Walchit 2019

Masher · May 4, 2019

Holy pepper heaven brother.

What an endeavor!!

:cheers:

Good luck and happy growing. That room looks wonderful.

Walchit · May 5, 2019

BigCedar said:
Andy...

Dude! That is insanity! That group shot is mind boggling! Just watering all that has to be quite the job! I don't think I've asked you yet but are you keeping every one of those plants? Plant out has got to take atleast a full hard days work. I've been trying to think of a way to double deck some tables and lights next year I really like your setup. How are you liking the 5050 LEDs or shop lights for that matter, obviously they're working just fine. I'm kind of on the fence with finding some older cheaper T5s or going LED next year, any thoughts?

I hope hardening off and plant out go smooth for you! It's making my back hurt just thinking about what is going to go into making that happen Looking forward to seeing all those plants outside

There is no way I could plant all these in one day. I am gonna plant as many as I can find a place for. Probably not all of them. I was gonna try to sell some, but I should have had them hardened off already.

The 5050 strips use a lot of power, it might be the way I have them hooked up tto the Xbox 360 psu, Idk. Shop lights seem pretty good. Honestly I would go with 6500k T8 fixtures. The one I bought was 30 bucks and I added hooks and little wire pieces. And the plants under it are the best looking plants imo.

Maybe the HLG leds are better, or diy quantum builds. But Idk, T8 is cheap, and mine was pulling less watts than advertised on the killawatt, like 107 watts. Its a 4 bulb and I thought they were 32 watts a piece, so that would be 128.

The LED shop lights could maybe cover more area effectively, but I can't be sure about that.

Now that my plants are bigger I could definitely use a light that penetrated better, bu I think I will just not start plants so early next year.

Guatemalan Insanity Pepper · May 5, 2019

i would agree with your assessment on the lighting.
My main starting rack is 3 shelves each 4 bulbs T8 @ 4 foot in 6500K
my grow out table for when they are too big for the rack, or are significantly taller than the others and dont want to make others stretch while trying to not burn the tallest ones
Above this grow out table i have: a 4 foot 8 bulb T5 fixture with alternating bulbs of 2700K and 6500K
this IMO provides noticeably more light penetration than the T8's which is important as they get bigger...

I then take this a step further; as our plant out time, the weather, and our schedules don't always coincide as well as i'd like...
sometimes we get a week of rain while i'm trying to harden them off etc.
So i use the overwintering lamp in the garage
A LARGE 1000W HPS fixture
On days that i cant bring them out for natural sunlight and acclimation they are piled under this lamp raised as high as i can get it.
This helps for when there is a few days that they cant go outside in the middle of my hardening them off. :neutral:

I can't wait for warmer nights so i can finally start plant out :party:

In previous years i would already be almost done with the starting rack, the grow out table would be like a jungle, and i would already be starting to move plants out to the staging area under the lights in the garage. This year though, i started later.
I even still have a few late planted Annuums still popping up :shocked:

on the starting rack.

Sawyer · May 5, 2019

Another vote here for low-cost 4' 32W T8 shop lights. (~$11 at the local Walmart for the two bulb version, plus

Edit: What happened to the rest of my post? Okay, what should have come next is a "less than sign" followed by:

$5 each for the bulbs.) I have some of these set up in a secondary grow space I haven't used this year. I got them primarily as back ups/replacements for the original 4' two-bulb 40W T12 shoplights (3 fixtures per shelf). Those things are the energizer bunnies of shoplights.

May have said something else, but it escapes me now.

PtMD989 · May 5, 2019

Yes those plants are impressive [emoji106][emoji16]. Did those Kumatos make the cut, eh. [emoji16]

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Walchit · May 6, 2019

All the different rows of tomatoes sprouted, so I should have at least 6 of them. They better be good! Lol

PtMD989 · May 6, 2019

Walchit said:
All the different rows of tomatoes sprouted, so I should have at least 6 of them. They better be good! Lol

You like mater samwiches, eh. Slice them up, a little Miracle Whip, and a whole lotta , Hell Yeah. [emoji16][emoji106]. IMHO[emoji16]
But they are much more than just samwich maters. I hope you enjoy them

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Walchit · May 6, 2019

I dont think ive ever had a homegrown tomato that I didnt like. So we should be good. Plus it must be good enough to be grown commercially too.

Thanks again, I'm really looking forward to trying one. I like tomatoes with just salt and pepper on them, but I may try that sandwich recipe. But with extra hell yeah

PtMD989 · May 7, 2019

[emoji16] Glad you like maters, I was scared for awhile there [emoji33]. I hope you like them. If you’re not a fan of Miracle Whip, mayo will work also. [emoji16]

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Walchit · May 7, 2019

Mayo > Mirical Whip

For sure

Sawyer · May 7, 2019

Walchit said:
Mayo > Mirical Whip

+1, And Butter > Margarine

Walchit · May 7, 2019

Big time

DWB · May 7, 2019

My favorite summer sandwich is good bread, a big ol' slice of mater and an equally large slice of Vidalia onion, avocado, a yellow pepper like YNBS, fatalii or scorpion and mayo. Makes my tongue get hard just thinking about it.

Oops, I forgot about the baby swiss cheese.

Bhuter · May 8, 2019

Hey, Andy! Cross-post.

:dance:

http://thehotpepper.com/topic/64065-pimenta-de-neyde-x-bonda-ma-jacques/?p=1630856
:party:

Uncle Eckley · May 9, 2019

DWB said:
Makes my tongue get hard just thinking about it.

Lol!

PaulG · May 9, 2019

Walchit said:
I used coffee filters too, just scattered across my grow table lol.

I might try to get a temperature controller and put some type of heating element in the cold smoker, then I could do pods too. I need a better dehydrator anyway.

You and me both, Andy! I have burned out two cheap ones.
I would like something that has a temperature control that
allows drying at 95˚ to maintain the viability of the seeds inside.

Your grow is rocking' in spades, brother!

Good luck with plant-out!

Walchit · May 9, 2019

I have this new wave air fryer I might see I i can scavenge the heating element and fan out of it and put them in the cold smoker with a temp controller of some sort. It would be cool to dehydrate/ smoke pods at the same time.

Walchit · May 13, 2019

Moved everything outside. It barely fits under the easy up.

I need to take these plants to my daughter's school tomorrow for garden club and I kids forgot. I should have been hardening them off. So we will see if today and tomorrow are enough to harden them I guess. Or do you think I should build a little shade thing for it?

Anyway, here's some pics

Sweet Twister for school