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Looks amazing! Compost works well for any kind of crop. I suppose, you could compost egg shells or bone meal for some extra calcium, but it should be fine.

Weeks 12, day 84. Well. The worm tea has really helped the height growth. Just look at them!

What else is soil also made of?

Pod added a good quarter inch of length. Man, worm tea works miracles! Branches shot up an extra inch the day after applying it! I'll update on a normal schedule from now on. Every Sunday.

I don't know... the gel's nutrients are typically obtained via digestion, right? Unless you were gonna use the gel just for germination.

6-6.5 sounds more like it. I don't think coffee grounds are the best thing to mix in with the soil. Wouldn't the soil start to heat up and compost?

Le quarter returns, this time, to measure the size of my Bhut Jolokia pod number 1.

Interesting. I wish I had an RO system so that I don't have to use pH down as much..

Nope, a liquid pH test. I use pH up and down to change it. One gallon only requires 3-4 drops to get it in the right spot. The pH is 6 If I remember correctly. I would get a meter, but since I'm not really that large scale into hydro (yet), I don't see the need for it now. Scootin.

What's wrong? The leaves?

It's been... 2 weeks? Anyways. Pruned some of the bottom leaves, those were very distorted. Otherwise, the plant is doing fine. 3 weeks of growth.

Peppers will also remove easily from the plant when ripe.

Week 11, day 77. A week after the transplant. The leaves show damage from edema, but it's still doing fine. My Bhut and TS are both flowering, and the Bhut has a pod already! Middle TS is still in veg. Hydro seedling is doing great. Added a basil clone in there, I hear it repels mosquitos and...

' I should, shouldn't I? You can find the update in my glog: http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/26468-shigshwas-humble-grow-log-now-with-resized-pics/page__st__40

If your soil drains well, I'm sure some time under the sun or somewhere warm will dry the soil a bit.

From my experience, the plants develop this if they are root bound. I think it's time to transplant. Bad case of edema Probably the reason why

Doesn't bone meal take a while to be converted into usable calcium for the plants though? Doesn't look like a Ca deficiency to me.

As far as nutrients go, fertillizing too much or too often causes nutrient toxicity. You don't want to throw a super concentrated soluton into the soil, nor do you want to give it to em too often. Either way, the salts build up in the soil, which harms the plants. What is your fertillizing...

I usually stick to germinating anything with nothing more than a pot and soil. For peppers, keep them under the heat source and try to keep the enviornment humid, not too hot nor wet though. If you don't have a dome of some sort, just put plastic wrap on top, that works well too. Seeds don't...

I think keeping it simple is the key to getting good peppers. Or at least, keeping it as simple as possible. :lol: