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Copenhagen LED grow, March 13 photo update

Hi there
 
I've been lurking around this forum for a while now, and thought this would be the right time for this post.
 
This year I'll be growing mainly indoors, I planted the first seeds in December, a few more in the beginning of January, and then the last few seeds in the beginning of February.
 
Here's my list:
  • Royal Black
  • Aji Amarillo
  • Habanero Chocolate
  • 7pot White
  • Trinidad Scorpion ’Butch T’
  • Hungarian Yellow Wax Sweet
  • Hungarian Yellow Wax
  • Lemon Drop
  • Aji Benito
  • Rocoto
  • Blondie
  • Bolivian Rainbow
  • Yellow Teapot
  • Rawit
  • Numex Twilight
  • Peito de Moca
  • Bhut Orange Copenhagen
  • Naga Morich
  • Habanero Meltdown
  • Trapadeira Werner
  • Madame Jeanette
  • Habanero Hot Lemon
  • Carolina Reaper
  • Habanero X-strain
  • Numex Suave Orange
  • Praetermissum PI441654
  • Trinidad Perfume
  • Aji Dulce
  • Habanero Tobago Seasoning
  • Fatalii Yellow
  • Rocoto de Seda Orange
  • Jalapeño Orange
  • Habanero Tree
  • Jalapeño Early
  • Jalapeño Purple
That's 35 varierities, all seeds are planted in Jiffy's, then potted to 0,7L.
 
I'm using 3*36W LED bulbs so far, and since I've just moved into a new apartment, the plants still haven't gotten their real spot yet.
 
Photos:
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19/01-2014 Getting more seeds ready to plant
 
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24/01-2014
 
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28/01-2014 Rawit  
 
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28/01-2014 Rawit starting to set flower pods (I remove the first 10 or so)
 
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02/02-2014
 
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13/02-2014 One of the Carolina Reaper's
 
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13/02-2014 Lemon Drop
 
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13/02-2014 Bolivian Rainbow, one of my favorites so far, very bushy!
 
Looks good. I like your lemon drop. That's an awful lot of plants to grow in a appartment

I hope you get a great season. Velkommen til THP :)
 
That Bolivian Rainbow is amazing! Looks quite woody already.
 
How will you deal with the space problem? I went from thirteen varieties to four this season since my wife couldn't stand seeing all the pots everywhere :rolleyes:
 
Anyways, looking forward to following your glog!
 
/Bjornson
 
Bjornson said:
That Bolivian Rainbow is amazing! Looks quite woody already.
 
How will you deal with the space problem? I went from thirteen varieties to four this season since my wife couldn't stand seeing all the pots everywhere :rolleyes:
 
Anyways, looking forward to following your glog!
 
/Bjornson
 
Oh well, the space problem... I have a couple of solutions at hand:
- My dad has a farm where some of the plants will go
- I'm setting up a large raised bed in our backyard for chilies, tomatoes and cucumbers, so that my neighbours will get a taste of some great vegetables as well
- I'm preparing a room on our loft with LEDs and plenty of ventilation in a months time
 
So.. Hopefully the plants won't grow too quickly so I'll be able to keep up :silenced:
 
filmost said:
Looks great! Can you provide any details on your LED lights? 
Yes, would be interested to know as well. For so few lights your plants seem to be doing very well. I'm guessing you will need to expand soon with the amount of seeds you have.
 
Glad you asked about the lamps, I'll try to shed some light on it (...)
 
I researched a lot, and the Americans seem to like the powerful led panels the best (100w+). Here in Denmark the 'big scale' chili growers use lamps of maximum 36w. With CREE leds they cost a little less than $100 a piece.
 
I thought that was a bit expensive, so I started looking in China. I got the 36w lamps below for $20 - including shipping. They have epistar leds in the right wavelengths.
They have 60 degree lenses, that I have swapped for 120 degrees.
 
I'm honestly impressed with the performance, although I'm sure that the lamps with CREE leds are more powerful, they would have to be on for a year or so to make up for the price tag
 
36W E27 8Red 4Blue - got two of these with 9:3 ratio (and Six more on the way to sell)
 
36W E27 High Power LED - one of these
 
10W E27 3Red 2Blue - one of these for herbs, year round fresh herbs are great
 
Edit: totally forgot, I also have a small 24w tube (you can see it on the pictures) that I use for the small seedlings, to avoid giving them too much light - and to be able to fit in all the plants, of course
 
Velkommen/welcome Mikkel

Looks good, especially your Bolivian Rainbow!
Your LED lights seems to be doing a good job! I opted for Bjarne's LED lights, and they have been great so far, although somewhat expensive.
What kind of soil and nutrients (if any) are you using?
 
Velkommen/welcome Mikkel

Looks good, especially your Bolivian Rainbow!
Your LED lights seems to be doing a good job! I opted for Bjarne's LED lights, and they have been great so far, although somewhat expensive.
What kind of soil and nutrients (if any) are you using?

Thanks a lot! I'm trying some different things soil wise, most are potted in even parts of Coco, regular potting soil, vermiculite and perlite, topping with vermiculite. It seems to be holding up very well. Kind of want to try 100% vermiculite, but it seems a bit like an overkill. Any thoughts?
 
mikkelbob said:
Thanks a lot! I'm trying some different things soil wise, most are potted in even parts of Coco, regular potting soil, vermiculite and perlite, topping with vermiculite. It seems to be holding up very well. Kind of want to try 100% vermiculite, but it seems a bit like an overkill. Any thoughts?
I haven't got my hands on Coco yet, but would like too. Unfortunately i live in Jutland, and Coco isn't something every store stocks over here
I' m just using cheap store bought soil (pottemuld to us Danes) mixed with some perlite in a "this ought to do it" eyeball mix
Thoughts....well with that amount of plants, you would be looking at a considerable cost using 100% Vermiculite would be cool though!
I really dont think it would be worth it, probably better to just plant some more peppers....but i could be wrong!
 
 
How did you swap them out? Do you have to buy them separately or is it an option?

I bought separate lenses and put them on. I have a new batch of lamps and they're being made with 120 degree lenses. Generally the Chinese factories seem very willing to build to your specifications
 
This will be an interesting grow. I see you're mainly growing indoors. Which plants are going outside ? Besides the LED's will the plants receive any supplemental window light ?
I've grown pepper plants indoors before yr round, it can be done successfully with some select pruning. Best of luck with the plants...
 
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