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Title: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on August 27, 2019, 05:58:11 am
Taking this over here from adarq's journal.
We already have a farming thread i see, but that one over there looks much more pro, we should have one for our own small scale stuff.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on August 27, 2019, 05:58:20 am
Im growing hot peppers at my balcony, many different breeds. This year i added cherry-tomatoes. All in pots, if you learn the basics its super easy.

awesome. how many variations do you have? also how often do they produce peppers?

i'm most interested in peppers, i eat them with every meal hah.

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I see yet another adarq-skwad forming. Or should i say farming?  :P

 :highfive:

jajaja. i like it. sounds like you should lead this farm squad.. :ninja:

i might get a few things this weekend!





my brother has a plot in a community garden near his place in connecticut. he brought down some of his hot peppers to the beach this week and we've been throwing them in different stuff, for example his gf made mango salsa with jalapeƱo yesterday that is good as hell.

awesome! that salsa you mentioned is making me hungry af. could crush some blue corn chips in some spicy mango salsa right now.

my boss has done that a few times and i'm always impressed by the quality of the home grown veggies. really makes you want to get into it. his mom once brought down some hot peppers and i crushed a ton of them with crackers and cheese, was so good. i remember it well because they were so good.

reminds me of what you just mentioned.

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something my gf and i have been talking about doing in the UK. even if we don't have enough space in our place (likely), we could join a community garden. very good plan.

pretty cool man.

you look around yet? some good ones near by?

ironically, i checked one out today. Boca Raton Community Garden has a decent sized lot, but surprised that there's not more growing there. I think Coral Springs had a smaller lot with much more growing there. Lots of plant hippies in coral springs, it's cool.

i might get some simple stuff this weekend just to get started :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

pc!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on August 27, 2019, 06:28:44 am
Ok here is a bit of general info about my little farm hahaha. For reference, weather here is something like NYC or DC, probably a bit warmer, but nothing like LA or Miami. Warm summers ( often above 40 celsium ) but also cold winters (not much snow, 5-10 snowing days per year on average, but regular below zero (Celsium) at nights). Warm(ish) weather goes from April till November.

So , i keep about 3-4 pots at home and 3-4 pots at work. My plan each year is to have one 'normal' hot breed ( usually cayenne or sth like that ), one 'weird'/experimental, and all the others i grow the badass beasts ,  Trinidad scorpion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Scorpion_Butch_T_pepper) and carolina reaper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Reaper).
The last ones are way too hot. Scorpion is eatable and eventually you get used to the burn, but carolina reaper is a pure beast, we do eat it but it always burns the same insanely much, we call the taste and feel 'toxic'.
This year my 'normal' breed  failed ( repeated insect attacks that i wasnt able to repel ).
My 'experimental' breed this year is the white fatalii. It was also severely attacked by insects but i saved it, it is now giving peppers.
The carolina reapers and scorpions are going good too.

Generally it was a weird year here , i hear this from other amature farmers. It took too long to get warm , so the beginning was very slow , and then it got too hot too sudden. Plants were like in constant shock. Or it was just a bad year, idk. Things look more balanced now. Days are still long and hot but not to the extreme.

In my experience , the scorpion is the strongest breed of them all. It can stand the heat and the cold much better. It produces lots of peppers and for a very long time. It usually gives pepper till December where eventually freezing nights get it down. It is also a multi-year plant, in December you chop it almost to the ground but then it gives new leaves that evolve to new stem/trunk. I higlhy recommend it as a great overall choice ( very hot , very strong , very productive ).

Thats about all for a quick intro  ;D
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on August 28, 2019, 11:38:23 pm
Ok here is a bit of general info about my little farm hahaha. For reference, weather here is something like NYC or DC, probably a bit warmer, but nothing like LA or Miami. Warm summers ( often above 40 celsium ) but also cold winters (not much snow, 5-10 snowing days per year on average, but regular below zero (Celsium) at nights). Warm(ish) weather goes from April till November.

So , i keep about 3-4 pots at home and 3-4 pots at work. My plan each year is to have one 'normal' hot breed ( usually cayenne or sth like that ), one 'weird'/experimental, and all the others i grow the badass beasts ,  Trinidad scorpion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Scorpion_Butch_T_pepper) and carolina reaper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Reaper).
The last ones are way too hot. Scorpion is eatable and eventually you get used to the burn, but carolina reaper is a pure beast, we do eat it but it always burns the same insanely much, we call the taste and feel 'toxic'.
This year my 'normal' breed  failed ( repeated insect attacks that i wasnt able to repel ).
My 'experimental' breed this year is the white fatalii. It was also severely attacked by insects but i saved it, it is now giving peppers.
The carolina reapers and scorpions are going good too.

