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Ratatosk 2011 grow log

Hi,

I first tried growing hot pepper last year, in center of Belgium. Very interresting results and quite good crop, but I started to sow too late. I overwintered the best varieties with success, for now. Just had to get rid of aphids one time.

This year I modified a very small room of my house, for my sowings and seedlings :
(Coca-Cola for the scale :-)

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The lights can be adjusted in height and the room can be warmed up to 30 °C.

On the walls : Mylar Diamond
( http://www.cultureindoor.com/rouleau-10-m-mylar-diamond-easy-grow-1-25m-x-1m.html )

Lights : T5 Superplant 216 watts Grow 6500K 120 cm x 35 cm
( http://www.cultureindoor.com/eclairage-lampes-kit/t5-superplant-48-96-216-432w/t5-superplant-216w-croissance-6500k.html )

After potting : another part of my house, with Mylar and a bigger T5 Superplant 324 watts Grow 6500K 120 cm x 50 cm (pictures later !)
( http://www.cultureindoor.com/eclairage-lampes-kit/t5-superplant-48-96-216-432w/t5-superplant-432w-floraison-2700k-12933.html )

And finally, a large plastic tunnel greenhouse in my garden, 8 meters x 8 meters x 3,5 meters height.

I will grow these peppers :

7 Pod
7 Pod Barrackpore
7 Pod Brown, bonnet shape
7 Pod Jonah
7 Pod Primo
7 Pod Yellow
Aji Panca
Alma Paprika
Ancho Mulato
Bhut Jolokia
Bih Jolokia
Black Habanero
Black Naga Tristam
Black Stinger
Cacho Negro
Chenzo F1
Chile de Onza
Chilhuacle Negro
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia
Chocolate Habalokia
Chocolate Habanero
Chocolate Scorpion
Congo Black
Devil's Tongue
Devil's Tongue Red
Dorset Naga
Douglah
Ecuadorian Brown
Ecuadorian Devil's Breath
Ethiopian Brown
Fatalii
Fatalii Red
Fatalii White
Georgia Black
Goat Pepper
Gongo Yellow Trinidad
Goronong
Guadalupe Black
Jalapeno Tam
Jamaican Chocolate
Limo Blanco
Mustard Habanero
Naga Morich
Naga Morich Nagaland
Naga Morich Spain
Numex Primavera
Orange Scorpion
Peach Habanero
Roatan Pumpkin Habanero
Safi Red Scotch
Satan's Strain Trinidad Scorpion Morouga Red
Snow White
Sweet Chocolate (sweet bell pepper !)
Trinidad Scorpion
Trinidad Scorpion Morouga Blend
Trinidad Scorpion Yellow CARDI
Yellow Bhut Jolokia

I'll keep posting on this topic in the future.

Trial : I saw that the size of the pot is very important for the pepper grow, more than tomatoes. I will compare a same variety in pots of various size (maximum 15 liters), to have a better idea of this problem. I'll use the same soil and fertilisation.

Also, I'll try grafting on professionnal rootstocks Groundforce F1, Arnold F1, and on 2-3 vigorous Solanum species. (Trials in ground garden soil and in 15 liters pots)

For information, I sell the seeds I have too much here : http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/19730-many-varieties-to-sell-few-seeds-for-a-low-price/

Arnold rootstock seeds : http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/19735-syngenta-arnold-f1-rootstock-seeds-for-sale/

Thanks to the webmasters for this great forums ! :-)

R.
 
love your setup, at first i thought that was regular corrugated sheet metal you had set up, but thats mylar?
can you comment on that mylar material? it looks like it might backed by some sort of material to beef it up?

It just looks more rugged than the normal foil type mylar you see.
i took 4 years of french in high school, and promptly forgot it all... so naturally ive no idea whats going on in those links you posted... other than its "10mil thick and very durable".
 
This mylar is opaque and has a very high reflectivity. It is attached with pins or tape, direct on walls or tablet.

More informations and pictures :
http://www.dampkring.nl/17796/mylar-diamond-foil.html
http://www.basementlighting.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?page=1/PROD/RS4

"Mylar is the most reflective material you can buy with over 95% of light been reflected back"
 
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