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How're they looking? First attempt

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Elfeen

Hi guys, this is my first time properly growing chillies and I ended up going with an indoor grow and I have more or less been winging it the whole way so far. I guess I have a few questions about the technicalities of growing indoors but otherwise I think my grow is going well so far. This year I've been offered an allotment so provided I can get a greenhouse up in time, this season should be more interesting. Any critique/tips/things to look out for would be much from someone more experienced would be much appreciated, otherwise though how do my plants look? They're Trinidad scorpion peppers sat under a small 150w LED in 30l fabric pots. Sorry about the poor picture quality, but thanks in advance!
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Looks like you have most things well taken care of if the plants looks good and it even produces pods. Just dont overdo the watering or put too strong fertilizer mix, because indoor growing is not the same as outside greenhouse growing in the sun and let the soil dry some before adding more fertilizer mix or water. What growing medium is that and what fertilizers are you using?
 
The medium is either Canna Terra professional or Canna Terra professional plus with additional perlite mixed in. I'm using some leftover GH fertilisers every other watering or so (which is probably too much, right?). I have a bad habit of letting her get under-watered and limp before watering her so I'm not too worried about overdoing watering. Thank you v/ much though
 
Elfeen said:
The medium is either Canna Terra professional or Canna Terra professional plus with additional perlite mixed in. I'm using some leftover GH fertilisers every other watering or so (which is probably too much, right?). I have a bad habit of letting her get under-watered and limp before watering her so I'm not too worried about overdoing watering. Thank you v/ much though
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I dont think it is too much at all for the fertilizers you are giving for it in every other watering.  If the plant looks happy and produces lot of flowers/good amount of pods, i would not change a thing. :cool:
 
Chilidude said:
 
I dont think it is too much at all for the fertilizers you are giving for it in every other watering.  If the plant looks happy and produces lot of flowers/good amount of pods, i would not change a thing. :cool:
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Should I still be expecting some flowers to be dropping off? Most of them stay but some just fall off usually without producing pollen I think
 
Elfeen said:
Should I still be expecting some flowers to be dropping off? Most of them stay but some just fall off usually without producing pollen I think
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Yes you should be expecting a fair amount of flower drop, it is totally normal but also not watering the plant before the soil goes too dry may be the cause of flower drop. If you find flowers in the plants that produces pollen, use a fluffed up q-tip to transfer pollen from other plant to the next plant.
 
Chilidude said:
 
Yes you should be expecting a fair amount of flower drop, it is totally normal. If you find flowers in the plants that produces pollen, use a fluffed up q-tip to transfer pollen from other plant to the next plant.
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I've been brushing them daily with a soft paintbrush, a q-tip would probably be more gentle so I'll keep that in mind for next time :)
 
Sup lads, long time no post (not really though). Checking on my pods today I can see that they're finally beginning to ripen. How close does this mean that they are to being red? When should I start flushing considering I've been using chemical nutrients? Thanks in advance! 
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Elfeen said:
Checking on my pods today I can see that they're finally beginning to ripen. How close does this mean that they are to being red?
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When did you plant?> The Bump

Harvest the peppers about 90 to 120 days after planting in the garden, when they have attained a rich red color. Young peppers will start green, turn yellow and then change to red when ready to be picked.
 
The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
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When did you plant?> The Bump

Harvest the peppers about 90 to 120 days after planting in the garden, when they have attained a rich red color. Young peppers will start green, turn yellow and then change to red when ready to be picked.
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The timeline of these peppers is fucked honestly, I just know they've been around since September last year and were planted up around November. Honestly I think my safest bet is to just flush them now as I think I've got at least a few weeks before they're all red.
 
Chilidude said:
 
Does not compute..Simplest way is to put those inside your stomach and let the toilet do the preserving later. If you want to preserve them, you can quick freeze them.
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Informative thank you. I'm thinking of stringing them up and letting them dry-the ones I don't eat anyway ;)
 
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