Generally it was a weird year here , i hear this from other amature farmers. It took too long to get warm , so the beginning was very slow , and then it got too hot too sudden. Plants were like in constant shock. Or it was just a bad year, idk. Things look more balanced now. Days are still long and hot but not to the extreme.

In my experience , the scorpion is the strongest breed of them all. It can stand the heat and the cold much better. It produces lots of peppers and for a very long time. It usually gives pepper till December where eventually freezing nights get it down. It is also a multi-year plant, in December you chop it almost to the ground but then it gives new leaves that evolve to new stem/trunk. I higlhy recommend it as a great overall choice ( very hot , very strong , very productive ).

Thats about all for a quick intro  ;D

hah nice!

that's pretty cool.

(https://www.seedsnsuch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Trinidad-Moruga-Scorpion-Hot-Pepper-Seeds-1.jpg)

never had one of those. awesome that it's producing year round for you.

i probably have no idea how hard it will be to deal w/ insects. bugs everywhere in SFL.

i was going to order some stuff this week, but potential hurricane put that on hold for a week i think. will update once i order some seed starter grids & some seeds! ;d

will join adarq.org farm skwad soon. :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on August 29, 2019, 05:10:08 am
Yes, that pepper is fugly ( or uniquely gorgeus, depends on the perspective )! I resemble it withvenomous snakes/insects etc, it visually yells 'DON'T EAT ME!". Besides the extreme hotness, it is damn tasty too. Fruity and intense, full bodied taste. We like to eat them raw, with a little olive oil and vinegar. We chop it in very thin slices and then chop each (circular) slice to 4 , that's about the right quantity someone (experienced in hot stuff ) can handle.

The insects i am referring to are aphids : http://www.fao.org/3/y5259e/y5259e0b.htm
Those tiny little bastards create 'colonies at the back of big leafs, but they are too small to chew them, they climb up to the tender new small ones and eat those. Which causes the plant to stop growing and eventually die. But they are somewhat easy to deal with, i don't even use commercial medicine. The most common thing to do is mix 1 lt of water and one tablespoon of soap and alcohol, then spray the leaves with that. Pretty efficient, kills them instantly. Problem is those bastards hide/live in the moist soil, so eventually they come back. They are very hard to spot, so when you realize they are back you re-spray and re-kill them, but it is often too late, they have eaten the tender new stuff. If the plant is strong, it spurts new branches at other spots which eventually become trunk(s), but each one of those iterations throws you more or less 2-3 weeks behind ( in terms of plant development ).
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: LBSS on August 30, 2019, 09:35:46 am
get you some ladybugs. they eat aphids. that's about all i know about natural insect pest management.

also, great advice. once gf and i have a place, if we've got outdoor space it sounds like hot peppers would be a cool thing to grow. good to know about scorpions' hardiness. if not, guess we'll have to find a community garden with a spot.

 :highfive:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on November 05, 2019, 04:52:29 am
Behold fellow adarq.org farmers and spicy lovers, the hottest pot you have ever seen ( those are Carolina Reaper peppers ) :

(https://i.imgur.com/7Al5ZVj.jpg)

:raging: :raging: :raging: :raging: :raging: :raging:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on November 05, 2019, 10:14:38 am
Behold fellow adarq.org farmers and spicy lovers, the hottest pot you have ever seen ( those are Carolina Reaper peppers ) :

(https://i.imgur.com/7Al5ZVj.jpg)

:raging: :raging: :raging: :raging: :raging: :raging:

whoooooa!!!

awesome.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on November 06, 2019, 03:55:42 am
Thanks man, my kind of Christmas tree lol :headbang:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on November 06, 2019, 11:45:41 am
Thanks man, my kind of Christmas tree lol :headbang:

yea definitely. :highfive:

i might get some veggie plants this weekend.. dno. some small cheap ones (peppers) and maybe some rosemary. something like that.

i've been having success with my "flock" (flowers/plants) .. might be time to introduce some veggies.

