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roadhouse's 2010 first year grow thread

Hardening off :)


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Got a few peppers planted in some pots out front today. Planted a Chocolate Habanero in a 15 gallon pot so it has plenty of room to grow, a Bhut Jolokia and Naga Morich each in a 5 gallon pot and two Twilights in a 7 gallon pot. I think that is it for my first round of plants that will be going into pots. I have about 20 potential though from my next round of starts which are now about a month old and one month behind the first, so probably just one of each plant then there are another round of even later starts including 7 Pot Jonah, 7 Pot Brown, 7 Pot SR, Red Orange and Yellow Rocoto, Golden Habanero, Trindad Scorpion Yellow, and Devil's Tongue Red. That makes for about 19 more plants if I do one of each variety, yikes. It is going to be hard to find places to put the 25 pots!! :D
 
Another mistake for me. Of course I plant those few outside and then go to a baseball game yesterday with all my plants outside and it ends up being 90 degrees, and then again today. Thankfully I am home today so I brought the peppers back inside but those others in the pot are stuck to fend for themselves. Hopefully they don't die and manage to bounce back. The Hab Choc is looking real sad. Damn...at least the weather for next week is looking better 70s straight up.
 
36 plants in the ground today.

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Row 1 - De Arbol x1, Takanotsume x4, Santaka x4

Row 2 - De Arbol x1, Chiltepin x1, Chiltepin Texas x1, Chiltepin Pima Bajo x1, Chiltepin Fort Prescott x1, Cumari x1, Wiri Wiri x1

Row 3 - De Arbol x1, Onza x4, Japones x2, Paper Lantern x2

Row 4 - De Arbol x1, Zimbabwe Bird x4, Thai Dragon x4, Pimient D'Espellete x2
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More plants planted today. 85 plants so far. Still waiting for 12 more from CCN that are supposed to arrive from CCN later this afternoon, which will most likely be planted on Friday in order to give them a couple days rest from the travel.

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Row 1 - Habanero Chocolate x2, Black Cayman x2, Jamaican Hot Chocolate x2

Row 2 - Fatalii x6

Row 3 - Habanero White Bullet x3, Trinidad Scorpion (CCN) x3

Row 4 - Habanero Red Savina x3, Datil x1, Antillais Caribbean x1, Devil's Tongue Yellow x1
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Row 1 - (Black Cayman x1, Jamaican Hot Chocolate x2), Cajamarca x4, Squash Jamaican Red x4

Row 2 - (Fatalli x2), Habanero Mustard x6

Row 3 - Habanero Red Caribbean x6

Row 4 - (Devils Tongue), Bhut Jolokia x4, Naga Morich x4
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Looking forward to seeing how those Cajamarca's turn out for you. I have some in the seed stash that I'll be growing next year.
 
Now that's a pepper patch!

What kind of problems do the local wildlife present?

Best of luck to you roadhouse.
 
Thanks everyone. Patrick, as far as wildlife goes I think my main concern is going to be all the deer. I could see them being a help though as long as they don't completely destroy plants. I hear a pruning from them can lead to some explosive growth. Other than that I'm not really sure what might come up since this is my first year. Hopefully nothing too terrible!
 
looking great Roadhouse! its going to be an awesome year for you. Are you using the black tarp to control the weeds or to retain more ground heat?
 
madhatter said:
looking great Roadhouse! its going to be an awesome year for you. Are you using the black tarp to control the weeds or to retain more ground heat?
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Primarily to control weeds but was also helping it could keep in some heat. Seems to be doing that as the soil feels rather warm, not sure on the exact temperature right now, I will have to stick my digital thermometer in it and find out.
 
Everything is finally in the garden! 97 total chiles and 6 watermelon plants for the hell of it.
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New Trinidad Scorpions from CCN

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Row 1 - Aji Benito x1, Aji Rojo x1, Australian Lantern x1, Congo Yellow Trinidad x1

Row 2 - Aji Yellow x1, Scotch Bonnet Red x1, Scotch Bonnet Yellow x1, Burkina Yellow x1, Hinkle Hatz x1

Watermelons are Moon and Stars on left, Mountain Sweet Yellow in middle and White Wonder on the right
 
That is quite the collection of plants roadhouse, I'm jealous. This is my first year as well, I started out just wanting to grow a few Bhut Jolokia plants. I was late on seeds so I ordered from CCN...they require a 12 plant minimum so I got several other varieties, gave my mom and few and had about 6 plants I kept. That 6 turned into 15, then 20, and now about 25 plants, nearly 20 different varieties, plus a couple roma tomatoes and some basil and cilantro. Way more than I ever planned on growing. It is definitely very addicting.

Unfortunately I didn't know anything about fatalis, datils, trinidad scorpions, or 7 pot when I started and now it's a bit late to do those this year. I may go visit the Chile Woman in Bloomington sometime this week and see what she has left though. Hopefully I can get some purple tomatillos and a few of those superhots I don't have. :D I wouldn't mind making some purple tomatillo salsa in a few months. Some salsa morada. :)
 
Avon Barksdale said:
That is quite the collection of plants roadhouse, I'm jealous. This is my first year as well, I started out just wanting to grow a few Bhut Jolokia plants. I was late on seeds so I ordered from CCN...they require a 12 plant minimum so I got several other varieties, gave my mom and few and had about 6 plants I kept. That 6 turned into 15, then 20, and now about 25 plants, nearly 20 different varieties, plus a couple roma tomatoes and some basil and cilantro. Way more than I ever planned on growing. It is definitely very addicting.

Unfortunately I didn't know anything about fatalis, datils, trinidad scorpions, or 7 pot when I started and now it's a bit late to do those this year. I may go visit the Chile Woman in Bloomington sometime this week and see what she has left though. Hopefully I can get some purple tomatillos and a few of those superhots I don't have. :D I wouldn't mind making some purple tomatillo salsa in a few months. Some salsa morada. :)
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I used to live in Bloomington. Who is the Chile Woman?
 
Silver_Surfer said:
Lookin good roadhouse. You're going to have problems with those melons over running your pepper patch. :)

The Chile Woman
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Really? How big are they going to get? Should I get rid of them? Of course chiles are the priority and anything that gets in the way must be DESTROYED. I didn't know we had such a chile specialist so close! Might have to use that as an excuse to go back down there!
 
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