stc3248, 2013 Grow log, Season's Greetings and Season's End

stc3248 · Feb 10, 2013

Trippa said:
Wow those are some great update pics Shane!! Explosive embers are great plants .... just watch them if you plant them outside though they self seed everywhere if you let the pods dry on the plant and drop. Would make good decorative garden plants for that very reason!!
Those piles of powder look the goods as well ... must make some one of these days!!

Thanks Tripp! Mine will be in containers...I will keep them in containers probably along the front entry, then plan to Bonchi them this fall.

stickman said:
Wow, nice update on all fronts... If you're brewing tea for the babies, are you ready to plant outside?

Not quite Rick, another month or so. I am working some organics/beneficials into the site/s I plan to use for my tallest plant Growdown. Some tea...some "other stuff" Won't be using it all at once either. This bucket will never be completely empty and will serve as a running starter for my tea throughout the season. I have all sorts of experimental plans for this growdown, may be an epic fail...I'm going for broke though fo-sho! Those seeds won't even be started until Thursday and will probably be indoors under the lights for a couple more months after that.

Pr0digal_son · Feb 10, 2013

Plants are cranking along Shane,are you running 24/7? I use the square pots also and they are nice. Once your plants get a certain size the square pots will keep pinching lower leaves but it's no big deal.

Nobody told you the sowing date for the growdown was moved to May 14? :liar

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DocNrock · Feb 10, 2013

Awesome update, Shane. Love seeing what you master growers do. I started in October so I can be where you guys are in March...when I will get passed up! Plants are looking great and love the color on the powders. I can almost smell them from here.

stc3248 · Feb 10, 2013

Pr0digal_son said:
Plants are cranking along Shane,are you running 24/7? I use the square pots also and they are nice. Once your plants get a certain size the square pots will keep pinching lower leaves but it's no big deal.

Nobody told you the sowing date for the growdown was moved to May 14? :

Jamie told me June??? Yeah...they all pinch leaves once they start getting big. No biggie, just makes them less picture worthy!

DocNrock said:
Awesome update, Shane. Love seeing what you master growers do. I started in October so I can be where you guys are in March...when I will get passed up! Plants are looking great and love the color on the powders. I can almost smell them from here.

Far from a master...Pic1, Pr0d...SpicyChicken. Those are the PRO's!!! Did a lot of trial and error last year with the soils and setup and got straight to cooking this year. I have been growing peppers a long time, but this is only my second year with indoor starts and with supers. Still much to learn, but that's why we're all here isn't it?

PIC 1 · Feb 10, 2013

Shane,
Your grow is firing on all cylinders !
From the powdering of previous harvests to the plants of today....
This will be a stellar season for ya.
Those square pots are the same ones I use...............bigger pots........more bags of potting medium.........bigger plants.
Holy Carp!...I got scared when I saw the tea....
It looked like something different brewing...like some flower head concoction from Afghanistan............ :shocked:

The tea is the best source of organic matter available in liquid form. I use to get 1/2 gal free from the hydro shop each time I went in. Just had to bring back the bottle. I always managed to buy something though ..I used the tea as a foliar feed. It did wonders....

More and more new gloggers coming out of the woodwork this year ......Remember the "Claymen" from the original "Flash Gorden"..(Buster Crab)...................Hah
It's fun reading what everybodies doing whether its the same or different directions taken....we're all in this for the Spice.
Enjoy your day man...

Chewi · Feb 11, 2013

Hey man, a little late but congrats on the Throwdown!

stc3248 · Feb 11, 2013

Aight...so I snapped quite a few pics, but haven't had the chance to upload them. Now that I am sitting in my barracks ~~cell~~ room I can inundate you all with pics of my crap!!!

Tried to get a little artsy with some ala Pr0digal...but I am still not the master!

Manzano...

Peruvian Aji (PaulG)

Same Aji...but lookie who decided to join the party! I think my germ rates are better once under the lights! These Ajis are the only ones that are shooting up. Everything else is nice and compact...these plants are gonna get big.

Charapita Yellow (Romy6) these little wilds are supposted to be Chinense, gonna be good!!!

PI438638 (Romy6) Excited about these too. Always look kinda droopy toward the end of the light cycle, but still growing like weeds. Striking resemblance to Romy's Mystery pepper in growth pattern so far...but hard to tell yet. Will be interesting to see them side by side throughout the season. Not sure I wanna solve the mystery though.

Another PI438638 same thing showing its droopiness next to the happy Numex Centennial.

Everybody getting all high tech with their feeding and watering schedule. Mama was looking out for me and decided to hook me up with some state of the art moisture monitoring devices!!!

Terracotta earthworms! When their heads are dark...moisture is good! My water schedule is...if the plants look dry and the pots feel light, I bottom water a little at a time until they quit soaking up water and repeat as necessary. That was every couple days before I potted up...will probably be every 4-5 days now.

Last of the pepper photos for today...these two (Explosive Ember lt and Numex Centennial rt) went to a new home today....Pour out a little worm tea for my homies y'all!

Here are a couple non's for ya...never grown flowers under lights before. Usually just pick up flats of them at the nursery. This year I gave it a whirl...

Zinnias...freaking crazy plants!!! They are threatening to take over in there. They could use a pot up, but no way I'm wasting my soil on that! Root bound it is! Crazy plants, germed in a day and a half and growing like freaking weeds!

Wish peppers were this freaking easy! Will harden them this weekend...and roll the dice on putting them in ground.

A few more with a bump! If not, there's always tomorrow!
Shane

stickman · Feb 11, 2013

Bumpage...

stc3248 · Feb 11, 2013

First off a few of some new nons to me...

