OT: How's It Growin'?

BSR

Since my last post about my in deck hydro setup I moved my tank inside, added an air pump, and literally doubled the TDS (nutrients) and overnight the plants started turning around.


Just one of 4 drawers filled with over 30 kinds of dried peppers. Have fermented sauces, fresh sauces, salsas, and a few other experiments all canned up too. It's been a good year.


3 days harvest, definitely slowing down for fall.


The in deck plants have basically caught up to the 5 gallon pot ones.


Still can't compete with the huge raises beds though.

Eoin

Scotch Bonnet harvest part 1 today. Slow start to the year but I used a specialist chilli feed and it's worked well.



Other hot chillies nearly ready. I didn't note what these are, any idea?

Eoin

Smoking.

BSR

Eoin said:

Scotch Bonnet harvest part 1 today. Slow start to the year but I used a specialist chilli feed and it's worked well.



Other hot chillies nearly ready. I didn't note what these are, any idea?

So many varieties out there it's hard to say. I've got a handful I've lost track of or just didn't match what was on the package too. So many crosses out there being sold as something else too.

They do look like Moruga to me but again so many crosses... Either way some really good looking pods.

Eoin

BSR said:

Eoin said:

Scotch Bonnet harvest part 1 today. Slow start to the year but I used a specialist chilli feed and it's worked well.



Other hot chillies nearly ready. I didn't note what these are, any idea?

So many varieties out there it's hard to say. I've got a handful I've lost track of or just didn't match what was on the package too. So many crosses out there being sold as something else too.

They do look like Moruga to me but again so many crosses... Either way some really good looking pods.

Moruga rings a bell. I've still got a lot of unripe chillies, hoping it stays mild for a bit longer as they're turning colour now.

BSR

They'll be fine right until frost. Cut off the branches with any pods left right before frost and with pods still attached place them under a grow light if you have one.

Eoin

Managed to hold 160F on the XL with hickory for 10 hours then it slowly dropped off to 140F. Moved them into the oven at minimum temp (120F) to finish off overnight.

Eoin

I moved the plants into buckets in the potting shed because they had so much unripe fruit. It has a big south facing window and a chest freezer running in it that means it's frost free unless super cold out. Never had as good a crop as this. I used a chilli specific liquid fertiliser, and then the late ripening in the shed has been great. I'm going to overwinter the plants to get a faster start next year, these ones are seed grown and with a cool spring they took a long time to really get going. More batches to follow.

Eoin

I left the XL on low expecting it to go out and for me to put these in the fan oven at 50C today, but in fact it stayed in all night and was up from yesterday's steady 70C to 100C at 7:00 this morning. A 19.5 hour run for the XL. Looking a bit toasty dry!

Eoin

Added some lump and some fresh hickory chips. Picked the remaining Scotch Bonnets (not many, I've been using these as they ripen) and Morugas (I think). On now at 9 am.

EggNorth

Season is just about over here (maybe).

Trying to extend the season by covering the garden beds to see how long it last.  The temperature has been going down to -4C / 24F at night.

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This one has Lettuce, green onion and beets.    Beets and green onions where harvested last week.

Still have one more meal of lettuce left.  This is from the second batch of lettuce planted on 07/26.   







This bed is more of an experiment. Planted Lettuce, Radish, Carrot and Beets on 10/02.   Will probably not get anything from it as it looks like it stopped growing.  The middle bed has garlic for next July 2022.

 



Harvested the Brussels sprouts just last week, they were small but very good.



Thanks

Canugghead

@EggNorth interesting planters you got there, are they window wells?

Ozzie_Isaac

I love this thread.  You all amaze me.  That is all.

EggNorth

@Canugghead. Got the beds here: https://raisedgardenbeds.ca/

Canugghead

@EggNorth very nice. Too big for my postage stamp backyard though. I picked up two of these kits and joined them into an L shaped bed https://www.linkabord.co.uk/gallery/
Still in good shape after three summers, got them at Lee Valley.

I also started composting this year, another rabbit hole!

EggNorth

@Canugghead - The linked boards looks like an interesting solution.  Lee Valley is one place where I can spend more $ than a BGE dealer  .  Great store.

The only composting I do are the leaves from the Maple trees.  I had a compost bin years ago but found mice in it so that was the end of that … I’m already mister popular for my cheery tree which is visited by a family of raccoons each year for a few weeks.

saluki2007

Anyone have any experience growing greens or tomatoes indoors during the winter?

Gulfcoastguy

saluki2007 said:

Anyone have any experience growing greens or tomatoes indoors during the winter?

No but I am on a gardening forum also. From what I understand you can pollinate the tomatoes by touching the backside of a battery operated toothbrush to the blooms. No idea about greens since we can grow them at all times except the depth of winter outside. 

fishlessman

EggNorth said:

@Canugghead - The linked boards looks like an interesting solution.  Lee Valley is one place where I can spend more $ than a BGE dealer  .  Great store.

The only composting I do are the leaves from the Maple trees.  I had a compost bin years ago but found mice in it so that was the end of that … I’m already mister popular for my cheery tree which is visited by a family of raccoons each year for a few weeks.

those things inhaled the fruit off my big cherry tree, an apple tree, and my asian pear. i might smoke bomb the neighbors house next year. counted 7 in that house this year

fishlessman

saluki2007 said:

Anyone have any experience growing greens or tomatoes indoors during the winter?

i grow herbs, figs, keifer lime leaves, and found an avacado tree out in the compost that seems to be doing well in a planter. the keifer died last spring. the herbs need misting and a plastic cover with the house being so dry in winter. tomatoes can be done, i dont but people start growing them from seed this time of year indoors

Langner91

EggNorth said:

@Canugghead - The linked boards looks like an interesting solution.  Lee Valley is one place where I can spend more $ than a BGE dealer  .  Great store.

The only composting I do are the leaves from the Maple trees.  I had a compost bin years ago but found mice in it so that was the end of that … I’m already mister popular for my cheery tree which is visited by a family of raccoons each year for a few weeks.

Fatten 'em up on Cherries, 275°F Indirect till it probes like buttah, chunk of one of those cherry branches for smoke.  

WooooEEEEE!  That would be some good eats!  And, you could make a hat out of the "leftovers"!