RoninGarden 2012 Now Indoor Glog

Well, I figured it was about time to start a grow log.With over 300 days of sun, Colorado offers a great, although challenging growing environment.This is where I'll be documenting all the good as well as the bad.Here is what I'll be growing this season.2012 Grow List: Pepper/container and size/ growing mediumEverything with exception of CCN plants(blue buckets) was grown from seed.Updated 9/24orset Naga - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx7 Pot Yellow Brain Strain - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBxTrinidad Scorpion Red - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx7 Pot Barrackpore - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBx7 Pot Yellow Brain Strain - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBx7 Pot Red Brain Strain - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxSurprise Red Super Hot - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxYellow Bhut Jolokia - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBx - Thanks TaxingTrinidad Scorpion Yellow - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxTrinidad Scorpion Moruga - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxGiant Bhut Jolokia #1 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxGiant Bhut Jolokia #2 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxChocolate Bhut Jolokia #1 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxChocolate Bhut Jolokia #2 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxButch T Trinidad Scorpion #1 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxButch T Trinidad Scorpion #2 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxButch T Trinidad Scorpion #3 - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxPeter - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxWhite Habanero - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxAtomic Starfish - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxRed Fatalii - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxTazmanian Habanero - 1.5gal Airpot/PromixBxTrinidad scorpion #1 - 3.4gal Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Trinidad Scorpion #2 - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Bhut Jolokia - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Fatalii - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)7 Pot Yellow - 5 gallon bucket/PromixBx(CCN)7 Pot Douglah - 5 gallon bucket/PromixBx (CCN)7 Pot Red - 5 gallon bucket/PromixBx (CCN)Condors Beak - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Devils Tongue - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Black Habanero - 5 gallon bucket/PromixBx (CCN)Habanero Red Savina - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Scotch Bonnet Yellow - 1 liter Airpot/PromixBx (CCN)Long Cayenne - 5 gallon bucket/Homemade soilSerrano - 3 gallon Black Pot/Homemade soilHot Cow Horn - 5 gallon bucket/Homemade soilLong Red Slim - 3 gallon Black Pot/Homemade soilMystery Pepper #1 & #2 - recycled containers/Homemade soilMystery Pepper #3 - 5 gallon bucket/Homemade soilCan't have a proper grow list without a mystery thrown in...Dead List: Plants that did not survive Colorado:***Update 6/19- R.I.P. Could not handle the 100+ temps.Fake "T"- 3"minipot/Homemade soil- Thanks Taxing (I'm still gonna grow it)***Update 7/21- R.I.PRed #001 Unknown Superhot - 1 liter airpot/PromixBxAnd here is the Proof of Life photo:I gathered the family for a group shot.

Thanks for stopping by, and check back soon, I'm sure this season is bound to be interesting.

 

[chsy83]

Oh the pretty colors . . .

 

[ColoradoRonin]

On this late night episode of RoninGarden,

Pics from this afternoons harvest.
Lots of tomatoes (roma and abe lincolns) along with (top to btm): peter, Giant Bhuts, 7 pots, Trinidad scorps, white habs.

A few close-ups:

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[ColoradoRonin]

Welcome to RoninGarden.

On this Friday morning episode,

Well it's finally done raining.
We received a little over 1" in the last 2 days.
Not alot by most standards, but here in the high and dry country, that's a grip of rain.
This threw off my feeding schedule by a few days, but that's ok..
Plants always seem to respond well after a good natural shower.

Todays update will only be a few pics...

We'll start off with my ghetto dehydrator.. A repurposed jiffy greenhouse..
Gotta take advantage of our intense sun and low humidity.
Got some Bhuts, peters, and white habs drying out..

A few more of the Trinidad Scorpion pods ripening:

Here is the Yellow Brain up close... I'll have to get some more pics of this one...
In these pics it appears that the main stem did not spread apart and have created a super thick stalk with pods and branches coming out in every direction.
Can't wait to see how this develops...

I'll close out this update with one of my garden sentinels.
7 Pot Patrol:

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[chsy83]

Here is the Yellow Brain up close... I'll have to get some more pics of this one...
In these pics it appears that the main stem did not spread apart and have created a super thick stalk with pods and branches coming out in every direction.
Can't wait to see how this develops...

I have a butch t like this. Triple thick, but in a laminar fashion. I will have to compare its progress with this one.

 

[ColoradoRonin]

On this Tuesday morning episode of RoninGarden,

Winter prep.
Temps have been steadily getting cooler at night.
Hovering in the high 40's at night lately.
Therefore I've been trimming back some foliage in advance to get them ready to be downsized into smaller pots for the overwintering stage.
This last season was a prep for next season.
Very few peppers made it into containers larger than 1.5 gallon.
My reasoning for this was to build up a strong root and stem for a good jumpstart on next season.
The first to get trimmed down and transplanted from a 5 gallon bucket down to a 1 liter airpot was the Douglah.
This spent the entire season in a 5 gallon bucket but never produced any pods.. Got volunteer written all over it...

