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Alrighty time for a little update. Today I found some potting soil for 2.50 per cubic foot bag. It's not high quality stuff, but I plan on supplementing it anyway. It's made of compost, "indigenous wood fiber", and sand. Can't be horrible. Got 10 bags of that, it goes on sale tmrw for 1.75 a...

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Yep that was to me. All seeds terminated quick and are doing great. I got one aji pineapple that took off and left the other two. 3 sets of huge leaves while the other two aji pineapple are still growing out the first set. Can't wait for those pods

Man y'all are killin me. I started on the start date and mine are barely pushing the first set of leaves out. That's ok. That just means they're due for a growth spurt right? Lol

Lookin good there Rick! I'm interested to see how that brown bbg7 turns out, don't think I've seen one yet. Glad to hear that spring is peeking it's head in your neck of the woods. Were finally stabilizing down here, won't be too long before plant out. Quick question, how long do you usually...

Lookin real good man! I really like those grow bags. If I had less plants, I'd definitely invest in those. But, with 100 plants I'm gonna have to stick to wally bags at 50cents each. These cloudy days are making it easy to start hardening off, are yours already done and ready for the summer?

Man those plants are lookin super healthy! The thickness of those cream fatalii leaves is fantastic. I'm so glad south tx is finally warming and stabilizing. Completely jealous of the space you have and the size of your plants. I'm gonna remember to follow along so I can sow when you do next...

Well it's been a while, and there's not a whole lot going on as far as growth goes, but here's a little update. Now that the weather seems to be getting more stable i Built a stand and got a couple more lights so I could transfer everything out to the garage. Uppotted tomatoes and garlic. Looks...

Just had an older guy at training telling me about his super hot salsa made with ghost peppers. I told him if he wants to up the heat, im growing some that are hotter. He looked me dead in the eye and said "oh it don't get no hottern a ghost pepper." I whipped out my phone, showed him Scott...

So I'm trying to see if I can feed when I bottom water or not. Everything is still in 1020 trays, and I water by filling those up about an inch. Did some conversions, and that comes to about 3 quarts. First off, is this enough for 18 seedlings that are working on their first couple sets of...

Good point. 12 is manageable.

Ok so if I add 10' to make it 20x30 then I can have a 4' double row, then 2' between rows to tend. I can do that. 2' is squeezing for me, but I can make it happen. Also there's no guarantee on having 100 plants, but better to have too much room than not enough. And on the drip emitters I guess...

Yeah this is almost exactly what I meant. I think the prices are cheaper at drip depot though. I feel like 2gph may be too much, unless you were just using that one as an example for the style. And you're definitely right about the spacing, I may have to add another 10 ft to one side to accomodate.

Well this is going to be strictly peppers from my list plus a few tomatoes/tomatillos. Got a rough sketch of how I'm thinking of doing my drip system. Any input would be appreciated. I've never done one before, and there aren't many examples out there that include dripping for 100 containers in...

So I went out and took some measurements, I went with 20x20, but can add more of necessary. Drew it up, but I feel like I'm being a little hopeful. If I do 10 rows of 10 in 400sqft that's 4sqft per plant. Is that enough? Keep in mind I'm growing in wally bags. About 5-6 gal a piece.

Thanks for the input guys. I'm gonna draw up a plan today to put on here, maybe y'all can help me determine what I'll need for the space and setup I'm going to have. Nice, I've seen malek almost everywhere I've worked while in the industry down here. Is Sherwin as nasty as everyone makes it...

What kind of soil is that? I like the looks of it

I'll definitely keep it posted. But from what I've read, drip lines can be super easy and fairly cheap. I'll start looking into it more and post results money wise

I'm thinking the same way. I already set up a Facebook for the "company" and thanks to friends and family, it's taking off at a good pace. Now I just gotta get thru the rest of this training and figure out what my schedules gonna be like and how flexible it is. Just got the job as a plant...

Once you find that patience you speak of, pass some my way. I'm curious to see what it's all about