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Okay guys so this is my first post on this forum! Its the first time i grow chiles and i hope its gonna go well.
I live in Sweden so i think this will be fun to follow because i guess its kind of a different climate than in USA... I only have a balcony so i cant plant very much seeds.
I placed an order two days ago on some seeds. Heres what i ordered (the ones with "?" i would be happy if someone could tell me the scovilles of) :

Bird's Eye Baby - ?
Bolivian Rainbow - 5 000-30 000 scoville
Pequante - ?
Pink Habanero - ?
Prairie Fire - 70 000 scoville
Tabasco - 30 000-70 000 scoville
Trinidad Perfume - 0-500 scoville

I also got some seeds from before that i planted two days ago:
Cayenne - 30 000-50 000 scoville
De Arbol - 15 000-30 000 scoville

Im going to grow the bolivian rainbow and the prairie fire as bonsais.

Let me know what you think of this combination? As you can see im not into the superhots. And sorry if i misspelled something because English is not my main language :rolleyes:
Regards Simon :)
 
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Nice first post, good list and great luck in 2013 grow! Now whata bout some pics mon, hehe. ¡Hola! and welcome from south FL
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It seems like the habs other than orange ones are hotter, so I'd probably place the pink habs in the 350k shu range, but that's just a wild guess.

Welcome to the forum, don't worry about your English, you're doing better than a lot of natives!
 
WalkGood said:
Nice first post, good list and great luck in 2013 grow! Now whata bout some pics mon, hehe. ¡Hola! and welcome from south FL
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Will definitely post pics when the order has arrived :) i ordered the seeds from fataliiseeds.com, do you know if its a good site?
Thank you :)
SeanW said:
It seems like the habs other than orange ones are hotter, so I'd probably place the pink habs in the 350k shu range, but that's just a wild guess.

Welcome to the forum, don't worry about your English, you're doing better than a lot of natives!
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Actually looked it up and it said no heat :o hmm i dont know how that can be true, but we will definitely see if its hot :P
Thanks :)
 
Simon: The biggest challenge you are going to have to deal with is your climate. It seems like from your preferences, you are going to do best with annum spp. The cayenne, de arbol, and tabasco varieties are nice choices. Those are some of my personal favorites. Annum also have the shortest season of the plants I have grown, so I think these will be the best choice for a Swedish grow.

Walkgood: Mucho gusto en conocerlo. Cual verduras estas creciendo?
 
That's a nice list, especially for a balconey. None of the plants will outgrow the space. Although you 're not fond in super hots the Pink Habanero will pack in considerable heat and add enough spice in a raw or cooked dish, and it's an early producer. The Cayenne is a good staple in cooking in the unripe an geen it can bring in a unique flavor, uncommon to most. But that chili whether red, orange or yellow at maturity will make a fine powder when dryed.

I've grown all that you have listed, I think you made a good choice for the shorter season and somewhat cooler climate.
Enjoy your 2013 growing season...
 
HwyBill said:
Simon: The biggest challenge you are going to have to deal with is your climate. It seems like from your preferences, you are going to do best with annum spp. The cayenne, de arbol, and tabasco varieties are nice choices. Those are some of my personal favorites. Annum also have the shortest season of the plants I have grown, so I think these will be the best choice for a Swedish grow.

Walkgood: Mucho gusto en conocerlo. Cual verduras estas creciendo?
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I hope its gonna be good for me and i also have two flourescent tubes (i think its called huh?), it says it has a warm white colour, 15w/each tube.
PIC 1 said:
That's a nice list, especially for a balconey. None of the plants will outgrow the space. Although you 're not fond in super hots the Pink Habanero will pack in considerable heat and add enough spice in a raw or cooked dish, and it's an early producer. The Cayenne is a good staple in cooking in the unripe an geen it can bring in a unique flavor, uncommon to most. But that chili whether red, orange or yellow at maturity will make a fine powder when dryed.

I've grown all that you have listed, I think you made a good choice for the shorter season and somewhat cooler climate.
Enjoy your 2013 growing season...
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Thank you, so the pink habanero is hot? because it says it nearly doesnt have any heat at all... :rolleyes:
 
I grew some pink habs last year and they were pretty hot. I'm sure there are a few different versions out there so you never know.

I've never ordered from fataliiseeds but they are considered very reputable. Many people refer to their website for the excellent guide to crossing varieties. I believe they were the first to come up with bonchis.

Good luck this year!
 
"Warm" compact flourescents are at the lower end of the color temperature scale... maybe around 2700k. it leans more toward the yellows, oranges and reds. It's longer wavelength light and it's not as energetic as the shorter wavelengths. "Cool" compact flourescents are more blue. Your wattage is also a little low. You'd do better to up the wattage to at least 23 and the color temperature to between 5000k and 6500k.

You might want to check out Omri's artificial light tutorial... http://thehotpepper....icle-light-101/

Cheers
 
Dshlogg said:
I grew some pink habs last year and they were pretty hot. I'm sure there are a few different versions out there so you never know.

I've never ordered from fataliiseeds but they are considered very reputable. Many people refer to their website for the excellent guide to crossing varieties. I believe they were the first to come up with bonchis.

Good luck this year!
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Okay, i ordered from there because its free shipping and close to Sweden :)
Chewi said:
Glad you are growing the Cayenne, one of my favorites! Nice list you have there.
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Thank you very much ;)
stickman said:
"Warm" compact flourescents are at the lower end of the color temperature scale... maybe around 2700k. it leans more toward the yellows, oranges and reds. It's longer wavelength light and it's not as energetic as the shorter wavelengths. "Cool" compact flourescents are more blue. Your wattage is also a little low. You'd do better to up the wattage to at least 23 and the color temperature to between 5000k and 6500k.

You might want to check out Omri's artificial light tutorial... http://thehotpepper....icle-light-101/

Cheers
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Im a complete newcomer into that, but i hope after looking in that thread i will get some info what fits me, and yes i will probably expand the lightning part real soon, thank you :)
 
Got my seeds yesterday, yay! Planted them right when i got them, and to make space i moved my earlier placed seeds to large cups.
Really happy with the seeds, i got two packs of Aji Cristal and one pack of Aji Cachucha for free! :) About 5-6 nice seeds in every bag, which was more then enough for me.
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Heres them planted:
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Also i was wondering about fertilizing...
I got a fertilizer that says one of the bottles cap with fertilizer to two litres of water each watering, and the ingredients per 100ml are:
Nitrate-n 3.1g
Ammonium-n 2g
Kalium-k 4.3g
Phosporus- P 1g
Sulphur-S 0.4g
Calcium-Ca 0.3g
Magnesium-Mg 0.4g
Small amount of iron too
Is this good for chile plants?
 
Update!
After a long while i have my list completed for this year and they have all sprouted except the tabascos, that arent shown in this picture...
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If you have any questions about which chile is which, just ask!
Hard to point out everyone now when right and left havent even got the same number of rows...
I just transplanted them 4 hours ago, but its growing well!
 
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