STC3248, Just Another Grow Log! Holiday Harvest!

Still waiting on the supers...but the rest are sprouted and under lights. This will be my first attempt at supers. Fingers crossed. I am so lost in the labels. I don't know how some of you keep them all straight??? I know I got most of them right...but had a couple random seeds pop up under the starter pellets...lolEdit: This was my STARTING listJalapenoBlack CobraMucho Nacho JalapenoBellPoblanoCaribbean RedChocolate HabaneroAnaheimCayenneTrinidad ScorpionBhut Jolokia Red/Yellow/Chocolate/White/PurpleFataliPequin ChiapasAmigo Diablo Bombay MorichDorset NagaLg Yellow 7 Pot7 Pot RedDouglahBishops Crownand OrnamentalsHere is the FINAL revised list! lol yeah right! Got some slow movers on here...GREEN: planted last night 3 February...didn't soak, so they may take a bit longer than normalORANGE: Planted 25 JanuaryBLUE: Planted 13 JanuaryBLACK: Planted 5 JanuaryFish 0/2Wild Brazil (Cumari) 0/2Tepin 0/2Aji Omnicolor 0/2Yellow Scotch Bonnet 0/2Goccia d'Oro 0/2Red Lantern Habanero 0/2Brain Strain 0/2Billy Boy Douglah 0/2Peruvian White Bullet Hab 0/2Kaval F-1 0/27 Pot Primo 0/27 Pot Monster Infinity 0/2Devil's Tongue Brown 0/2Bhut Jolokia Orange 0/2Black Naga 1/2Bhut Jolokia Purple 4/4 Bhut Jolokia White 4/4 Bhut Jolokia Red 4/4Bhut Jolokia Yellow 2/4 Bhut Jolokia Chocolate 4/4 7 Pot Red 4/4 7 Pot Lg Yellow 4/4 Fatali 4/4 Chocolate Hab 4/4 Bishops Crown 4/4 Pequine 4/4 Trinidad Scorpion 3/4Established Plants:Caribbean Red x5Black Cobra x6Jalapeno x6Mucho Nacho Jalapeno x8Cayenne x6Bell x4Poblano x3Anaheim x3

My 10 year old is responsible for the artwork on the cups!

 

[Pr0digal_son]

I have way bigger rats than that at work. 190-250# ones.

 

[stc3248]

I have way bigger rats than that at work. 190-250# ones.

Lol...Me too!!! Unfortunately I have to call most of them "Sir"



This is not a good sign. Set the trap a couple hours ago, and just checked it before bed and...

Sorry for the crappy pic...kept wanting to focus on the wire. Reset it and I hope it comes up clean in the morning. Didn't expect another one so soon in the exact same spot. May have a much bigger problem than I thought. I am pretty certain there is at least one frequenting the other end of the yard as well...ughhh. Time to forget introducing ladybugs and put some corn snakes out there.

May be building a few more traps this weekend.

 

[habaneroheat81]

Dude that's a mean looking rat. They say if you catch/see 2 mice then chances are there's easily a couple dozen roaming around in that general area. I hope that's not the case for your plants sake
On a lighter note the fataliis look great! Nice and bushy and green.
Great glog man, glad I stopped by.
Aaron

 

[Pepper-Guru]

Mmmm, just stuff him with Fatalii's and get some oak burning!

 

[Beehunter]

what a fun update hahaha. Im sure not so fun for you! But brought back so many memories of me and my cousins as kids building traps and trapping racoons and Possums. I hope your new set stays empty! Plants are still looking good though! Hope that stores doesnt due to much damage. best o luck.

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

awesome pics shane... nice review on the pepper.. id love to one day be able to chomp on a solo pepper..so far all ive done is nibble on devils tongue and congo trinidad... loved it... if ever im in SD area.. ill give you a hollar.. maybe you may still have plants that need a new home.. ;D

 

[stc3248]

Dude that's a mean looking rat. They say if you catch/see 2 mice then chances are there's easily a couple dozen roaming around in that general area. I hope that's not the case for your plants sake
On a lighter note the fataliis look great! Nice and bushy and green.
Great glog man, glad I stopped by.
Aaron

What if you catch 3? 50??? 100??? Another one in there this morning, same spot. I feel like I may be shooting at Godzilla with a BB gun over here. Raining now, so no pics. This one is smaller at least. 3 in a 24 hour stretch...either my trapping skills are superior, or I got a pretty big rat problem out there. Leaning toward the second one.

Mmmm, just stuff him with Fatalii's and get some oak burning!

Never eaten rat...probably tastes similar to possum I suppose?

what a fun update hahaha. Im sure not so fun for you! But brought back so many memories of me and my cousins as kids building traps and trapping racoons and Possums. I hope your new set stays empty! Plants are still looking good though! Hope that stores doesnt due to much damage. best o luck.

