2018 winter grow

Rajun Gardener · December 12, 2017

I'm trying superhot peppers this year just cuz, they survived the snow and freeze so far. I'm not expecting flowers till probably March but I'm hoping the plant is huge by then and it should be a big producer. Tomatoes are suckers from a friends GH I started a few weeks ago and I brought the Mirlitons in hoping they grow, I had to chop them off the trellis but they're growing again. That's Ghosts in the blue containers and the weather didn't slow down the flowers/buds yet. They look bad due to the rains we had this year but I started feeding them the hydro/masterblend solution and they're greening up at the top growth.

MissS · December 14, 2017

Looks like a great way to pass the winter. It's a nice set-up too.

Rajun Gardener · January 2, 2018

I'm trying a few new things. I started some cuke seeds, they're not growing very fast but they should pick up once these freezing temps move out. The Ghost peppers in the blue containers are still flowering and making peppers. The mirlitons are growing slowly too, they grow about 4" a day when the temps are about 80° inside.

I took these about 7:30 central time, there was ice on the plastic but the small electric heaters were keeping them warm.

Salsacharley · January 2, 2018

They look really good!

January 11, 2018

Oooh Ahhh I need to get one of these setups!

Looks great RG

Waiting for spring!!

mannalon · January 11, 2018

I just learned that chayote are also called mirlitons. From where I'm from we eat their young shoots.

hl2601 · January 12, 2018

Rajun that's an awesome set up! What varieties of tomatoes are you growing there?
Heide

BigVanVader · January 12, 2018

How are you heating it and how much does it cost you a month?

Rajun Gardener · January 12, 2018

Quote:

Originally Posted by hl2601

Rajun that's an awesome set up! What varieties of tomatoes are you growing there?
Heide

I don't know what most of them are, I took suckers from a friends greenhouse and he didn't remember what they are. I did start 2 Bloody Butchers and I do have 2 F-1 crosses I made last year, they're Compari X Rebel Yell and Siberian X Rebel Yell.

Nan_PA_6b · April 3, 2018

Rajun, can you tell us anything about the Compari x Rebel Yell? (I think it's spelled Campari though).

Nan

Rajun Gardener · May 10, 2018

Sorry Nan, I just saw this. The F-1 was a small tomato about Campari size. I have F-2 seeds to start but haven't yet.

Nan_PA_6b · May 10, 2018

F-2 is the fun one!

Nan

December 14, 2017	#2
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,149	Looks like a great way to pass the winter. It's a nice set-up too. __________________ ~ Patti ~

May 10, 2018	#11
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	Sorry Nan, I just saw this. The F-1 was a small tomato about Campari size. I have F-2 seeds to start but haven't yet. __________________ Rob

January 2, 2018	#4
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	They look really good!

January 11, 2018	#5
MdTNGrdner Guest Posts: n/a	Oooh Ahhh I need to get one of these setups! Looks great RG Waiting for spring!!

January 11, 2018	#6
mannalon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: SK, Canada Posts: 41	I just learned that chayote are also called mirlitons. From where I'm from we eat their young shoots.

January 12, 2018	#7
hl2601 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Metro Denver Posts: 769	Rajun that's an awesome set up! What varieties of tomatoes are you growing there? Heide

January 12, 2018	#8
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	How are you heating it and how much does it cost you a month?

April 3, 2018	#10
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	Rajun, can you tell us anything about the Compari x Rebel Yell? (I think it's spelled Campari though). Nan