WalkGood 2013, 2014 and Beyond

Devv · Apr 15, 2013

Ramon,

Plants look great! Whatever you're doing, they sure seem to like it. I think you hit the up-pot just right, I like to get them moved when they just start to make the turns at the bottom.

Ah...Mr. Lizard

I've just started seeing them in the garden, the little striped guys. We never saw any Road Runners until a few years ago, and they love lizards, therefore I throw lead in their general direction when I can...

Have a great week!

RocketMan · Apr 15, 2013

Wooo, those roots are looking outrarous! I hopw you remember enactly how you made that batch of Wonder Juice, you may want to create it again later on in the season. looking Great Ramon.

Have a great week Brah.

Al-from-Chile · Apr 15, 2013

WalkGood said:
As always, thank you for looking, reading and contributing to my glog ... see ya in yours soon

yummmm ... weired chicken ...

... any culinary excursons planned ...???

(i can see it literally with the stripes from your panini maker

)

j/k

Al

windchicken · Apr 15, 2013

Your MoAs are spankin', Ramon! Nice work!

WalkGood · Apr 15, 2013

Devv said:
Ramon,

Plants look great! Whatever you're doing, they sure seem to like it. I think you hit the up-pot just right, I like to get them moved when they just start to make the turns at the bottom.

Ah...Mr. Lizard I've just started seeing them in the garden, the little striped guys. We never saw any Road Runners until a few years ago, and they love lizards, therefore I throw lead in their general direction when I can...

Have a great week!

Thanks, lizards here are high on my friendly list, they eat bugs near or on the peppers all the time. It’s funny to watch them jump from pepper plant to pepper plant and be the guardians of the crop ^_^

RocketMan said:
Wooo, those roots are looking outrarous! I hopw you remember enactly how you made that batch of Wonder Juice, you may want to create it again later on in the season. looking Great Ramon.

Have a great week Brah.

Nothing fancy, loads of seaweed and water (3 to 4 parts weed and water to cover). Constant agitation for a month + does the trick …

Al-from-Chile said:
hammm ... any culinary excursons planned ...???

lol, wait till I start posting the iguanas that come out of hibernation in the summer … hard to believe that peeps eat them, ewwwwww!

windchicken said:
Your MoAs are spankin', Ramon! Nice work!

Thanks Gary, yours are kick'in azz too mon! Can't wait till we all have pods, Steve will probably be telling us how dem taste soon, I can't wait to hear his feedback

stickman · Apr 15, 2013

Radioactive Seaweed Tea, huh? Well, whatever it is, it seems to be doing you well... don't change anything Ramon!

WalkGood · Apr 15, 2013

stickman said:
Radioactive Seaweed Tea, huh? Well, whatever it is, it seems to be doing you well... don't change anything Ramon!

I hope you know I was joking about radioactive, don't want to deceive but seriously this batch came out noticeably better (stronger) than the last and has affected all feed plants in a way that is noticeable to the naked eye, even the old gals.

Raining here non stop, went to cook and no sofrito starter

… ran outside, picked a few to start a new batch.
Here’s today’s micro harvest

Al-from-Chile · Apr 15, 2013

stickman said:
Radioactive Seaweed Tea, huh?

sounds like a name for an album by a 1970ies progressive rock band ;-)

cheeeers
Al

roper2008 · Apr 15, 2013

Beautiful peppers. I may try some sofrito this summer. Sounds good.

Devv · Apr 15, 2013

WalkGood said:
I hope you know I was joking about radioactive, don't want to deceive but seriously this batch came out noticeably better (stronger) than the last and has affected all feed plants in a way that is noticeable to the naked eye, even the old gals.

Raining here non stop, went to cook and no sofrito starter … ran outside, picked a few to start a new batch.
Here’s today’s micro harvest

I could deal with some of that non-stop rain...feel free to share!

Pods look great! JA's?

I was introduced to sofrito a few years ago, good stuff. I have to try your recipe. I haven't fully read your glog yet..time issues but saw the chain saw pic and that ham and egg plate is gonna happen!

Keep it up bro!

Scott

PS: So what exactly do you do too | with the seaweed? Any special kind? A guy I work with lives for the coast, I think I can make a trade

Edit: mo stuff

Stefan_W · Apr 15, 2013

So seaweed is your secret! I think I have some hidden away somewhere, but if I left it in the garage it is probably frozen.

Nice looking harvest! You are well ahead of the game, my friend.

stickman · Apr 16, 2013

WalkGood said:
I hope you know I was joking about radioactive, don't want to deceive but seriously this batch came out noticeably better (stronger) than the last and has affected all feed plants in a way that is noticeable to the naked eye, even the old gals.

