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The thing is, I'm not really trying to grow them under lights - I do that too, but with CFLs and MH (which do have a shield). The HPS bulbs are only meant to keep a large (for the watts I'm using) number of peppers alive and ripen a few pods during the winter - so, I want to "light up" as many...

No, how would you do that? You mean buy a reflector that costs more than $5? :lol:

I think it cost about the same than a normal liquid fert, maybe a bit more. It works well, the problem is, now that my plants are inside and under the lights, I really don't want to do any mysting, because I don't want to get any of it on the HPS bulbs. While they're on, that could cause them to...

Hi! I've got a NPK(Ca)(Mg), 10-0-0(+15CaO)(+2MgO) foliar fertilizer and I was wondering if you think there would be any problems if I used it as "normal" fertilizer - watering with it? Because it's got some sticky, oily thing in it so that it sticks better to the leaves. Has anyone tried this...

Honestly, I don't think there's much reason to use peroxide on your seeds "in general". Yes, you'll kill all the bugs on the surface but unless you're working in a sterile environment, that's not necessarily a good idea anyway and you'll get mold and fungus just the same. The "extra oxygen" from...

2 watts of energy is two watts of energy... Even if all the energy were converted to light - so, a perfectly efficient light source, that would still only be 2 watts of energy - which isn't a lot. The difference in luminous efficacy between LEDs and CFL is very slight, so that 25 watt cfl is...

I have a plant growing on just a 20w cfl (6400K), plus some ambient light, and it's doing just fine - fewer flowers than other plants, but it's still growing nicely and putting out pods. So, if maximum yield is not an issue and you don't want to grow a looooot of plants, you don't really need...

That's way too far away and too weak a light source to cause any damage, I think... Also, I've had burnt tops from plants actually touching a 200w CFL, but it didn't cause any deformations in the leaves - well, apart from them being singed. :lol: As for the calcium, the recommended dosages on...

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I don't think 3°C for a short period of time (I'm assuming that's just the minimum temp) should do much damage. Yeah, you could use a paper bag or shield them from the cold with some plastic foil, that can't hurt. We've had a couple of dips to 5°C during the night here already and my peppers...

I would concur with calcium deficiency, but this kind of thing is very common with peppers in my experience. So, I would get some calcium suplement, but as always with peppers, don't overdo it. Try 1/3-1/2 strength first. The leaves taht are already deformed aren't going to improve so you should...

Yeah, because I hear other people have always had good experience with their seed - plus the price is fair, the shipping is fast and they are very pleasant to work with. Maybe they have got some storage issues or something and every once in a while something like this happens.

Hot cherry, Numex Twillight, Fatalli, Jalapeno and I think one of the Habaneros... I used the same thing I always use, vermiculite in little plastic cup things... The temperature was between 24 and 28 celsius, I waited for 2 months (3 weeks actively and then I just left them while I germinated...

Yeah, this year I ordered 5 varieties fromm Hippy, 4 had 0% germination rate and one had 60% germination rate. I don't know, people seem to have had good experiences with Hippy, maybe I just got unlucky, but with some other suppliers I basically always get close to 100% germination so I think...

Could be something like the Aurora (link) or noe of the "NuMex" ornamentals. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, it looks great! :woohoo:

I would lay off the nitrogen, as advised, and decrease the frequency of watering. Also, if humidity is very high, that could cause flowers to drop (as well as a lot of other factors). Peppers can be a bit sensitive when it comes to flowering, especially if you enable them optimal "growth"...

Why not just buy a light and stick your plants under it?

I don't know how that's possible... I have a couple of 200w cfls that I can comfortably touch even after 10 hours of them being on, while my 150w MH reflector gets so hot after 10minutes I'm afraid to even get near it. As for the output, both are "supposed to" output rougly the same lumens/watt...

THe soil looks really wet though, did you just water it?