Yelanfam Farms 2020 GLOG

I mean, where TF should really even start...
 
This time last year I all ready had seedlings and the start of a new jungle.
 
This year I haven't planted a single seed yet(I learned my lesson last year about planting too early).
 
But this weekend all the chinense will hit the dirt.
 
The plan is to up the online sells, and focus on the local sweet peppers. Shooting for around 800-1,000 plants.
 
I will put more focus on cherry tomatoes this year, and get everything in the ground a lot earlier than last year.
 
I've acquired some new varieties but I'm graving some of the old favorites. I've been missing my Shishtios and Jimmy Nardellos for months.
 
I also have to decided what my 2020 sauce will be. Last years was a mix of tabasco, pequin, chile de arbol, and cayenne. This is still fermenting and will be ready to give to everyone that helps me plant this year. I call it the friends and family reserve.
 
I will continue the Gator Jigsaw strain I got from last year, and expand my Khang Starr Lemon Starrburst crop. I only had 2 plants of those last year from 4 seeds, this year I'll plant around 6 plants. I will seek out other varieties and expand upon those.

 

[Hawkins]

 
Something like this? 
 

Wow that looks great. The plant looks pretty good too. That plant always had the best looking leaves. I had it in a 5 gallon bucket in the front of the house and a few people commented on how "pretty" it was.

 

[Hawkins]

Not my peppers, but just a plain ol store bought bell was used in this venison tenderloin stir fry.

Here's a little tip for people that don't like to write things down, take a picture of your seeds before you cover them to know the germination rates.

Nice top shot of the Butch T. Scorpions.

And last but not least a cool shot of some of my Khang Starr collection.

 

[Hawkins]

Another update, I actually got excited about this one because I was super disappointed that I didn't have any pop up. I was down to my last 5 or 6 seeds that I planted and I thought they were all too deep and I had almost given up hope, but then as I was walking by tonight before I went to bed this little guy caught my eye.
 
But the Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw is ALIVE!

 

[PaulG]

Nice work Hawk. I always like the look of healthy 
little plants. So much potential!

 

[Hawkins]

Nice work Hawk. I always like the look of healthy 
little plants. So much potential!

Me too this stage is easy, it's once they're in the ground that I start to worry about them.

With all this virus panic, I may plant more other vegetables than I intended, just in case. I don't look for it to get bad. but I guess being stuck on the farm with food growing in my back yard isn't that bad. Luckily the people across the dirt road produce honey, the other neighbor has a pond, and another has cattle and a creek. (BRING ON THE ZOMBIES!!!)

I'll probably be investing in a solar system for a well pump at some point though.

 

[Hawkins]

Finally got around to up potting this year.
 
They where getting a little crowded.

This one looks super good and healthy.

Filled some 36 cells with old dirt from my 5 gallon buckets from last year.

I call this the money shot.

Not sponsored by Drip Depot.

I'll have 36 Khang Starr Plants this year.

Here's a few of the extra randoms that I pulled, I'm trying to give them away to someone local.

 
My biggest problem now is I can't find any gloves. I've got a sauce thats been fermenting since November I need to bottle in afew week and no gloves to use. That on top of the fact that I HATE the feeling of raw meat on my hands is making my germaphobia go crazy right now.

 

[internationalfish]

Looking great! While I enjoy doing Kratky and coir, I'm starting to miss just tossing dirt at a pot with a few seeds. Don't want another tent infestation, though, so... oh well.
 

My biggest problem now is I can't find any gloves. I've got a sauce thats been fermenting since November I need to bottle in afew week and no gloves to use. That on top of the fact that I HATE the feeling of raw meat on my hands is making my germaphobia go crazy right now.

 
Man, it didn't even occur to me that people would be hoarding gloves, too. Glad I already had a full box before the apocalypse set in.

 

[Mr.joe]

Finally got around to up potting this year.
 
They where getting a little crowded.

This one looks super good and healthy.

Filled some 36 cells with old dirt from my 5 gallon buckets from last year.

I call this the money shot.

Not sponsored by Drip Depot.

I'll have 36 Khang Starr Plants this year.

Here's a few of the extra randoms that I pulled, I'm trying to give them away to someone local.

 
My biggest problem now is I can't find any gloves. I've got a sauce thats been fermenting since November I need to bottle in afew week and no gloves to use. That on top of the fact that I HATE the feeling of raw meat on my hands is making my germaphobia go crazy right now.

I found gloves at my home depot yesterday

 

[Hawkins]

Looking great! While I enjoy doing Kratky and coir, I'm starting to miss just tossing dirt at a pot with a few seeds. Don't want another tent infestation, though, so... oh well.
 
 
Man, it didn't even occur to me that people would be hoarding gloves, too. Glad I already had a full box before the apocalypse set in.

I managed my timing a little better this year, I didn't want a jungle in the house again like last year.
 
And me either, and I normally have a few boxes from Harbor Freight, but I just happened to run out at the same time all the craziness happened. Regretting my life decisions not to raid them now.

 

[Hawkins]

I found gloves at my home depot yesterday

I'll check them and Lowes, but normally they are way more expensive than Harbor Freight, at this point it might not even matter, I'm in the early stages of desperation haha.

 

[Hawkins]

Also forgot to mention the total, tonight I transplanted 180 plants. I'll do another 180 tomorrow and at the end of the week another round. I'll also be starting tomatoes at the end of the week, and everything else next week, cucumbers, squash, melons.
 
COVID-19 made me scale back on the peppers some and adjust for more personal food. I'd rather be prepared for a worse case food shortage scenario.

 

[Mildfruit]

Those pics gave me my daily dose of green   Looking really good, very envy of the space and setup

 

[Hawkins]

Update on the glove situation, my uncle randomly dropped a box off today and said to use it for pumping gas. I nor no one else mentioned anything to him about gloves, so that was kind of crazy.

 

[PaulG]

Great money shots, ‘Hawk. All the starts
look just beautiful. You are off to a nice
start on your way to a bountiful grow.

 

[Mildfruit]

Do you remember how the khangstar lemonburst pods are formed? My first pod have emerged and it seems rather round, almost disc shaped, but no sign of a tail. Do they form later or from the start? Never grown peppers with stingers before 

 

[Hawkins]

Do you remember how the khangstar lemonburst pods are formed? My first pod have emerged and it seems rather round, almost disc shaped, but no sign of a tail. Do they form later or from the start? Never grown peppers with stingers before 

My first couple did not have a tail at all, they were more of a lobe shape. But then they started being the correct version. It's still unstable at this point.

 

[Hawkins]

Been awhile, but here is an update, this weekend we will get frost, in May. luckily I have not planted yet, but I did have to bring everything into the house.
 

Tomatoes are doing great.

So is the Squash and Zucchini

 
I'll have weed barrier for everything this year, and a tiller for the tractor, so I'm hoping for a smooth year.

 

[PaulG]

Good luck riding herd on all that green, Hawkins!

 

[PtMD989]

Looks like a great sea of green [emoji106]. How’s the melons doing?


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[Ghost Pepper Revolution]

Dang, that’s a lot of plants indoors