RE: [CH] High Quality List Members
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:38:37 -0500
Hi All --
I wanted to revisit this thread briefly, now that the seedlings are really
taking shape. I have now planted seeds from list members Hobby Farmer (Bob
Shuman) and Randy Boulden in addition to those I planted earlier from other
list members. Of course, these seeds are sprouting like crazy, just like
all of the others from list members. This will be far and away the most
chiles I have ever grown in a season and I am really bouncing off walls with
excitement. I planted 31 seed types and got germination from 25 of them --
four of the six that didn't sprout were very old seeds from Shepherd's that
had not been kept in very good condition. I am, thus, hoping to grow the
following this year --
Red Cherry, Italian Cayenne, Long Thick Cayenne, Red Mushroom, Yellow
Mushroom, Caribbean Red, Pisbas Harari, Siberian Indoor, Pisbas Haymi,
Fresnoid, Red Savina F2, Francisca Habanero, Tabasco, Manzano, Hell's Bells,
Bolivian Rainbow, Yatasfusca, Trifetti, Yung Ko, Bulgarian Carrot, Italian
Round Red, De Arbol, Hot Apple, Red Peter, and one more whose name I can't
remember right now....
I know this is quite a bit less than many of you grow, but it's a big
undertaking for me.... Hey, Atlanta-area CH's -- I will not be able to
actually grow all of the plants that I have started (although I will grow
some of every variety). Many of them were planted to provide redundancy.
That said, I am not yet sure what I will have to give away, but let me know
if you would like a couple of bedding plants -- I ask only that you pick
them up from me either at home or at work.
I hope that all Northern Hemisphere CH-gardens are coming along nicely. I'd
love to hear some updates.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
Graduate Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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I would like to comment on the quality of seeds that I have received from
this list. I have planted seeds from 4 sources this year -- my own (1 month
old), list member Ingrid Ruscheinski (1-2 years old), the free seeds from
Uncle Steve (www.ushotstuff.com) last year (1-2 years old), and Shepherd's
Seeds (2-3 years old). My seeds, nearly all of Ingrid's seeds, and all of
the Uncle Steve seeds have not only come up, but come up quickly and
prolifically (nearly every seed in every plug has sprouted).
I only have 1 sprout from 18 plugs worth of Shepherd's seeds. Granted, they
are a little older than any of the other seeds, but I am nonetheless a
little disappointed. Hopefully a few more will come up in the coming week
or two. (Note that I have these seeds left over from when I couldn't get
them to grow the first season I bought them -- maybe just some bunk seeds.)
At any rate, I just wanted to publicly thank Uncle Steve and Ingrid for
their generosity and for sending me such ultra-high quality seeds. I
believe that these types of things speak well for all of our list members --
an ultra-high quality bunch.
Hope all is well.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
Graduate Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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