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Windchicken Grow 2012

Looks like I'm getting a late start again this year...Should be setting seeds to sprout in the next few days....Anyway, here's the order I made from Beth this morning. It's not really my complete grow list, because I'm planting lots of saved seeds (from my 2011 Grow and from trades with my THP friends) for the first time this year. Also, I don't know that I will plant everything from this order, but I am excited about some of the new varieties:

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Absent from the above list but going in the ground this year:
Trinidad Scorpion
Congo Trinidad
True Jamaican Scotch Bonnet
Thai Chile (Garden Bird Seed variety)
Nambe Pueblo
Birgit's Locoto

Several bird types from THP friends, including, but not limited to (because I can't remember them all right now):
Texas Chiltepin
Prik Ki Nue
Siling Labuyo
Cumari do Para

Edited 1/9/2012 to add the following:

Last minute order from Hippy, plus some other trades I had forgotten about:
Yellow 7 Pot
Douglah
Malagueta
Pusa Jwala
 
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Look at those babies stretch for the sun! Leggy or not it is a beautiful sight to me. They are eager for more and fighting to grow!

I hope you have a wonderful season windchicken and I'm looking forward to following your log.
 
Really looking forward to this grow this year. Especially after how your last years plants looked. Got any tree habs going this year?
 
Lookin' good, Gary! The peppers don't look bad to me. Those tomatillos are crazy leggy! But that's how mine are even WITH good light. Those things are weird ducks.
 
Gary, you're sand-bagging! For those who didn't follow your pepper growing exploits last year, they are in for quite a surprise! Its so unfair how some of you southern growers toy with us in the frozen tundra only to blow past like NASCAR racers... :cool:
 
capsidadburn said:
There is always some more to add Gary! Looks like you've got a lot of work ahead of you. Great start and good luck with your season.

Mike
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Thanks Mike! You're right, this is actually a larger garden than last year...I told my wife it would be smaller :scared:

patrick said:
Look at those babies stretch for the sun! Leggy or not it is a beautiful sight to me. They are eager for more and fighting to grow!

I hope you have a wonderful season windchicken and I'm looking forward to following your log.
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Thanks for saying that Patrick. They actually look pretty good to me, too. Maybe a father shouldn't compare his kids to other peoples' kids, and just love 'em where ever they're at?

millworkman said:
Really looking forward to this grow this year. Especially after how your last years plants looked. Got any tree habs going this year?
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Hi Mill! I didn't start any tree habs this time, but those were some trippy plants and some real interesting chiles...Some of them were like yours, real tall plants with small, bird-type pods, but two of the plants were shorter and bushier, with long orange pods that looked like Bulgarian Carrots. They were all hot as bejeezus, but it was a real sudden heat, like a C. annuum. Here's a pik of one of the big pods:

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Eephus Man said:
Lookin' good, Gary! The peppers don't look bad to me. Those tomatillos are crazy leggy! But that's how mine are even WITH good light. Those things are weird ducks.
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Thanks for saying that Eric. It also helps me to not look at the seed trays of the guys using lights.... :halo:

Yes, tomatillos are certainly odd beasts. Last year I staked them, but they still took over my back yard and patio. This year I will use a sort of Florida weave trellis to try to enforce some type of controlled growth.

Siliman said:
Gary, you're sand-bagging! For those who didn't follow your pepper growing exploits last year, they are in for quite a surprise! Its so unfair how some of you southern growers toy with us in the frozen tundra only to blow past like NASCAR racers... :cool:
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Thanks, Ken! I'm pretty sure I will eventually come out okay, but right now, looking at everyone way far ahead of me, it's hard to ignore the feeling of despair... :cool:
 
Nature happens in her own time! It looks to me, if that outrageous orange pepper is
any indicator, you will do just what S-man says. Can't wait to see some more of
your grow!
 
Thanks Paul! I love the encouragement I get on this board!

Okay this is the last tray, I swear! I just seeded this one a few minutes ago...

