ronniedeb's 2015 season

ronniedeb · Feb 17, 2015

stickman said:
Woo-hoo! ... and so it begins... Good luck with your 2015 season Ronan... I'll be starting mine in a few weeks too.

Thanks! Best of luck for 2015!
Been slacking with my updates.

I culled some of my overwinters. The unlabelled are gone. These are the varieties that will be kept, for now:

MOA (Year 2)

CARDI YELLOW (Year 3)

Flexuosum (Year 3)

Eastern Travis County Tepin (Year 4)

Guampinho de Veado (Year 2)

Trepadeira de Werner (Year 2)

Peito de Moca (Year 3)

Beni Market (Year 2)

Yellow Fire (Year 2)

Heart Throb (Year 2) This was left in the Passive Hydro Hempy Bucket (Perlite) Pot. Has only received what residual nutrients were in the perlite since last October. Very little water either. Have potted it on to a soil pot and seems to be OK for now.

stickman · Feb 20, 2015

ronniedeb said:
Thanks! Best of luck for 2015!
Been slacking with my updates.

I culled some of my overwinters. The unlabelled are gone. These are the varieties that will be kept, for now:

MOA (Year 2)

CARDI YELLOW (Year 3)

Flexuosum (Year 3)

Eastern Travis County Tepin (Year 4)

Guampinho de Veado (Year 2)

Trepadeira de Werner (Year 2)

Peito de Moca (Year 3)

Beni Market (Year 2)

Yellow Fire (Year 2)

Heart Throb (Year 2) This was left in the Passive Hydro Hempy Bucket (Perlite) Pot. Has only received what residual nutrients were in the perlite since last October. Very little water either. Have potted it on to a soil pot and seems to be OK for now.

Nice strong-looking overwinter plants Ronan, good on ya! When will you be starting your seeds?

stickman · Feb 22, 2015

Hi Ronan, just thought you'd like to know that I planted the CAP 267 and El Oro de Ecuador seeds you sent and both are currently sprouting! Thanks again for your generosity my friend! :dance:

ronniedeb · Feb 22, 2015

stickman said:
Nice strong-looking overwinter plants Ronan, good on ya! When will you be starting your seeds?

Hey Rick. Thanks. I started my seeds in mid January. Some pics to follow:
First, some more overwinters:
Habanero Brown Large (Year 2)

Cap 267 (Year 2, or 3??)

Madre Vieja (Year 3)

Lemon Drop (Year 3) Hope this makes it. Not looking the healthiest, but the stem on the plant is massive.

My rockwool hydro destined plants

Got a couple of new fans for the tent. They are by Hortiline, only 5w, are designed for grow tents, and are said to last longer than your regular fan. We'll see.

Onions from seed this year.

Some of my soil plants potted on.

Overwintered Flexuosum with buds. But it's still the Lonesome George of the chilli world since none of my 2015 seeds have germinated yet.

ribbedturtleneck · Feb 22, 2015

Those are some big trunks in little pots. Awesome to see the overwinters doing well.

Devv · Feb 22, 2015

Most excellent looking OW's!

Good luck this year

Pepper Ridge Farm · Feb 22, 2015

very nice work on the OW, makes me rethink my opinion that they just aren't worth the effort. The smaller footprint in the small containers is a big plus, excited to see how well they produce the second year. Thanks for the pictures, may you have a bountiful 2015!

twilliams386 · Feb 23, 2015

Those OWs are amazing! How do you do it? I imagine a lot of root pruning would have to be done. Or are these hydros?

Trident chilli · Feb 23, 2015

Ronan plants looking great ... mentioned on Rick's grow log just how large El Oro can grow if you remember mine was nearly five foot high ... hope my "Borg 9" doesn't get that big ...

PaulS · Feb 23, 2015

That is one chunky stem!
OW's look really fantastic

ronniedeb · Feb 24, 2015

ribbedturtleneck said:
Those are some big trunks in little pots. Awesome to see the overwinters doing well.

