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    Topping plants at a young age.

    DO NOT TOP THEM YOUNG. I did this last year and lost 60plants. They just went dormant. I topped them ast about eight inches tall and they never kicked back in. eventually the stems turned brown and the plants died. I left them in pots and outside for a few months to make sure they were dead...
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    Clay's 2014 Grow Extravaganza. 10 varieties under 400w MH

    Nice plants. I wouldnt push it with the light. I think your plants are close enough to the light. The plants are still seedlings you dont want to fry them.
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    Bakers Growlog 2013-2014

    What kind of lighting are you using? I got a 200w CFL lamp. But am gonna switch to my 600w metal halide and 600w HPS in a month or so.
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    reverser's first grow (2014)

    You wanna make sure each plant pepper plant has ample room. I wouldnt try to jam so many peppers in one bed. Use some 10 gallon buckets for the plants that get large, such as the superhots. I made the same mistake my first grow year. I figured planting each plant a foot apart was enough. I was...
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    Bakers Growlog 2013-2014

    Yea. Well my plants are in pretty big pots ( 20liter), So they will be fine if i wait until June to plant out. Have you started your plants yet?
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    Bakers Growlog 2013-2014

    Im here in germany so the weather is around the same you could expect in the New York area. I plan to plant out around the first week of May to make sure no late frosts occur like a few years ago. This is my third grow year and I joined the site about a year ago but have been a bit of a ghost...
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    Bakers Growlog 2013-2014

    Yea. I addicted my wife to habenero whites so those are my mildest kind. I love making super hot powders for my food. I forgot to add in my description that the majority of the big plants were cutdown a few days ago. Most of the plants were around 18 inches and i cut them down because i wanna...
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    Bakers Growlog 2013-2014

    Hello All   I decided late that i was going to make a growlog so most of my plants already have some size on them. A little backround information, I started seeds October 2013 and most of the seeds germinated by the middle of November. The plants include   Red Fatalii Yellow Fatalii 7 Pot White...
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    topping small plants

    yea. I guess i was a bit to aggressive with the taking off of the leaves. The reason i took off all the leafs when i topped may plants was because they were very light green. At first i thought they had some Kind of deficiency so i gave them some high Nitrogen bat Guano, some bone meal, and some...
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    topping small plants

    I topped my small plants (about 9 inches, before first Y) and i am certain most died. I had 33 plants and out of them 30 i topped. It Looks like only one or two will make it. I posted Pictures under the in another posting a few days ago. Since then the stems have started to turn Brown from the...
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    tutorial A Simple Guide to Topping and Pruning

    Dead or not they are useless if they dont grow. Has been over 40 days now and they havent done anything. People beware about topping your plants to early. Gonna give These another 30 days and if they Show no signs of improvement ill toss them. Kinda sucks cause it leaves me with 5 good plants...
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    tutorial A Simple Guide to Topping and Pruning

    Ok here are the Pictures of my plants. Like i said i topped them when they where fairly good size. Since i topped them and took off the leaves about a month ago they havent done anything. I am wondering two things. One if i topped them and took off the leaves to early, and two if they are still...
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    tutorial A Simple Guide to Topping and Pruning

    So are my plants dead ?
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    tutorial A Simple Guide to Topping and Pruning

    I topped my plants three weeks ago and since then none of them have grown at all. Some of them now have some browning at the tips and the stems although still green are very bendy and not sturdy. Did I kill my pepper plants? I mean almost a full month and they havent grow a leaf or anything...
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    JJdillions grow log

    https://picasaweb.go...2133/Plants2012 Various photos of my 2012 grow log as of feb 15 2012. I got fataliis, bhut jolokias Red/choc, naga morich, devils tongue, carribean reds, african birds eye, trinidad scorpions, Morougha red/yellow, habenero mustards, 7pot, madame jeanette and green bell...
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