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First Season Setup
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Chilidude said:
I really don't know if they are peat pots but here is what I got. Japan is very limited on garden stuff that does not pertain to traditional Japanese crops.
I haven't done my Carolina Reapers yet but have to go to Guam next week. Maybe I will be able to find some Coco pots.
Order some dry coco medium bricks online, that is pre-washed from the salt. It is pretty cheap stuff anyway and easy to store in it's dry stage. Pure coco medium doesnt have any nutrients in it, so you need to feed the plants with some all purpose fertilizer that is good for chili growing.
Chilidude said:
I just searched online but japan has a huge problem with inflating prices.
Listed at 22,000 yen this is equivalent to 200 US Dollars. I will see what i can find in Guam before i order these online. Our last frost date isn't until June so I think I have plenty of time. Thanks for the advise
General hydroponics coco coir with perlite mixed in:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ココテック・パーライトミックス-CocoTek-Premium-Perlite-42-5L/dp/B00WSP3WNW/
￥ 3,520(around 32 dollars) for a big plastic bag of the stuff.
I use General hydroponics fertilizers for chili growing, so that coco stuff should be really good. Mix some of that coco stuff with the potting soil and it will make the chilis much happier.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ココテック・パーライトミックス-CocoTek-Premium-Perlite-42-5L/dp/B00WSP3WNW/
￥ 3,520(around 32 dollars) for a big plastic bag of the stuff.
I use General hydroponics fertilizers for chili growing, so that coco stuff should be really good. Mix some of that coco stuff with the potting soil and it will make the chilis much happier.
Phator said:
Why not, if they dont have too many roots grown inside the potting soil. You can always take some of the potting soil off near the roots, but dont get too rough with those small plants. When you transplant the chilis to the new potting soil mix, bury as much of the exposed chili stem inside the pot as you possible can and leave a little bit of the stem above of the soil and just fill the void up loosely with the potting mix. If any of the chili stem touches the potting mix, it will start growing new roots to the potting medium.. Much better grow because of it.
PtMD989 said:
Seems very similar to Finland in many ways, but Japan usually has this very warm summer all the time and not the kind of ever changing cold to warm summer we have here. Japan seems to be very ideal place to grow different kind of chilis in a greenhouse or similar warm place, so it is like my summer 2014 most of the time there.