i have a banana tree that's doing well but nowhere near banana-production stage.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on November 07, 2019, 04:11:52 am
Sure, herbs are very cool. Basil, coriander and mint are pretty easy to care and strong. Thyme and rosemary haven't gone well to me.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on November 09, 2019, 11:54:55 am
Sure, herbs are very cool. Basil, coriander and mint are pretty easy to care and strong. Thyme and rosemary haven't gone well to me.

yea i wanted to get mint and basil.

maybe ill pick those up soon. i need a better section for herbs. id like to plant them in rows or something. dno yet. been looking at raised beds etc.. lol :ninja:

any idea why the rosemary hasn't gone well? climate?

pc!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on November 10, 2019, 01:18:59 am
attempting to propagate the banana tree babies.

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on December 06, 2019, 11:01:02 pm
pumpkin seed/plant progress!

http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg151261/#msg151261
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on December 09, 2019, 12:10:53 pm
no photos but, my jalapeno plant is growing some peppers!

just worried about the iguanas. im sure they will wreck it before i can eat the peppers.



also, added some of my (grown) rosemary/basil/parsley to my pasta last night. lool.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on December 13, 2019, 12:37:37 am
photo of the jalapenos, new banana baby, and bougainvillea baby. :-*

http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg151388/#msg151388
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on January 04, 2020, 12:19:02 am
2 days of pepper feasting.

http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg151682/#msg151682
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on January 10, 2020, 08:46:19 am
Planted the first seeds for 2020. It is way too cold outside, but i plant in the office, got a big window facing south-west so tons of sun and temperature steady around 25 Celsium. It is practically a green house.

Experimental seeding this year, two new varieties that a friend of a friend provided :

The Carolina reaper plants gave a lot of peppers. But i am probably growing them just because it is the hottest in the world. This shit is not edible,  it is purely toxic. We are 3 experienced, almost addicted, chili eaters and yet we haven't been able to consume, together, even one whole normal sized pepper at a meal. The burn is really out of this world. Oh well ill keep farming it, it is so extreme as a.... creature that it is enough rewarding do it. It is easy now too, the tree is multi-year. After the big colds , around early March, i chop it down to a few inches above the soil, then after a little while it sprouts new branches and re-grows, using the already established root system. So new 'babies' are much stronger. It will be the 4th year i do this IIRC. Awesome!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on January 11, 2020, 01:54:12 am
Planted the first seeds for 2020. It is way too cold outside, but i plant in the office, got a big window facing south-west so tons of sun and temperature steady around 25 Celsium. It is practically a green house.

Experimental seeding this year, two new varieties that a friend of a friend provided :
  • Aji Charapita (https://www.pepperscale.com/aji-charapita/), famous as the most expensive hot peppers in the world. Idk about that, seeds are all over the net so i doubt it. Those peppers are very cool, little orange balls with a sudden and extreme burst of heat that also quickly goes away.
  • Scotch bonnet (http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_bonnet) , those are like scorpions but bigger and about half hot, so it is a great everyday choice.

awesome!

never seen those aji's before:

(https://i.etsystatic.com/12356882/r/il/f3b4e1/1720490567/il_fullxfull.1720490567_3ug2.jpg)

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The Carolina reaper plants gave a lot of peppers. But i am probably growing them just because it is the hottest in the world. This shit is not edible,  it is purely toxic.

loool.

i don't think i've had them. i might have a carolina reaper plant now that my friend gave me to "foster", but not sure. i think i have reapers, ghost & scotch from him, as well as some more edible peppers.

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We are 3 experienced, almost addicted, chili eaters and yet we haven't been able to consume, together, even one whole normal sized pepper at a meal. The burn is really out of this world. Oh well ill keep farming it, it is so extreme as a.... creature that it is enough rewarding do it. It is easy now too, the tree is multi-year. After the big colds , around early March, i chop it down to a few inches above the soil, then after a little while it sprouts new branches and re-grows, using the already established root system. So new 'babies' are much stronger. It will be the 4th year i do this IIRC. Awesome!

sick. love it. i'm bad at cutting things down etc. takes more experience it seems.

