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!
 
 

 

[Trippa]

Sorry, Trippa, I was under the impression you found one in 
a market in OZ and grew it out. I apologize for the confusion.
Were they sold as TFM in the market where you bought them?
I know it's in the dim past 

No. I sourced my original seed from Grant at Junglerain I think?

I did find a particularly hot Thai type chilli that I grew out the seeds from.
After growing it out it had a fiery heat well above what I believed was normal for those types of Annum strains and after trying to find pictures or identify it I gave up. So I simply Identified it as 'HTM' to signify 'Harbour Town Market' where I got the pods.
You I believe did get some of those seeds at some point Paul? Hence the crossing of stories??

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[Chilidude]

That air-pruning of the rockwool is what i am doing right now, just the way the article said.

 

[PaulG]

 
Awesome! I'd read that peppers can take a long time to root as cuttings, but that may have been specific to a variety and my brilliant mind decided to just generalize it, because that's always smart. Stoked to see your cuttings going well!
 
...and now I realize I could've probably gotten at least one viable cutting when I topped my lemon drops last night... damnit, fish.

It works best with tender stems.
These seedling cuttings are easy to root  

No. I sourced my original seed from Grant at Junglerain I think?

I did find a particularly hot Thai type chilli that I grew out the seeds from.
After growing it out it had a fiery heat well above what I believed was normal for those types of Annum strains and after trying to find pictures or identify it I gave up. So I simply Identified it as 'HTM' to signify 'Harbour Town Market' where I got the pods.
You I believe did get some of those seeds at some point Paul? Hence the crossing of stories??

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Yes. I think I still have some of the old seeds from
the plants I grew from that seed. That has to be it,
Tristen. It was a great pepper. Every fork had three
branches for the first three or four levels. You can
do the math - a ton of branch tips! And all loaded
with pods.
 
Should be a couple of more hooks in the next couple
of days...  

 

[Trippa]

It works best with tender stems.
These seedling cuttings are easy to root  

Yes. I think I still have some of the old seeds from
the plants I grew from that seed. That has to be it,
Tristen. It was a great pepper. Every fork had three
branches for the first three or four levels. You can
do the math - a ton of branch tips! And all loaded
with pods.
 
Should be a couple of more hooks in the next couple
of days...  

Yeah was a great strain!

How are you finding the rockwool cubes vs jiffy pellets? Looks like you are having pretty good luck with them?
Are they easy to maintain moisture and heat wise?
I imagine they have much more uniform aeration then jiffy pellets would

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[PaulG]

I really like the rockwool cubes. Very versatile.
I see lots of great ideas for ways to use them
In the grow log forum. You are right about having
to pay attention to watering due to their fibrous,
spongy nature. They can dry out fast. Very few
damping off problems, however.

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Never tried the rock wool so Im watching carefully

 

[m1hagen]

Thanks Paul, I just read all 9 pages of this.  Great read and I'll be following it.  I'm going to try rockwool this year also.  Picked some up last week to try it out.  Glad to hear it works so good.

 

[PaulG]

Never tried the rock wool so Im watching carefully

Yes, learn from my mistakes, my friend    
 

Thanks Paul, I just read all 9 pages of this.  Great read and I'll be following it. 
Thank you for the kind words, Mike. You are a real trooper to wade through all that  
I'm going to try rockwool this year also.  Picked some up last week to try it out.  Glad to hear it works so good.

 
I bought the 3x15 package of Gro-Dan RockWool cubes
at the local grow store and just followed the directions on
the package. Pretty straightforward. After working with
them a bit, you begin to think of various ways of using them.
 
Thanks again for the good vibes, and  have a 
great season, yourself and enjoy tinkering with the RockWool!

 

[PaulG]

Finally got my heat mat set up to hold the
germinators temperatures at the 80-86F
Level. Trays on a towel on a sheet of corrugated
cardboard on the heating mat. Lids just
slightly vented:

The towel makes a cozy space for the propogators:

Hook of the day, JA Red Habanero:

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

looking good, the corrugated cardboard doesnt cause heat holding/conducting issues?