Thanks! It's a matter of keeping the best ones now. Only have room for 6-8.

Devv said:
Most excellent looking OW's!

Good luck this year

Thanks Devv. And to you!

Pepper Ridge Farm said:
very nice work on the OW, makes me rethink my opinion that they just aren't worth the effort. The smaller footprint in the small containers is a big plus, excited to see how well they produce the second year. Thanks for the pictures, may you have a bountiful 2015!

Thanks! Same to you!

twilliams386 said:
Those OWs are amazing! How do you do it? I imagine a lot of root pruning would have to be done. Or are these hydros?

Thanks. They are a mix of soil and hydro, though the hydro ones are never as succesful. In early December, I give the plants a good prune, stems and roots. I then give them an opportunity to regrow a little, by putting them under propagation lights for a few hours a day, for a couple of weeks. Then onto the windowsill for natural light in the New Year.

Trident chilli said:
Ronan plants looking great ... mentioned on Rick's grow log just how large El Oro can grow if you remember mine was nearly five foot high ... hope my "Borg 9" doesn't get that big ...

Thanks John. I never got to see the full height of the El Oro, as it only had 2-4 foot of growing space in the Ebb. Great producer though. I hope your Borg 9 does get that big!!! :party:

PaulS said:
That is one chunky stem!
OW's look really fantastic

Thanks Paul. This will be the 3rd year for that Lemon Drop. I let it dry out after being away for a few days, but looks to have recovered.

ronniedeb · Feb 26, 2015

I have a bit of a lag here because of the 10 photo limit, so these photos are a couple weeks old
Rockwool plants having put some nice roots down. Nice growth in a week too.

Feb 05

Feb 12

Annuums and Tomatoes gone in propagators:

I have Galapagoense germinated!

and Tovari:

Sawyer · Feb 26, 2015

Wow, Ronan, you've got some kick-a** things going here. You seem to have the OW process down to an art form.

ronniedeb · Feb 26, 2015

Sawyer said:
Wow, Ronan, you've got some kick-a** things going here. You seem to have the OW process down to an art form.

Thanks Sawyer. I think the little bit of light after the initial pruning helps them get some roots going to fill the new pots and last the winter. That said, I went over to my mothers today and she just leaves them in their pots unpruned on the windowsill and picks chillis through the winter. :rolleyes:

Devv · Feb 26, 2015

Moving right along!

Good deal

FreeportBum · Feb 26, 2015

wow those OW's loos great!

ronniedeb · Feb 26, 2015

FreeportBum said:
wow those OW's loos great!

Devv said:
Moving right along!

Good deal

Thanks guys. Will post more up to date photos soon.

Noah Yates · Feb 28, 2015

Now those are some tree trunks!

stickman · Feb 28, 2015

Nice wild varieties you started Ronan! I'm taking a stab at a C. Chacoense variety this year too. Lovin' the first-round starts! They're gonna run on rails when you finally put them out in the spring. Cheers!

ronniedeb · Mar 3, 2015

Noah Yates said:
Now those are some tree trunks!

Thanks Noah, hope they survive. Not in the clear yet.

stickman said:
Nice wild varieties you started Ronan! I'm taking a stab at a C. Chacoense variety this year too. Lovin' the first-round starts! They're gonna run on rails when you finally put them out in the spring. Cheers!

Thanks Rick. Not had great germination with the wilds, and when I did get a Flexuosum and Tovari 2 weeks ago, they dried out after I was away for a few days. :cry:

Best of luck with the Chacoense. I have one left out in the greenhouse all winter. Doesn't look too dead yet. Hopefully it will make it.
Small update on those plants I rescued from the Allotment Communal Tunnel back in January

I didnt prune stems or roots on these at all.

Rhomboideum growing again.

Oodham Chiltepin too.

Even has a dried up unripe pod from last year still attached.

CGN24333 is not doing so well.

Windowsill is filling up.

Flexuosum flowers