Here are some pics of the process.
Douglah:

Trimmed back:

5 gallons of root:

Bottom rootbound:

Roots minus a bunch of promix:

End result of root cut:

Douglah in it's new winter home:

This along with a few choice others will move into the basement to live under a t8 lamp for the winter.
I'll post pics of the next trim and repot.

Here is a pic of yesterdays harvest:
Clockwise: Giant Bhuts at noon, brainy Yellow 7 Pots, Atomic Starfish, serrano, Butch T pod, followed by not red 7 pots.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

wow... really.. thats how much u should trim it??? scurred..

 

[fishing4fun2]

Way cool to see the root mass from the 5 gal container, i might trim a few down like you did just to give it a shot.
Colder weather here i moved my plants into the garage and under the 6gal buckets where i drilled the drain holes i noticed roots and was thinking ....dang how much room do the plants need... later got to the 15 gal smart pot to move it and it was stuck to the ground...pulled it up to see a bunch of roots also..grew right through the fabric material...amazing that a first year plant can use up room.
Good luck with your project you got going.

 

[jedisushi06]

Nice work on over wintering that plant. Looks like those nutes from GO worked out for u. I ran out and need to get over to Durango tomorrow for another box. I got some seeds for u for your grow next year. PM your address again so i can get them out soon. My season is just begining indoors. I'm going to be selling my plants next spring becuase i'm moving back to Missouri in July.

 

[ColoradoRonin]

wow... really.. thats how much u should trim it??? scurred..

Thanks for stopping by KingD!
I went a little further than I should have.... but that's ok..
It'll have a huge jumpstart on next season..

Way cool to see the root mass from the 5 gal container, i might trim a few down like you did just to give it a shot.
Colder weather here i moved my plants into the garage and under the 6gal buckets where i drilled the drain holes i noticed roots and was thinking ....dang how much room do the plants need... later got to the 15 gal smart pot to move it and it was stuck to the ground...pulled it up to see a bunch of roots also..grew right through the fabric material...amazing that a first year plant can use up room.
Good luck with your project you got going.

Thanks for checking out my glog!
I'll be doing the garage shuffle here soon as well...
I just wanted to get the larger plants into smaller containers ahead of time to make the shuffle easier..

Nice work on over wintering that plant. Looks like those nutes from GO worked out for u. I ran out and need to get over to Durango tomorrow for another box. I got some seeds for u for your grow next year. PM your address again so i can get them out soon. My season is just begining indoors. I'm going to be selling my plants next spring becuase i'm moving back to Missouri in July.

Thanks Mike!
The General Organics kicked ass this season!
Can't wait to see your pod porn while the rest of the nation is under snow.
Pm on it's way! Thanks!


On this Wednesday afternoon episode of RoninGarden,

Continuation of the winter prep.
Today I downsized two peppers.
The Peter and the White Habanero were downsized from 1.5 gallon airpots to 1 liter airpots.
We'll start off with Peter..

In a 1.5 gallon airpot:

Peter without airpot:

Reduced rootball:

Peter in his new 1 liter airpot:

And now to the White Habanero...

The White Hab in 1.5 gallon airpot:

White Hab without airpot:

Now in new 1 liter airpot home:

I didn't cut back the branches as dramatically as I did on the Douglah.
I'm sure I'll experience some leaf drop along with this transplant, which I expect.
I'll cut back branches little by little allowing the pepper to take to it's new home first.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update....

 

[jedisushi06]

[sup]I had to cut mine back a while ago to twigs because it was to hot for them to flower upstairs in the grow room and now they are huge thanks to thos GO nutes. Yours will come back also. [/sup]

 

[Spicegeist]

It is that time of year... how many are you overwintering all together?

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

I heard only about cutting them down. First u heard about cutting roots as well. So far we arent there get with the weather in SoCal.

 

[ColoradoRonin]

On this Thursday afternoon episode of RoninGarden,
Update on the douglah and a few pod pics.

[sup]I had to cut mine back a while ago to twigs because it was to hot for them to flower upstairs in the grow room and now they are huge thanks to thos GO nutes. Yours will come back also. [/sup]

Check it out!
The Douglah is already coming back...
Showing signs of new growth already..

This is a good sign..

It is that time of year... how many are you overwintering all together?

Thanks for stopping by my Glog SG !
Right now I'm looking at 34 to be overwintered.
I have a few that are doubles and triples of the same strain which I will be thinning out the herd on those...
I'll probably end up with more than I should... reoccurring theme with peppers...
This will be a mix of 1.5 gallon airpots as well as 1 liter airpots.


Here are a few Trinidad Scorpion pods that'll be harvested tommorrow.

After this harvest, this plant will be getting the stepdown to a 1.5 gallon airpot from a 3.4 gallon airpot.
Getting ready for winter!

Here's a few garden pics.

Been playing musical chairs lately in the garden.
With the change of seasons I had to move a few plants to allow full day sun exposure.
Gotta keep the kids happy!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

nice garden update on the OW plants

 

[ColoradoRonin]

nice garden update on the OW plants

Thanks KingD!