Its fun...my son is all into setting and running the trap now. The storm gave us one brief downpour and now a light drizzle. I haven't watered for almost a week, in anticipation of this storm, so the plants should enjoy it. Cool today (65 deg) but back into the Mid 70's tomorrow.

awesome pics shane... nice review on the pepper.. id love to one day be able to chomp on a solo pepper..so far all ive done is nibble on devils tongue and congo trinidad... loved it... if ever im in SD area.. ill give you a hollar.. maybe you may still have plants that need a new home.. ;D

I will still have some I'm sure. I think I sold off the 3 bhuts and the Red 7 I have, but I still have some more. Still not healthy, but recovering. Yellow 7 is the only super left I believe. but I have a bishops crown and Goccia D'Oro that are doing really well. I'll double check this afternoon. If you're interested I'll just let you have them, just not sure its worth the drive. How far are you from Seal Beach? I work up there and could bring them up once they're healthy.

It stopped raining long enough for another photo...since everyone seems to enjoy my rodent infestation as much as my plants...

I live in a nice suburban neighborhood...looks like these guys are enjoying it too! Hope I'm at least putting a dent in their population.

 

[jsschrstrcks]

I would think they taste more like squirrel? Or rabbit? Both of which I like. Rats though are prone to eating garbage, and roaming through sewage... Both of those last two activities are reason enough for me not to eat one.

I was going to try rato en empalo in peru! Guinea Pig on a Stick, just didn't get the chance.

I have used dcon poison bars successfully... Instead of using one box as they say to though, I break one up into a bunch of little pieces and scatter them around. It only takes one bite, so more locations = more likely that rats will eat the stuff = more dead rats.

By the way, we should make a pepper with the heat of a superhot and the flavor of a wild brazil... sound fun?

 

[KiNGDeNNiZ]

Seal beach. Wow. I'll think about that offer. Maybe well having beach day with the family when they had recovered. Would be definitely worth it. Are you a m-f guy. ?!? I'm out in pasadena area. So will KIT with you. Maybe if I decide to pick up an aerogarden in laguna Nigel.
And as for ratatouille. Had that problem in he garage. For them all so far

 

[patrick]

Dang Shane you might have a serious rat problem there. You may want to contact your city or county pest control if you're living in a populated area. That many isn't a good sign for you and your neighbors. Rats need a good steady food supply to breed in the numbers your catching is suggesting. Good luck man,.

 

[PIC 1]

Man, that sure is some "Biggy Rat" you got me "Itchy Brother" looking at them...

It could be worse they could be sewer rats....that file their teeth on steel!

I agree with Patrick, give animal control a courtesy call. Besides rat shit might be too high in Nitrogen for your plants........yikes

Greg

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Man, that sure is some "Biggy Rat" you got me "Itchy Brother" looking at them...

It could be worse they could be sewer rats....that file their teeth on steel!

I agree with Patrick, give animal control a courtesy call. Besides rat shit might be too high in Nitrogen for your plants........yikes

Greg

Call "professor Messer" before they eat you "bongo Congo" blacks. This post was the best chuckle I have had in a good bit. I remember those reruns from almost 30 years ago. You are a gem.

 

[stc3248]

I would think they taste more like squirrel? Or rabbit? Both of which I like. Rats though are prone to eating garbage, and roaming through sewage... Both of those last two activities are reason enough for me not to eat one.

I was going to try rato en empalo in peru! Guinea Pig on a Stick, just didn't get the chance.

I have used dcon poison bars successfully... Instead of using one box as they say to though, I break one up into a bunch of little pieces and scatter them around. It only takes one bite, so more locations = more likely that rats will eat the stuff = more dead rats.

By the way, we should make a pepper with the heat of a superhot and the flavor of a wild brazil... sound fun?

Won't use poison...dogs may get into it or eat a poisoned rat.
For now I just wanna get some chinense pods of any sort...maybe later I'll try to do some crosses. Still want to retry on the grafting too. Right now I'm just concentrating on getting to some sort of super harvest!

Seal beach. Wow. I'll think about that offer. Maybe well having beach day with the family when they had recovered. Would be definitely worth it. Are you a m-f guy. ?!? I'm out in pasadena area. So will KIT with you. Maybe if I decide to pick up an aerogarden in laguna Nigel.
And as for ratatouille. Had that problem in he garage. For them all so far

Yeah...M-F I work on the Navy base there. I'll shoot you a note when they get to looking a little better. Only one still looks to be having issues. The other are just not the best looking plants because they're missing all their big beautiful leaves. They are loaded with new growth however, and it won't be long before they look good as new.

Dang Shane you might have a serious rat problem there. You may want to contact your city or county pest control if you're living in a populated area. That many isn't a good sign for you and your neighbors. Rats need a good steady food supply to breed in the numbers your catching is suggesting. Good luck man,.

Yeah, I'm considering it. I do live in town, but its got kind of a "country" theme going. They have crosswalk buttons for horseback riders up high at every corner, and horse trails and stables throughout town. My next door neighbor has chickens...and everyone around here has a dog and dog food out back. All this coupled with the fact that I am only about 100 yards from a permanent water source and I have an overgrown easement behind me. Not too sure they can get it under control. My best bet is to put out some mothballs along the fence line and resupply them every so often and try to deter them from using my plants as their food source. I've heard cayenne powder works. I am going to get the half gallon size and coat the entire garden with the stuff. Should keep the dogs out too. I'll keep the trap out and baited and hopefully they at least slow down.

