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Alpha Hydroponics GLOG 2012

Playing catch up on the posting. Spring showed up about a month early here in Georgia and it's got us hoppin.
Started around the1st of February, but staggered the germination trays by roughly a week to 10 days each.
Started under 8 lamp T5, mixed bulbs. This grow will be "organic", meaning no salt based nutes, pesticides, herbicides.

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******Please correct species or origin if you find error*****
All strains below are from THP members with the exception of the Datil (minorcan).

Grow List:
7 Pot Yellow chinense Trinidad
7 Pot Red chinense Trinidad
Congo Trinidad chinense Trinidad
Trinidad Congo Butch T chinense Trinidad
Caribbean Red Habanero chinense Mexico
Orange Habanero chinense Unknown
Trinidad Scorpion chinense Trinidad
White Habanero chinense Peru
Chocolate Habanero Hybrid chinense Jamaica
Red Congo chinense Guyana
Jamaican Scotch Bonnet chinense Jamaica
Hanoi Red annum Vietnam
Thai Hot frutescens Thailand
Bhut Dragon Hybrid chinense India
Red Bhut Jolokia chinense India
Bishops Hat baccatum Brazil
Datil chinense US via
Naga Morich chinense India
Aji Lemon baccatum Peru
Aji Yellow baccatum Peru
Cherry Pepper Hot annum Guyana
Cherry Pepper Mild annum Guyana Sweet Cayenne annum US Sweet Banana annum US Black Pearl annum
Cowhorn annum New Mexico
Maui Purple annum Hawaii Chinese 5 Color annum Unknown siling labuyo (bird pepper) frutescens SE Asia chiletepin
golden cayenne
morougah red



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Overall, we hit about a 2/3rds germination rate.
J. Scotch bonnets and bishop caps bombed, only one naga morich (bummed).
Everything else started well, closer to 75% germ rate.

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Began to pot up. 4 inch pots, media is a mix or organic soil, coco coir, perlite and vermiculite.
Once established, inoculated the seedlings with mycorrhizae and added "soil blast" from supreme growers (4-0-8).

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Rotated pepper seedlings to grow under led, tomatoes starting under t5's.

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And out to the greenhouse........

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Alpha Hydroponics grow log update for May: Managed to get another 20 Ajis planted, 15 heirloom tomatoes, and the Alpha Hydro DWC is pushing out some serious fruit.
Dropped the following in the dirt about 2 weeks ago:
Red Bhut
Naga Morich
7 Pot Red
7 Pot Yellow
Marouga
Cherry Hots
Jamaica Scotch Bonnet
Congo Trini
Red Hab
Takanotsume

Butch T in 3 gallon


Heirloom Tomatoes:
Tomatillo
Indian Dark Violet
Elberta Peach
Green Zebra
Black Zebra
Candy Stripe
Beauty Blanc
Korean Love Apple.


He's a great guy until he gets a few drinks into him.

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20 for the dirt

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The Layout

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One of the beds

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Alpha Hydro DWC finding a happy home on the deck. It is about 5 feet wide and chock full of Ajis.
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Datil Peppers in DWC
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Thai Hots at the community garden

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Black Pearl flowers from the community garden
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3 Gallon Butch T


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Thanks for looking. Hope to have some more fruit to share come next month!

Nice Plants, Pods And Gnome i thought at first it was a bong
 
Those DWC roots are most beautiful! - Do you use any additives in there? (besides nutrients)?

Thanks for your feedback. No additives to the reservoir.
Running Flora Duo (GH) nutrients. Only other thing I added was a kelp foliar spray several weeks ago.

Nice Plants, Pods And Gnome i thought at first it was a bong
Thanks Jericson... You never know what those gnomes are up to at night!
Wow Chris, that Datil's root system is massive! It looks like it really loves that DWC.

Everything is looking great, keep the updates coming!
Thanks Matt.

awesome!!
Thank you Jim!
 
Quick up late update...

Deep Purple from the community garden plot:
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RipeningThai Hot from the community garden

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Datil Madness from the Alpha Hydro DWC

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Arrahh.... tis the Black Pearl

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Thank You for looking!!
 
Great stuff alpha! I really gotta try hydro next season. The growth and production on every proper hydro setup I see is unbelievable! Keep up the awesome grow and updates!
 
Great stuff alpha! I really gotta try hydro next season. The growth and production on every proper hydro setup I see is unbelievable! Keep up the awesome grow and updates!

Thanks Shane. Let us know when you are ready to take the plunge!

Looking GREAT!!

Thank you Robert.... BTW my good buddy is a Mercedes tech at the Buckhead dealership.

that deep purple is looking great the color is fantastic, you should make a bonsai out of that

Thanks Jericson... Bonsai, hmm... I hope to overwinter several plants this year.... perhaps I can experiment with that. I appreciate the idea!
 
Alpha, your plants are looking amazing! We need to get together sometime, I would love to do a small outdoor hyro setup.

Keep up the good work! :dance:
 
Looking real good AH! I will certainly be hitting up all you hydro experts before I ever attempt it! Keep the pics coming in!
 
[sup] [/sup]Chris great pics per usaul. :dance: I like Shane may have to hit you up when I am ready to hit the hydro seen :fireball:

My favorite pic by far is


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