Uknow 2018 - The Heat is On!

Hey all!

Just a quick sneak peak. I planned on dirt day being January 1st this year, but it ended up being today (yesterday), January 18th. Still about 2 weeks earlier than my first set last year. As long as I don't have any major setbacks like last season, I should crush it this year! *Knock on wood*

So I finally got the grow box/tent, lights and heat mat set up in my unfinished rec room downstairs of the new house. The room is about 6' x 9'. Had to cut about 4 inches off one side of my table, it's a tight fit, but I didn't want to go lengthwise, lol.

I planted 4 trays of Chinense only so far. Heat mat is set to 83f. I learned my lesson last year with planting Annuum's and baccatum's too early. Not doing that again! I'll wait at least another month before I start them.

I didn't put together my official grow list yet, but you can see most of the varieties in the pics. Mostly the same as last year, I didn't order any new seeds. I'm missing a few varieties though due to not getting any pods from a few that the deer mowed down last season. (I'm looking for Chocolate Bhut, JPGS and a couple others if anyone wants to trade some seeds)

Also, of the 22 plants I tried to overwinter, 10 survived the aphids and neglect from me. Only watered twice since October, oops, haha. 5 I think have some life left in them, and 7 were completely toast. I'll get a list of the survivors tomorrow when I do my grow list.

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[U)<now]

looking good!
 
I had the same edema as the plants and pots got larger. The dang room, 24x8 was turning into a petri dish from all the plants; mold on the windows..LOL
 
I guess I need to find a way to ventilate it....mo work
 
you're killing it, so keep up the good work!

Thanks man! Some plants have it and others don't, as you can see in the pics. Plus it's not crippling edema, they are still growing just fine, so I'm going to just keep on doing my thing.


I'm 98% sure at this point it's a humidity issue and not over-watering. I could run my dehumidifier in that area I guess... What's another $20 per month on the electric bill... Lol

 

[chocolatescotchbonnet]

All looks good.. nothing to worry about.. edema. Looks like your grow will do very well.

 

[jedisushi06]

When they get that big they get angry without lots of air movement.  

 

[karoo]

Great update , those plants look happy.
As you said , not crippling edema , don't worry to much about it.

 

[U)<now]

When they get that big they get angry without lots of air movement.  

Yeah, I have the 8" fan and two 4" fans in the tent, plus and an oscillating 16" fan blowing on them 24/7 from outside the tent. Pretty sure they are just unpleasable at this point :ROFL:

 

[jedisushi06]

Yeah, I have the 8" fan and two 4" fans in the tent, plus and an oscillating 16" fan blowing on them 24/7 from outside the tent. Pretty sure they are just unpleasable at this point :ROFL:

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[jedisushi06]

All about that timing


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[U)<now]

Hey everyone, yes, I'm still alive! Plants are doing quite well and I didn't lose any of my keepers. I just got the garden cleaned up and brought them outside today. Most will be going into pots or the garden this weekend. I took two 20 gallon totes full of weeds out of the garden by hand today, wasn't very much fun, but at least that's done, just need to give it a quick till and it'll be ready. arty:

The overwinters that survived are starting to grow pretty aggressively now, they were basically just sticks at one point.

One of my CPR "red grenade" plants has fuzzy stems and leaves, so that's interesting.

Some of the new plants have some baby pods that are anywhere from peas size to quarter size, a couple were even ripening inside under my T8 setup. They are obviously early pods and not full size or correct phenos.


I have them on the racks for now to help shade the smaller plants while they harden off. Might have to move them into the shade under my shed at some point for a few days. We'll see how it goes.

Hope everyone's having a good season!

 

[jedisushi06]

you got them in the ground yet???

 

[U)<now]

you got them in the ground yet???

I have a few in pots. I was in Philly most of this week for work and it's been raining almost daily since I got home. I think I'm doing all pots this year. Covering the garden in black weed fabric so I don't have to deal with weeds this year.

I put 4 of my 5 overwinters in 15 gallon nursery pots and the other one in a 10 gallon. Hoping they get huge this year.

I only had those four 15 gallon pots, but I have one 20 gallon and a bunch of 10 gallon, 7 gallon and 5 gallon pots. The black ones are 3 gallon.

 

[U)<now]

Quick update with some fresh pics. Lots more work to go yet, but it's coming along. I should have everything I'm keeping into pots this week.

I threw one of my JPGS I to that 10gal fabric pot, we'll see how that does vs the 10gal plastic pots.

Lots of little baby off-pheno pods already on some plants.
 
 
Garden Pic, the pic is a little distorted on the edges due to the wide angle lens for this pic...
 

 
 
Baby Reaper pod:
 

 
 
 
Think these are T.Scorp Yellow CARDI, but didnt get the label of the front plant in the pic to be sure. The plant is labeled though. Edit: nope, they're Yellow 7 Pot Jonah's.
 

 
 
 
Peach Bhut on the left and Chocolate Bhut on the Right...
 

 
 
 
Scotch Bonnets.. P.Dreadie on the left, Red MOA center, and Yellow MOA right...
 

