meatfreak 500 Posted February 23, 2017 So I've started the new season to, early January I did a poor attempt at some Wild varieties but I lost my patience and after a month I tossed them out hehe. Only the Tovarii germinated and is growing, very slowly. Although I didn't wanna have to much plants, the list went over 100 but I brought it back to 88 Besides all my projects I also wanted to grow some regular varieties and old seedstock like the Hab Yucatan and CGN varieties. Exactly those are the ones that haven)t germinated yet after 12 days, so there's still time. All others have close to 100% germ rate. I was aiming at 5 plants of each F-2 phenotype project. The "new" F-2 grow out, 10 seeds. Still not much to see all possible variations but I got a small amount of people helping me out again I also got some bigger plants that I sowed last year end of season for an early start. Was hoping to speed up growing out multiple generations in a year that way. Since the days are still rather short I ordered some LED grow lights as an extra during the evening. Like last year I aim to plant out 3rd week of May again. Of course it all depends on the weather, so far we've had much colder weather then previous years. BBG7 White #1 F-3 BBG7 White #2 F-3 BBG7 White #3 F-3 Bhut Jolokia Pale F-2 CGN 16994 CGN 20806 CGN 22835 CGN 23252 CGN 23257 CGN 24344 Greek Pepperoncini Guajillo Habanero Yucatan White Jalapeño Jalafuego Jalapeño Mucho Nacho Jalapeño Peguis Jeromin Marga Marma MFPJ10 #1 F-2 MFPJ10 #10 F-2 MFPJ10 #12 F-2 MFPJ10 #7 F-2 MFPJ12 #10 F-2 MFPJ12 #11 F-2 MFPJ15 F-2 MFPJ16 F-2 MFPJ18 #1 F-2 MFPJ18 #6 F-2 MFPJ19 #3 F-2 MFPJ19 #4 F-2 MFPJ2 #1 F-2 MFPJ2 #5 F-2 MFPJ2 #8 F-2 MFPJ21 #10 F-2 MFPJ21 #9 F-2 MFPJ23 #1#1 F-2 MFPJ23 #2#1 F-2 MFPJ24 #1#1 F-2 MFPJ24 #2#8 F-3 MFPJ24 #3#2 F-2 MFPJ24 #3#6 F-2 MFPJ25 #2 F-2 MFPJ26 #1#2 F-2 MFPJ26 #1#5 F-2 MFPJ26 #2#1 F-2 MFPJ26 #2#3 F-2 MFPJ27 #1 F-2 MFPJ27 #4 F-2 MFPJ28 #2#1 F-3 MFPJ29 #2 F-2 MFPJ3 #2 F-2 MFPJ3 #3 F-2 MFPJ30 #10 F-2 MFPJ30 #3 F-2 MFPJ30 #7 F-2 MFPJ31 F-2 MFPJ32 #1 F-4 MFPJ32 #3 #1 F-3 MFPJ32 #3 #2 F-2 MFPJ32 #3 #3 F-2 MFPJ35 F-3 MFPJ36 F-2 MFPJ37 #2 F-2 MFPJ37 #3 F-2 MFPJ39 F-3 MFPJ40 F-2 MFPJ41 F-2 MFPJ42 #2 F-2 MFPJ43 F-2 MFPJ44 F-2 MFPJ48 F-2 MFPJ49 F-1 MFPJ5 #1 F-4 MFPJ5 #9 F-4 MFPJ50 F-1 MFPJ8 #1 F-2 MFPJ8 F-2 MFPJ9 #1#2 F-2 MFPJ9 #1#3 F-2 MFPJ9 #1#6 F-2 PI 439452 Pimenta Lisa F-5 Pimento de Padron Sugar Rush Peach "Peppa" Tovarii Turkish Snake Pepper White Giant C. Not much interesting to see yet besides seedlings you can see where I sowed the CGN's Pimenta Lisa F-5 all purple seedlings as they should be, so no need to remove green ones. MFPJ31 F-2 all purple left and green on the right. This is the first time growing the F-2 so nice to see variation showing already. Something else I love to do and have been trying to perfect for a year now is baking bread. In this case, Sourdough bread with pickled Jalapeno and cheese. I really prefer working and eating sourdough over the dry yeast. Much more flavor and the fermenting of the dough makes it easier for our bodies to break it down. Luckily the rest of the family likes it to 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincer 4,756 Posted February 23, 2017 Have a nice season!!! ...and great bread!!! Ciao Vincenzo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stefanet 1,130 Posted February 23, 2017 Have a good season 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lautodidatta 844 Posted February 24, 2017 I wish you a good growing season and... good appetite. P. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oban 9,284 Posted February 24, 2017 Hi Stefan, I'll follow your project! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolshed 4,341 Posted February 24, 2017 wow that looks interesting as well as challenging. good luck mate! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luigi Lombardi 635 Posted February 24, 2017 Have a great season! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJLito 34 Posted February 24, 2017 Wow! Homemade bread with peppers! I would like to taste "bruschetta" with that! Have a good season! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rapace 9,606 Posted February 24, 2017 Wow Stefan ! I which you a wonderful season 2017 ! Carlo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
valerio1956 110 Posted February 25, 2017 Very Well, Stefan !! Valerio 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rapace 9,606 Posted February 25, 2017 Hey Stefan, is it possibile to understand somehow what are the parents of you MFJ hybrids ? I'll add your varieties to the yearly pepperfriends poll (expect the hybrids you're stabilizing) ok ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rapace 9,606 Posted February 25, 2017 Hey Stefan, is it possibile to understand somehow what are the parents of you MFPJ hybrids ? i.e. MFPJ50 etc.etc. I'll add your cultivars to the yearly pepperfriends statistics. Take care my friendCarlo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexrm 4,992 Posted February 25, 2017 Have a great growing season! