Onder's chilli (*21.1.2014)

[Onder]

Alright.

People.

For the first time ever.

On the shitty day of twenty-first of january of this shitty year, I planted 10 seeds of various varieties of chilli pepper plants. After like 4 years on agricultural university already, it would be awkward if they didn't grow and produce some hot pieces. I consider it a passion to grow them so the primary reason for this isn't the product. It's the process and having something to take care of with maximum loving and it's also a personal test to see if I can use my knowledge accordingly. Of course they are living beings and I already consider them my babies. And no I don't have a girlfriend.

I didn't post this thread sooner as I was unsure if they would germinate, but now after 8 days 6 of then already showed up so I have some certainty of success. Being me, I've taken pictures of the whole process since the fucking beginning. Before the first picture on 21. january I went to see my friend who gifted me with various seeds. I planted them as follows.

2x Capsicum Frutescens - Zimbabwe Bird (African Devil)
2x Capsicum Annuum - Takanotsume
2x Capsicum Annuum - Cayenne Yellow
1x Capsicum Annuum - Jalapeňos Deliciosa
2x Capsicum Chinense - Habanero Red
1x Capsicum Chinense - Trinidad Scorpion Moruga

I planted them each in one peat tablet (they're called Jiffies) and put them in some shitbox that would keep the humidity inside. Here are the two first pictures taken on the first day. More pictures will follow in new posts. This thread will be reporting every detail of their life under my roof.

Wish luck to my baby girls.

 

[Onder]

Alright. Not minding my hangover, I gathered some powers to make the second post.

About the germination - The annuum type is said to have best results in cca 25C and should rise from the ground in 6-10 days. The chinense type is more tropical and should be kept in 28-32C, it also takes longer to germinate, from 2 to 3 weeks. Due to the different temperature requirements it wasn't very tactical of me to put them in the same slutbox, but 5 of the Annuums have already started their lives so I should be all good. I have them on a radiator where I try to keep temperatures around 26-27 degrees of faggotus. Mother gave me a thermometer which is useful:

On 26th JAN, after a torturing wait filled with expectations and fear, the Jalapeňos one came up from her peat jiffy bed. These are the exclusive photos of the beginning of her life. Hopefully a happy one.

You can suggest names for her if you want. So far I call them by the variety and number which is not very personal. Considering they are my babygirls.

 

[juxtaposed girl]

This is such a cool post, very interesting! Even if its just for my own enjoyment i very much hope u do continue to document their lives on here. I wish alot of luck from the heart for your baby girls

 

[romanticism]

Dearest Ondraz,

I cannot tell you what a relief it was when the postman came up the garden path with your last letter. Mother was beginning to suggest the most horrible things. The children are well, as well as they can be with their father overseas. Ondraz Jr. has even just begun violin lessons. Mother insists that the shrill screeching from his bedroom will drive her to the grave early. I rub my clitoris every night in contemplation of your return home.

Love,
Me

 

[Onder]

Thanks to everyone!

Alright, my hangover is leaving and we're still few days behind here.

So.. What's troubling me about the Jalapenos one is how high she grew with just two cotyledons aka primary leaves. Apparently this happens when the plant tries to reach for sunlight and I had them germinating in a pretty dark place so that's probably the reason. This is the situation yesterday (28. JAN), still looking fine:

Then I decided to put it in front of windows heading south to get more light to her but she already has the first leaves too high imo. That can cause the plant to be weaker after that as it put energy into being as high as possible now.

This is later yesterday and she's even higher now. She should make more leaves asap. That's the only way she can get more light in this shitty weather. I don't think they've seen the sun yet.

EDIT: I use the pins to tell them from each other, but at least you can see how small my babies actually are. I should put a lighter next to them next time.

EDIT2: Oh and she's leaning towards light like that. They all do. They need light.

 

[Eligos]

Maybe I should grow some chilis. I use them enough in my cooking to warrant that shit.

 

[Onder]

Maybe I should grow some chilis. I use them enough in my cooking to warrant that shit.

If you're choosing between chilli and marihuana, I vote for chilli. The fruits are nice to look at. Cannabis is not really an attractive plant and having your own food is cool I think. However it's getting late to plant them for this season. You would have to hurry. Best in December/January if you don't have those lamps producing artificial sunlight. I don't and as you can see I'm having troubles with light already.

 

[Onder]

Alright. That was Jalapeňos, but yesterday (JAN 28) another two have risen. Those are the Takanotsume variety. I call them my Japanese samurai babyplants. They are not as tall as the firstborne, actually they look just fine.

This is Takanotsume samurai numero uno, still in the cumbox thing.

This is the second one after I put them to be looking south, looking for some non-existent light in this grey faggot winter. Marked with a white pin.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

best post.

 

[Onder]

best post.

Dude Andy, you don't go here much anymore. How are things?

 

[juxtaposed girl]

Loving this post. Its beautiful. Mother nature in action concieved by one of her green fingered children

 

[Onder]

Ninth day. All of the Annuums/Frutescens have germinated already except for one - the Zimbabwe Bird 2. I fear that this means it won't live at all as the one of same kind is already going and quite fine. The three remaining are the Habaneros and one Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. Those will take their time, they should be out of the ground in a week or two. The rest can't wait for them so they will be sooner replanted in FLOWERFUCKINGPOTS. Fuck yeah. Each one in its own fucking flowerpot.

