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  Are those little yellow things down in the left corner the mites?    

  Ok. I'll dilute the solution and move them somewhere shadier. Been screwing around trying to put water droplets on my camera lens as a magnifier, to no avail. If I get some pics tomorrow, I'll attach them.   It is a Daihatsu Luxio, Indonesian. I pretend it is a panel van for the purposes of...

    I am using hydroponic nutes, something local and unbranded, at 1200 ppm. The busiest and most complete local agricultural shop stocks only the one type for vegetative growth.Things have gotten worse for these two plants. The mite idea seems likely, with plants having gotten worse during a...

  No, the input is very helpful. I'm just guessing... my other guesses are something wrong with the nutes or some little critter... pretty much anything. I looked up photos of sunburn, and most of it seems to go from the outsides in, where this is from the insides out. Strange, no?Do you think...

  I don't tend to get water on the leaves, but they do get a bit of rain on them occasionally, when it is windy. I water in the morning, around 8 am. They are in dutch buckets, so they usually only get water once a day.   To clarify, they are on the corner of a terrace. They have shade for...

These leaves started to yellow along the central rib and veins about a week ago. Now they have thinned to the point of translucency. A plant showing similar symptoms died last week. Both plants are isolated. Both were fed from the same nutrient mix. I am wondering if this might be sever...

Super cool. Really looking forward to seeing your results.

A fair response. I do actually have the plants under uv plastic, but you are right, the conditions are simply appalling. I hope other growers have better, and so less need to be concerned with fungus gnats as a vector of root rot. Enough hijacking of a pinned thread by a random newcomer who...

  I'm not sure, but think the link you gave is about pepper corn production. I'm no pepper corn expert, but we have some growing here, and that looks similar, accounting for graininess and my having decided it was peppercorn before looking at the picture. They mention growing the plants on brick...

You have some great vids. They are really helpful in terms of seeing practical methods of doing things. May I ask why you sometimes wear gloves?

  I am a new grower, so just basing my thoughts off a limited amount of experience and reading of articles. Here are the factors that lead me to worry about root rot:   I live in the tropics, where it is very hot. I plan to plant hydroponically. It will cost a lot to cool the nutrient solution...

So, I watched some more of your videos, Peter, and am now feeling a bit sheepish about showing you my little Kratky setups. But, I did volunteer. I should say first, I have been negligent as concerns light proofing containers. These plants are on a site, and I keep forgetting to bring black...

    Yes, the leaf with the arrow. Perhaps the photo is unclear, as it seems to show a leaf that is tilted, a partial side view. In fact, the growth of that leaf is asymmetrical, one sided. This photo may not be much clearer, so I added a line... small phone, big finger.

Kratky rocks. I've also had success with just cutting a hole into the lid of a used 4 litre paint pail and dropping a netpot into it. Large, 22 litre, paint buckets can hold about 6 salads or other leafy greens. I've also used plastic baskets suspended over plastic trays, without any media or...

Thanks for the reassurances, guys. I am perhaps overly worried about these strange leaves. We've been looking into commercial chili production, and I haven't seen anything that matches these leaves in the literature yet. If anything interesting happens with those leaves, I'll post it here...

I was just reading about root rot disease the other day, and fungus gnats were mentioned as one of the vectors for various strains of the disease. "Pythium oospores were found in the digestive tracts of larvae and adults of each of these insects. In fungus gnats, oospores acquired during the...

erm... how do I delete this (and teach myself not to double-click post buttons)?

Hello all. I'm a new grower, have planted a few Bird's Eye chilies in a hydroponic system. I live in Indonesia, am currently building a greenhouse. I plan to fill the greenhouse with hydroponic plants, one of which will definitively be chilies. Bird's Eye/Thai/Rawit chilies are the most popular...