China Voodoo 2017 Grow Blog

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've never grown a peanut. On average how many peanuts do ya get per plant? Folks down here love boiled peanuts. Personally I can't stand'em. I'd rather have them roasted.

I'm sorry. I can't answer that. This is the first time I've grown peanuts. I will be growing some in a cold frame and some not in order to compare how they produce. I ultimately want to eat them, but as a legume, it would be super nice to use them as fill in between tobacco plants for their nitrogen fixing properties. You can only eat so many beans, and beans attract slugs.

 

[DistillingJim]

I'm not a fan of beans but never thought of growing peanuts as a nitrogen replacement crop. Definitely going to look into it.

 

[Gavroche]

, and beans attract slugs.

All attact slugs... but...



Slugs.... The party is finished

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

The Delhi 34 is growing really nicely. Ahead of the pack by a little bit.

 

[greenmonster714]

Yes, I'd say they are looking great. This being my first year I find it hard to wait on these little guys to grow. Impatient I guess.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Yes, I'd say they are looking great. This being my first year I find it hard to wait on these little guys to grow. Impatient I guess.

Forgetting about them is the magic that makes them grow.

 

[Tutu]

Your Delhi's 34 look great indeed. I hope the rest of it is following nicely as well. Keep them pictures coming!

 

[Leftynick]

Forgetting about them is the magic that makes them grow.

If I do forget about them then they will all wilt and die. Lol.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Your Delhi's 34 look great indeed. I hope the rest of it is following nicely as well. Keep them pictures coming!

Seedlings all kind of look the same, but it's handy to be able to look back a year and compare start dates, germination, and growth between years.

L'Assomption 201


Amersfoort


Liquica


Ainaro


Viqueque


Bezuki


Piloto

 

[Tutu]

Nice to see that you finally did get some Piloto coming along! The Besuki also looks good. Really curious how your Timor-Leste varieties will look over time. I think that Liquiçá could give you some nice bright wrapper leafs. Ainaro will give you big sheets of leaf that will probably suit better into a cigarette but I haven't smoked it yet. Some fermenting should help. My problem is that these leafs are so big that it takes a long time to cure them completely. Having a bit of a mold problem with them at the moment. Viqueque is still mistery which is for you to solve!

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Nice to see that you finally did get some Piloto coming along! The Besuki also looks good. Really curious how your Timor-Leste varieties will look over time. I think that Liquiçá could give you some nice bright wrapper leafs. Ainaro will give you big sheets of leaf that will probably suit better into a cigarette but I haven't smoked it yet. Some fermenting should help. My problem is that these leafs are so big that it takes a long time to cure them completely. Having a bit of a mold problem with them at the moment. Viqueque is still mistery which is for you to solve!

Thinking about the East Timor varieties keeps me up at night. You know, it is possible that one of them is a flue cured variety, eh. I'll have to try a flue cure on at least a hand full of each.

Thankfully, I won't have to worry about mold. My environ, and curing set up pretty much ensures that there will be none.

 

[Tutu]

I dark air cured them both and for Liquiçá it seems the right thing to do. With Ainaro I think that it probably should be cured differently. I have no experience with flue curing so I couldn't say. For me it looks a lot like the rajangan varieties here in Indonesia which they slice as green leafs and then sun cure. That would probably work well here. So sun curing could be a very good option. It's nice to speculate a bit. Trying different things would be even better. My cured leafs will soon go into fermentation piles and I'll let you know what they taste like once they're out.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Holy cow man. This is the Delhi 34 after one day of growth!

Yesterday:


Today:


The angle of the shot is different, but I think you can see what I mean. I haven't seen tobacco grow that fast before.

 

[Gavroche]

You make them listen to of the Mozart?

Vous leur faites écouter du Mozart ?

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

You make them listen to of the Mozart?

Vous leur faites écouter du Mozart ?

I don't think I can take credit. It's all them. Good genes.

 

[Charly]

I don't think I can take credit. It's all them. Good genes.

And good light, good watering, etc....
my baby plants are still tiny compared to yours !

 

[greenmonster714]

Man they look great. Probably is good genes but they have to be cared for to look like that. The ones I have under lamps are looking like that...almost..lol. They are only about 24 days since germination.

 

[Gavroche]

And good light, good watering, etc....
my baby plants are still tiny compared to yours !

It is normal Charles, you look after your plants as Nietzsche " what does not kill strengthens "! You are a primitive! Lol


c'est normal Charles, vous soignez vos plantes comme Nietzsche "ce qui ne tue pas renforce" ! Vous êtes un primitif ! lol

 

[Charly]

It is normal Charles, you look after your plants as Nietzsche " what does not kill strengthens "! You are a primitive! Lol


c'est normal Charles, vous soignez vos plantes comme Nietzsche "ce qui ne tue pas renforce" ! Vous êtes un primitif ! lol

You are right, I might be a little rough with my plants But I want to find "easy" strains, for which I don't need a lot of care, so they are already outside, with real sun
Of course, they grow slower than yours since they are not heated (and the nights are still cold), and have only sun when it wants to shine

But I am not in a hurry they will grow, and since we are early this season, I expect good results.
Time will tell.

 

[Brown Thumb]

They love music, Good luck this yr.