Recent content by adrian089

It's my first year. 1. Overwatered 2. Underwatered 3. Too much sun 4. Thought I wouldn't have a bug problem (currently need to deal with some aphids)

In my limited experience, yellow leaves and leaf drop = overwatering/poor drainage. I would put it in a bigger pot and add some perlite to the media to increase drainage. Only water when the top inch or so is dry, Should start looking real nice again after about 2 weeks. 

  I personally don't sterilize. 

  Just got them in today and they feel a lot tougher than what I expected. Probably didn't need 25 gallon ones, but I plan on overwintering so who knows how big my plants will get next season. Now to order a couple more bricks of coco coir.

  This is my experience as well. Here's what I do and have had good results.   1. Start with a ziplock bag and paper towel.  2. Once I see a root, I transplant to a solo cup with some holes in the bottom and rubber band a sandwich bag on top and place it on the heat mat.  3. Once about an inch...

  How much do the budget options for fabric pots run for the cheaper brands and are there any online stores you'd recommend with good prices? Also, how long would you say the average one lasts? I've been using buckets and have been considering just drilling holes in the sides.   Edit: Impulse...

I wanted to share an update. My twigs are now plants again and starting to flower. https://imgur.com/gallery/7qfjn   Once they started looking fairly healthy again and I know they'd recover, I transplanted them into bigger containers. The 1 datil, still has leaf curl and I have no idea why.  

  It's my first year growing peppers, and I've had a lot that looked like that at one or several points in time. I'm fairly confident when I say it's from over watering. My leaves turned yellow, and started falling off until my plants were twigs and I panicked and felt despair. The good news is...

So whatcha feeding that monster, and do you do anything special to protect it from the hellish FL heat? This is my first year growing, and I've had to keep my plants in the shade for the majority of the day.

Well, I just subscribed. I've got a 50 bucket dutch bucket system that I'm tempted into converting to aeroponic now. 

I only saved seeds once. Got a bell pepper from the store, warmed up my toaster oven to 250, turned it off, put them in on a sheet of aluminum foil, turned off the toaster oven and cracked the door and left them in there until it cooled down. maybe 1-2/15 seeds didn't sprout.

  The daily rain definitely doesn't help. I'm thinking the flower drop might be from the sun/heat. I moved mine out of where the rain can get them and they have shade for half the day, so we'll see if that helps soon enough hopefully. What varieties are you growing this year? Maybe next season...

There was a lot of dust from the perlite and it wasn't draining as well as it should have. The rain was getting in the Dutch bucket system because it's outdoors. I'll be putting up a greenhouse and shade cloth next year.

  What ratio of coir+perlite?

  No. I had the outside in full Florida sun. I moved them to the front of my house under the roof to avoid rain. Now they get direct sun until maybe 3pm now.