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Hi   Today I've tried for the first time to make poppers. I don't have jalapenos so I went with went habs...   Anyway, everywhere I found on the web, the cooking temperature in the oven was 365-400F for 20-25min. I used 375 (190C) and after 5 minutes my whole house was full of smoke.. after...

Hi all, I need some advice for setting up a grow area for when the season ends. I was thinking of buying some kind of a HID lamp (with ballast and reflector) and a tent. I don't know how much space I really need for peppers. What I want is to start about 14 varieties this fall (I'll plant...

Why not use several starting mediums and see how it goes for you? I used the paper towel, cheap soil and peat pellets for this years grow and they all worked fine - the paper towel was the quickest to germinate, but the poting soil in plastic cups was the easiest and cheapest - I got seedlings...

What would work best at nuking them? I want something that will kill them for sure (even if it kills all the beneficials as well - they are not that many anyway), maybe even kill other pests, like mites - didn't see any but better make sure. If possible I would like something that won't stress...

  I keep hosing them down, but they seem to always get back on the plant/s... Or I miss them (??)

Hi,   I have a slight aphid problem on most of my plants. They look really healthy, but I just hate to see the little buggers sucking the life out of the flowers/buds.   Should I just let them be - expecting some natural enemy to take care of them (I have some ladybugs here and there on the...

I had some jiffy pellets and they did get mold on top (some of them - not all), but the seeds sprouted fine and there were no issues with the seedlings in the long run. When I sprouted in soil, in plastic cups - with plastic bags on top of each one, there was no mold issue. 

I started 5 habanero plants this year, all in peat pellets - two went in coco coir bags (they were a brick in a plastic bag that was used as a pot, with 4 SMALL holes in the bottom) and 3 in canna terra pro filled superoot air pots. The ones in coco are much much bigger and they were all fed the...

  The bug got to me in the same way...

    Maybe I don't understand the question, but you just open up the pot...

I understand the theory behind it all, I'm just asking for real life experiences as I see them in a lot for grow logs. I am mostly curious why the plants I have in plastic bags filled with (cheap) coco are growing faster/bigger than the ones in canna soil filled air-pots (more expensive - both...

Back to seedling starting mediums, is there any real difference beteween all the rockwool products and sizes (I've seen grodan has 2.5 and 3.7cm cubes, cutilene is round, etc) and the rooting starters like root!t and root riot?   Or should I just use something like coco pelets even though I will...

Hi all,   I've been growing some peppers for the last few months (my first grow) and was wondering about the value of the air-pot containers.    Before starting my grow, I've been watching this forum all the time, especially the grow logs. Here I noticed a lot of experienced growers were using...

Are there any non-oil based solutions for getting rid of bugs (aphids, whitefly, mites, etc)? I really dislike the fact that all of these "natural" things leave an oil residue on the leaves...   Thanks!

  What do you mean? I never checked my ph for my soil/coco plants I have going right now... and they seem to be doing fine.

Hello   Is there any difference in growing mediums for starting seedlings? I've only tried starting seedlings in peat pellets and soil; didn't notice much difference in the end product... The peat pellets were taking less space, but needed watering more often and the soil was in cups so it took...

  I don't really want to go hydro on all the plants. I plan on doing about 10 varieties with 2-3 plants each in total. Never done hydro and was thinking about starting small - something like 4  plants (different varieties) - and to keep everything as started, so no moving from a medium to...

I used that spider mite control solution and also the weather got nice and warm again. New growth seems to be fine... I will reaply the spider mite treatment in 7-10 days to be sure.   Also noticed that on some smaller plants the edges of the very young leaves were black and looked dead. This is...

Hi,   I have some seeds and don't know if I should wait until winter to germinate them or can start them right now? I am kind of eager to grow them, although I know they won't produce anything this season.   For over-wintering I will only be using CFL lights, so no HID. I have a few 85W bulbs...

I can't see aphids on any of the plants...