Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 21, 2016 | #286 |
Tomatovillian™
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Noah was you F2 Carolina Reaper crossed with something else or is it a plant grown from Carolina Reaper seeds you saved?
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April 21, 2016 | #287 |
Tomatovillian™
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I call it F2 only because it is from seeds I saved. Of 20 or so carolina reapers I grew out last year from saved seeds, this was the one which displayed the most desirable phenotypic traits (extremely gnarly pods with long tails.) This season I am growing out 7 carolina reapers from Smokin Ed himself and 16 plants from Judy at pepper lover. I will choose my favorite phenotypes from that selection and attempt to back cross them with my F2 plant.
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April 21, 2016 | #288 | |
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April 21, 2016 | #289 |
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I sure do... I saved the seeds from this pod in 2014...
IMG_8409.JPG IMG_8765.JPG Unfortunately last season, due to many circumstances, my garden was stunted last year, and I did not have any ripe pods from my reapers... I had to make the selection based on green, unripe pods which I did not take any pictures of... but I will say that the tails were exceptionally long on this plant. The green pods looked more like this pod from 2013 than their parent pod, except even longer tails!: CarolinaReaper3.jpg Last edited by NoahYates; April 21, 2016 at 12:55 PM. |
April 21, 2016 | #290 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Michigan Zone 4b
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Wow! Everyone's seedlings are looking good. I enjoy looking at all the pictures when I have time.
Noah, you are doing a great job on your seedlings. They look good. I happen to like the looks of that reaper pepper. It is cute! Ginny |
April 21, 2016 | #291 |
Tomatovillian™
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This year I am not growing any peppers. I have enough pods, powder and sauce for last year to last me for a few year. I use the space for tomatoes.
Never grown Carolina Reaper. It looks so vicious. The hottest one I have ever grown was Trinidad Scorpion. Last year I had close to 20 varieties. The mildest one was Hungarian Hot Wax. Ok. Seedlings : I have none. I have already planted out . Gardeneer |
April 22, 2016 | #292 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Northeast
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Things are moving along quicker this year !
With excellent weather forecast for remainder of April here in South Jersey, we actually moved them out to the hardening off stage only 29 days after planting seeds !!!! This pic is today's, 3rd day outside under umbrella shade 24 hours, which we'll do for another 5 days or so. After that, 7-10 days of partial sun (a little more each day, starting at one hour). In other words, plenty of time left to get the beds in good condition. Things lookin' better this year vs. last for whatever reason. Woo-Hooooooo !!!!! |
April 22, 2016 | #293 | |
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April 23, 2016 | #294 |
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Wow... that is a nice one!!
Here are 2 other pics of the 2013 Reaper that I eternally regret not cloning, over-wintering, or saving seeds from. IMG_7460.JPG IMG_7316.jpg Last edited by NoahYates; April 23, 2016 at 08:23 AM. |
April 23, 2016 | #295 |
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Noah if you want some seeds that i saved from a few of the gnarlyier....if thats a word.....peppers send me a pm and i will send you some.
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April 23, 2016 | #296 |
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I *finally* have a picture to share! I feel like I'm always late to the punch... Anyway, here's three week old Dwarf Arctic Rose seedlings that I'll be moving into 4" pots later today. They took off FAST once the weather warmed up!
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April 27, 2016 | #297 |
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I moved my 23-day-old seedlings outside for the first time today. I placed them in complete shade to adjust to the wind. I am accelerating the hardening off process, because the weather is warming quicker than anticipated, and I was alarmed to discovered some aphids scattered throughout the trays! I have found in the past that moving the plants outside can entice the aphids to "seek greener pastures."
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