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    soil Using my Soil/Potground from last year

    Hey everyone, a new year has arrived to start growing and i am planning to re-use last years soil.   Now i threw in some finely grinded egg-shell and some epsom salt a couple of months back, BUT i also threw some leaves in there ....   Now i thought the leaves would be all composted/gone or how...
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    Laphroaig 2014 Glog! (2nd Year growing)

    Hello everyone ! This will be my second year of growing, and i decided tot make a glog! :D   This year i will be growing : -Aji red -Habanero red -Hot portugal -Devil's tongue red  -Hot paper lantern   And i ordered 2 more wich i will be planting in a few days : -Bhut jolokia red  -Trinidad...
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    Selling Powder/Flakes on Ebay

    Hey guys,   I have been reading up on becoming a dried pepper seller and i see it is a lot of work before u can start.   Now i could not find an answer to : Can i just start selling Flakes/Powder on Ebay ? Or do i also need permits and all that stuff on ebay ? ( i will be selling in VERRY small...
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    overwintering Winter is coming !

    Hey everyone,   My first year growing is almost over and am not going to overwinter more then 1 plant. So i will be re-using my soil next year.   My plan is to put all that soil on one big pile and let it sit there the whole winter. Now i read about putting compost in the soil so it is 'good'...
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    Dehydrator Questions

    Hey everyone, I want to buy the  Nesco FD-60 Snackmaster Express 4-Tray Food Dehydrator   1: Is this a good choice ?   2: And i live in Europe so can i plug it in my European power outlet ? Or how does that work ?   Thanks ! Peter.
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    harvesting First time grower's Harvest

    Hello everyone !   Today was a verry nice day for me  :party:   I have harvested 4 times now and i finally have a big one  :dance:   I am so happy that my late start, late fertilizing and many other problems haven't stopped me !   So here is a picture i am so so proud of :   Peppers are...
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    overwintering Outdoor grower, winter is not far away.

    Hey guys !   So i am an outdoor grower and the first frost is not so far away. The first frost won't be a problem i think as i will move some plants indoor for that night or two. But when the frost days continue my plants will die if i don't overwinter them.   Now what do u do with the peppers...
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    After 2.5 hours of work ... Here they are !

    Hey everyone,   I repotted all my plants yesterday and after 2.5 hours of work i am happy with the results ! Mixing up soil, repotting, tagging, bamboe stick for support, grinding egg shells, watering and finally cleaning up. I thought i would be done in an hour  :D But i am happy now. SO here...
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    shopping Wich fertilizer should i buy ?

    Hey guys,    I need a new fertilizer soon, i have been using a 9-9-7 wich i am super happy about but it is almost empty. I researched a lot about wich fertilizer i should get, but i can't find one that really fits the requirements. (or i can't decide) So here are the liquid fertilizers i can get...
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    Some pictures i just made of my plants

    Hi guys,    The weather is great these days and my plants like it verry much. It is incredible how much difference in grow rate they have when it turns hot and sunny outside.  :cool: So i thought i'd share some pictures  :party:   (All plants will be potted up to 5 gallon pots next week. those...
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    Spraying plants with 3 things tomorrow

    Hey guys,   Tomorrow is a crazy day for my peppers ...   I fertilize my pepper plants every 3 weeks on sunday, I spray my pepper plants every 2 weeks with epsom salt on sunday AND, I spray my pepper plants with neem oil and soap every week on sunday. ( for aphids ) And tomorrow all 3 are on the...
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    My first hot sauce !

    Hey friends,   I got some inspiration from this website and i was so excited that i started my own hot sauce :D ( i'm a cheff so i just thought of something that i thought would be nice )   Ingredients: Canned Tomato's Onion Garlic Oregano salt pepper provenciale herbs cajun vinegar Chicken...
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    Just some pictures from a newbie

    Hey friends  :party:   I am quite happy how things turned out for me as a first time grower.  :dance: So i wanted to share some pictures :    Here an overview of them all    On the left are 5 plants "Hot portugal" and they didn't get sunburned, on the right all my HOTS and they did get sunburn...
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    pics Problem with leaves (pics added)

    Hey everyone,   I had a problem with my leaves wich are wrinkled and in weird shapes.   I went to the plant store and they looked at them with a magnifying glass and they told me it was 'Spint' Now i can't find the english word for 'Spint' so here is a picture :   I treated them with "Masai 20...
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    pests Aphids and ... A Spider !

    Hey everyone :)   Last post i had sunburn damage on a lot of my plants, and i am happy to say they are all growing a ton of new leaves !   Now when i looked yesterday i saw a lot of aphids and after some googling i went on the attack with a knife ! I carefully removed all aphids and crushed...
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    I messed up :(

    Hi people,   My plants were doing fine, they were hardened off and were outside. Then a whole week of heavy rain came so i put them all inside by the window (full sun when there was any)   Now the good weather came and i put them back ouside, BUT it was to much for them ...   I can't make a...
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    Could my plants be planted to late ?

    Hello ! :surprised: It's my first time trying to plant peppers, and i planted some seeds at 31/03/2013 or in america they say 03/31/2013 i believe :P I think i should have planted in february right ? It is now 07/05/2013 or 7th of may and this is what they look like now, but when i see...
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