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As some of you already know this is my first year growing peppers. I started in my office but found aphids on my plants and the flowers just kept falling off. So Iv'e taken them home to get them some natural light and see if the insects would help pollinate them as well as get rid of the aphids...

I took this plant home about 3 weeks ago and put it outside. This one was growing along side the plant with the aphids which is growing on a window sill in my office, I have no idea how the little buggers found that plant on the second floor of an office building, anyway, I took one of the...

You want to hear something weird?! I saw one of the aphids shoot a drop of clear liquid off his ass onto the pollen part of the flower (don't know what those little purple dealies are called) when I was watching it under the microscope. WTF WAS THAT!!!?!!

I took a pic with my iPhone through the microscope lens.

I took this photo through a microscope. These little critters are sitting in the flowers of my Hab peppers. I suspect they are why its not producing. Are these aphids?

Here is a more recent pic. They have been on the sill for about a month.

I'm using a Sun Blaster 6400K full spectrum (coil type bulb). I have found that the plants grow extremely well under the light but they do not bud. If I take them out from under the light and put them on the window sill to get them some natural sunlight, they start to bud and flower.

Just had my first pepper ripen. My Habs are also doing quite well for being inside. I took one home and set it outside. I'm curious how it will do I think it's still getting over the transplant shock.

I'm growing Orange Habs from seeds from a pepper I ate from the grocery store. :scared:

I just ate a tiny piece of the dried pepper above to see how hot it was and burned the CRAP outta my lips. This little thing is on par with a hot Hab.

Does any one have any idea what pepper this might be?

FINALLY, after much waiting my Habs are starting to bud and flower. I have been growing them here on my desk at work under and grow light. I also alternate them to the window sill over the weekend when I can't leave the light on. I'm all FIRED UP! :onfire:

DOT, THAT'S AWESOME! How long did it take for the pepper to turn red? I mean from the time it sprouted. Seems like it's been a month or two.

I have had good luck using a 23 watt 1430 lumens 6400k full spectrum light. The bulb package says Sun Blaster. I usually just leave the light on while I'm at work, generally about 8 hrs(since that's where my plants are). Every now and then (once every couple of weeks) I'll put them on the window...

My only advice as a new pepper grower myself is, be ready to wait. I planted two types of peppers about a week apart. The larger plant is a Thai pepper plant and the two other photos are of a cluster of 3 habs and a single hab plant. One of the triplets is just now budding where as the Thai...

Give this a shot.......I use basically the same method but on top of the paper towel in the cup I put potting soil and then set the seeds on the soil. I kust make sure the soil is kept moist. Also I dont close them in with a lid. I'd like to see if they germ faster in soil.

The red pepper is one of the peppers the guy gave me aver a year ago. It's where I got the seeds.

Actually Iv'e germ'd several plants this way. They seem to do really well I generally just keep the soil damp. I'll re-pot soon though.

No expense reports. LOL. Construction consulting. I'm in the office about 50% of the time.