 
 
 
Habs... Chocolate Ebony Hab left, Mustard Hab center and Chocolate Hab on the right...
 

 
 
BBM's... BBM Chocolate on the left and BBM Mustard on the right...
 

 
 
 
Jay's Ghost Scorps...  JPGS left, JRGS Center (both from Jedisushi) and another JPGS on the right from Genetikx in the fabric 10gal
 

 
 
 
That Chocolate Ebony Hab putting out tons of pods already (cardboard backing for the pic to make it easier to see)
 

 
 
 
Couple smaller Borg 9 Pods...
 

 
 
 
CP115 early pod... These are supposed to be chocolate, and they were last year. Last year I had all chocolate pods, but shaped anywhere from long skinny to pods this shape. Red pods this year, so it likely crossed with something last year, but CP115 were released as an unstable variety so who knows, lol.
 

 
 
Purple Naga Viper....
 

 
 
 
This is that Purple Reaper plant... It's early yet and pods are all small early pods, so we'll see what it turns out to be later this season, but the pods are not really all that purple starting out. They are ripening to red though.  
 

 
 
 
That's all for now folks. Keep it lit! 
 

 

[Trident chilli]

Great looking plants and pods .... I especially like the look of the Purple Naga Viper

 

[U)<now]

Great looking plants and pods .... I especially like the look of the Purple Naga Viper

Thanks! I have a chocolate version of those also that showed up last season.

 

[U)<now]

Got a few more potted up tonight, mostly Reapers, BrainStrains and Bonnets.



Decided to keep my other CP115 after noticing it had pods on it that are much more the shape of last year's...

One of my Reapers (I have 4 "different" ones from 3 different sources, lol) has decent pheno pods on it...

Reaper with the good pheno seen above, on the left of the picture below, then the "purple" Reaper on the right...

Purple Reaper pods so far....

Reaper from THSC left, and Reaper from Butch T right...

BrainStrain Yellow on the left, BrainStrain Orange on the right...

BrainStrain Chocolate on the left, Bad Brains on the right...

 

[U)<now]

So, looking at the Purple Reaper plant again (aka: The Purple Ripper)   I think it may be last years Reaper crossed with the Fidalga Preto I had, just because of how the pods are shaped, and the pods initial dark green/purple coloring, but the Fildaga Preto ripened to a light orange color for me, was supposed to go red, but I let those pods hang at orange for over a month and they never went red. These pods are ripening to red and some do resemble a Reaper a bit. 
 
I think the only other purple plant I had last year was the Purple Naga Viper, which was also right next to the reaper though. Keep in mind, I also had a couple purple BTxR's show up this season, and last years BTxR was next to the same Reaper plant which were both by the Purple Naga Viper and the Fidalga Preto. 
 
It's going to be an interesting season for sure!

 

[stettoman]

Whoa, nice! Very ambitious looking endeavor, man. Healthy plants, well ordered placement, OCD much?
 
I am impressed!

 

[U)<now]

Whoa, nice! Very ambitious looking endeavor, man. Healthy plants, well ordered placement, OCD much?
 
I am impressed!

Thanks! Yes, I do have a bit of OCD, lol.

 

[nmlarson]

WOW!  Nice!  Really nice!  Living in the woods, I could only wish for a nice, flat spot with dirt, to boot!

 

[U)<now]

So I decided to move some pots and put them in rows of 2, back to back. This will allow more space in between the double rows and also allow the plants to use each other for support. I figure I only need access to one side of each plant.

I got more plants potted up, almost done with that process!

I also watered and fertilized them last night.
 
 
 
Brain Strain 7... (I this is from open pollinated seeds from the larger OW'd BS7 I have still)

 
 
 
Uknown Chocolate Reaper cross from JediSushi left,  Purple Butch T. Reaper on the right...
 

 
 
 
My two keeper "CPR" Red Grenades from last years plant. Left side is the hairy one, right is the "normal" one...
 

 
 
 
Purple Naga Viper on the left and Chocolate Purple Naga Viper on the right. Notice how much darker purple the pods are on the Chocolate version... (pod pics below)
 

 
 
 
Original PNV pods...
 

 
 
 
Chocolate PNV pods. They are much darker, almost black. 
 

 
 
 
7 Pot Lava on the left and 7 Pot Congo Chocolate on the right....
 

 
 
 
7 Pot Brown left and 7 Pot Jonah Yellow on the right...
 

 
 
 
My Bhut, seeds saved from my only plant last year. Last years plant also had these funky leaves unless I fertilized them often. This one needs some extra ferts. I noticed my chocolate and peach bhuts from Jedi and Genetikx also have similar leaves though, it must just be a Bhut thing. 
 

 
 
 
 
Lots of new growth happening on the OW plants...
 

 
 

 
 
 
My OW'd PNV from last year is getting some purple coloration back on it's newer growth now that it's outside again. 
 

 
 
 
Revamped rows of Pots...
 

 
 
 
Current setup...
 

 

[Devv]

Nice work Troy!
 
I see pods in the making, it's going to be a hot year!