stc's comeback down south grow...

Hey THP...been a while and much has changed for me and my family. We accepted orders to Charleston, SC and now reside in a small town just north of there called Moncks Corner. I haven't really had a grow in three years, so it is going to be nice getting back out in the dirt. My modest list thus far:
 
Red Brain Strain 7 pot:   coheed
Orange Brain Strain 7 pot: gnslngr
7 pot Monster Infinity: gnslngr
Trinidad Scorpion Chocolate: gnslngr
Reaper 
Charrapita Yellow
Primo X (my cross)
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Jay's Red Ghost Scorpion
Bhut Orange Copenhagen
SB7J: Romy 6???
Naga Reaper
Fatalii
7 Pot Primo
7 Pot Barrackpore
Large Yellow Brain Strain
Yellow Bhut: Spicegeist
Yellow 7 Pot Primo: Romy 6
UBSC
7 Pot Rennie
Brown Moruga
Butch T
Douglah x Butch T: gnslngr
Yellow Cardi Scorpion: Romy6
 
I sowed 3 seeds each for these varieties, but expect some no shows. Many of these seeds are almost 10 years old. My grow setup will be two grow tents with 300w Mars Hydro LED lights on the seedlings and as they get bigger they will graduate to 600w Mars Hydros. My main garden this year will be in straw bales, but I may keep a few indoors under lights all season. 
 
 
The Baccatum and Annuum lists to follow...
 
I've missed growing and the THP community.
 
 
 

 

[PaulG]

Thats the spirit, brother! Good to see you
getting off to another start! Like your nice
window side work bench. Should be awesome
for your chili peppers.

 

[Sawyer]

I just watched that seed germinating video. Interesting stuff, I think I'll try to adapt some of that for some of my own older seeds. Last year, Rick (stickman) said something about using fulvic acid to stimulate germination, but I haven't found a good source for that, yet.

 

[stc3248]

Fresh seeds...we have lift off!

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Woot woot, this is when things get exciting
Great job

 

[CaneDog]

Back in business!  Great to see those hooks!

 

[PaulG]

Jigsaw, Choco Bhutlah, Sepia Serpent  
 
Those ought to warm up your grow tent a little, Shane 
 
Can't wait to see you pass us all up and leave us 
trailing in the dust. Maybe some tricks like the
Christmas Tree Lights   
 
Good luck, Chief!

 

[Sawyer]

For anyone interested, I heard from Rick. This is the fulvic acid he uses:

https://www.bioag.com/products/ful-power/

 

[stc3248]

Jigsaw, Choco Bhutlah, Sepia Serpent  
 
Those ought to warm up your grow tent a little, Shane 
 
Can't wait to see you pass us all up and leave us 
trailing in the dust. Maybe some tricks like the
Christmas Tree Lights 
 
Good luck, Chief!

Thanks Paul...I doubt it, but we shall see. I also have some Doughah, Carmel Scropion and Moruga Satan up and running.    Full update tonight.
 
Sawyer...thanks for the link and tell Rick to come on back to the dark side!
 
 
Shane

 

[PaulG]

New seedlings! Sounds good, brothah! 
 
Looking forward to seein' what you got 

 

[stc3248]

Ughhh...posted all this once only to loose connection...so here they are again. 
 

Jigsaw...(Pepper Joes)
 

Moruga Satan and Yellow Scotch Brains (Pepper Joes)
 

Douglah (The Chili Pepper Institute)
 

Sepia Serpent (Pepper Joes freebie)
 

Chocolate Bhutlah x 2 and Yellow Scotch Brain (Pepper Joes)
 

Chocolate Bhutlah x3 and Caramel Scorpion x2 (Pepper Joes)
 

Moruga Satan x2 and Yellow Scotch Brain x2 (Pepper Joes)
 
That's all for now...the Pepper Lover seeds arrived about a week after these, so they should start popping over the weekend ...so far so good though. May try again on some of my old seeds...there are some old crosses that I would hate to see gone for good. 
 
