DMF 2020,21,22,23 - What's the definition of insanity?
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DMF 2020,21,22,23 - What's the definition of insanity?
I have a south-facing 3rd floor balcony, lots of pots, and thousands of seeds. In 2017 everything I planted started (and finished) dying, including some well-established over-wintered plants. I've dumped most of the old soil and this year the plants I do have in what's left of the old soil hasn't started dying! So let's see if I'm actually insane.
In germinating baggies:
Uluru Ochre (tomato)
Apple Pimento, C. annuum - sweet
Fatalii, yellow, C. chinense - v. hot
Grenada Seasoning, C. chinense - delicious!
Jay's Peach Ghost/Scorpion, C. chinense - nuclear!
Mako Akokasrade, C. chinense - med. hot
Scotch Bonnet, yellow, C.chinense - hot (I like these)
Shattah (arabian), C.annuum - med. hot (first time with these)
These seeds are all 2015 and 2016. They were well dried and have lived in the fridge since. I expect germination will go well.
Current:
In germinating baggies:
Uluru Ochre (tomato)
Apple Pimento, C. annuum - sweet
Fatalii, yellow, C. chinense - v. hot
Grenada Seasoning, C. chinense - delicious!
Jay's Peach Ghost/Scorpion, C. chinense - nuclear!
Mako Akokasrade, C. chinense - med. hot
Scotch Bonnet, yellow, C.chinense - hot (I like these)
Shattah (arabian), C.annuum - med. hot (first time with these)
These seeds are all 2015 and 2016. They were well dried and have lived in the fridge since. I expect germination will go well.
Current:
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
[mention]Setec Astronomy[/mention] No you do not need to keep your seeds in the fridge. Tomato seeds will store very well at room temperatures. Most tomato seeds will remain viable for 10 years kept in an envelope or bag at room temperature.
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
So long as they're dry. Fridge is dry - and cold.
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48 hrs in the the bag
Ladies and gentlemen, we have .. mold. Expected -- some of the Grenada Seasoning pods were .. uh .. past their prime. A shot of H2O2, and only the black spots remain for now.
And a tail in each of the Fatalii and Scotch Bonnet corrals. Both 2015 seeds Age won't be a problem.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have .. mold. Expected -- some of the Grenada Seasoning pods were .. uh .. past their prime. A shot of H2O2, and only the black spots remain for now.
And a tail in each of the Fatalii and Scotch Bonnet corrals. Both 2015 seeds Age won't be a problem.
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I should record that I'm using a slightly different and hopefully improved baggie construction this year.
- The soak.
I used to use shot glasses but I had to divest the collection. Now I use 2.5 oz. metal sauce cups. Each is labeled with a strip of magic tape folded over on one end so it can be removed easily. - The germ (germinating) bags.
Previously, I would lay the seeds on a paper towel with corral boundaries and contents labeled with a Sharpie. This year, pencil boundaries only. [Update: Add a reference mark. Without labels it's too easy to get the thing upside down and backward.] Larger corrals - only 4 per baggie. Note that a half-width paper towel is just the width of a ziploc sandwich bag.
Using a single half-width paper towel and two coffee filters trimmed square to the size of half the towel, lay the towel width-wise, a filter square on the top half, scribe the corrals, and moisten to hold everything together. - Add the seeds.
One at a time, drain a soak cup into a small sieve and rinse. invert over a corral and knock the seeds out. Spread out the seeds. Unpeel the tape label and stick to the bag where the corral would be were the towel laid flat on it. - Finish the bag.
Lay the second filter square over the seed and fold up the bottom half of the towel over the top half. (Fold an edge over so it's easier to find when everything is wet.) Moisten to hold it all together.
It's still too big to fit in the bag, so fold once like a book. Slide it into the bag. It should just fit. (If necessary, fold again.) - Place in a nice warm spot to cook.
The best place I've found is a gas oven with a pilot light. Top of a fridge is okay. I haven't found a heat mat necessary, but if you use one, get one that is thermostatically controlled and manually adjustable. Add a thermometer and monitor closely, for the first couple days. - When checking on the livestock
Use the fold (you remembered the fold from #4, right?) to separate the filter sheets, but peel them apart slowly and carefully. Some of the seeds will stick to the upper sheet. A maverick seed is an unknown seed and thus worthless. Throw them away. (Unless you branded yours.)
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
Many tails this morning: one Uluru Ochre (there's only a couple more realistic candidates for this tom), a Grenada Seasoning (one of the ones I though was mold-compromised), four Shattah, and five more Scotch Bonnet.
Starter flat starting to look overpopulated like in the old days! Love it!
