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I started another tray but not of hot peppers.

Yes- I needed to confirm my theory that water drops during sunlight don't cause leaves to burn. PS- it was raining when I took the pic.

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Here's one of the milk crates: At least they're not dead, but they're all weathered by now. BTW a cube milk carton holds 16, 20 oz. soda bottles or 9, 2-liter bottles. By contrast, here are the sweet red peppers, which were grown in the same conditions: I'm telling you guys- the moruga...

It's up to the plants at this point. The leaves are getting sunburned and die off but new leaves are coming in fast... it's a fight to stay alive- whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And yes, this has been a learning experience.

Put them out around 8:30 this morning at around 50 degrees in the shade. It's 10:30 and every once in a while I look at the shadow growing shorter and hearing Jaws music for when the light hits them... or like "Pitch Black" if you've seen it. Hey- I know I turned out a lousy farmer, at least I...

Keep the input coming guys. Put the 25 out at 11:30 today, will bring back in a few hours from now. I'll keep it up for a week before I feel safe about them being out all the time for a week, then it's into whatever containers I decide on for them.

Took in the plants at 4:30 (outside for 6 hours) and some of the leaves are sunburned. Will work on it. Will cull remaining 15 plants. I will work on the other things brought up. Yes- I have a fan on them nearly all day. Also worth mentioning that I grew sweet peppers and cantaloupes in the...

I broke what I have into two sections- one with the 15 "worthless and weak" plants that are 4" or less after a month. They're all likely to be culled, but for the moment they surround one light. The rest fit into 3 cube milk cartons- 25 plants with some almost reaching the top of the milk...

Thank you!

Down to 40 plants and half of them are pathetic, but they all have a well-developed root system.

Well I am now down to 55 pathetic little plants half of which should be culled but I am giving them another week indoors. One of you guys suggested I go with 20 plants... it's heading in that direction.

The boxes are in about a week. The plants- most of them- look really pathetic. They look sunburned, actually. Is that possible? A company around here is offering $129 for a truck full of dirt. I know from other companies that there's 22 tons/cubic yards to a truckload and I don't need that...

Had to bring in all the plants as it's windy and rainy outside. Virtually all of them fell over. I am packing them with dirt to stand up and putting them back under the lights. Should have pics later-

Yes. I dedicate 15 minutes twice a day to the plants. I am reusing my dirt from plants that didn't make the cut to fill up the pots of the ones that do. I think it's also time to do something I was afraid of doing: popping holes in the bottom of the pots (please don't yell at me). I had them on...

It's been a couple of weeks since I reported in. I took all my plants and condnsed it down to about 80, then put them into cube-shaped milk cartons where 16 plants fit tightly in. I further condensed my plants down to 64 or less... 4 milk cartons. I started putting them out a few days ago and...

NOAH'S ARC I consolidated all the plants into 3 groups with 53 morugas, 10 sweet bell peppers and 4 cantaloupes. Everything else is being culled. This is the final setup I will use for the next month.

RE: LIGHT I switched a 22 watt CFL for a 100 watt incandescent bulb then put a lampshade on the light so the light is concentrated straight down. Well- it worked. Don't know how well you can see it in the pic, but the plants are definetly responding after 48 hours. One plant (with the red...

Yes- 48 X 48 X 10 wood planter boxes on the lawn. 4 per planter with planters spaced 4 feet apart- lots of space for the roots and leaves to grow.