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The Pacific Northwest GLOG 2016

Today launches The Pacific Northwest GLOG 2016, geared towards growers from this region. 
 
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Idaho
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British Columbia
 
I am from the Rogue Valley, in southern Oregon.  Here's the Rogue River in Winter.
 

 

 
 
 
It's only 12/15, but maybe you guys have your lists made up already.  Not me, yet.  All I know for sure this season is, no chinenses, and less of everything else.  Might go heavier on the New Mex varieties.   
 
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Devv said:
Glad to see 'yall doing this glog again this season. I found it quite interesting last year.
 
Good luck on your grow from way South Tejas!
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Hey, Scott.  I trust you're all healed up?  I'm recovering from a broken arm that happened two weeks ago.  I have a couple of 55-gal drums I'm making into smokers, but they're on hold now.  4-8 weeks recovery.  Short list of pepper plants this season, mostly NuMex.  Glad you're back at it.  I'll find your glog.
 
turbo said:
 
You know, I really don't know.  I'm kind'a perplexed.  I prepped the seeds by soaking them overnight in water, and then promptly forgot about them and planted them the next day.  So they were in water for almost 2 days.  That might be too long.  I'm prepping/germinating my cayenne and jalapeno seeds in paper towels.  Hopefully that works better.
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Did any of your rocotos germinate?  I got nothin'.
ColdSmoke said:
Update: I bought a bigger tray and added an overflow feature so I can pump water in the tray and circulate for a few minutes without having to worrying about it flooding over. I had to top the Datils and Atomic Starfish on the left as they were getting really tall. 
 
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Did any of your rocotos germinate?
 
yes. two manzanos and one rocoto are doing great. Of the two rocotos I had last year, I got zero pods and I only got like 6 pods on the manzano. Fickle plants...I hear they are really late bloomers maybe too late for our climate. It sounds like you have bad seeds or something. I can send you a few if you're interested. 
 
ColdSmoke said:
yes. two manzanos and one rocoto are doing great. Of the two rocotos I had last year, I got zero pods and I only got like 6 pods on the manzano. Fickle plants...I hear they are really late bloomers maybe too late for our climate. It sounds like you have bad seeds or something. I can send you a few if you're interested. 
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Thanks.  Too late for this season.  I'll roll with what I have.
 
Roguejim said:
Hey, Scott.  I trust you're all healed up?  I'm recovering from a broken arm that happened two weeks ago.  I have a couple of 55-gal drums I'm making into smokers, but they're on hold now.  4-8 weeks recovery.  Short list of pepper plants this season, mostly NuMex.  Glad you're back at it.  I'll find your glog.
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Oh yeah!
 
I'm working my butt off rehabing to get back to 100%, goal is to make the 20 year olds wish they could keep up :liar: Well I can try ;) 
 
Sorry to hear about a broken arm, that just has to be no fun.
 
Wishing you the best!
 
Looks good from my house!
 
Tomatoes tick me off, I can plant them a full 30 days later than the peppers and they still outgrow them.
 
So how did you break that arm? I hope it's healed or healing well!
 
Devv said:
Looks good from my house!
 
Tomatoes tick me off, I can plant them a full 30 days later than the peppers and they still outgrow them.
 
So how did you break that arm? I hope it's healed or healing well!
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I broke it 5 weeks ago today.  I'll probably still be in a sling for another ~2 weeks, I don't know.  I broke the humerus, right below the shoulder.  Out with the weed blower on a flight of wooden stairs that go down to the river deck.  The leaves had been there quite awhile, so they were slimy underneath.  I was half way down the staircase when my feet went straight out from under me.  I was, surprisingly, able to grab the handrail on the way down with my left hand, clunking the side of my forehead on it as I went down.  I held on to the blower until after I went down!  Luckily, I didn't do any rolling down the rest of the stairway-just went straight down in a heap.  Ended up passing out, briefly, after my wife came out to see why I was calling her.  Doc said I passed out from the trauma/pain, not from bonking my head.  No concussion.  So, I got my first broken bone, ambulance ride, and over night stay in the hospital at the age of 58!  I was getting everything together to build a UDS, but, that's on hold. 
 
Roguejim said:
I broke it 5 weeks ago today.  I'll probably still be in a sling for another ~2 weeks, I don't know.  I broke the humerus, right below the shoulder.  Out with the weed blower on a flight of wooden stairs that go down to the river deck.  The leaves had been there quite awhile, so they were slimy underneath.  I was half way down the staircase when my feet went straight out from under me.  I was, surprisingly, able to grab the handrail on the way down with my left hand, clunking the side of my forehead on it as I went down.  I held on to the blower until after I went down!  Luckily, I didn't do any rolling down the rest of the stairway-just went straight down in a heap.  Ended up passing out, briefly, after my wife came out to see why I was calling her.  Doc said I passed out from the trauma/pain, not from bonking my head.  No concussion.  So, I got my first broken bone, ambulance ride, and over night stay in the hospital at the age of 58!  I was getting everything together to build a UDS, but, that's on hold. 
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I only liked it cuz I like you...not what happened. Glad it wasn't worse because it very well could have been. Heal fast my friend!
 
I was only knocked out once. I was weed eating in '85, jumping back and forth over a 4' chain link fence so I could clean up both sides. Just when I had both hands on the top rail, and threw my body over the top rail buckled and I landed on my neck and shoulder. I trashed my AC joint, sounded like a baseball bat breaking. I got up and came back in the house, LB had the keys in her hand saying lets go. I was like huh? She said "you just laid there for several minutes before you got up, you're going to the hospital". I only remember the cracking sound. And can't forget the injury now as everyday I still feel it.
 
Yeah, I'm not sure trying to grab that rail was a good idea. Now, I'm skittish about doing things like going up on the roof. Oh well. I guess we both better be more careful. And yeah, it could have been a lot worse. Take care.
 
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Yeah, I'm not sure trying to grab that rail was a good idea. Now, I'm skittish about doing things like going up on the roof. Oh well. I guess we both better be more careful. And yeah, it could have been a lot worse. Take care.
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 I just like to say "we don't bounce as well as we used too" ;)
 
As per the roof:
 
I have a metal roof and replaced 14 16' pieces this winter, hurt me for 3 days. Just have to keep moving and keep in shape and do what we want to do...and I'm the same age as you..it's getting harder. But I'm a stubborn son of a gun. Never give up!
 
Heal well!
 
I'm going with rabbit manure this season.
I might throw in some feather meal, and/or blood meal to give the tomatoes a nitrogen boost. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd put up shade screen. Peppers got sunburned last season.
 
Hardening off, 4/17.  Earliest date, yet.

 
A few chiles poblanos, and jalapenos from the local Grange Co-Op.  Heirloom tomato plants.
 
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