(https://i.redd.it/tgjcgvgs84q11.jpg)

good luck!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on January 13, 2020, 10:36:44 am
Nice pics!
To prune is a whole science. So many variables, depending on goals, plants, methods, era etc. Needs a lot of reading and experience. Ive only done basic stuff and not even sure i did them right.
But to chop down for re-spawn is the easiest thing in the world. You start from the top and chop chop chop all branches, until you only have the main trunk left, then chop this too leaving only a few inches of trunk above the soil. The only key point here is to not leave this final chop messy. you need one fast clean cut. My pepper plants trunks are not that fat, top 2 inches diameter, so with a good sharp pruning scissor and a fast explosive movement ( wrist RFD anyone? ) it is rather easy.
Ill try to keep in mind and share pics of before/after/respawn this year.
:lololol:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on January 22, 2020, 07:01:54 pm
stir fry from yesterday (all home grown peppers): :-* :wowthatwasnutswtf:



Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on February 09, 2020, 02:19:44 pm
i'm probably close to "two weeks" worth of home grown ingredients for my stir frys.. ie, not having to buy more peppers because I grew my own. that's pretty cool.

the ones i just picked today is basically 2 days worth. I have a green bell pepper that's almost ready too.. need to pick it before stuff starts eating it. Also have a red bell pepper growing finally.

going to go get more dirt today, to plant some more pepper plants.



this week: scotch bonnett, jalapeno, serrano, yellow, cherry pepper, habanero.

(https://i.imgur.com/VNWjNUi.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SWLdTH9.jpg)

last week:

(https://i.imgur.com/zCzfnld.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LVOvs3v.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on February 17, 2020, 01:31:59 am
this week's pepper stash.

i got a few green & red bell now, also a banana pepper! ;f

ate half of that today.. will eat the other half tmw.

love it.

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just this week's home grown peppers. (also some of last week's in 2nd photo). the green bell are the toughest to grow so far, they break the branches when they get heavy. insects love them too. jalapeno is the easiest so far. i get a good batch every week.

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on February 29, 2020, 12:11:14 pm
http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg152405/#msg152405

this week's batch of peppers. crazy batch.

need more pepper plants.. :D

need to grow them from seeds from these plants.. :D




Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 08, 2020, 08:12:17 pm
my pepper plants (46 total) & tomato plants (naturally growing "everglades" tomato <- appeared out of nowhere):

i'll show a photo of the full tomato plant some other time. it's taking over a section of the fence. it's huge.

(https://i.imgur.com/lXel3se.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3YqK2dg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gR0eH19.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/50UOKRT.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 14, 2020, 02:21:52 pm
trying to step my urban farming up bigtime. i hate worrying about food when there's a panic. i always go early (ie, hurricane prep).

but this could become a problem for 4-8 weeks.. who knows. so, trying to step up pepper/tomato production considerably.

here's some tomatoes (hand full every few days), new banana peppers, and some berries i don't know what they are yet:

(https://i.imgur.com/wQySomk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lY63RTW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/V1FxH5V.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NluVFHF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rqGOYNI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TlHkKTn.jpg)



^^ they smell edible .. tons on there. need to figure out what it is.



naturally growing "everglades tomato" plant that has just taken over this section of the fence.

(https://i.imgur.com/PYaUtoI.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 14, 2020, 02:23:20 pm
http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg152730/#msg152730

trying to step my urban farming up bigtime. i hate worrying about food when there's a panic. i always go early (ie, hurricane prep).

but this could become a problem for 4-8 weeks.. who knows. so, trying to step up pepper/tomato production considerably.

here's some tomatoes (hand full every few days), new banana peppers, and some berries i don't know what they are yet:

(https://i.imgur.com/wQySomk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lY63RTW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/V1FxH5V.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NluVFHF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rqGOYNI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TlHkKTn.jpg)



^^ they smell edible .. tons on there. need to figure out what it is.



naturally growing "everglades tomato" plant that has just taken over this section of the fence.

(https://i.imgur.com/PYaUtoI.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 15, 2020, 01:02:56 am
http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg152743/#msg152743

this beautiful banana pepper plant is producing like crazy now:

(https://i.imgur.com/YdP5O6u.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/I6t3pMe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/38J4C4T.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 22, 2020, 04:21:00 am
my lime plant is starting to produce. can't wait until this thing is cranking.

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 22, 2020, 11:31:02 pm
some peppers i picked today, and stir fry:





also, planted 144 seeds (shishitos, bells, jalapenos). this is before i put the remaining dirt on top.

also, i'm experimenting with two different soils here. each 12 x 6 block is a diff soil, 2 diff blocks.