Man, that sure is some "Biggy Rat" you got me "Itchy Brother" looking at them...

It could be worse they could be sewer rats....that file their teeth on steel!

I agree with Patrick, give animal control a courtesy call. Besides rat shit might be too high in Nitrogen for your plants........yikes

Greg

Poor little guys are just trying to get to my "Bee Tree" "True blue Odie!"
Too much Greg...this is serious business! Quit making me laugh!

Call "professor Messer" before they eat you "bongo Congo" blacks. This post was the best chuckle I have had in a good bit. I remember those reruns from almost 30 years ago. You are a gem.

Hard to believe those cartoons are 50 years old...wow. That would make me almost 27! :

Well, the wife texted that the rat "got away" while I was at work. She said it rolled the trap! Sounded fishy, when I got home and found the trap almost 2 feet from where I had set it I knew something was up. One of my dogs had pushed through the fence and dispatched the rat for me. Found it on the back porch. Tired of talking about rodents...first flowers on my fish pepper today 4 popped! No storm damage and all my chinenses are racing to be the first to open a flower(aside from the wild brazil which is kicking a$$). Too close to call between them...Chocolate bhut had the early lead, but its now even with Devils Tongue Brown, Paper Lantern Hab, Caribbean Red, Primo, Douglah, Black Naga, Brain Strain, the rest of the Bhut rainbow and the Monster Infinity. Some of the plants that are blooming still aren't producing pollen very well, but I am getting a few pods to set on some new stuff. Working toward a nice Jalapeno and Cayenne harvest as well. All the tomatoes are really loading up and looking real nice...life is good in spite of all the issues!

 

[Pinoy83]

you should fry that rat and make him as a bait and u will get more rats

 

[Pulpiteer]

Recently in reading your glog I can't get Eddie Vedder's voice out of my head, singing, "Ben, the two of us need look no more"
And if no one here was into Pearl Jam, I apologize, carry on.

 

[habaneroheat81]

Dude I think you need more traps and put them around your plants! That sucks! Good luck getting those suckers out of there.

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Recently in reading your glog I can't get Eddie Vedder's voice out of my head, singing, "Ben, the two of us need look no more"
And if no one here was into Pearl Jam, I apologize, carry on.

I remember Micheal Jackson singing it. Don't remember Vedder singing it. I stopped listening to PJ after Corduroy.

 

[stc3248]

you should fry that rat and make him as a bait and u will get more rats

Yeah...they'd definitely eat it. I am tying to use stuff that other animals won't find too attractive. I am going to have to quit using the dogfood too when I move the trap out into the yard where the dogs are. They're eating my tomatoes...so what better bait!

Recently in reading your glog I can't get Eddie Vedder's voice out of my head, singing, "Ben, the two of us need look no more"
And if no one here was into Pearl Jam, I apologize, carry on.

Lol...or "Round and Round"

Dude I think you need more traps and put them around your plants! That sucks! Good luck getting those suckers out of there.

May build a couple more this weekend. Really need to work on some sort of repellent (thinking mothballs and cayenne powder). Trapping them gives a sense of satisfaction...but I don't think it is a real solution.

I remember Micheal Jackson singing it. Don't remember Vedder singing it. I stopped listening to PJ after Corduroy.

Love both versions! Your new profile pic had me cracking up this morning!

One more caught...makes 4 just in that one spot in the yard. Caught him last night re-baited and nothing this morning. So I have at least thinned them out in that area. That is the first time the trap has been there for more than an hour without a catch. I know there are some at the opposite end of the yard hitting my tomatoes and beans down there, so I will move the trap down there tonight. As long as I can reach a point where my harvests are still adequate I'll be happy.

Tired of this rodent stuff...this is a grow log damnit! Hopfully I will have a few new pod shots tomorrow. Socal if you read this I will also include a pic of the givaway plants tonight or tomorrow.
Happy Friday everybody!
Shane

 

[stc3248]

Some of my recovery/excess Plants...

All these may be going to a new home soon...not picture are the 2 white and 1 Chocolate Bhuts and a Red 7 Pot which are already spoken for and KiNGDeNNiZ you have first option on the rest...Left to right starting with the gallon then 3 green pots then the orange pots. Caribbean Red, Purple Bhut, Chocolate Habanero, Yellow 7 Pot, Caribbean Red (left orange pot), Manzano, Goccia D'Oro, and Bishop's Crown on the far right.

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Bishop's Crown

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Manzano

Here is a before and after of the Yellow 7 pot:

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After

And the same for the Chocolate Habanero

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Caribbean Red

Now isn't that more fun than stupid rats! Whatever King doesn't want will go to new homes as well just gotta PM then pick them up.
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[habaneroheat81]

Lookin much better Shane. Hopefully that rat problem is under control and you won't have to worry about those getting chewed up.
Aaron