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Good afternoon chili heads, What's a reliable way to calculate application rates per element (mostly macronutrients, NPK and Ca/Mg/S)? Here's what I'm thinking. I'm using a 7-4-10 fertilizer so that means any volume of unconcentrated fertilizer contains: 7.0% Nitrogen (N) = 70,000ppm 4.0%...

Hi everyone, I'm having a heck of a time germinating chilies in rockwool lately. I have a setup that should be more than adequate with a heat mat, humidity dome, and hygrometer (see picture below). I'm perfectly capable of reaching the 85-80F temperatures needed for pepper germination, however...

Theoretically speaking, could I run a complete fertilizer (I'm looking at Dynagro Foliage Pro 9-3-6, which simplifies to 3-1-2) throughout the entire growing season and not need another base nutrient? I'm using 150ppm/7.5pH tap water so I will also be supplementing with calmax at about 10% of...

Oddly enough, I first started growing peppers in hydroponics and soilless (ie. peat-based) mixes and I'm just beginning to grow my chilies directly in the soil. When fertilizing in the soil, is it only necessary to provide additional NPK as opposed to supplying all nutrients (molybdenum, zinc...

Hi all, I've come to the conclusion that my pepper plants have been infected with tobacco mosaic virus (or some mosaic virus of sorts). It looks to have spread to nearby cucumber plants as well. Would anyone be able to confirm that I do have tmv and/or would be willing to offer some advice...

Hi everyone, I'm a long-time viewer of the forum and this is my first ever post on thehotpepper.com. I understand that there are many of these types of inquiries, so I apologize for adding another to the forum. I would love to rack your collective brains for any fertilizer help because I am a...