On this Friday afternoon episode of RoninGarden,
I changed my mind on downsizing the Trinidad Scorpion from a 3.4 gal airot to a 1.5 gal airpot.
Don't know what I'm gonna do with it just yet..
Final harvest of Trinidad Scorpions as well as a few more downsize operations...
Today the Black Habanero and the 7 Pot got transferred from 5 gallon buckets to 1.5 gallon airpots.

We'll start off with the harvest pic.
Small but all homegrown..
4 scorpions and 1 butch t pod:

Next up is the 7 Pot.
At home in 5 gallon bucket. I already trimmed back the foliage a few days ago to make this transition a bit easier..I hope..

Skinned:

Root mass on bottom:

Now in its new home a 1.5 gallon airpot:

Now to the Black Habanero.
Before:

New home 1.5 gallon airpot:

All this got done during lunch hour in RoninGarden..
A week ago this guy was on 7 pot patrol, today was yellow bhut patrol.
An army runs on its stomach, my sentinels are well fed..

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[ColoradoRonin]

Good morning and welcome to this Monday morning edition of RoninGarden,

Still getting ready for the big weather change.
Been preparing the basement for indoor growing here shortly.(pics to follow shortly)
I'll start off with a few more winter preps..
First up is the 7 Pot Yellow:

I trimmed back some branches ahead of time make this transition a bit easier on the pepper..

Now in its new home. A 1.5 gal airpot.

Next up is the Giant Bhut #2:
Making the move from a 1.5 gallon airpot to a 1 liter airpot:

Root ball:

New home in 1 liter airpot:

Well that's it for the winter preps for today.
Next update I'll post all the plants that got the downsize for winter for follow up..
On to the poddage pics...

First up is a new addition to the poddage in RoninGarden..
Tazmanian Habanero first pod:

A little late to the game.. I just hope I can get it to ripen indoors...We'll see...

Next is the Devils Tongue.
I have 4 pods on this plant. They're finally ripening!

Can't wait to kiss the devil!

Here is a pic of this mornings harvest.
Clockwise-Peter, White hab, Giant bhut, mutant butch t pods

Once again I'll close out this update with one of the garden patrols..
Barrackpore Patrol:

You are always under observation in RoninGarden..

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update...

 

[highalt]

Have you given that little guy a name yet? He (or she) is a good little guardian.

You are way ahead of me on the winter prep, but I have company in my guest room / overwintering room / grow room, so I'll have to move things into the garage until the space is freed up. That's probably just as well, since last year I moved things inside too soon, and had aphid issues. Think I'll blast everything with insecticidal soap a couple of times before moving them in this time around

There is a chance of rain tonight and tomorrow. Usually after the moisture clears out, the nighttime lows drop like a stone, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a frost advisory later this week! How about you guys? Any frost in the forecast yet?

 

[chsy83]

I saw a jumping spider on my red fatalii the other day. Made me think about ColoradoRonin.

 

[highalt]

No update for a week? Has the season ended for you??? We have a predicted low of 30 for Saturday night, so I've got to pull everything on Friday, and decide if I want to try and overwinter anything.

 

[ColoradoRonin]

No update for a week? Has the season ended for you??? We have a predicted low of 30 for Saturday night, so I've got to pull everything on Friday, and decide if I want to try and overwinter anything.

I know... No updates... But the season continues..
Been kinda pre-occupied with the trench warfare going on in the front yard lately.. Hopefully it'll be done today...

Throughout all this, the weather has been my major concern lately.
We too have frost in the forecast.
Colorado, gotta love it.. 40 degree temperature swings.. Fall in the high country!

I think I'll be doing the garage shuffle for a while.
Even though we'll get the freezing temps at night we'll still have 80 degree days into november..
Just don't want to force the kids into the basement if there are such nice days still..
Wish I had a greenhouse....


On this long overdue episode of RoninGarden,

Winterizing still in effect.
Trimming back peppers slowly..
Getting them all ready for the garage shuffle for the next short while.
Still prepping the basement grow area for the new tennants. (pics to follow soon)

With all the cutting back, I thought about starting a winter project.
I decided to Bonchi (bonsai) my Giant Bhut Jolokia. (Thanks Scarletfire for the motivation! He mentioned doing this in another thread)
Here are a few pics of the process.
I moved it from a 1.5 gallon Airpot to an Airpot that's approx 2.5 liters..
What I did was when I moved my Trinidad Scorpion from a 3.4 gallon Airpot to a 1.5 gallon Airpot, I cut the 3.4 gallon into 3 smaller pots.
Very shallow. Hopefully conducive to bonchi.
We'll find out...


Giant Bhut in 1.5 gallon Airpot prior to trim.

Comparison of 1.5 gallon to the 2.5 liter.

Bhut after the trim:

End result root ball.

In new home prior to back fill:

Finished Bhut:

The white rock on top is perlite that I had left over.
Looks nice, but after 2 waterings it turned the color of dirt. I'll be replacing with some other type of cover rock eventually..
Anyway, worst case scenario, If the bonchi doesn't work out it'll be overwintered well with the other peppers..

Here's a pic of the kids all lined up to go into the garage tonight.

Even though the season is closing up, there are still flowers to be pollinated.
Lunch break in RoninGarden.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until the next update....