Ranunculus...anyone that's ever grown them please share any info you got. Mama plant shops by perdiness, so these came home. They are stunning, but I know nothing about keeping them happy. Some google time is in order I suppose!

Poseted this over in the growdown thread. Tallest Birgits Locoto is the name of the game. Have several strategies...this one is full tilt nute overload. The plant in this hole will either burn up...or grow like nuts. We shall see??? Have a couple more strategies I will try, but not gonna show my whole hand until later in the game...

Here are some of Sunday nights dinner...

Yup!!! One of my favs is back at da sto! Its time for a few foodie pics!

Mama cooking up some deliciousness to ~~pale in comparison~~ accompany my grilled fare!

Do I have your full attention now?

Mr. Porter says "Yes Sir...full and undivided!!!

Yeah buddy...marinated overnight in, well a bunch of stuff then rubbed with some of my Red Lantern Habanero hot salt...and seared.

Corn cooked 'till tender with husks on, peeled and silked then lightly roasted...

Served up on our finest Chinet the only way BBQ should be served. Corn was buttered and dusted in Yellow Cardi Scorpion Hot Salt...mama's portion was a spinach/artichoke casserole that was out of this world also! Best meal I have had in a while!

That's all for now folks...hope you weeks started well!
Shane

KiNGDeNNiZ · Feb 11, 2013

stc3248 said:
Here are a couple non's for ya...never grown flowers under lights before. Usually just pick up flats of them at the nursery. This year I gave it a whirl...

Zinnias...freaking crazy plants!!! They are threatening to take over in there. They could use a pot up, but no way I'm wasting my soil on that! Root bound it is! Crazy plants, germed in a day and a half and growing like freaking weeds!

Wish peppers were this freaking easy! Will harden them this weekend...and roll the dice on putting them in ground.

cant wait for my kids zinnias to get that buck wild crazy.. i think i need to repot mine to give the growth like yours!! that and more lights!

Sanarda · Feb 11, 2013

OHHHH SHIT You smacked me in the face with that meal. I wasnt expecting it and now I'm drooling :drooling:

RocketMan · Feb 12, 2013

DANG IT SHANE!!!

I still got 7 minutes till lunch and I just HAD to see that plate of BBQ maastery! Oh well, at least I'll be good and hungry for it in a couple of minutes.

I watched Paul growing those Explosive Embers last year and mama got a look at them too. Now she wants some of them lining the sidewalk up to the house. Have you ever tried any of the peppers it puts out? Just wondering if they're worth picking or better to just let the birds have at them.

Have a great week Bro,
Bill

Jamison · Feb 12, 2013

Just amazing growth on them bad boys. Holy smokes bro! You da man Shane!

stc3248 · Feb 12, 2013

Sanarda said:
OHHHH SHIT You smacked me in the face with that meal. I wasnt expecting it and now I'm drooling

Thanks Lady! Sorry for the puddles... :drooling:

RocketMan said:
DANG IT SHANE!!!

I still got 7 minutes till lunch and I just HAD to see that plate of BBQ maastery! Oh well, at least I'll be good and hungry for it in a couple of minutes.

I watched Paul growing those Explosive Embers last year and mama got a look at them too. Now she wants some of them lining the sidewalk up to the house. Have you ever tried any of the peppers it puts out? Just wondering if they're worth picking or better to just let the birds have at them.

Have a great week Bro,
Bill

Thanks Bill! I have the same plants for my Embers...lining the front walk. I tasted them last year...Jal heat, good flavor...texture was a bit chewy. Not the best snacker in my opinion. They do dry well and make good powders roasted and mixed with some seasonings for an all around table mix nobody will be scared of.

Jamison said:
Just amazing growth on them bad boys. Holy smokes bro! You da man Shane!

Thanks Jamison! Yours are no slouches either! Lessons learned from last year are serving me well so far, I am sure I will hit some brick walls around plant out...and maybe before!

romy6 · Feb 12, 2013

Looking good man. Can't wait til June when we start the growdown :rofl:

I see Prod trying to disqualify you by starting a month early

Now pass me a pork chop with apple sauce :party:

stc3248 · Feb 13, 2013

Geez...its torture not going home to the ~~wife and kids~~ plants everyday! Ughhh, I keep watching y'alls grow, but wonder how mine are doing??? Do they need water? Have they started to shoot up in their bigger planters? I am heading home tonight to ~~give the family their Valentines gifts~~ check on them and plant a few of the growdown seeds! Will try to snap a few pics of any progress I see!

3/5King · Feb 13, 2013

Damn Shane, your plants are looking wonderful. I'm still not due to start for a few days :mope:

You are going to be the great 5 star General of a massive green army. Killing any Aphid, slug or bug that might come your way..

:dance:

WalkGood · Feb 13, 2013

Shane I’ve been ignoring this page, the food drives me crazy ¯\(º_o)/¯ with hunger! Brilliant work brethren

Even though I had lunch a little while ago, I could eat again, hehe. I gotta tell ya the look of all the leaves are near perfect, you indoor guys have a grand advantage as they should be healthy and strong with excellent leaves by the time they hit the dirt. Keep on jamming mon!!!

Trippa · Feb 13, 2013

Looking wild Shane ... food is looking good even though its breakfast time here .... there is never a bad time for good food.... keep on rolling bro

STEVE954 · Feb 14, 2013

stc3248 said:
Geez...its torture not going home to the ~~wife and kids~~ plants everyday! Ughhh, I keep watching y'alls grow, but wonder how mine are doing??? Do they need water? Have they started to shoot up in their bigger planters? I am heading home tonight to ~~give the family their Valentines gifts~~ check on them and plant a few of the growdown seeds! Will try to snap a few pics of any progress I see!

I heard that brother! Nothing can make me more happy than to spend quality time with my ~~wife and kids~~ plants everyday!