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Avon's mix appears to have alot more perlite than the mix I discussed. I would say the seedling mix is about 20% perlite.

Hi AJ! No, I make my own pot-up mix from ingredients I can get at Home Depot and my peppers seem to love it. I just have struck out the last two years with seedling mix, and the closes Pro-mix distributor is 35 miles away from me. Shipping was 6 dollars I think? No more than that. It was...

Hi Folks, I made an inquiry last season about this seedling/potting mix and no one seemed to have much experience with it. http://www.premierhort.com/eProMix/Gardening/fGardening.htm (click on the link for 'PRO-MIX for Potting and Seeding') I decided to take the risk and try it as the...

I did get the Fatali. They are actually going in soil tonight. Thank you for the offer, however!

Hi folks, I am in need of PURE Fatali seeds. I don't mean to sound snooty, but I am doing an experiment that will take much time and effort and if the end result is a cross of some sort, it will be a bit disappointing. I can send a SASE with a check for a few dollars or use Paypal to...

Thanks for the replies! I think I am going to order both and do an experiment to see which gives better results. Making my own mix was cool and all, but it took time, and when seeds don't come up, its all the more frustrating. I am trying to eleiminate that variable, and make it easier on...

Hi folks, I had a great season this year, and I will be posting pictures of my garden here soon. Thanks to everyone that traded/sent seeds! Looking ahead to next year, I need to improve my seed germination rate. I made my own germination mix this year, but want to try a simple commercial...

I was going to begin isolating seeds as a ton of pods and numerous more buds are starting to form on my plants. I have all of my plants in one corner of my backyard, and I plan on using tulle to isloate them. I was going to bag some buds and transport the plant to the other side of my house...

Any word on the vitamin D in the calcium? I had fantastic results last year with peat pots. I also used a far different grow mix, but that is a whole nother story. ultravista... here is a link to the thread where I documented my greenhouse design...

I am using a 8-bulb T5 (54W each) 6500K setup. It is a dual switch, so currently I am using the middle 4 of the 8 lights. AJ, good to know on the purpling. I didn't know if that was the plant's method of protecting itself from harm, or if it is something that won't hurt them. I have been...

Hey everyone. I am having a terrible year so far with my peppers. I am confused on several fronts, so I was hoping to get some input on these issues. First, I am having alot of my pepper leaves that are SLOWLY coming out look sunburned, with purple leaves. I raise the light away from the...

AJ, That is a beautiful sea of green. I am jealous of your skills! My fiance' is warming up to raising peppers from seeds... she is asking more and more questions, so I can appreciate your wife being so cool about your pepper raising. Love the pics. Always enjoy reading your posts.

Trini... check out screen door mesh. Its usually quite inexpensive at hardware stores.

Mike, Looks awesome! I would love to have something like that some day. I skimmed the entire thread and didn't catch it, so forgive me if I missed it, but I asume you heat it at night during the winter?

All, Thanks for the input. I sifted through the mix to pull out all of the twigs and big bark pieces from the peat moss. I also noticed last year that in the end, most of the seeds I planted were bad crosses (*cough* Pepper Joe *cough*). I anticipate that from all of the kind folks on here...

Hey everyone, I have been having some mixed results with my germination and growing thus far this season, and was hoping to get some input from everyone to see where I went wrong and what I can learn from it. Last season, I germinated my seeds in peat pots and had fabulous results, so I used...

To ensure the fan stays on only when the main light is on (it gets cold at night in my garage), I made a power "switch" with some solar detectors. The sensor is placed below the light, and is a regulator, in that I set it up with a BJTto turn the fan on "faster" when it is closer to the...

Well, I finally got this thing ventilated! Here are a few of my seedlings under the light (currently I am only running the middle 4 (of 8) T5 lights in this setup. The system has two modes... day and night. During the day, the main light is on for about 16 hours. This caused alot of heat...

Question for AJ and any other Scorp lover... I have a partly tree-shaded area of my backyard that gets morning and evening sun, and an area that gets about 5 hours of direct afternoon sun and shade the rest of the day, but limited space there. Will superhots (including AJ's scorps) get...

Ahh! I just NOW realized I spelled "greenhouse" wrong in the thread title. Doh. Apologies, friends. Bing