First Crop Ever

juanitos · Mar 7, 2014

Looks good, what you're doing is perfectly fine just not as easy as it could be =]

1. i start out in solo cups so i don't have to transplant, You can do that whenever, usually people wait after set of true leaves.(second leaves (cotyledons don't count lol))
2. you should cut it up or tear it off as much as you can without damaging root.

catherinew · Mar 7, 2014

Nothing wrong with starting your seeds in peat pellets. I've done it for many years.

Spicegeist · Mar 7, 2014

DrAlbin said:
[SIZE=10.5pt]Took this picture this morning. [/SIZE]
(The site wont let me embed google pics so here is the link)

http://goo.gl/FP5iTD

You can do it this way:

DrAlbin · Mar 7, 2014

Spicegeist said:
You can do it this way:

How did you embed this? When i tried to embed the image, it told me that service wasn't allowed.

Spicegeist · Mar 7, 2014

When you're editing, click on the little icon that looks like a photograph, copy the url that ends in .jpg there...

DrAlbin · Mar 12, 2014

There are a bunch of double sprouted pods. Should i do anything to separate them? or just let nature take its course. 36 pods planted 33 sprouted. It looks like i am going to lose another, The seed came out with the plant. I am happy with 32.

Picture taken 3/12

JJJessee · Mar 12, 2014

Those are great looking sprouts and great germination rates, so you're doing something right

Congrats!

Carefully clip one of the doubles, but, as practice or for some reason you need 30+ Bhuts ( hey, they' re my favorite too), at that stage you could split the wrapper with a X-acto and careful crumble the medium until the plants separate with as little force as possible handling preferably by the leaves... just watch this video... a good video in this thread.

My personal, favorite soil, and many will agree, is Fox Farms Ocean Forest.

Make sure you keep them warm, well lite, and not over-watered.

Do these ultimately go in ground or do you have 30+ 5 gallon buckets at the stand by?

Welcome to Pepperlandia.

DrAlbin · Mar 12, 2014

Thanks for responding. There is no reason i need to have 40+ plants so i guess i'll clip one. Thanks for posting the video link.
Keeping them warm and well lit doesn't seem to be a problem, I found a pet carrier that fit the tray i had so i turned it into a mini grow house (enclosed pics). I am still using the Burpee tray, and add water once a week. i guess it pulls enough water as it needs it.

Ultimately they are going outside. The one side of my house gets 12+ hours of good sun during the summer i plan on planting them there.

Rymerpt · Mar 12, 2014

LOL. Love the dog crate rig!!

Rymerpt

DrAlbin · Mar 24, 2014

12 days since last post. They appear to be doing well. First picture included is from Friday 3/21. The last day in the dog crate grow house before i moved to the storage container grow house. Unfortunately with the new pots, i could only fit 21 plants. I tried to pick the 21 healthiest looking plants. I fumbled some of the sprouts during transplant but they seem to be taking ok. Second picture is today 3/24.

JJJessee · Mar 24, 2014

Georgeous! What type of soil did you end up using?

Devv · Mar 24, 2014

I can say you have done very well!

Like the doggy house rig, just gotta use what one has...

Islander · Mar 24, 2014

That dog kennel grow house is simply just bad@ss ! lol

ivplay · Mar 24, 2014

I love the pet carrier grow house. That is a great idea, and I may put one together for my starters next year.

Kyox89 · Mar 25, 2014

Love your pet carrier set up. At 21days after germination, your bhuts are so much bigger than mine at 17days. Now i'm starting to worry.

Islander · Mar 25, 2014

What did you transfer the plants to, as far as shelter goes? Looks like another foil lined boxed area but hard to tell what it is.

DrAlbin said:
12 days since last post. They appear to be doing well. First picture included is from Friday 3/21. The last day in the dog crate grow house before i moved to the storage container grow house. Unfortunately with the new pots, i could only fit 21 plants. I tried to pick the 21 healthiest looking plants. I fumbled some of the sprouts during transplant but they seem to be taking ok. Second picture is today 3/24.

DrAlbin · Mar 25, 2014

Islander said:
What did you transfer the plants to, as far as shelter goes? Looks like another foil lined boxed area but hard to tell what it is.

A large storage container i picked up from the store. I was hoping it would hold more but all i got was 21. This was a quick splice of the wires, i need to rewire it all into a box.

Islander · Mar 25, 2014

Ok cool. Great idea!

What did you use for your soil when you transplanted into the pots?

DrAlbin · Mar 27, 2014

I used Vigaro organic soil from Home Depot. It was a quick grab while i was out. I never looked to much into it.