Hey everyone, this is my first year growing hot peppers and have found this site very helpful. Thought i'd start a grow log and show you guys what you've helped me achieve in the last month...here goes, Hope you like pictures!!
So i ordered some seeds from the chilli peper company in england, seeds are:
Orange habanero
Chocolate habanero
Fatalii
Bhut Jolokia
Naga Morich (king)
Naga Viper
Ring of Fire
I also pulled some seeds out of some dried peppers after I put them through a blender haha..had about 10 of them germinate, I have no idea what type of pepper they are but they tasted great and seem to be growing at the same speed as ring of fire so im guessing that they're some sort of annum, time will tell.
I started the seeds off in a heated propogator on february 22nd in glass cups airtight cups using paper tissue as a base, over 90% of the seeds I had germinated so very happy with that. This is a simple and effective method that I learnt somewhere on this site (cant remember where). heres a pic of that.
Next i cut up a small table that was in the kitchen and made a small grow box with a single cfl bulb (6500k, 3000lm) the peppers stayed in here for around a month, by which time i had to expand my grow box twice to keep everything in there, some real ghetto growing.
Plants got bigger, grow box turned into this
a week ago I decided to build something that could hold all the peppers for at least a month until the weather is nice enough for them to go outside, i've put in 2 more cfl bulbs 6500k 3000lm and the peppers seem to be doing fine and have survived the transplant to bigger pots and their new home.
Heres a couple pictures:
All together
Ring of fire and my blender seeds
Couple blender seeds, some habaneros and fatalii
More ring of fire and habaneros
Bhut jolokia, Naga king, naga Viper, chocolate hab and another annum
Heres a couple close ups
Orange hab
Ring of fire. Any ideas about the black areas?
I've got a couple questions for you guys. First, some of the leaves seem to be drooping down and i think it might be a case of overwatering but too sure. Second is how much fertilizer to give them? ive been giving them a little bit of 8-8-8 every 3 days or so, too much? too little? not the right type of fert??
sorry for the long post and thanks for reading!!
So i ordered some seeds from the chilli peper company in england, seeds are:
Orange habanero
Chocolate habanero
Fatalii
Bhut Jolokia
Naga Morich (king)
Naga Viper
Ring of Fire
I also pulled some seeds out of some dried peppers after I put them through a blender haha..had about 10 of them germinate, I have no idea what type of pepper they are but they tasted great and seem to be growing at the same speed as ring of fire so im guessing that they're some sort of annum, time will tell.
I started the seeds off in a heated propogator on february 22nd in glass cups airtight cups using paper tissue as a base, over 90% of the seeds I had germinated so very happy with that. This is a simple and effective method that I learnt somewhere on this site (cant remember where). heres a pic of that.
Next i cut up a small table that was in the kitchen and made a small grow box with a single cfl bulb (6500k, 3000lm) the peppers stayed in here for around a month, by which time i had to expand my grow box twice to keep everything in there, some real ghetto growing.
Plants got bigger, grow box turned into this
a week ago I decided to build something that could hold all the peppers for at least a month until the weather is nice enough for them to go outside, i've put in 2 more cfl bulbs 6500k 3000lm and the peppers seem to be doing fine and have survived the transplant to bigger pots and their new home.
Heres a couple pictures:
All together
Ring of fire and my blender seeds
Couple blender seeds, some habaneros and fatalii
More ring of fire and habaneros
Bhut jolokia, Naga king, naga Viper, chocolate hab and another annum
Heres a couple close ups
Orange hab
Ring of fire. Any ideas about the black areas?
I've got a couple questions for you guys. First, some of the leaves seem to be drooping down and i think it might be a case of overwatering but too sure. Second is how much fertilizer to give them? ive been giving them a little bit of 8-8-8 every 3 days or so, too much? too little? not the right type of fert??
sorry for the long post and thanks for reading!!