Recent content by sniken

  I got curious :) What do you use as a calcium source? I use CalMag, and I haven't seen any other recommendations. 

  During this process with researching and creating nutes, I've been coming to the same conclusions :)       Thanks for the input, I'll try this. My P level is up to 58 ppm in the latest incarnation, but yeah, N is still high.   I've read different opinions on the nutrient strength for young...

  Yes, I see your point though. Water quality varies immensely so it's a bit irresponsible I think for Hesi to sell their nutes "for tap" without even stating the Ca contents on their bottles. That said, I had great results with their TNT complex for growth. It's just in bloom I ran into trouble.

  I have the soft water version too.    Have you checked out Fatalii's chili nutes by the way? The shipping costs didn't make it worthwhile for me, but I see you're in Finland.

  I disagree. As long as you have an analysis of your water source you can account for the dissolved solids in the tap water. Several shops sell nutrients such as Hesi with a note saying it is designed for tap water. I got a good deal on Greenhouse Powder Feeding once, and only later discovered...

  You might be right, that they got too much fertilizer. I experimented with different EC levels, and found the plants were happiest in the 0.8-1.0 range. At 0.6 I started seeing signs of nitrogen deficiency.   I think the Ca deficiency is related to the low levels of Ca in my tap, which is...

  Hi, sorry for the lack of updates. I think the problems I had stem from an aphid attack I had. I tossed out the reapers since the leaves kept getting brown spots and falling off. The habanero and brown bhutlah kept on producing until I killed them off about a month ago.   So yeah, I'm happy...

I chucked one of the Habaneros, I think it had a fungal/viral infection. My other plants are doing ok, not great. New growth is very wrinkly and some leaves are curling up. It could be due to water and/or drought stress since I've been out on the weekends etc.    When I get around to it, I'll...

It's not that hard really. The software Hydrobuddy helps a lot. Now that I have the raw salts I can easily tweak the recipe.    I have three older plants in coco that are fruiting right now. One of them is a multicolored jalapeno which is producing extremely well. The others are hard to compare...

I'm running an experiment with a nutrient mix in coco as described here: http://thehotpepper.com/topic/64864-home-made-nutrient-solution/  It's a pretty standard recipe with the addition of extra Fe and Si.   All plants are doing quite well, apart from two Habanero Caribbean Red that have just...

I've been hand watering since the previous update, up to once every 2 days when the pots get light. I've flushed once with tap water and increased the nutes to EC 1.4. I went away for four days last week and when I came back the pots were bone dry. I guess this is what stressed them enough to...

  Thanks :) Yeah, this is far from a controlled study. There are just too many variables for my tiny grow space.. The only conclusion so far is that the plants that got Hesi nutes for the first two weeks are slightly taller than the ones that got my nutes all the way through.The Reaper and...

The plants like the nutes so far. I started these from seeds in May. At first I thought I'd compare the results with Hesi but when I left for vacation I didn't bother with multiple reservoirs. I mixed 30 ml per 10l for an EC of around 0.9 in a 50l reservior with a small circulation pump. I mixed...

  I'll check it out. I have to say I didn't go extremely deep into this. I found the original Steiner papers and and started reading up on antagonists and whatnot before I gave up. There are just too many variables so I believe more in trial and error. Even nutrients that should be crap...

I've just mixed my very first coco formula for chili peppers. The grow formulation looks like this: N   207 K   242 P   30 Mg  45 Ca  196 S   63 Fe  5.2 Zn  0.226 B   0.226 Cu  0.063 Mo  0.033 Na  4.5 Si  19 Cl  7.0 Mn  0.50   This includes the salts from my tap, which is pretty soft at 25 ppm...