Stickman's 2012 Gochu Pepper Glog

Well, here we go... Started about 35 Korean Gochu Peppers and a few Korean salad peppers, jalapenos and orange habs. All are mostly up today but the habs. I started them early last week in my heated grow tent down in my cellar on top of a grow mat, but didn't have the thermostat quite dialed in. When I left it it was 70 degrees f. in the tent. When I checked again the next morning it was 85 degrees, and I was afraid I'd cooked the seeds, so I moved them onto my kitchen windowsill on the grow mat and awaited developments. Looking much better now. I'll give the Habs until the weekend to pop, then move the flat down to the grow tent.

 

[PaulG]

Thanks for being gracious, Rick!

 

[stickman]

Thanks for being gracious, Rick!

Hey Paul... Top of the page high five!

 

[stc3248]

There's another guy named Shane on here that people actually learn from? Wierd! I am a noob in many ways myself brother! And I learn something new on this site almost every time I log in! Like how to use chimney tiles in new and exciting ways! You have youself a fantastic looking plot, and its only going to get better now that the gloves are off my friend!
Speaking of gloves coming off...got a string of folks beating me to the top of the page lately! Grrrrrr! I hate updating from my phone!

High fives to all the cool folks checking out Rick's glog!

 

[PaulG]

Hey Paul... Top of the page high five!

Speaking of gloves coming off...got a string of folks beating me to the top of the page lately! Grrrrrr! I hate updating from my phone!

High fives to all the cool folks checking out Rick's glog!

Rick's grow log is just a magical place ; )

 

[stickman]

Rick's grow log is just a magical place ; )

Jesus guys... keep it down. You want me to get busted by the DEA?

 

[PaulG]

Jesus guys... keep it down. You want me to get busted by the DEA?

We can vouch for you

 

[stickman]

Thanks Paul... I think... Things are changing here day by day. Apparently I mislabeled the Chimayo pepper as a Big Jim. These are from today

THIS is the Big Jim

This is the Chimayo

Pods!

My Orange Habs are really compact bushy plants... About eight inches tall right now and loaded with side branching. When the weather gets warm enough I think these guys are going to explode. They're putting out flower buds now too.

Cheers all.

 

[MisterNo]

Your plants look great!

I'm sure there is great harvest copming these summer for you

 

[highalt]

The side branching on that Chimayo is impressive. Mine looks like a twig compared to yours! If that's what getting them in the ground early will do, I'm for sure building some kind of hoopy thing next year!

 

[stickman]

Your plants look great!

I'm sure there is great harvest copming these summer for you

Hi Robert. Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad to hear that you were able to save some of your chiles that were damaged in that hailstorm. I'd be severely bummed if that happened here!

 

[SocalChilehead]

Looks great Rick I am trying to add lettuce to my grow anything you can recommend with regards to fertilizing.
Thanks Fernando

 

[stickman]

The side branching on that Chimayo is impressive. Mine looks like a twig compared to yours! If that's what getting them in the ground early will do, I'm for sure building some kind of hoopy thing next year!

Hi Bonnie. Glad to hear your plants all made it and you have a plan to protect them in the near future.
I think a good part of my results was soil preparation. After I tilled the ground and raked out the grass roots I added three and a half pounds of Garden Tone fertilizer, a cup of Epsom Salts and fourteen pounds of Bone Meal per hundred sq. ft. The Bone Meal was because my soil tested Very Low in Phosphate and sorta low in Calcium. The Epsom Salts were for Magnesium. The rest was protecting/hardening off under the hoophouse.

Looks great Rick I am trying to add lettuce to my grow anything you can recommend with regards to fertilizing.
Thanks Fernando

Hi Guy! I'd recommend getting your soil tested at your local county extension service. It's really cheap and easy and pays for itself very quickly since it shows you what soil amendments you really need and you don't waste time and money on what you don't.
Cheers All

 

[hooda]

Plants are looking great!

 

[stickman]

Hi Ben
Thanks for stopping by. I'm pretty happy that the Gochus are setting pods before Memorial Day. How are your Gochus doing? Looking at your well prepared garden bed and drip irrigation system I know they'll take off. Cheers

 

[PaulG]

Things are really looking up there, Rick! How's it feel to have pretty
much rounded the corner into the summer grow season?

 

[stickman]

Things are really looking up there, Rick! How's it feel to have pretty
much rounded the corner into the summer grow season?

Hi Paul
I won't say smug because I don't want to offend the pepper gods, but I'm pretty awestruck that with a little technical help, the chiles were able to set fruit before Memorial Day here in zone 5. I anticipate a big harvest as a result, and will be in a place to supply Korean chiles to a few people to sample if anybody is interested. I notice the bulk of the Korean pepper harvest is hybrids, and all the seeds I have are too, so no telling what would come from seeds collected from my chiles. I'd be happy to provide info on where I got my seeds to those interested as well. They're a relatively short season pepper, about 75 days to maturity and they grow well in cool climates. Enough kick to be interesting, and tasty too.

 

[RocketMan]

Ok, that does it I need to get mine in the ground! Great looking plants stickman your doing it right.

 

[stickman]

Ok, that does it I need to get mine in the ground! Great looking plants stickman your doing it right.

Hi RM, and thanks.
You're doing pretty well too despite having to start over at the end of March. I've stepped on my "swingin' Richard" enough times to know it can happen to anybody, so "good on yer mate!" for staying the course.

 

[stc3248]

PODS!!!!! You gave those babies just the right push at just the right time! Can't beat the head start you gave them getting their roots sunk in a month or so early under your hoophouse! Great Job!!!

 

[stickman]

Whooee, spent yesterday catching the rest of the garden up... weeding, mulching, getting a load of "Compo-mulch" for my wife's flower beds and helping a neighbor prepare his veggie garden for planting. His wife popped their second kid a couple of weeks ago and they needed the help getting started. Today I'll get a couple loads of composted horse manure from a farm a couple of towns away.

PODS!!!!! You gave those babies just the right push at just the right time! Can't beat the head start you gave them getting their roots sunk in a month or so early under your hoophouse! Great Job!!!

Thanks for the kind words Shane. It looks like your chiles have about a three week head start on mine... over a month on the rest. Nice garden walkthru pics. Cheers