Update: Another GS, a SB, and 5! more Shattahs this afternoon.
Starter flat starting to look overpopulated like in the old days! Love it!
Update: Another GS, a SB, and 5! more Shattahs this afternoon.
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
Shattah and Scotch Bonnet pulled as over-germinative (10+ each!); Grenada Seasoning will follow tomorrow. They will have been replaced by Hatch, Charleston Hot, and ?.
Got another Fatalii today, and the normal suspects are being slow - Jay's and Mako.
I think the tomato is done, too. The seeds really weren't very good. I think I'll queue up what I have left.
Got another Fatalii today, and the normal suspects are being slow - Jay's and Mako.
I think the tomato is done, too. The seeds really weren't very good. I think I'll queue up what I have left.
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
<table><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;" align="center">Variety</td></tr></tbody></table>
TJ bbCode doesn't support tables. (No table-type tags.) Nor HTML. Oh well.
TJ bbCode doesn't support tables. (No table-type tags.) Nor HTML. Oh well.
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I installed a tables extension, you can see it in the toolbar of the full editor. Once you figure it out post a how to use it and I'll move it to the proper forum for future use.
Here's what I installed so you can read it and learn how to use it. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2386686
Here's what I installed so you can read it and learn how to use it. https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2386686
Zone: 9A
Climate: Hot and Humid
Avg annual rainfall: 60.48"
Climate: Hot and Humid
Avg annual rainfall: 60.48"
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I don't see a table icon on the toolbar. Here's a simple table:
[table][tbody][tr][td style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;" align="center"]Variety
[/td][td align="center" style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;"]Heat
[/td][td style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;" align="center"]Comment
[/td][td align="center" style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;"]Year
[/td][/tr]
[/tbody][/table]
I'll take a look at the link later today.
[table][tbody][tr][td style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;" align="center"]Variety
[/td][td align="center" style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;"]Heat
[/td][td style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;" align="center"]Comment
[/td][td align="center" style="border:1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);padding:3px;"]Year
[/td][/tr]
[/tbody][/table]
I'll take a look at the link later today.
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It's the table icon all the way at the end.---------------------------------------------------------------^
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Climate: Hot and Humid
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Nope. I don't have that in either editor.
Logged out and back in - no change.
Logged out and back in - no change.
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I'm not seeing the table button on mine, either. Is anyone else seeing it?
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
Digging a little deeper into the past - some 2013 Alma and Faludi paprikas.
A couple more micro-dwarf toms. And a restart on the Mako Akokasrade peppers. Great little peppers but they can be a pain to get going.
[ IMO, nothing is as hard to get going as C.pubescens - Manzanos. Not even gonna try again. ]
A couple more micro-dwarf toms. And a restart on the Mako Akokasrade peppers. Great little peppers but they can be a pain to get going.
[ IMO, nothing is as hard to get going as C.pubescens - Manzanos. Not even gonna try again. ]
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Re: DMF 2020 - What's the definition of insanity?
I don't see it either when making this reply...
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived.
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Nope, I don't have one either no matter how hard I try.
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Updated spreadsheet (first post).
The paprikas are not cooperating. Nor are Hatch, though they are good looking seeds. Perhaps irradiated?
Otherwise I already have too many plants!
The paprikas are not cooperating. Nor are Hatch, though they are good looking seeds. Perhaps irradiated?
Otherwise I already have too many plants!
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Ah, smart man! The old screen shot worked great.
I like your spreadsheet. You are having some interesting germination results.
I like your spreadsheet. You are having some interesting germination results.
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You don't need to dump the old soil. Add some new organic material and some fertilizer and you should be jus' fine. I used to dump the old soil when I grew in containers, but that got expensive. Started adding organics and fertilizer and there were no problems.DMF wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:11 pm I have a south-facing 3rd floor balcony, lots of pots, and thousands of seeds. In 2017 everything I planted started (and finished) dying, including some well-established over-wintered plants. I've dumped most of the old soil and this year the plants I do have in what's left of the old soil hasn't started dying! So let's see if I'm actually insane.
In germinating baggies:
Uluru Ochre (tomato)
Apple Pimento, C. annuum - sweet
Fatalii, yellow, C. chinense - v. hot
Grenada Seasoning, C. chinense - delicious!
Jay's Peach Ghost/Scorpion, C. chinense - nuclear!
Mako Akokasrade, C. chinense - med. hot
Scotch Bonnet, yellow, C.chinense - hot (I like these)
Shattah (arabian), C.annuum - med. hot (first time with these)
These seeds are all 2015 and 2016. They were well dried and have lived in the fridge since. I expect germination will go well.
Current:
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