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I can't find the spec sheet on chill focus, but since it says its seaweed based, they should be getting enough nitrogen. +1 to the epsom salts

http://www.thechileman.org/ This guy does a pretty good job, lots of varieties.

Where did you find your kola nut powder? The only stuff I can find online is extracts that seem to be geared towards people taking them for the caffeine content. I have always wanted to get a nice coca cola like bark on meat, so much so that I reduced some Coke down and tried to use it as a mop...

I'd hate for you to fry them, so I would just mix a slightly stronger fertilizer than you used previously. As long as you keep them watered they will survive. The only thing I would be concerned about is possible transplant shock. When plants are unhealthy they respond worse to the stress of...

BINGO! You have to try to replicate the tropical climate in which these peppers live in order to get a decent harvest. I'm not into spending a whole growing season taking care of a plant to get 4 or 5 measly peppers off it. Certain varieties do grow well outside temperate climates, but the...

might be nitrogen deficient as well as calcium deficient . I got so scared of over fertilizing my young plants that I let them get nitrogen deficient. I started feeding my seedlings at 1/5 of the recommended dosage on the bottle as soon as they have 2 sets of leaves and they greened right up...

A friend of mine upgraded to those panels after the glass in his greenhouse was destroyed by a hailstorm. Its been over 10 years ( and many more hailstorms) and the panels have held up just fine. They are the only way to go IMHO.

I'm still at least a month away from even considering putting my plants out for the day, 2 months from leaving them out overnight. If you want to grow super hots up north, familiarize yourself with the overwintering process early. Its the only way I've had any luck.

I'm not familiar with the nutes you are using, but I scale the grow (high N) portion of my 3 part way down once flowers start forming. For growth I mix 2ml/L of all 3 parts, for fruiting I mix 1mL/L grow, 2mL/L micro, 3mL/L bloom. I had rampant flower drop on my scotch bonnets before I toned...

I've been using them for 3 months now and really like them. I top water my smart pots full of pro-mix HP with 1/4 strength nutes every watering, plain water every 4th watering. I just don't have the space to do a proper hydro set up. I do have a PH pen, and the Ph perfect seems to buffer my tap...

Did you move the seedlings at all when you opened up the paper towel? I killed a bunch of mine because the roots had grown between the plys of the paper towel and when I opened up the fold in the towel I ripped the root off. They are super hard to see because the young root is the same colour as...

I have a ceiling fan above my indoor area, and I run it 24/7. On the low setting it is totally silent

personally I would just get lazy and make that into a beast of a raised bed.

I have been using these new chelated nutes ( advanced nutrients 3 part) and they actually do keep the PH right around 6.3 without any PH down needing to be added. Of course I only know this because I test each batch with a PH meter. As for ppm, thats kinda a crap shoot if you don't know the...

I worked on a veterinary hospital where the operating rooms were lit primarily by these things, and they are amazing. They said that the surgeons' eyes don't become as distressed as they do under artificial light during long surgeries. If you plan on installing one, buy yourself some...

I love their show(s), I recently subscribed to the magazine, haven't got my first issue yet tho. I have the last 3 or 4 seasons on the PVR, its great for a quick reference check on whatever dish I decide to try out.

smart pots work great for me. I see a noticeable difference in the size of the plants in smart pots in comparison to the plants in the same size clay pots

I pruned 3 plants and their root balls out of 7 gallon containers and made them fit into 2 gallon smart pots. 2 made it and one died, seemed like the one that died wasn't able to get enough water, and it died within 2 weeks. I would measure your available area and go with the biggest possible...

I don't think you are getting enough air into your water. The thing I always hated about DWC was that those cheap air stones worked fine for a week or so, then they got all clogged up and stopped producing nice fine bubbles. You may want to consider getting a bigger air pump as well, get the...

I'm pretty far north, not quite Alaska tho. You will probably have to overwinter everything, and you might not get anything to produce the first year. Hopefully you have some space where you can set up some indoor grow space.