Good day and welcome to my glog 2015 
This is my first official chili plant grow log. I've decided to keep this log because i think it will be mutually beneficial to compare experience and knowledge on the subject of chili growing. It is a hobby i've had since summer 2008. I've grown a number of different chili's with different traits, from habanero's to fluorescent purple's. My method has always been a simple windowsill garden at a sunny window. I've tried different kinds of soil mixes and fertilizers but never really conducted any experiments to compare one fertilizer from another. This grow log is not going to differ in that aspect, however, i'm going to try cross breeding for the first time. Not to try and beat the heat, but just for the fun of it. Ultimately i hope to breed some fertile funky phenotypes with, and perhaps with time stabilize and refine certain strains - but that's somewhere in the future. If i succeed, this glog marks the beginning of that endavour =)
Varieties
Equipment list
Germination
Soil mixes
Comments:
The combi moisture/temperature/pH-meter is a cheap thing from eBay that i'm yet to recieve. I dont expect it to be precise, but i can compare it with some standard pH indicator strips, and do hope its at least indicative for something. The Caliber III Hygrometer doesnt look like much, but it's by far the most precise hygrometer i've ever had. It reacts rapidly: just by touching it, or blowing on it, the rH and T changes. Highly recommendable. They are rather expensive, but you can find them on ebay or aliexpress at a discount. I havn't tried SuperThrive before, but recently I've sadly seen some experiments with SuperThrive actually showing that it doesn't work any miracles. However, money it spent, so i might aswell add a bit of it. Regarding the choise of fertilizer: i do have some GT Chili Focus, but i like that i'm able to fine tune the NPK value by using the GHE products. I plan on starting very mildly with 3:1 or 2:1 ratio of GHE Micro and GHE Bloom to help foliar growth. At one point i'll switch to a 1:1 ratio (NPK = 5 5 5), and in the end use something heavy on the P and K side, to increase flowering and fruit development. I've chosen GHE simply because i have it in the house. I do however contemtplate using GHE BioThrive instead, because it is organic. It comes as a two part series also enabling fine-tuning.
I recently moved to a new place, and i've now got a 4m wide windowsill facing towards the sun. Just outside that, i got a balcony 5m wide, on which i plan to have a small greenhouse towards one of the ends. It has been a couple of very nice sunny days, and i happened to measure the light intensity in my windowsill at 80-90000 lux, which is rather intense. I might have to find some white curtains to shield the plants on the sunny days, but lets see how they handle it =).
Lastly i have a small comment on my sprouts. One of the Carolina Reapers happen to have three cotylodon leafs. I'll keep an extra eye on that one, and see if it also develops three sets of true leafs
If anyone have any suggestions, comments or questions, please feel free to write. Cheers.
This is my first official chili plant grow log. I've decided to keep this log because i think it will be mutually beneficial to compare experience and knowledge on the subject of chili growing. It is a hobby i've had since summer 2008. I've grown a number of different chili's with different traits, from habanero's to fluorescent purple's. My method has always been a simple windowsill garden at a sunny window. I've tried different kinds of soil mixes and fertilizers but never really conducted any experiments to compare one fertilizer from another. This grow log is not going to differ in that aspect, however, i'm going to try cross breeding for the first time. Not to try and beat the heat, but just for the fun of it. Ultimately i hope to breed some fertile funky phenotypes with, and perhaps with time stabilize and refine certain strains - but that's somewhere in the future. If i succeed, this glog marks the beginning of that endavour =)
Varieties
- Carolina Reaper
- Pimenta De Neyde
- Pink Tiger
- Czechoslovakian Black
- Habanero Dulce
Equipment list
Germination
- Glass of tap water
Soil mixes
- Peat based none-fertalized soil mix for sprouting
- Peat based fertalized soil mix for growing
- Vermiculite
- Perlite
- Leca nuts
- SuperThrive
- GHE pH-down
- GHE Micro (Hard water) NPK = 5 0 1
- GHE Bloom NPK = 0 5 4
- GHE Ripen NPK = 0 6 5
- Soil moisture/temperature/pH-meter
- pH indicator strips
- Pruning scissors
- Caliber III Hygrometer
- HS1010 Light Meter
- Medisana Minibreze 12w Ultrasonic water diffuser
- The sun
Comments:
The combi moisture/temperature/pH-meter is a cheap thing from eBay that i'm yet to recieve. I dont expect it to be precise, but i can compare it with some standard pH indicator strips, and do hope its at least indicative for something. The Caliber III Hygrometer doesnt look like much, but it's by far the most precise hygrometer i've ever had. It reacts rapidly: just by touching it, or blowing on it, the rH and T changes. Highly recommendable. They are rather expensive, but you can find them on ebay or aliexpress at a discount. I havn't tried SuperThrive before, but recently I've sadly seen some experiments with SuperThrive actually showing that it doesn't work any miracles. However, money it spent, so i might aswell add a bit of it. Regarding the choise of fertilizer: i do have some GT Chili Focus, but i like that i'm able to fine tune the NPK value by using the GHE products. I plan on starting very mildly with 3:1 or 2:1 ratio of GHE Micro and GHE Bloom to help foliar growth. At one point i'll switch to a 1:1 ratio (NPK = 5 5 5), and in the end use something heavy on the P and K side, to increase flowering and fruit development. I've chosen GHE simply because i have it in the house. I do however contemtplate using GHE BioThrive instead, because it is organic. It comes as a two part series also enabling fine-tuning.
I recently moved to a new place, and i've now got a 4m wide windowsill facing towards the sun. Just outside that, i got a balcony 5m wide, on which i plan to have a small greenhouse towards one of the ends. It has been a couple of very nice sunny days, and i happened to measure the light intensity in my windowsill at 80-90000 lux, which is rather intense. I might have to find some white curtains to shield the plants on the sunny days, but lets see how they handle it =).
Lastly i have a small comment on my sprouts. One of the Carolina Reapers happen to have three cotylodon leafs. I'll keep an extra eye on that one, and see if it also develops three sets of true leafs
If anyone have any suggestions, comments or questions, please feel free to write. Cheers.
