past couple of seasons.
 
Here's the pool. Would be nice to be able to grow a bunch of all of them!  I think my
neighbor will shelter the overflow in his yard, but we'll see what to plant and how many
based on what might germinate 
 
c. chinese - 10 varieties: 

• PdN x BMJ, F7, white and violet varieties, Trippa's cross
• Fatali, F2 of seed from Pepper Joe's
• 7 Pot Burgundy, brown phenotype, pecan shape from 2017 F2 of the 7PB from Windchicken 
• Scotch Bonnet, MoA, F2 of seeds from John/Sim, not high production, but some nice pods
• JA Red Habanero, F5 of seed from Walk Good/Devv
• Yellow Scorpion, F7 aka Yellow Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and CARDI Scorpion, from Spankycolts plant 2012
• Bhut Jolokia, Red, F4, from Spankycolts plant 2012
• Bhut Jolokia, Chocolate, F3 of seed from Georgia Growhead
• Bhut Jolokia, hybrid, F2 - I believe it is a  (BJred) x (Pdn x BMJ F1 or F2)
• Yellow 7 Pot, F2 of seed from Trippa 2013

c. annuum - 4 varieties:

• JA Red Mushroom, F3, brown phenotype, seed from Refining Fire
• Pimenta de Padron - Spanish seed, fry up while small and green, throw on some salt
• Pimenta del Piquillo - Spanish seed, sweet, very flavorful, small stuffers
• Guindilla - Spanish seed, spicy heat, great pickled, long and skinny

c. frutescens - 2 varieties:

• Nagahari from Tezpur, India, supposedly very, very hot freebie from Pepper Joe's 2017
• Chili Costa Rica, F2 (2014) from Hippy Seed Company seed, 2012

c. pubescens - 1 variety:

• Red Rocoto, F3 of Peruvian Market seed, 2016

That about does it. Seeding time will be here before we know it!
 
 

 

[stc3248]

My BOC are originals from the original year as well! Will have to compare pods if I get mine to pop...I know you will.

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[PaulG]

As usual I had the indoor pod set so had to get it to regrow for a nice harvest at plant out.

It grew great in our climate. Loves our humid and heat weather July- sept.

You will really enjoy growing it.

  I am starting to get excited to try it out!
 

That boc was a HUGE producer as well.

I planted two plants and was overwhelmed with several gallon bags of dried pods.

  Wow, smoked BOC powder on the horizon!
 

My BOC are originals from the original year as well! Will have to compare pods if I get mine to pop...I know you will.

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Alright, Shane! You can be my cover in case
mine do not come forth! I am just a teeny bit
gun shy about my ability to germinate seeds
these days...

 

[stc3248]

  I am starting to get excited to try it out!

  Wow, smoked BOC powder on the horizon!

Alright, Shane! You can be my cover in case
mine do not come forth! I am just a teeny bit
gun shy about my ability to germinate seeds
these days...

Haha...youre the only one thats worried about that...lol

I think the youngest seeds I started were 4 years old and some date back to 2004! Im out of town...but hadnt seen a single hook before I left. May need you to send me some plants!

 

[MarcV]

Fresh in from MarcV In Schoten, the original
Din Bjarne strain BOC! Thanks, Marc. Much
appreciated, my friend! Will definitely give
these a go in a couple of weeks!

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I hope the seeds are intact... I took a couple from the bag for myself, so I still have some spare...

 

[CaneDog]

Paul, I'm really enjoying seeing your grow list take shape.  So many of your chosen varieties have - what would you say backstories? identities? - it makes it more interesting to follow.  It's like the difference between watching a sports team where you're becoming familiar with the players and some anonymous group of guys.
 
Best of luck with successful germination across the board!

 

[PaulG]

Haha...youre the only one thats worried about that...lol

I think the youngest seeds I started were 4 years old and some date back to 2004! Im out of town...but hadnt seen a single hook before I left. May need you to send me some plants!

Okay, Shane, we sink or swim together, my friend!
 
I have every confidence in your mad skills 
 

I hope the seeds are intact... I took a couple from the bag for myself, so I still have some spare...

