stc's comeback down south grow...

BigCedar · Jun 2, 2019

Hey Shane, long time no chat man! Having a hard time deciding where to start :shocked:

Cali to SC? That's quite the move, how are you liking it compared? I was super happy to find your glog and see you growing still! Kinda cool we both decided this was the year after a few off to throw some seed in the ground :cool:

I remember you killing it in Cali and you are most certainly doing the same in SC. Congrats on being a Grandpa that is so awesome! Really liking the new place, you dusted off your growing gloves in a quick hurry! Your twilight zone is really cool.. I have a similar plant growing here I'll try to get around to posting here soon, crazy "off" just like yours. I hate to be this guy but I think "reputable seed sources" doesn't mean what it use to in most cases.. I think there is very few sources that isolate properly or at all, I appreciate the sites like WHP that openly admit that. I figure if its not very clear on the website I assume OPed, I'm okay with that but I do go into knowing that "nots" are gonna be the there and hope for some winners. I do completely understand frustration on others parts though that want exactly what they order, you don't order a chicken sandwich at a restaurant to be served a burger lol.. Your "nots" do look pretty damn cool and I'm interested to hear how the taste/burn is on them! Great to see you out killing the grow game, the pods have me all green with envy, hope it shapes up to be a great season for you.

Also total side note but any word on Matt MGold? I had a PM from him back in 2014 and that was it.. Hope all is well with him, that was a fun year on THP!

All the best, once again, good to see you around :cool:

stc3248 · Jun 2, 2019

BigCedar said:
Also total side note but any word on Matt MGold? I had a PM from him back in 2014 and that was it.. Hope all is well with him, that was a fun year on THP!

Thanks for all the kind words! I've had some small grows each year, but no grow log. I guess I could blame it on being busy. SC is good so far, time will tell. May be back out in Cali before too long for work, but the family is going to stay here.

I see Matt on Facebook, but haven't seen him on here in a while. I can message him on there to take a peek at his messages on here if you'd like???

stc3248 · Jun 3, 2019

BigCedar said:
Also total side note but any word on Matt MGold? I had a PM from him back in 2014 and that was it.. Hope all is well with him, that was a fun year on THP!

Also...he did this review of one of my pods a few years back. I don't know if he is growing anything this year.

https://youtu.be/2OL5x0xXDE8

MGOLD86 · Jun 3, 2019

Yo, im alive, hahaha. Lots changed over the last few years and back to back moves to "less than hospitable" growing locations kind of sidelined all my growing activities. Shane hit me up on FB, so I figured id pop back in and say hi!

And, damn Shane, i really make some dumb faces when I eat a pepper....hahahaha! Your grow looks great, maybe one of these days when I settle down I can actually get the garden up and running again!

BigCedar · Jun 4, 2019

Thanks a lot Shane for hooking that up! It was great to hear from Matt we got some good PM talk goin!!

That pod looked pretty damn brutal! I decided getting back into this that I'm not ever gonna do that again, slices and small chunks for sure but whole pods, I'm all good on the whole think your gonna genuinely die for 5 minutes thing lol. A baby reaper back in the day (last pod I've eaten) on a empty stomach made me come to that conclusion after 5 hours of unimaginable stomach pain later.

Speaking of Cali for work... 48 yo, retirements gotta be near in your future right? I hope so, you deserve it. I totally get the too busy, it sucks but its reality. Being back on here makes me realize how much time I don't have and I'm trying to find ways to micromanage my life that I've never thought of before to make time for this lol.

Thanks again Shane!

PaulG · Jun 11, 2019

Wow, Matt, Shane, and Brandon all on one page!
Just like old times, brothers! Now we just need
Romy6 and Pic1 back in the picture!

Shane, your grow and yard space are beautiful
and immaculate. Looks like the SC weather is
agreeing with the capsicum species!

stc3248 · Jun 12, 2019

PaulG said:
Wow, Matt, Shane, and Brandon all on one page!
Just like old times, brothers! Now we just need
Romy6 and Pic1 back in the picture!
Yeah man...I still see Jamie on FB but haven't heard from Greg for several years.

Shane, your grow and yard space are beautiful
and immaculate. Looks like the SC weather is
agreeing with the capsicum species!
They are definitely rocking right now. We had about 6 weeks with almost no rain and now it hasn't stopped for a week and the plants are really loving it right now. Hope to get some pics up soon

Well..maybe just one or two today. I had a nice harvest of Bhut's, Yellow 7s, Chocolate and Yellow Devil's Tongues, Moruga Satan and a few others...but I failed to photograph them. I do have one from last friday...

CaneDog · Jun 12, 2019

Numex Twilight's looking great! And as usual, so is everything else - even that Space Dust! Good ol' local Seattle brewer Elysian, at least until they sold to Anheuser-Busch.

That's some heavy podage in the last pic stc!