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted February 25, 2017 Have a nice season!!! ...and great bread!!! Ciao Vincenzo Thanks, Vincenzo, you have a great season as well! Have a good season I wish you a good growing season and... good appetite. P. Hi Stefan, I'll follow your project! Hey Oban, thanks for following Hopefully the F-2 pheno's from last year will grow true. Then I can share some interesting pics wow that looks interesting as well as challenging. good luck mate! Yeah it's quite a lot of grow out but there were just so many interesting stuff going on last year but it worked out great last season and this year I have about the same amount of plants. Have a great season! Wow! Homemade bread with peppers! I would like to taste "bruschetta" with that! Have a good season! Wow Stefan ! I which you a wonderful season 2017 ! Carlo Thanks, Carlo! Very Well, Stefan !! Valerio Hey Stefan, is it possibile to understand somehow what are the parents of you MFPJ hybrids ? i.e. MFPJ50 etc.etc. I'll add your cultivars to the yearly pepperfriends statistics. Take care my friend Carlo Sure you can add the others You can't get any info from the projectname about the parents. That was the purpose of it since in my opinion it's not important in a early stage of the cross. For me it's about what you get out of it and then try to stabilize it. I did name stuff when I just started growing peppers but it didn't feel right afterwards to name stuff that early while it's nowhere even stable. Each number stands for an individual cross/project. Have a great growing season! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted March 20, 2017 It's been a couple of weeks and all seedlings have been transplanted. Last week we suddenly had very warm and sunny weather, I got a bit to excited and overwatered my seedlings. Lost a couple seedlings due to it but so far no big loses. I just hope my few CGN varieties make it as I don't have any seeds of them anymore I also bought a couple of led growlights for extra support during the evening, plants seem to respond well to them. Sowed these earlier in January. Flat peach flower, hopefully I can harvest the first fruits this year! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted March 30, 2017 Seedlings are starting to some more growth now and haven't been necessary to water them yet. Past few days have been very warm over here, almost summer like. Something I noticed last season, variation in the leaves. This only seems to occurs with crosses and the early leaves on the plant. Later in season it doesn't show up anymore... curious what the reason of this is? Also very busy in the garden, since it's gotten this warm plants in the tomato poly have grown to hard so I can't harvest from most anymore. Doesn't matter as I will clear it out soon, digging under the plants as green manure for the tomatoes and other stuff that will get in the poly this summer. My Oregano has survived the winter again and grown a lot. Need to trim it soon so I can dry it all for cooking later 2 different flowers in the same broad bean variety.... not sure if this is normal but it is or either it crossed last year :P 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lonewolf 18,105 Posted April 2, 2017 Nice plants and interesting list. I often see these whitish areas on leaves of young plants. I don't know the cause, but they are not a problem ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted April 6, 2017 Weekly update, they are starting to grow a lot faster now. Also growing a lot of tomatoes again this year, most are in the poly since last week. Grafted tomato Also put in some Annuum varieties last week. These are in the poly since early March, you can see they're behind on growth but still alive and kicking. Swiss Chard, got a lot of them but they will have to be transplanted again as I'm clearing out the poly soon. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted June 13, 2017 Time for an update, I have been very busy in the garden and still I'm not completely done planting out but getting there. We are having an serious drought over here, hardly any rain in 6 weeks. So I waste a lot of time on watering. Also temps have been very high. Made it very hard and impossible to plant inside the poly. Plants in the pepper poly, I only use the first 2 rows as it otherwise gets impossible to reach the third one later in season. More tomatoes again this year, we really missed our own made sauce. Over 60 plants and 28 different varieties. About 10 are dwarfs. Dwarf forest Michael Pollan Damascus Steel Eggplant Violette Snack cucumbers Sweet potato flower, growing these for the first time in the poly. They appear to be very happy. The yield of the strawberries have been great this season, also very big ones. Maybe some can remember the pics of the crossed broad bean flowers. This is the end result, purple beans. Will save and spread among friends for grow out next season. Couple of night pictures during an late night watering session after work. MFPJ36 F-2 Pimenta Lisa F-5 no green plants this season MFPJ44 F-2 very excited about this cross as it has high potential to turn out great phenotypes, early on but already seeing lots of variation. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincer 4,756 Posted June 13, 2017 Hi Stefan...great plants as usual...congrats!!! Never seen before a strawberry like that!!! A real giant Ciao Vincenzo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted June 15, 2017 Hi Stefan...great plants as usual...congrats!!! Never seen before a strawberry like that!!! A real giant Ciao Vincenzo Many thanks, Vincenzo! Yeah it was the first time I got strawberries of this size to, had a lot more that were a little smaller. Best thing they still tasted great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rapace 9,606 Posted June 17, 2017 Great Stefan, Congrats ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted June 22, 2017 Great Stefan, Congrats ! Grazie, Carlo. Everything is growing very fast now with these very high temperatures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatfreak 500 Posted June 25, 2017 The heatwave has stopped and its back to more normal temperatures. Been picking of these huge buds from one of my BBG white pheno's Salad Blue potatoes Sweet potato bed 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmonte 525 Posted June 25, 2017 Have a nice season "buurman", your cultivation look great, I will follow you will pleasure. Groetjes vanaf Yerseke. Alessandro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