Glad you have a few for yourself, Marc.
Very generous of you to share them.
Hope I can do them justice...
 
Fast approaching seed starting time 
 

Paul, I'm really enjoying seeing your grow list take shape.  So many of your chosen varieties have - what would you say backstories? identities? - it makes it more interesting to follow.  It's like the difference between watching a sports team where you're becoming familiar with the players and some anonymous group of guys.
 
Best of luck with successful germination across the board!

 
Thanks, CD, had to laugh at your analogy 
 
A large portion my whole grow, especially the c. chinense,
have come from folks on the THP forum over the past
six seasons, so thanks to all of them, and to you for the
good wishes, as well.

 

[PaulG]

Rocoto and Ají Amarillo seedlings in AeroGarden, started 11/29:

Time to transplant. The tap root was snipped a
couple of days ago, and new branching roots
coming out:

Ready for the long wait for Spring.  I just had
them on the grow shelf for the picture. They
will go on the AeroGarden deck for some cooler
light and growing  conditions:

 
Red Rocoto seeds - 3/4 germinated (10 and 11 days) 75%
Aji Amarillo seeds - 4/4 germinated (13 and 14 days)  100%
Both seed stocks from 2017 harvest.

 

[PaulG]

After rummaging around in my seed collection to see what I actually had,
here is a list of seeds I will try to get going in the New Year. Some are older,
so I'm hoping they are still eager to sprout in a couple of weeks    :
 
c. chinense
BJ Red 2017 5th generation SpankyColts plant 2012
BJ Chocolate 2014 2nd generation GeorgiaGrowhead seed
BJ Hybrid 2016 2nd generation supposed cross BJ Red
   with Trippa's Mystery Cross in 2014
BOC 2017 2nd generation fat red pods Refining Fire seed
BOC original from Din Bjarne who discovered the variety 
  https://www.barney.d...froe-c-chinense Thanks, Marc
 
2x Yellow Scorpion large 7th generation plant from SpankyColts 2012
2x Yellow Scorpion large Rat-tail pods 7th generation   "       "        "
 
7 Pot burgundy 2014 2nd generation Sawyer seed
7 Pot burgundy brown pecan 2017 3rd generation Sawyer seed
 
Yellow BrainStrain 2018 Pepper Guru pod
Yellow 7 Pot 2013 2nd generation Trippa seed jumbo pods
Fatali 2017 2nd generation Pepper Joe seed
4x JA Red Habanero 5th generation Devv/WalkGood giant pods
Scotch Bonnett MoA 2017 2nd generation Trident seed
Congo Trinidad Red 2013 2nd generation Peppermania seed
   only 1 seed from the only pod on the plant!
Trippa Mystery Cross F1 2013 Tristen's original seed
   discovered 2 seeds in my seed boxes
 
c. annuum 
JA  Mushroom brown 2016 4th generation JAM Red
Pimiento de Padron Spanish market seed 2017
Pimiento del Piquillo Spanish market seed 2017
Pimiento de Guindilla Spanish market seed 2017
 
c. frutescens
Nagahari from Tezpur, India Pepper Joe's seed
Chili Costa Rica 2015 2nd generation THSC 
 
c. pubescens
Red Rocoto 2017 3rd generation peruvian market seed - already growing
 
c. baccatum
Aji Amarillo 2017 6th generation peruvian market seed - already growing
 
I can container grow a few extra if need be.
If anything else crosses my path  

 

[internationalfish]

Nice list! It boggles my mind how much room everyone here seems to have.

 

[PaulG]

Nice list! It boggles my mind how much room everyone here seems to have.

We are blessed with space, to be sure.  When it comes
to suburban houses, 450-650 sq. meters, house and lot
is not unusual. And a lot of forum members live in more
rural areas with maybe acres of space.
 
Living in downtown Portland or Seattle is another story, 
of course. I have seen a few balcony gardens in Portland!

 

[internationalfish]

We are blessed with space, to be sure.  When it comes
to suburban houses, 450-650 sq. meters, house and lot
is not unusual.

