Well I finally finished off my "Chilitron 3000" heated / artificially illuminated seed / plant raiser so I can grow through the current West Aussie (mild) winter and be ready for action in spring...
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This is the shot of the basic setup - a bench in the garage. 2 x 36W Grow Lights (I almost went for 1 x Daylight + 1 x Warm White regular fluoros as per other posts but the grow lights weren't that expensive).
Its built in 2 foam "broccoli boxes" that I hotwire cut in half and joined with polyurethane to make it super long. Heating comes from a vivarium heat mat controlled by a thermostat. Seed raisers are from local hardware Bunnings. There's a min / max aquarium thermometer "planted" in one of the cells to see the real temperature of the soil. Water is stood / boiled and applied with a mist bottle.
The photo combo was made to send to a group of friends (read chili addicts) who I'm going to share some of the plants with.
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The planting guide for the (first?) batch. Find the Excel template here. I should probably expand it so I can keep better notes (germination time, observations, etc).
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It was barely 5 days until the first seeds were germinating. This shot is at the 3 week mark.
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My favorite shot. Watching seeds / plants grow never loses its majick.
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More updates as my chilidren develop
Cheers, Antony.
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This is the shot of the basic setup - a bench in the garage. 2 x 36W Grow Lights (I almost went for 1 x Daylight + 1 x Warm White regular fluoros as per other posts but the grow lights weren't that expensive).
Its built in 2 foam "broccoli boxes" that I hotwire cut in half and joined with polyurethane to make it super long. Heating comes from a vivarium heat mat controlled by a thermostat. Seed raisers are from local hardware Bunnings. There's a min / max aquarium thermometer "planted" in one of the cells to see the real temperature of the soil. Water is stood / boiled and applied with a mist bottle.
The photo combo was made to send to a group of friends (read chili addicts) who I'm going to share some of the plants with.
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The planting guide for the (first?) batch. Find the Excel template here. I should probably expand it so I can keep better notes (germination time, observations, etc).
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It was barely 5 days until the first seeds were germinating. This shot is at the 3 week mark.
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My favorite shot. Watching seeds / plants grow never loses its majick.
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More updates as my chilidren develop
Cheers, Antony.