Raining here non stop, went to cook and no sofrito starter … ran outside, picked a few to start a new batch.
Here’s today’s micro harvest

Oh yeah... I'm hip Ramon... didn't seriously think you meant it was actually radioactive. It's great that your plants like your homemade "hooch" though!

Nice pull for this early in the season!

It looks like we'll be getting some of your rain a little later in the week. This time of year, whenever we get wind from the south it warms right up and rains.

WalkGood · Apr 16, 2013

Al-from-Chile said:
sounds like a name for an album by a 1970ies progressive rock band ;-)

cheeeers
Al

Agreed, very kool band name
»» Foobar2k ::: Radioactive Seaweed (1973) - 02 - Pepper Madness Enablers ::: 4:07/5:01 (•••••••••&bull

::: 414 kbps ««

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪

roper2008 said:
Beautiful peppers. I may try some sofrito this summer. Sounds good.

Thank you for pepper compliment

The thing I like most about having a tub of lightly stir fried pepper, onion and garlic in the fridge is that it’s easy to use. I put it on all kinds of things, including simple sandwiches, ordered pizza, steak, fish, ect. Goes good with anything. IMHO it’s like having a bottle of hot sauce in the fridge and who here doesn’t have one ^_^

Devv said:
I could deal with some of that non-stop rain...feel free to share!

I hope you get your fair share, I’ll do a rain dance in your honor :dance:

Devv said:
Pods look great! JA's?

Thanks Scott, yes they’re Jamaican Habanero's, a little smaller than normal but still very tasty.

Devv said:
I was introduced to sofrito a few years ago, good stuff. I have to try your recipe.

Not really a whole recipe thus the name “starter,” it’s just so you have something ready to go in a pinch and add additional stuff or not when your ready to cook or heat something up. For example yesterday I had leftovers for lunch, I put what little sofrito starter I had into fry pan (the starter already has virgin olive oil in it), cut up some left over pork chop into slices. On the other side of the same pan I had rice & beans going, what the heck I mixed it all up together, like a tropi-chop if you know the reference. Cooked & served in less than 10 minutes, a quick, simple and tasty lunch with a nice zing of heat to it.

Devv said:
I haven't fully read your glog yet..time issues but saw the chain saw pic and that ham and egg plate is gonna happen!

I have time issues also and always feel that I’m playing catch up in others glog’s. Some I’ll admit I never get to but then again I’ve commented in a lot of glogs that I do not get reciprocation and they probably have time issues as well ...

Devv said:
PS: So what exactly do you do too | with the seaweed? Any special kind? A guy I work with lives for the coast, I think I can make a trade

I only know about Sargassum seaweed because that is what we get here, I never get any kelp as it does not grow in warm waters. IIRC I wrote what I do somewhere in the glog but there are loads of great tutorials on the net, I suggest reading some. Mines simple; loads of seaweed (3/2 parts, heavy on da weed), water, agitation & mashing it up. Close lid, constant agitation and wait 30 ++ days. I do open mine once every 3 or 4 days to help in the mash up. Hope dat helps ...

Stefan_W said:
So seaweed is your secret! I think I have some hidden away somewhere, but if I left it in the garage it is probably frozen.

Nice looking harvest! You are well ahead of the game, my friend.

Thanks Stefan, oh I use chicken poop, coffee, banana skins, ect. too but I don’t start them on the poop & other stuff till their ~~last~~ final transplant. Lately the coffee near the surface has eliminated ants for me, which is a good thing as I see much less aphids & eggs that get planted by the black little devils

stickman said:
Oh yeah... I'm hip Ramon... didn't seriously think you meant it was actually radioactive. It's great that your plants like your homemade "hooch" though!

Nice pull for this early in the season!

It looks like we'll be getting some of your rain a little later in the week. This time of year, whenever we get wind from the south it warms right up and rains.

Rick I’m happy to read you will be getting some of our warmth, now send us some of your cold air and we’ll both be ecstatic, hehe. I can’t wait to see your plants in the ground, I think you’ll be having a blow out season

With this last batch their response is really noticeable to me. One larger plant (almost 2 years old) got seaweed ground cover and a drink once a week. Before that it was looking sluggish, the leaves were a light green and within a week I noticed a lusher darker green leaf color with new explosive growth. To say the least I'm sold and will be making batches year round now, thanks for pointing me to companies you've dealt with in my exploratory stage

As always thanks everyone for stopping in, reading, commenting and tips … have a great week!

