Hello all, i've just stumbled upon this site and it looks like a good place to present my grow log in progress.
I'm currently growing Bhut Jolokia in hydroponics system with light nutrients and compost tea.
I'm using 5 gallon bucket top-drip system with 2.5 gallons of water in each bucket. Airstones are also present in the bucket for a DWC type effect also.
Hydraton is the medium in my net-pot-lids.
Under 500watt equivalent CFL, and 100 watt incandescent (for warmth)
My peppers are currently on week 7.
I am trying to learn as much about indoor cultivation as possible, and hopefully can start hydroponic greenhouses in the future for lage-scale pepper production.
I wish to try to cross-breed peppers in controlled envoronments in the future also.
Here are my seeds @ start
I used lemon juice and water to bring the rockwool cubes to a ph of 5.5 - 6
I then placed under 100watt incandescent bulb for heat / light untill sprouts appeared.
Once roots appeared in bottom of rockwool, I transplanted into the hydroponic setup
Here is about 1 week in the hydro setup
Heres my lady at about 4 weeks
Here is a comparison from about 5-6 weeks. A good show of heavy growth in 5 days.
And here is my latest picture at 7 weeks. Very heavy growth along the stalk. I have defoliated 10 or so leaves to allow air/light to hit the others. I have made 1 clone so far, still waiting to see how that turns out.
roots! going crazyyyy!
I have some T scorpions coming in 3 differeent varietys. i will keep posting as I continue on. Thanks for checking it out, hopefully i'll be successful!
I'm currently growing Bhut Jolokia in hydroponics system with light nutrients and compost tea.
I'm using 5 gallon bucket top-drip system with 2.5 gallons of water in each bucket. Airstones are also present in the bucket for a DWC type effect also.
Hydraton is the medium in my net-pot-lids.
Under 500watt equivalent CFL, and 100 watt incandescent (for warmth)
My peppers are currently on week 7.
I am trying to learn as much about indoor cultivation as possible, and hopefully can start hydroponic greenhouses in the future for lage-scale pepper production.
I wish to try to cross-breed peppers in controlled envoronments in the future also.
Here are my seeds @ start
![IMAG0126.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Foawyau7e9%2FIMAG0126.jpg&hash=b2867c56c9abd80c988eb85debd4e9d4)
I used lemon juice and water to bring the rockwool cubes to a ph of 5.5 - 6
I then placed under 100watt incandescent bulb for heat / light untill sprouts appeared.
![IMAG0165.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fm7mj367ld%2FIMAG0165.jpg&hash=69589d9db8255f34ca62e39e023660d0)
Once roots appeared in bottom of rockwool, I transplanted into the hydroponic setup
![IMAG0173.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fcw0h67v1t%2FIMAG0173.jpg&hash=b0cb8bcafcb9515247a143018162e06e)
Here is about 1 week in the hydro setup
![IMAG0192.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2F8o5oxgtm9%2FIMAG0192.jpg&hash=7d31f198fae2616dd4927ca975463be5)
Heres my lady at about 4 weeks
![IMAG0226.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fxy0gkk0dt%2FIMAG0226.jpg&hash=bf43af75f438b8c56965e1887a934acd)
Here is a comparison from about 5-6 weeks. A good show of heavy growth in 5 days.
![5day.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fezawdvuup%2F5day.jpg&hash=52184434718367563b954e4faed02cdc)
And here is my latest picture at 7 weeks. Very heavy growth along the stalk. I have defoliated 10 or so leaves to allow air/light to hit the others. I have made 1 clone so far, still waiting to see how that turns out.
![IMAG0305.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fgna1sj8q9%2FIMAG0305.jpg&hash=5132bbf49e453ce0a0903ea479ed60dd)
roots! going crazyyyy!
![IMAG0302.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs6.postimage.org%2Fe4ocrun01%2FIMAG0302.jpg&hash=521d0603bb0363f89191ccb5e5281d1e)
I have some T scorpions coming in 3 differeent varietys. i will keep posting as I continue on. Thanks for checking it out, hopefully i'll be successful!