U)<now's 2016/2017 Indoor/Outdoor Glog

Hey guys,
 
     I figured I'd start a late season Glog for my indoor (possibly outdoor for a couple months) grow since I didn't start anything this past spring. I posted some stuff in the Growing sub a couple weeks ago when I ordered all my seeds for my 2017 grow, but I wanted to start a few now to overwinter for a winter project as well as a head start for 2017. Currently I have a setup for 5 4ft T8 twin tube fixtures (10 bulbs) with 6500K bulbs right now as I don't normally overwinter plants so I haven't needed anything stronger yet... I only keep 4 fixtures on it for seedlings. I may upgrade to a Quantum Badboy 8 bulb T5HO, or a DIY COB LED setup, not decided yet, I need to do more research on the LED. I have followed a few DIY builds on here and people here seem to have good luck with their DIY COB LED setups and I have seen people growing to pods with both indoors. I don't want to deal with the cost or heat of MH or HPS. I guess the good thing about LED is they don't normally degrade or have to be replaced seasonally like T8 or T5 bulbs.
 
I only have room to start about 300 plants in the spring, The most I have started in years past was 288, so my list wont get much bigger for 2017, but here is my 2017 grow list so far. I normally start about 10 or so of each plant and give some away to my family members with gardens, Keeping only 2 or 3 of each variety for myself. I have all these seeds in hand right now, with the exception of a couple.
 
 
Jalapeno
Cayenne
Orange Habanero
Carribbean Red Habanero
Fidalga Preto
7 Pod Jonah Yellow
7 Pod Barrackpore
7 Pod Douglah
7 Pod Bubblegum
7 Pot Brain Strain
Trinidad Scorpion Yellow
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga
Trinidad Scorpion Chocolate THSC
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T.
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T.
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T./Reaper (BTR)
Carolina Reaper HP22B
Carolina Reaper HP22B
Chocolate Primo/Reaper (CPR)
Chocolate Reaper
Borg 9
Purple Naga Viper
Bhut Jolokia
CP115 - TS Douglah/TS Butch T Chocolate
 

 

 

 
I started 4 Seeds from Butch Taylor on July 1st with a heat mat. Since I just have 4 I started them in 3 inch square pots instead of the smaller cells. Soil temp stays around 82F to 84F - 
 
Butch T. x Reaper
Chocolate Primo x Reaper
Butch T. Red
Carolina Reaper
 
I have a hook already today (July 8th) from the Butch T. x Reaper. You can see it in the pics below:  
 
 

 

 
I will try to post an update with Pictures once or twice per week depending on if I have changes or not.
 
 
Thanks for looking!  
 

 

[Devv]

Good work Troy!
 
That Vodka should have a nice kick
 
So being you're in the 5a zone, I want to share an over wintering technique. It comes from a most excellent grower. I don't use it here because it's so warm I never put my plants "to sleep" during the winter.
 
Here's his method:
 

 
I don't have any issues with aphids on my OW plants. I cut my plants down to the trunk, get rid of all foliage, and uproot them. I use a water hose, and spray all of the soil from the roots, and trim them down to a little ball. I then dunk the plant in a dish soap water mixture, completely submerging the plant for a few minutes. Then I pot up the plant in a 1 gallon pot fresh soil, and bring it inside.

 
 
Just some food for thought

 

[U)<now]

Good work Troy!
 
That Vodka should have a nice kick
 
So being you're in the 5a zone, I want to share an over wintering technique. It comes from a most excellent grower. I don't use it here because it's so warm I never put my plants "to sleep" during the winter.
 
Here's his method:
 
 
 
Just some food for thought

Thanks for the tip, good sir! I sprayed them down with some store bought stuff 2 or 3 times over the course of a week with a pump sprayer, then repotted them and sprayed them down again and went over each plant by hand before I brought them in.

That tip you shared is certainly more thorough though. I'll likely go that route next season.

Still, I have found a couple aphids inside. I check the plants every couple days and smush any I find. Hopefully I got or can get them all. My main fear is them hanging around til my seedlings get planted in January and then attacking my seedlings.

Here they are hanging out in their winter home in the unfinished room of my basement. One window that gets good south southwest sunlight. They actually have a bunch of new growth already, so I know they are going to do well if I can keep the aphids away.

The only ones that I don't think are going to make it are my two Blue Christmas plants. Both dropped all their leaves, I dont think they tolerated the cold like the others did.

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