(https://i.imgur.com/4O6TdrW.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 28, 2020, 05:25:01 pm
solid harvest this week. might not need to tap into my frozen store-bought ones.

goal is to eventually grow enough so that i could survive entirely on my own farming (other than buying rice/pasta/orange juice/bananas). eventually i need banana growth. i have like 8 banana plants but going to take a year for them to produce bananas. fuuu*k.

when i get my land, i need a steady stream of:
- peppers
- tomatoes
- oranges
- grape fruit
- bananas
- avocados (this one not likely for a long time)
- peas/beans

then just buy rice/pasta etc.

these banana peppers have been a very pleasant surprise, they really produce!



(https://i.imgur.com/j9xZMMe.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 31, 2020, 12:54:34 am
some shots of my pepper plant rows:

(https://i.imgur.com/vSb50RD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5HPXjGH.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 31, 2020, 02:10:13 am
oh forgot to upload my avocados:

(https://i.imgur.com/HdjEarl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qfa4E9d.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zQhssDE.jpg)



pepper seed growth!

(https://i.imgur.com/4QOt9gT.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on March 31, 2020, 03:17:52 am
BAMF , you are!
:headbang: :highfive:
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on March 31, 2020, 05:00:34 pm
BAMF , you are!
:headbang: :highfive:

haha thanks alot man. you know how i do it, once i get obsessed... :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

i want another row there, in those photos. but that row will be plants grown entirely from seed (myself), not tiny transplants like the others are/were.

everything there was tiny transplants. so that turned out good. but the next step is growing everything else from seed.

i have a bunch of seeds growing right now, from the 144 i put in the soil blocks.

exciting!

i'm going to order seeds for other plants (that thrive in FL) and order more dirt. need a legit farm operation going on here.. heh!

how's your peppers doing?

pc!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 02, 2020, 02:33:52 am
BEST BELL PEPPER I'VE EVER EATEN.

and it grew on my plant.

was incredible. tasted like it had juicy butter inside of it. no idea what's going on with this one.

here she is, best bell pepper i've ever had:

(https://i.imgur.com/1cpGqQQ.jpg)


weird food photo:

(https://i.imgur.com/Lt7CH5S.jpg)


here's another one growing:

(https://i.imgur.com/BBIfewL.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 02, 2020, 11:05:26 pm
just some more pepper "farm" shots:



Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 05, 2020, 03:29:48 am
haven't picked tomatoes off my tree for 2 full days.. here's what it looks like when i pick all of em`... :D

(https://i.imgur.com/YUH3HPR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BstxJRD.jpg)

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 06, 2020, 12:16:52 am
made a spicy tomato sauce out of my tomatoes (+ cayenne pepper, red chili pepper) .. was incredible.

(https://i.imgur.com/zGBECr9.jpg)



included some of the plants i picked from in the subsequent photos:

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 08, 2020, 01:18:24 am
seedlings really coming along! like 4 or 5 diff pepper plants in there. including shishito's, which i'm very excited about.

(https://i.imgur.com/0cERYEH.jpg)


some avocado seeds looking good!

(https://i.imgur.com/IsGAVVe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OPhRf3d.jpg)




peppers:

(https://i.imgur.com/h3o0n8h.jpg)




stir fry tonight with some of those peppers:

(https://i.imgur.com/w9R8U9A.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 13, 2020, 11:06:56 am
MY TOMATO BUSH IS ENORMOUS:

(https://i.imgur.com/nmBCM64.jpg)



purple bell looks so cool:

(https://i.imgur.com/xGAJk4N.jpg)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 13, 2020, 05:39:28 pm
bought a bunch of trees/plants recently.



these are more "normal" trees (got 2 x blue java banana, one for my dad & i):

(https://i.imgur.com/mmjbl1X.png)



these are more "rare", and some very powerful producers. got them from that guy whose vids I link alot (Pete from GreenDreamsFL):

red jabo, mulberry, sisso spinach, moringa, etc.. super excited about the sisso spinach. going to be able to propagate the absolute heck out of this thing apparently!