 
Yeah, when I was in MN, my apartment was in an old building, but man, it had space to spare. I had a room dedicated to my first baby steps in gardening, with shelving and fluorescents, and a porch that I pretty much only used for plants (until winter, of course, when the patio doors were plasticked over to try and keep some warmth in).
 
My house now isn't too bad, but when I moved here, it was pretty funny. My first apartment in Tokyo was 35 square meters split between two floors. 
 
Hijack over!

 

[Walchit]

If I could afford it I'd have a thousand plants out back

 

[MarcV]

I limit my grow to about 10 plants but could grow more if I wanted to. The thing is... I don't have a rain water reservoir so I can only water my plants with tap water, which can become an expensive matter when one has to water lots of plants during the summer months.
 
And then there's the (embarrassing) fact that I love growing chillies but I'm not much of a chilli consumer. So what to do with all those nice harvests? Until now I have given many away to my neighbors and colleagues but wish I could use them myself. I recently discovered the excellent youtube channel of chillichump (who appears to be a member on this forum also). It is all about fermenting chillies, and it has inspired me to give it a try also

 

[internationalfish]

And then there's the (embarrassing) fact that I love growing chillies but I'm not much of a chilli consumer. So what to do with all those nice harvests? Until now I have given many away to my neighbors and colleagues but wish I could use them myself. I recently discovered the excellent youtube channel of chillichump (who appears to be a member on this forum also). It is all about fermenting chillies, and it has inspired me to give it a try also

 
No reason to be embarrassed... at least, I'd say that, because I'm in the same boat. This is the same reason I turned to drying and grinding habs when I used to grow them; you can preserve a lot of peppers for a long time if chili powder is something you use and/or have friends who would enjoy it as a gift.
 
ChilliChump is also a youtube channel I just started consuming, so I think we'll both be doing those experiments.

 

[PaulG]

And then there's the (embarrassing) fact that I love growing chillies but I'm not much of a chilli consumer. So what to do with all those nice harvests? Until now I have given many away to my neighbors and colleagues but wish I could use them myself. I recently discovered the excellent youtube channel of chillichump (who appears to be a member on this forum also). It is all about fermenting chillies, and it has inspired me to give it a try also

Thanks for the tip, Marc. I have been having the same thoughts.  
I have so much powder it will last me forever. But now I'm into
making the smoked powders with my favorites  .  I think fermenting
is definitely the way to go, and have been kind of looking into it a
little myself. Just hard to pull the trigger some time...
 

 
No reason to be embarrassed... at least, I'd say that, because I'm in the same boat. This is the same reason I turned to drying and grinding habs when I used to grow them; you can preserve a lot of peppers for a long time if chili powder is something you use and/or have friends who would enjoy it as a gift.
 
ChilliChump is also a youtube channel I just started consuming, so I think we'll both be doing those experiments.

 
You guys both know that no one person (meaning addicted chili head)
can consume all the chilis they produce, don't you 

 

[Walchit]

I have so many frozen peppers that some of them are not even at my house.

And I haven't ate last years yet either

 

[PaulG]

Hahaha, Andy 
 
Going to start my seeds in these rock wool cubes.
Any advice? First time I've tried them. One question
I have is how does the heat buildup on the mat differ
between the airy rock wool and denser peat plugs or
seedling mix?

 

[juanitos]

nothing special just get em wet, throw seed in, cover, wait.
 
no idea on the heatmatt q

 

[CaneDog]

Paul, I tried rockwool on a lark just this fall for 1 limited round of germination and I found it accumulated heat of the pad noticeably more than the small (9oz) solo cups right next to it, perhaps a 5F delta. I use an Inkbird temp controller on the pad, so when I placed the probe in the seed zone of the rockwool, the seed zone of the solo cups would be that much cooler - and of course, vice-versa, probe in solos would put the rockwool hotter than target.
 
Very limited experience behind my feedback, but I think you're asking a good question for the experts.

 

[stc3248]

I've had good luck with them...the only real difference I have noticed is you have to get them stuck down in there pretty well to keep from having a bunch of helmets.