Yesterday (JAN 29) the second Cayenne showed up and it had three fucking cotyledon leaves. That has to be some anomaly or something. Because of that deformation, her nickname will be a retard-cripple from now on. Either she has fucking superpowers or she dies in a week. I'm now pretty much a genetic engineer too because this is just not normal. Look:

She looks like a dirty octopus bitch.

On another note, today I visited the world of humans to buy soil for the replanting. I went to a grow-shop, i.e. a shop for weed growers and bought a substrate that I had recommended by some successful czech chilli growers. It's called a Plagron effin Royalty Mix:

EDIT: Also, this was like my first expense if I don't count the dumdum green box with jiffies that cost me like ~3USD. This bag of fertile substrate costs ~15USD.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Dude Andy, you don't go here much anymore. How are things?

Good, dude. How are you? I'm not on the Internet too much anymore, really.

 

[Onder]

Good, dude. How are you? I'm not on the Internet too much anymore, really.

I understand that. Sometimes I have a lot of work to do and then when I come back to free time (i.e. the internet) it gets boring pretty fast and I feel like I have nothing to do. Well me I'm fine really, this year is going according to the plan so far. It should be a good year. And fuck january is already over.

 

[Onder]

31 JAN, last day of the month, tenth day since the planting.

Ninth day. All of the Annuums/Frutescens have germinated already except for one - the Zimbabwe Bird 2. I fear that this means it won't live at all as the one of same kind is already going and quite fine.

It's up now. The picture looks like a mugshot but that's what you get for being late, bitch. You're staying in the slutbox for tonight too. That will teach you to behave.

Yesterday evening I was browsing a forum about growing them and there is a whole section about diseases and other shit that can happen to them. The amount of things that can go wrong is scary. But so far we're good I guess. Today I could see the sun behind the clouds and that's what we need. Some sun in this mother.

This is the whole party in the living room. You can see them all. The crippled octopus bitch on the left, pinned orange. The tall motherfucking Manute Bol Jalapeňo above. The blue and white pins would be the samurai and then there's the two other. Say hello girls. This is Ultimate Metal. The resource for rape arguments.

 

[juxtaposed girl]

Theyre all looking really good, even crippled octopus bitch looks healthy, she seems to be keepin up with her sisters. She may even surprise u and grow to be the best. But with her having three cotyledon leaves does that mean she will bear more chilli's when she matures?

 

[Baroque]

They're looking a little bit leggy. You may want to invest in a grow light and run it 12-16 hrs a day on them until the weather gets better and you can plant them outside. If they don't get enough light, then they're going to start falling over. To delay that, you can put the jiffy pellets in a plastic cup full of potting soil, and bury the plants up to the cotyledons/leaves. They'll use those long stems to make more roots underground and they'll be short and stocky as desired.

 

[Baroque]

Also with many different varieties of the same plant, you may have troubles with cross-pollination. One solution is to plant them all as far apart as possible in the yard and hope for the best. If you get bees in your area it's probably going to happen anyway. Oh well. maybe you'll get some unique and awesome new kind of chili pepper by planting the next round of seeds.

 

[Onder]

Theyre all looking really good, even crippled octopus bitch looks healthy, she seems to be keepin up with her sisters. She may even surprise u and grow to be the best. But with her having three cotyledon leaves does that mean she will bear more chilli's when she matures?

I doubt that.

They're looking a little bit leggy. You may want to invest in a grow light and run it 12-16 hrs a day on them until the weather gets better and you can plant them outside. If they don't get enough light, then they're going to start falling over. To delay that, you can put the jiffy pellets in a plastic cup full of potting soil, and bury the plants up to the cotyledons/leaves. They'll use those long stems to make more roots underground and they'll be short and stocky as desired.

Yeah I know. The people with best results give them artificial light 16-18 hours per day and then they put them in a greenhouse. However it's said that south windowsill should be good. I didn't know that they could use the stems to make more roots (I'd bury them deeper mainly to stabilize them). I was planning to plant them in cups/pots when they have two pairs of leaves but I might rush it a little bit. The good news is that it's a sunny day today so they should get a piece of that.

Also with many different varieties of the same plant, you may have troubles with cross-pollination. One solution is to plant them all as far apart as possible in the yard and hope for the best. If you get bees in your area it's probably going to happen anyway. Oh well. maybe you'll get some unique and awesome new kind of chili pepper by planting the next round of seeds.

We'll see about all that. So far it looks like some of them will be on the balcony and some inside. Some of them are said to not like bigger changes of temperature so those will probably be inside. There's still time to decide.

What do you grow?

 

[Baroque]

I doubt that.



Yeah I know. The people with best results give them artificial light 16-18 hours per day and then they put them in a greenhouse. However it's said that south windowsill should be good. I didn't know that they could use the stems to make more roots (I'd bury them deeper mainly to stabilize them). I was planning to plant them in cups/pots when they have two pairs of leaves but I might rush it a little bit. The good news is that it's a sunny day today so they should get a piece of that.



We'll see about all that. So far it looks like some of them will be on the balcony and some inside. Some of them are said to not like bigger changes of temperature so those will probably be inside. There's still time to decide.

What do you grow?

Yeah 16-18 is probably better for peppers since they're a warm weather plant used to living near the equator. It sounds like you're researching it, so you know what you're doing.

Oh I grow all kinds of stuff, probably too much. A little of each major vegetable family.