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SKULLBIKERS Fun with peppers in 2021 GLOG

And so it begins, another year of growing some peppers. This will be a sort of continuation of last year
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73129-skullbikers-roaring-into-the-twenties-glog/page-1
 
as several of those plants are still going(and many got whacked and ended up on the burn pile). 
 
Anyway, I have 3 trays of peppers sown and many have germinated already(mostly annums). I wanted to compare several different jalapeños for taste in real time. This tray is all jalapeños, ten types from 7 different vendors. The seeds in block 3 are from 2014.
 
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Another tray with annums at each end and mostly rocotos in the middle(and they're taking their sweet time).
 
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PtMD989 said:
Growing pretzel peppers, eh [emoji16][emoji23][emoji106].
Thanks again for the mega seed shipment [emoji16][emoji106][emoji4].


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I scrolled back thru all of the pics looking really close for a pretzel, reading the tags, looking at the cups and then I realized what you were talking about
 
skullbiker said:
A couple of the young plants from the F2 Poblano X Scarletts Chili seed from PollenNut's cross. Some variegation starting to appear, although my main concern is that the pods off of these have as good a flavor as the F1's had.
 
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Good looking plants SB.  Im like you and hoping that the pod's are good.  The plant that I have with the variegation isn't doing as well as those without.
I have small pods already on one of them.  I'll have to post some updated pics.
 
Tybo said:
 
Good looking plants SB.  Im like you and hoping that the pod's are good.  The plant that I have with the variegation isn't doing as well as those without.
I have small pods already on one of them.  I'll have to post some updated pics.
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We'll have to see how our pods compare later on. The F1 pods tasted really good. Well, I suppose we'll know in a few months!
 
skullbiker said:
And so it begins, another year of growing some peppers. This will be a sort of continuation of last year
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73129-skullbikers-roaring-into-the-twenties-glog/page-1
 
as several of those plants are still going(and many got whacked and ended up on the burn pile). 
 
Anyway, I have 3 trays of peppers sown and many have germinated already(mostly annums). I wanted to compare several different jalapeños for taste in real time. This tray is all jalapeños, ten types from 7 different vendors. The seeds in block 3 are from 2014.
 
attachicon.gif
DD790B1D-46C2-42E6-821B-35E0A56AED83.jpeg
 
Another tray with annums at each end and mostly rocotos in the middle(and they're taking their sweet time).
 
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DFD905E8-004B-41CA-9450-5D6CC853DA56.jpeg
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I also have some seeds that I would like to sprout from 2014...did soak or prep them before you planted them?
 
beverly said:
I also have some seeds that I would like to sprout from 2014...did soak or prep them before you planted them?
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I did not soak or prep them and they did take a week longer to germinate than the "fresh" seeds. Almost anyone you communicate with would have a different method to germinate their seeds, I can't even count how many different methods I've tried. 
I currently start out by pretty well soaking my cells in ZERO water with the seed starting medium in them in the tray overnight. Then I remove the excess water from the tray, lay my seeds on top of the medium, and cover them with 1/4" of loose medium and then mist that enough to dampen it. Then onto the heat mat, using a thermostat set at 85°f, with the probe mid-depth in the medium of a cell near the center of the tray. And lastly put the humidity dome on and wait. 
I think my start in the wet medium is similar to soaking them to soften the seed coat. Anyway, it currently works for me(until I try something else).
 
skullbiker said:
 
I did not soak or prep them and they did take a week longer to germinate than the "fresh" seeds. Almost anyone you communicate with would have a different method to germinate their seeds, I can't even count how many different methods I've tried. 
I currently start out by pretty well soaking my cells in ZERO water with the seed starting medium in them in the tray overnight. Then I remove the excess water from the tray, lay my seeds on top of the medium, and cover them with 1/4" of loose medium and then mist that enough to dampen it. Then onto the heat mat, using a thermostat set at 85°f, with the probe mid-depth in the medium of a cell near the center of the tray. And lastly put the humidity dome on and wait. 
I think my start in the wet medium is similar to soaking them to soften the seed coat. Anyway, it currently works for me(until I try something else).
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So awesome. I'll look into ZERO water. Just love hearing about the different ways that may be successful

Thanks for sharing.
 
beverly said:
So awesome. I'll look into ZERO water. Just love hearing about the different ways that may be successful

Thanks for sharing.
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You're welcome.
If you're interested in other garden and outside plants, check these links:
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73150-skullbikers-all-of-2020-outside-not-peppers-glog/page-1
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/74544-skullbikers-2021-everything-but-peppers-golog/
 
Or food related stuff:
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/73341-skullbikers-staying-healthy-in-2020-flog/
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/74545-skullbikers-2021-flog/
 
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