annie57 · Apr 16, 2013

Love los lagaros verdes! (Yeah, anole, but in DR, they just said, "lagarto.") I miss them . . . want them and yep: they reduce the insect pop to NADA! In D.R. they came in house, had coffee with me (and that "coffee" is strong espresso with a ton azucar and thick cream). Dang lagarto was sitting on patio outside with me on table one morning, looking at coffee, curious. Left to see what he'd do, drank some of it! Hmm. More hyper than usual? Wish this weather would support them as they hit-men on bugs! I envy your weather, mi hermano! I too am not growing the white bhut . . . just kidding, but the MoA seeds . . . :pray:

Te pido y mas pediendo :party:

I'm with Al, because this grow is so beautiful . . . like that the MoA is sprouting a hand too! And 4 hands . . . :silenced:

But in truth, am so tired, 8 hands attached to able-bodied adults . . . no kidding, would be lovely . . . I mean for potting up, planting out . . . never mind, smh. Beautiful results on that seaweed brew! :clap:

Al-from-Chile · Apr 16, 2013

annie57 said:
I'm with Al, because this grow is so beautiful . . . like that the MoA is sprouting a hand too! And 4 hands . . . But in truth, am so tired, 8 hands attached to able-bodied adults . . . no kidding, would be lovely . . . I mean for potting up, planting out . . . never mind, smh. Beautiful results on that seaweed brew!

just let ramon have a self addressed envelope ... I am sure he gladly fills it to the brim with hands and sends it back to you ...

(...wasnt there a guy in canada last year or so .... :silenced:

)

salu2 a to2,
Al

WalkGood · Apr 16, 2013

annie57 said:
Love los lagaros verdes! (Yeah, anole, but in DR, they just said, "lagarto.") I miss them . . . want them and yep: they reduce the insect pop to NADA! In D.R. they came in house, had coffee with me (and that "coffee" is strong espresso with a ton azucar and thick cream). Dang lagarto was sitting on patio outside with me on table one morning, looking at coffee, curious. Left to see what he'd do, drank some of it! Hmm. More hyper than usual? Wish this weather would support them as they hit-men on bugs! I envy your weather, mi hermano! I too am not growing the white bhut . . . just kidding, but the MoA seeds . . . Te pido y mas pediendo

No need for you to pedir, your names already on the first true pod

But you’ll have to wait to grow next season or definitely OW it or the Jamaican Ministry might get pissed

annie57 said:
I'm with Al, because this grow is so beautiful . . . like that the MoA is sprouting a hand too! And 4 hands . . . But in truth, am so tired, 8 hands attached to able-bodied adults . . . no kidding, would be lovely . . . I mean for potting up, planting out . . . never mind, smh. Beautiful results on that seaweed brew!

Thank you for da compliments and I could always use extra hands even in bug squishing, hehe. Let me know when you start your batch, I can feel a trip to surfside is in the cards for you ^_^

Al-from-Chile said:
just let ramon have a self addressed envelope ... I am sure he gladly fills it to the brim with hands and sends it back to you ...

(...wasnt there a guy in canada last year or so .... )

salu2 a to2,
Al

I kind of answered it above, no need for any envelope I’d gladly pay. Here’s the story on the MoA; I only had a few seeds of the MoA so when I have pods I’ll send you some too if you have a forwarding service in the US or if you visit via Miami

I’ll be potting up all of the plants from Greg’s (Pic1) seed when the shade rolls in as it’s so hot here you can’t spend a minute out of the pool. And no I’m not trying to make you northerners jealous, we’re just in da Tropics here and temps, weather change on the drop of a hat. I’ll try to take some pics to post up later or tomorrow, have a great day!

Another micro harvest, lol. Left to right: Red Serrano’s, Everglades tomatoes, Matilda the duck and Jamaican Habs.

As always, thanks for reading all

have a great day!

Devv · Apr 16, 2013

Harvest, micro harvest, it's all good!

DesertChris · Apr 16, 2013

I want some of those Matilda the Duck Pepper seeds....LOL!!

DocNrock · Apr 17, 2013

Wow man, your glog moves fast! A few days and I'm three pages behind, lol!

Those up-pots look great. Once the roots seek out their new-found soil the plants are going to thank you! Those JA Habs look awesome. Cool shot of the lizard. We have quite a few lizards around here, but nothing that looks tropical like that one. Ours are desert species like the blue-belly and the alligator lizard.

That most recent harvest shot is cool. Had to do a double-take on Matilda the duck, lol. Is that coral that you photographed them on?

Keep up the grow, bro!

Sawyer · Apr 17, 2013

I wonder if you could make a lightweight duck-shaped mold to put over a young pepper so that it takes that form as it grows?