(https://i.imgur.com/1d8GVIa.png)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 15, 2020, 02:58:11 am
vag ! how u like this? apparently #2 on the list (behind #1 carolina reaper) .. :D

Chocolate Trinidad Scorpion Pepper

aka

Chocolate Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

got two of these bad boys off a plant i'm fostering for my friend.





also a stir fry i made with a piece of it in there, nuclear, loved it .. already planted 12 seeds ;f

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: vag on April 21, 2020, 03:42:04 am
Mmmmm, very nice looking!!!
I think that at that nuclear level the differences are not that big. Depends on the... 'piece', e.g. a very strong scorpion can be equally nuke with a very mild carolina.
The only thing that doesn't have a pair is a normal-to-strong carolina. That remains the weirdest thing ive ever tasted, brain doesn't comprehend WTF is happening, we all said together that the taste can only be described as 'toxic'. Still highly addictive lol. You can't stop, you want more, but you can't eat more coz its way too overwhelming. Sooo weird! Bud fun.

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on April 22, 2020, 01:58:21 am
Mmmmm, very nice looking!!!
I think that at that nuclear level the differences are not that big. Depends on the... 'piece', e.g. a very strong scorpion can be equally nuke with a very mild carolina.
The only thing that doesn't have a pair is a normal-to-strong carolina. That remains the weirdest thing ive ever tasted, brain doesn't comprehend WTF is happening, we all said together that the taste can only be described as 'toxic'. Still highly addictive lol. You can't stop, you want more, but you can't eat more coz its way too overwhelming. Sooo weird! Bud fun.

hah damn that is nuts. i think i'd be too scared to try a reaper.

that choco trini wrecked me a bit.. light up my esophagus etc, think it did a little "damage" lmao.

i was eager to eat more but havent had any since my "digestive organs" felt it a bit too much, it seems. sux! enjoyed it.

had my first home grown pablano tonight, was great as expected ;f

pc!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 02, 2020, 02:24:39 am
ordered some more plants from greendreamsfl:

(https://i.imgur.com/QvL6Pr4.png)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 19, 2020, 01:34:14 am
pepper plant progress .. pretty much every seedling i planted in the trays, turned into a transplant. transplanted them to bigger net pots. going to really worry now tho.. they are outside in the elements w/ predators etc. hoping !

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 22, 2020, 12:28:52 am
ordered some more plants. the longevity spinach should be cool, easy to propagate & grows for many years (down here) apparently.

also, just wanted a bunch of new varieties of "proven" fruit producing banana plants. i've already got a ton of banana plants.. but just want more varieties. can't wait to one day have bananas everywhere.

(https://i.imgur.com/ICmZ2ic.png)
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 25, 2020, 03:12:37 am
3 lb harvest:

http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg154031/#msg154031



ordered a few more plants also:
- papaya
- guava
- miracle fruit
- blueberry


was going to order some "disease resistant pepper seeds", but the company i was going to order from has some bad reviews. need to find bacterial leaf spot resistant hot/sweet pepper seeds. will research more tmw.
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 25, 2020, 03:24:18 am
some good reviews on this site, will probably buy up a bunch of the "bacterial leaf spot resistant" ones tmw:

"johnny's selected seeds"

https://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/peppers/?prefn1=disease_resistance_codes&prefv1=Bacterial%20Leaf%20Spot%20%28Races%201-10%29%7CBacterial%20Leaf%20Spot%20%28Races%201-3%2C%207%2C%208%29%7CBacterial%20Leaf%20Spot%20%28Races%201-3%29%7CBacterial%20Leaf%20Spot%20%28Races%201%20and%202%29

gn!
Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on May 26, 2020, 03:12:15 am
just ordered a bunch of seeds from johnnyseeds.. excited to grow some of those and see how those develop/produce etc.

this is what i got. would love to step up my bell/jalapeno production BIGTIME. so i'll be trying to grow a bunch of the varieties here, concurrently.

(https://i.imgur.com/nb5ptv4.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/wUJFsb2.png)





also, blue java banana propagation/repotting:





weekend harvest:

Title: Re: The adarq.org farming skwad
Post by: adarqui on June 01, 2020, 01:23:51 am
blue java banana tree getting big! (like 7 ft tall at the top of the leaf .. stalk is more like 4-5 ft.

(https://i.imgur.com/DLmzMaI.jpg)



one of the babies of my first banana plant has a huge leaf right now:

(https://i.imgur.com/XiElGlk.jpg)



just a night time photo of the boogs.. they are going nuts lately w/ all this rain. leaves everywhere:

https://i.imgur.com/Dy8rYmw.jpg



hornworm eating my black nightshade plant: