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SKULLBIKER 2023, LESS FOR ME

I thought about not doing a GLOG this year but have decided to "just do it". My grow will be much less this year with no super hots planted(although there are a few previous plants still going). Most new plants will be Jalapenos and various pheno's of PeppaPeach as those are the ones that I consume massive amounts of.
This old pick of days gone by will be my lead pic for this years GLOG. I have several new ones taken since Jan 1, and I will be posting them as I get time until I am caught up.

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OK now, everyone get out there and produce some peppers.
 
The PeppaPeach plants that were planted last fall, finally coming back after stalling for months.

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Looks like 2 more orange jalapeno pods from the plant that looks half dead.

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Here's that 7 Pot Bubblegum that was stunted and then was attacked by the Aphid Squad. I gave it a couple of doses of Captain Jacks Dead Bug and now it is definately in growth mode.

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The 1+ year old 7 Pot Bubblegum is loaded with pos and buds so we'll see what happens.

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A flower on a Sugar Rush Red.

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Wow! This is cool SB!

That orange Jalapeño looks tasty. I couldn’t like the culling. Lol I hate it when that happens. Plants are looking good. Good luck!

Oh, I see you start your seeds in soil. What is your exact procedure? I’m always curious to technique. I’ve actually never started in soil. I’m probably making work more work for myself with the paper towel method.

Thanks again!
 
Wow! This is cool SB!

That orange Jalapeño looks tasty. I couldn’t like the culling. Lol I hate it when that happens. Plants are looking good. Good luck!

Oh, I see you start your seeds in soil. What is your exact procedure? I’m always curious to technique. I’ve actually never started in soil. I’m probably making work more work for myself with the paper towel method.

Thanks again!

Sorry for the delayed response. For my seed starting the past 2 seasons i use a 50/50 mix of the Burpee Seed Starting Mix(a small block of coir that seems to be a finer texture than regular coir) and Jiffy Seed Starting Mix. Since I started using this I rarely get a helmet head and get good germination(assuming the seed is viable).

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I use these seed starter cells.

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I over fill these with the mix and then strike off the excess with a ruler. Then I use a pill bottle(of which I have many) and compress the mix in each cell down about 5/8" below the top of the cell dividers. Now i place my seeds in each cell. Next I spoon in mix level with the top of the cell dividers and then compress that just slightly so it is about 1/8" to 3/16" below the top of the cell dividers.
Next I put these in a 1020 tray and pour in filtered water about 1/2 to 2/3 the depth of the tray, let it sit a few hours to soak the cells. Now take the cells out and place them in a dry tray, put on a humidity dome, and put it on a heat mat. I use a thermostatic controller set at 85°f and the probe in one of the middle cells. I do this with NO seed presoak as the first couple of days the media is fairly wet, it loses moisture as it drains and some moisture begins to evaporate.
It should look like this when you're done. Here are the jalapenos I sowed on 3/8/23, the first one is up this morning and a few are pushing up the mix. That's it, I have tried many, many methods over the past 40 years but so far this is easiest and seems to work good.

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Most of the time, a few days to a week after germination, I just take a large spoon and scoop out the complete cell to transplant. I have another procedure for that!😉
 
It looks like I'm getting some growth on these three Rocoto Equadorian Sweet plants. These were sown last September and were outside when the hurricanes came through and then the pest fest following that. They didn't die but literally stopped growing for many months. Maybe I'll get something out of them, they are my only rocotos this year!😳

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Here is a branch on a 1+ year old 7 Pot Bubblegum, it's like a pod fest!

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