Worth's Peppers and Tomatoes For 2016.

[Worth1]

This is going to kill some of you guys but my utility bill for this month was $179.
This includes electricity water and garbage pickup I dont have any gas at all.
The right time of the year I can get it down below $100.

Worth

[Worth1]

Our subject.
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1/2/2016

[ginger2778]

Beauty!

[Worth1]

Here is the New Big Dwarf after a major cat pruning.
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Same plant on 12/24/2015 before the cat pruning.

[AlittleSalt]

Very Nice indeed.

[Worth1]

Thanks guys these are getting special treatment.
I cant afford to let the other ones grow this fast.
This is about 1 month from seed sowing to what you see.

Worth

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Thanks guys these are getting special treatment.
I cant afford to let the other ones grow this fast.
This is about 1 month from seed sowing to what you see.

Worth

They look very healthy and stocky.
For one month old, they are amazingly big, especially the RR. It is ready to take the world. That is my plant out size. I think extra fertilizing and lots of light has done it.

Gardeneer

[Sun City Linda]

I have a heat mat now but in the past I have used a heating pad with a rack for cooling cookies on top. It keeps the seed trays from being in direct contact with the heating pad and overheating and works well.

[jillian]

Wow Worth I am green with envy! So excited to grow the OR 117 and New Big Dwarf this year.....and hey I think the utility bill is worth every penny, you are growing your own food which is saving you money in the long run. And the joy it gives is priceless! Happy growing and thanks for the inspiration!!

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by jillian

Wow Worth I am green with envy! So excited to grow the OR 117 and New Big Dwarf this year.....and hey I think the utility bill is worth every penny, you are growing your own food which is saving you money in the long run. And the joy it gives is priceless! Happy growing and thanks for the inspiration!!

Jillian I have been leaving them out till the new leaves turn light yellow and bring them back under the lights to green up again.
Then back outside.

Here are all of the peppers and tomatoes potted up.
I almost had to resort to tin cans.
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[KarenO]

This is fun to watch Worth! How long til you can put them in their gardens?
KarenO

[Gerardo]

Looking great Worth.

[Fiishergurl]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Folks I am sick and tired of potting up peppers.
How much is enough for crying out loud.
So far I have had no manzano come up or red mushroom.
I have had a few manzano germinate but then croak.
But every day I see another darn pepper sprout.
I wish I would have invested in a heat mat so I could keep the soil temps up.

Worth

Worth,

I always have had a hard time with starting peppers so I never grew that many varieties. But when my tomatoes all died from TYLCV recently, I decided to try again with peppers and one of the pepper varieties I bought came with instructions to use warm water (about 95 - 100 degrees) and a tea bag for just about 30 seconds so it's diluted and spoon it on every couple of days to help get them to germinate. So I tried it and my peppers came up like crazy! I didn't follow the exact instructions (I rarely do... lol), didn't actually check how warm the water was with a thermometer but I touched it (out of the faucet) and made sure it was hot but not scalding. I use the jiffy peat pellets when starting seeds and I put about a teaspoonful of warm water on the top of each peat pellet about every other day and left them inside in a south facing window so they would get a little warmth from the sun and they came up like crazy! I was so surprised and happy. I didn't use a heat mat or anything because I didn't have one. Just used fairly warm diluted tea water to encourage them every day or every couple of days (depending on how wet or dry they felt). I know there are 100 ways to start seeds, but I will try this method again with the peppers since it worked so well.

Everything sprouted except the rocoto (third try on the rocoto seeds so not sure what is wrong with those).

I have since read about other people using the warm water trick on pepper seeds.

Ginny

[Worth1]

I have also had another thing to share with you guys.
The 1/2 gallon whiskey and other booze bottles come with a plastic pour thing on them.
You can use the bottle to water your plants since you can just tip it up and the water comes out at the perfect rate with no gurgling.
It is a constant flow.
You can buy these things at the liquor store and they will fit on any bottle.
Buy doing this and learning how to measuer like a bartender (counting) you can pour the right amount in each container as you go along.
I am giving each plant about 1.5 oz or a shot of water as I dont want to water log the plants and am not bottom watering.

Worth

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by KarenO

This is fun to watch Worth! How long til you can put them in their gardens?
KarenO

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Looking great Worth.

Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Worth,

I always have had a hard time with starting peppers so I never grew that many varieties. But when my tomatoes all died from TYLCV recently, I decided to try again with peppers and one of the pepper varieties I bought came with instructions to use warm water (about 95 - 100 degrees) and a tea bag for just about 30 seconds so it's diluted and spoon it on every couple of days to help get them to germinate. So I tried it and my peppers came up like crazy! I didn't follow the exact instructions (I rarely do... lol), didn't actually check how warm the water was with a thermometer but I touched it (out of the faucet) and made sure it was hot but not scalding. I use the jiffy peat pellets when starting seeds and I put about a teaspoonful of warm water on the top of each peat pellet about every other day and left them inside in a south facing window so they would get a little warmth from the sun and they came up like crazy! I was so surprised and happy. I didn't use a heat mat or anything because I didn't have one. Just used fairly warm diluted tea water to encourage them every day or every couple of days (depending on how wet or dry they felt). I know there are 100 ways to start seeds, but I will try this method again with the peppers since it worked so well.

Everything sprouted except the rocoto (third try on the rocoto seeds so not sure what is wrong with those).

I have since read about other people using the warm water trick on pepper seeds.

Ginny

I just posted above an a really easy way to water and fertilize by using a booze pour spout.

Thank you guys I will put out in march so that is just about 2 months from now.
In about a week I am going to pour the coals to all of them to get them growing.

Here is how I check the water temperature for watering.'It is the same way I check water to bloom yeast.
Anyone that has taken car of a baby be it human or critter should know this.

I put the water on the back of my wrist to make sure it isn't too hot or cold.
If it is just a wee bit warm it is about 100 degrees.
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