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What's the purpose of raising some rows higher than others?

I've been doing mine since January as well. Comparing mine to some of the pro growers my guys are much smaller. I had inadequate artificial light for much of the duration. After significantly upgrading the lighting I've had very noticeable improvements. Hopefully I didn't fall too far behind, I...

Knowing how to spot and avoid malicious software and scams is better than any antivirus, but failing that it's always good to use an AV. Windows Defender on 10 is like previous versions of WD meshed with Microsoft Security Essentials. It's far better than nothing, but not great. My favorite...

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If you have an iPhone or Android phone you can download the Tapatalk app to use with this forum. It'll let you add photos from your camera roll inline in a couple of taps.   It sounds like over watering. You don't want the soil to be moist; you want to have the soil completely dry before...

Sorry for posting two leaf threads in one week, but I've got another head scratcher. The plants in this one group are all distinctly curling downwards and I don't know why. The group contains Yellow Fataliis and Bhuts and they're both doing it. The leaves are firm and appear to be healthy...

If anyone is having issues getting the stuff above the heat mat warm enough get some home insulation and stick it under. This makes it significantly more efficient, just make sure the heat can rise up; if it's trapped on both sides that will lead to problems. I got a 1, maybe 1.5" thick pink...

Congrats on 1k posts!   I was given seeds, many of which came from PepperLover and were most likely at least a year old and I had very good germination rates, probably 85% or better on most.

If it is suntan, is that detrimental?   I did notice it seems to affect the Jigsaws the most, so maybe they have purple colored leaves at this stage? Or maybe they're more prone to sunburn?   On a possible related note, I have Yellow Fatalli plants with leaves a big on the yellow side, but...

I'd move them. At 2-3 days even if anything's breached the seed it'd barely be poking out. I can't speak from a scientific standpoint, but the tap root seems to actually be pretty sturdy initially. It just broke through the seed and its next step would be to get into position to act as a...

Welcome to THP! That looks like a solid setup. 80-85 is ideal, but people germ successfully in much less than that. If it drops even 10 at night I think you'd be okay. I did mine at a constant temperature because I used a heat mat thermometer, but in nature they'd normally see a day/night...

They're mixed up, but the ones in question are mostly gourmet fatalii jigsaws (not reapers as I mistakenly wrote). They're under 6500K CFL bulbs. I've got space to add other bulbs. Should I throw something else into there too? I've got 2700K smaller CFLs and a 3 blue, 9 red led bulb. Thanks...

It seems to happen mostly on the gourmet fatalii jigsaws, but it's happening on some if the other varieties as well. I don't know if it's some kind of sunburn, a deficiency, some sort of disease, or if it's perfectly fine. Anyone have any insight into this? Thanks

I bottom water. Originally I'd let the trays sit in water until they had their fill, but this would leave the soil very wet, even up top, and as a result I had algae growth. They need a wet environment to grow as well as light. If you're bottom watering keep an eye on the cells and stop when...

I had that happen when I'd mist them too heavily and/or not give it a bit of fresh air every couple days. Don't do what I did and try to soak them in straight 3% hydrogen peroxide after you've begun trying to germinate them. Any of the ones that are close to sprouting will get zapped. Maybe...