Pepper-Guru · Jun 12, 2019

mmmm space dust...and a garden tour, nice!

PaulG · Jun 12, 2019

Woah, partner, some knobby, nubbly goodness
coming from your grow, Shane!

bpiela · Jun 13, 2019

stc3248 said:

Your pics are fantastic! Curious what this plant is? I am growing something this year that looks just like this but I don't know what the plant is. I got the seeds from a dried red pod and then this is what I got. Thanks!

stc3248 · Jun 13, 2019

bpiela said:
Your pics are fantastic! Curious what this plant is? I am growing something this year that looks just like this but I don't know what the plant is. I got the seeds from a dried red pod and then this is what I got. Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words...these ripen from light green...pass through purple to orange and then a bright red. They're an ornamental variety called numex twilight my seed source was New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute.

A few more pics for good measure...

Should have the first decent pull this weekend.

PaulG · Jun 14, 2019

Some fantastic pods coming along, brothah!
Lots of nice color, and some real gnarl on some
of those bumpy Reapers (?)

stc3248 · Jun 14, 2019

PaulG said:
Some fantastic pods coming along, brothah!
Lots of nice color, and some real gnarl on some
of those bumpy Reapers (?)

Thanks! Those are Primos, my Reaper has a few small pods on it, but nothing too awesome just yet. My camera settings got changed and the photos didn't get resized like usual so they all appear gigantic.

BigCedar · Jun 14, 2019

Lookin good Shane! How long is your season in SC? You're gonna have some 6 footers in September aren't ya? Space dust is a good one, in my top 10 of go tos :cool:

Your primo game is on point, lookin wicked! What are those brown supers out of curiosity?

stc3248 · Jun 14, 2019

BigCedar said:
Lookin good Shane! How long is your season in SC? You're gonna have some 6 footers in September aren't ya? Space dust is a good one, in my top 10 of go tos Your primo game is on point, lookin wicked! What are those brown supers out of curiosity?

Thanks Brandon...April 1st to some time in November most likely. It may last longer??? Some years we only get a few frosts. May try to put all my container plants together and cover them on frosty nights to see if I can coax them through the winter. I have several browns going...the two in the most recent post were a Chocolate Bhutlah which is blazing and Chocolate Devil's tongue which are borderline superhot. I have a "Bhut" that was supposed to be red that went brown in one of my previous posts, Douglahs which aren't coloring up just yet and one Sepia Serpent plant that I got a ripe one off today. The solo brown in the lower left of this picture:

Bhuts

Chocolate Bhutlah and Yellow 7s in the middle of this one...

"NOT" Fatalii...my other Fatalii looks to be turning the wrong color...at least these are yellow.

Chocolate Devil's Tongue along side the previously pictured yellow 7's

Jals and some runt big jims...the rest of my big jim plants are producing good sized pods.

That's all for now and probably the weekend. I'll be outside cell service areas for the most part.

Devv · Jun 14, 2019

I see you're having a great first year on the East Coast

Thanks for all the great pod porn buddy!

Next Saturday morning I'm off to SC to see my parents. I can't wait for the down time :shh:

stc3248 · Jun 14, 2019

Devv said:
I see you're having a great first year on the East Coast

Thanks for all the great pod porn buddy!

Next Saturday morning I'm off to SC to see my parents. I can't wait for the down time

You gonna fly out here in your Demon? :rofl:

Where about? My wife Sheila's 50th birthday and our 25 anniversary are both next week. Be safe on your travels.

Devv · Jun 14, 2019

stc3248 said:
You gonna fly out here in your Demon? Where about? My wife Sheila's 50th birthday and our 25 anniversary are both next week. Be safe on your travels.

Hah! It might get rained on! We're taking the wife's car. It's Hemi Charger, just 375hp, AND, it gets 30 mpg, if I behave. It's a great road warrior when needed

Congrats on both occasions! LB and I hit the 40 year mark in December. Wow, how time flies by.

Mom's the first stop, she's 84 come June 25th. She lives in Murrells Inlet, like 150 yards from the ocean. Just 4 single rows of houses between the inlet and the beach. Dad lives about 15-20 minutes North in Myrtle Beach, as does my younger brother. LB and I retire sometime between October and January, after that we intend to spend more time with family. Maybe we can hook up one of these days and have a beer, or many

Enjoy your up coming family gatherings, and enjoy that new G-kid! I have 5 coming in tomorrow. Gonna be a crazy time as usual. We got them 500 water balloons, so they will trash the house...LOL

DWB · Jun 16, 2019

stc3248 said:
You gonna fly out here in your Demon? Where about? My wife Sheila's 50th birthday and our 25 anniversary are both next week. Be safe on your travels.

Devv said:
Congrats on both occasions! LB and I hit the 40 year mark in December. Wow, how time flies by.

Congrats guys. That's awesome. 10-4 on the flying time. We turn 37 in December.