This Coconut Crab is hungry! Stay away from my peppers LOL.
Well folks I just wanted to share my process of making Coco Peat from the large quantities of coconut husks here on the Island.
First you must have a dried Coconut Husk...
Then with your hands pull out the Coco Coir and shake out the Coco Peat.
Once you have the amount that you want, its time to sock the Coco Peat in a bucket with water to remove the salt.
After 24hrs or more I removed the Coco Peat unto a old window screen to dry and filter the good stuff.
Here is the finished product in my 512 trays. I have a bunch of seeds coming up on this one but I have two pics, you notice the Coco Peat is working concerning germination. I have one pic of some Trinidad Morouga Red from PepperLover.com, they gave them to me as a gift, I also have a of pic of JustaGuy Red Fatalli's from TheHotPepper.com that I purchased.
JustaGuy Red Fatalli's
PepperLover.com Trinidad Scorpian Morouga Red Blend
Here are some pics of my current grow list seedlings that are now in cups.
Trinidad Scorpion Butch-T
Chocolate Jolokia
White Jolokia
My wife and I are missionaries on the Island of Rota in the CNMI we have decided to grow some peppers next year and to be specific "Super Hot's". Seeing its hot here most of the time we were able to start a couple of month ahead of everyone else. We are green to growing peppers so any input is greatly appreciated.
My Growing Medium is "Coco Peat" which I have done my home work and found it to be a great growing medium and not only for hydroponics, but seeing that shipping is a big issue here I find it easier to make my own. For coconuts are in abundance here and most of the people here use coconut husk for burning and repelling mosquito's. Anyway I have extracted a lot of Coco Peat for seed propagation and Coir for the 10gallon hydro pots. I plan to add photos of how I processed the Coco Peat&Coir and the current updates on the seedlings.
The fertilizers that I have available locally are fine from what I heard on the island, I have some 2000 year + Bat waste from the caves of Rota and Sea Cucumbers. If you want to see the cave check out exploreRota360 on Face Book https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1...9450&type=3 .The Sea Cucumbers really smell and I have had some in a 5 gallon bucket for 6 weeks and only yesterday did I add some water. I was told by the locals that this stuff is so potent that I will need to be very careful of the amounts applied because Sea Cucumber has a reputation for burning up plants.
Climate Conditions:
I'm sure the weather plays a big part in determining the length of the harvest of the pods but seeing it stays about 85 degree year around and between late March to June 98 +, what impact will this have on my growing season if someone can answer. Also to note the humidity is very high, we had a rainy year and you can breath in the moister, will this have any impact on my plants, any input is greatly appreciated.
So I will provide an initial grow list divided into Seedlings/in-Germination below.
Active Seedlings:
Trinidad Scorpion Butch-T (29)
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia (30)
White Bhut Jolokia (20)
Red Bhut Jolokia (15)
In Germination:
Trinidad Douglah (40)
Herbanero Big Sun (40)
Chocolate Herbanero (30)
Herbanero Big Sun (20)
Chocolate Herbanero (30)
Trinidad Brain Strain (40)
Trinidad Morouga Red Blend (60)
Fatalli Red (250)
Johnny Nardello (15)
I will try to provide pictures and updates as I have time.