 

[Devv]

Congrats on the hook of the day
 
Mine are just sitting there

 

[CDNmatt]

HOOK OF THE DAY!! woot woot

 

[Sawyer]

Looking good. I've only used rock wool cubes for rooting hops, but they worked great for that.

 

[PaulG]

looking good, the corrugated cardboard doesnt cause heat holding/conducting issues?

  
I have arrived at this combination through trial and
error, so no scientific foundation Without the
corrugated cardboard, the temps get way too hot.

Congrats on the hook of the day
 
Mine are just sitting there

  
I fee your pain, Scott. The past couple of
seasons have whipped me pretty well with
poor germination rates. The rock wool seems to
have turned things around a little.

HOOK OF THE DAY!! woolt woot

 
Some days are better than others

 

Looking good. I've only used rock wool cubes for rooting hops, but they worked great for that.

There is a lot to like about them. Another thing I discovered
today was the ability to remove a seed and look at it. As I
was looking at cubes to dry out, I was removing seeds. I found
two BJ Chocolate, a 7 Pot Burgundy Red and a 7 Pot Burgundy Pecan
Each with small radicle emerging from the seed coat. In dirt
or jiffy plugs, I would not have known that, and would maybe
have tossed them.

Here are todays hooks.

PDN x BMJ F7 Bhuter:

JA Red Habanero:

PDN x BMJ F7 violet double pod:

 

[stc3248]

Nicely done Paul!   

 

[PaulG]

Nicely done Paul!   

Thanks, Shane, the worm has turned, at least for now
Having much better success with the rockwool cubes.
Here are some great little germinators that the cubes
fit into perfectly. The bottom is elevated in the center
So cubes do not sit in water.

After six days the seeds on top of the cubes have begun
to send out the radicles. Both were placed in the holes on
top of the cubes after removing the seeds which had not
begun germinating, yet.

Update on the Aji Amarillo cuttings. They were
snipped off and put in water on 12/29. Root nodes and
small roots emerged on 1/8. Photo taken this morning:

 

[PaulG]

I thought I was seeing triple, but, yes, both sprouts
in this cup have triple cotyledons. Pretty unusual, in
that both would have triples, in my experience.

  Huh? Another one?

         Okay, this is ridiculous   

This sprout had a nasty seed husk.
 
It's not unusual to have an occasional trial-cotyledon
sprout, but so many at once?  That's not the weirdest
part. They are all JA Red Habaneros from the same pod.
I never thought those tri-cotys were hereditary, but now
I question  

 

[AvidLiving]

Thanks, Shane, the worm has turned, at least for now [emoji6]
Having much better success with the rockwool cubes.
Here are some great little germinators that the cubes
fit into perfectly. The bottom is elevated in the center
So cubes do not sit in water.

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After six days the seeds on top of the cubes have begun
to send out the radicles. Both were placed in the holes on
top of the cubes after removing the seeds which had not
begun germinating, yet.

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Update on the Aji Amarillo cuttings. They were
snipped off and put in water on 12/29. Root nodes and
small roots emerged on 1/8. Photo taken this morning:

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What are those plump petals in the background of?

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[CaneDog]

Hey Paul.  Looks like things are going good!  Happy to see how well the rockwool is working for you. Given your success, I plan to revisit rockwool or similar to improve my method when I'm anticipating a > 2 week germination period. 
 
Also really stoked to see how well the seedling no-cull cutting is working for you again this version 2. The AA's roots look textbook and the plants look strong!  I actually stuck my 3rd tovarii sprout (tap root broke off the stem during attempted relocation) into a similar setup based on yours.  It's way young and small (just mini-coty's) so I'm not holding out much hope, but a week later and I am seeing an attempt to grow some true leaves.
 
FYI - I planted a couple reaper seeds last September and both came up tri-cot. Don't know if they came from the same pod, but both from the same batch and all the other variety came up 2's. Supports the nature > nurture hypothesis.

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Thats wild Paul, I had maybe 2 with tri-cotes last year. Looking good, meanwhile....Im still waiting