Hope y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

 

[CaneDog]

Looking good STC!   I hope you're able to get some of the old stuff going too and recover the lines.
 
Planning to grow any heat this year or just those snacking peppers?

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Looking good, coming along nicely

 

[stc3248]

Looking good STC!   I hope you're able to get some of the old stuff going too and recover the lines.
 
Planning to grow any heat this year or just those snacking peppers?

Not a big fan of hot foods...may throw an Anaheim in for some spice later on.

 

[stc3248]

So...I start looking for some new Goat's Weed seeds and this pic comes up on dozens of sites.

Which is funny since it's from my 2013 grow log...wonder what the poor folks that actually order from them receive??? Probably not what they ordered for sure.
 

 

[stc3248]

One of my favorite parts of the grow. Every time I check...new life emerging! True leaves starting to show...ahhh. Still a few no-shows on the fresh seeds...Fatalii, Reaper, Chocolate Devil's Tongue and Bhut Orange Copenhagen...but the Tepins pulled them selves off the no-show list this afternoon with a tiny hook. Still early enough I think the other no-shows all have a good shot. Betting withing the next couple days that list will be cut in half...   Really good numbers on the rest with several going 100%. I have a nice sized yard here in town and I just aquired a 2.5 acre property outside of town...so room for as many as I feel like starting. 
 
The LED's make the photos terrible. Will have to rig up some white lights to use during photos...
 
 
 

Any time I get multiple sprouts in the same cell, I pull the smaller one and move directly to a 2.5" Chocolate Douglah went 7-7 so plenty of them to go around.
 
 

 
 

Red Devil's Tongue with the Triple Coty...
 
 

True leaves forming...
 
 

More tiny true leaves...
 
 

Tiny little Tepin hook...
 
 

The Jigsaws are taking the lead...
 
 

Speaking of Jigsaws...I just planted the "other" Jigsaws from Chili Pepper Institute which are an Ornamental variety with variegated leaves much like a fish pepper. I also planted most of my Annuum varieties and my one and only Frutescens "Tehrani" a freebie from Pepper Lover. Also into the dirt went some Big Jim's from two different sources, Numex Twilight and Black Magic and Black Zebra Cherry tomatoes. 
 
Hope y'all's grows are going well! 
Shane

 

[CaneDog]

One of my favorite parts of the grow.
...
 
Hope y'all's grows are going well! 
Shane

 
Best of times and worst of times for me - joy when they pop and not so much when they don't.
 
Glad to see your grow moving along so well and how awesome to have all that outdoor space to work with - and a great climate to boot!
 

 

[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

 
Best of times and worst of times for me - joy when they pop and not so much when they don't.
 
Glad to see your grow moving along so well and how awesome to have all that outdoor space to work with - and a great climate to boot!
 

Im right there with you guys, if I get at least 1 seedling I can deal but if none pop I question myself lol. Grows picking up pace slowly

 

[stc3248]

Ok...so my prediction was pretty close. Except it only took until this evening and now every variety (second round seeds) has at least one hook. Forgot to mention I had no primo hooks yesterday either, but they showed up today. Went from 0 to 4 or 5 fataliis...One tiny Reaper hook. I'm going to give them a couple more days and I will update with exactly how many went from seed to plant, near 60 I think...Here are a few obligatory pics. First time growing many of these under the LED grow lights, some purpling going on, but I ain't sweating it. I added a few CFLs to use during photos and the pics look much better.
 
 

 

 

 

Wild Texas Tepin
 

 

 
 

Chocolate Devil's Tongue
 

Bhut Orange Copenhagen in the foreground and a tiny Primo hook in the background.
 
 
Hope Y'all's grows are going well!
Shane

 

[PaulG]

Looks like pretty good coverage, brother.
Great that you have at least one of each variety.

Am the teeniest bit jealous of your growing space.
2.5 acres sounds just about right!

 

[stc3248]

Out of town this week...plants are in the shaky hands of my son. He says they all still look good.