Pr0digal_sons not so Prodigal season.

Seeds soaked in peroxide and superthrive solution for 24 hours.

First 72 cell tray of seeds planted 1/11/12. Pro-mix seed starting mix was used to fill the cells.

Placed on my heated bathroom floor tile... Wait shouldn't this be in the ghetto grow thread?

1/17/12 hooks and seedlings


1/20/12 more sprouts and seedlings.

1/23/12 After 3 days of neglect while I was out of town. Tray sat on a table near south facing window. Not what they needed but it kept them alive. I used my 15 minutes of free time for the week and hung a light for them.

 

[PIC 1]

How are those Tepins doing?
Do your green scorps have their 1st set of true leaves yet, mine also had 3 leaves with the next 2 leaf sets.......pretty cool.
We must have gotten them from the same source (cc).

Greg

 

[stc3248]

Got some great stuff going on there brother! Nice work!

 

[Justaguy]

looking like a good year ahead

 

[Pr0digal_son]

How are those Tepins doing?
Do your green scorps have their 1st set of true leaves yet, mine also had 3 leaves with the next 2 leaf sets.......pretty cool.
We must have gotten them from the same source (cc).

Greg

Tepins are growing slow. The first green scorp had 2 leaves in the first set of true leaves... The newly started ones look like 3 sets.

looking like a good year ahead

Thanks man... I will be following yours again this year when you get running.

Got some great stuff going on there brother! Nice work!

Thank you my friend. The are currently still alive. Can breathe another day.

Good day for me... Plants are alive,and Tiger Woods gagged once again!!! Onto my update. Having some cam issues today but gave it
my best.

I have to admit I ran and bought a t5 ho unit like so many others and I am rather disappointed. I have learned a bit about how to run them,and thankfully nothing perished.

Chinense seem to get the purpling more than other varieties. A small 7primo and Morouga.

Young Frutescens not affected. Stem isn't affected either.

One thing I can say about the t5 is it keeps plants compact with brawny stems.

Encouragement,and criticism is welcomed here. I know very little about this and hope to continue learning. Thanks to all the folks who have given their knowledge freely to me.

 

[PaulG]

About all I can do is offer encouragement, Prodigal! Whatever you are doing is working
perfectly - glad you are having good results with your t5! Great pics and specimens both!
Can't wait to see next update!

 

[Pr0digal_son]

How are those Tepins doing?
Do your green scorps have their 1st set of true leaves yet, mine also had 3 leaves with the next 2 leaf sets.......pretty cool.
We must have gotten them from the same source (cc).

Greg

My young green scorps seem to be matching what yours did. Unstable?? All other varieties with tricots I yanked. I guessed this to be a sign of a cross. I more than likely am wrong but I will grow the mutt peppers down the road. My goal is to know what my seeds actually are so I can build a reliable stock.

About all I can do is offer encouragement, Prodigal! Whatever you are doing is working
perfectly - glad you are having good results with your t5! Great pics and specimens both!
Can't wait to see next update!

Thank you sir. Greatly appreciated!

 

[stc3248]

Amazing photos! This one made me feel like I was Alice down the rabbit hole except instead of the smoking caterpillar on a mushroom I was expecting a cocktail waitress to serve me a drink under these umbrellas!

Really nice work my friend!
Shane

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Thanks Shane. Photography is the next hobby lined up. Looking for a good camera.

 

[SocalChilehead]

Great looking plants I had the same result with my three green scorpions.

 

[PIC 1]

J.B.
your plants are really starting to move, your on track for your outdoor start. Try to leave your plants in the flats a little longer to develope the root system. When you transplant to individual containers they're really take off. I don't like to keep moving them up to larger containers to fast, I like to see the plants get a foot hold on what they're growing in and when the roots start to fill the container then its time to move them up. I always set them a bit deeper when doing so, but I try to keep the lowest leaves from laying on the soil. And the young ones prefer the soil on the dry side.
Nice photo skills...

Greg

 

[Pr0digal_son]

J.B.
your plants are really starting to move, your on track for your outdoor start. Try to leave your plants in the flats a little longer to develope the root system. When you transplant to individual containers they're really take off. I don't like to keep moving them up to larger containers to fast, I like to see the plants get a foot hold on what they're growing in and when the roots start to fill the container then its time to move them up. I always set them a bit deeper when doing so, but I try to keep the lowest leaves from laying on the soil. And the young ones prefer the soil on the dry side.
Nice photo skills...

Greg

You have been a massive help. I err on the side of dry rather than damp. Last year I transplanted small plants into 7 gallon pots... The veg growth slowed and root growth picked up. I want them to be more even this year.

 

[PepperJam]

Great close up pics of the seedlings!

 

[romy6]

I think you can change the tiltle to very Protigal . Amazing grow and pics.

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Nothing major in this update. Growth is slow for now. Sometime in April I will pull out the halide and force them. I am thinking strong lighting and lower humidity keeps the foliage smaller? Any advice from the experts on that would be appreciated. My night temps quite low also.

Texas Chiltepin... The white on the foliage is Epsom salt.

Bird Dung... grew this last year. Cool looking plant.

Guam Boonie

These guys are getting potted up soon. Holding off as long as possible.

Best pic so far.... A harbinger of spring for us up north. Crocus' are popping and the sun is getting stronger everyday.

 

[stc3248]

Still looking good! Keep it up...we got some false spring going on down here too. I'm only a couple weeks from plant out!

 

[PIC 1]

My plants under the Metal Halides and high humidity have produced huge leaves compared to the plants under the T8's.......does it matter?
Probably not, larger leaves block the light from reaching the lower shoots though. Your halide will produce a dense growing plants, especially with the c.chinense. Keeping the humidity down will also help with pest problems, if any

Greg

 

[Justaguy]

Nice to see someone can get tepins to pop. Mine never popped.

 

[Pr0digal_son]

JAG do you want some seeds? PM me your addy. I didn't use any special technique. I have read other threads out them being tricky. Lucky I guess?

 

[Justaguy]

Thanks for the offer. I will wait until next year to try again. I have a barrackpore I will put in it's spot.

 

[Siliman]

Great camera work PrO! Like stc said, feeling like Alice looking at those 'monsters.'

I'm in the same boat working around low humidity--pellet stove in the area. Looking at PIC 1 grow (yea, I know, it's a bad idea comparing to The Master) but he comments on having very high humidity--and that's gotta help growth. I'm laying down 3000 lumens/sq ft with T8s and get slower growth than most around here. But they DO grow....hoping its not a long-term factor.

Anyway, good luck and keep shootin...