I wanted to do a side-by-side grow of my Congo Trinidads (saved seeds from my 2011 Grow, originally from Beth B.) with Greg's (PIC 1), which have already sprouted and are growing well. Also, I wanted a full 12 plants of Chilhuacle Rojo—I've got a real good feeling about that one...The extra tomatoes and California Wonders are for my daughter's garden...as for the basil—I love me some Phở gà!

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By the way, these Burpee Trays with the shredded coconut hulls kick ass. I've got 6 of the Zapotec Jalapeño in a good old Jiffy Tray, and 6 of them in a Burpee Tray, planted at the same time. The plants in the Burpee Tray are twice as big.
 
After a few days of denial, I have finally accepted the fact that my first round of C. chinense starts did not start. I don't know what I did wrong, aside from using window light instead of grow lights, which has always worked fine for me in the past. I'm sure I will figure it out eventually, but for now I'm using Burpee Trays instead of Jiffy Trays.

The single exception is Greg M's Congo Trinidad, which germinated at 100% success rate.

After a couple days of moping around, today I got back up on the horse and seeded one 72-cell and one 36-cell tray. The varieties are the same ones I attempted to start back in January, plus several new ones I got in trades with THP growers. (Thanks, guys! You are credited on the labels below.) I'm kind of glad this happened, because now I'm excited about the new ones which I did not sow before:

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I know those 7 pod yellow's are gonna germinate. They are from Judy and they have super strong genes Gary :drunk:

Can't wait to see your garden in September when all these little guys are 6 feet plus! :halo: :halo: :halo:
 
Brian2112 said:
Looking good there Gary!
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Thanks Brian!

romy6 said:
I know those 7 pod yellow's are gonna germinate. They are from Judy and they have super strong genes Gary :drunk:

Can't wait to see your garden in September when all these little guys are 6 feet plus! :halo: :halo: :halo:
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Dude! Glad to hear it! I'm about to build a little hoop house, like AJ did, so I can get these little guys off the windowsill and out into some real sun!

By the way, thank you very much for those seeds, sir!
 
romy6 said:
Gary you owe the people an update! :rofl:
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Hi Jamie! Been out of town working for a couple weeks...Just got back in yesterday. Last night I potted up 12 Zapotec Jalapeño, 6 Chilhuacle Rojo, and 6 Aji Umba. Tonight I will pot up 12 Thai Garden Bird, 6 of Greg's Congo Trinidad, 6 of Kevin's Coral Reef, and some of the tomatoes. As for the last round of starts, you were right, those Yellow 7s are popping like crazy! Also Brito's Peach Chinense are going strong, the Congo Trinidad from my saved seeds are bustin' a move, Siliman's Siling Labuyo are crazy robust, and Dan's Aji Cristal are poppin' and lockin'. Pix as soon as I can get my act together...
Spicegeist said:
How did the Bondas turn out?
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Hi Charles! A few of the first round have sprouted, haven't seen anything on the second round yet, but I'm sure they will come up.
PepperJam said:
Very nice, you have good handwriting. You should provide a plant labeling service for us with bad handwriting. :)
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Thanks PJ! I learned that doing pen-and-ink drafting back in the day before CAD...

I got back to the field garden today after being away for a couple weeks, and to my surprise, the Guampinha de Veado stumps from last season had sprouted new growth! These plants overwintered in the ground! DUDE!!! SWEET!!! Below are photos of 3 separate stumps. I'm crossing my fingers waiting for the other 3 to sprout:

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Gary, that is awesome!! I had the same thing, in pots no less, this year due to the mild winter. Unlike you, I have absolutely no idea what mine are! I xplanted three out of the pots (in ground) and left one in. We'll see how it goes.

With those root systems the GDVs are going to be monsters for you this year, I bet. And IIRC, they were massive producers from last year, yes? Just look at those "trunks"!
 
Wow! Thats one heck of a tree stump Gary!!
Very cool to see a pepper come back that has been in tha dirt all winter!! :dance:
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Kevin
 
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