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I  am running a drip to waste system in 3.5, 4, & 5 gallon buckets with a 5-1-1 mix.  I am using Masterblend and CalMag. What TDS level should I be shooting for at the emitter? My tap water is 180ppm.   I just recently got my tds meter and plan to test the water at the emitter and the runoff to...

Has anyone run across this before? I ordered masterblend from Morgan County Seeds and got an email saying     2 weeks to ship? That's a little crazy. Anyone experience this before? Should I wait or is there somewhere else I can get masterblend fertz?

Last year I grew two peppers, Ghost and Scorpion. I bought small plants locally and figured how to grow keep them alive over 6-8 months. Tried to grow jalapenos (can't keep bugs off them) and serranos (found out water and nutes are important) not really successfully. Found out Tomatoes are even...

I am finally ready to start supplying nutes through my drip irrigation to my plants in a 5-1-1 mix. I have them on 1gal emitters for 30 minutes a day (zone 10b). My big hurdle has been a feed injector on the cheap but reliable. I finally got a MG feeder inline     Here is where I need the help...

At the end of the month I am going to be spending a few days in Trinidad about an hour south of Port of Spain. If I find chillis in the local markets, can I bring them home to the US? Anything I should look for? Any other advice?

As I have been experimenting with potting mix I think the one that I used with a few plants are too dense and sadly don't really dry out.   Could this leaf curl be anything other than over watering? I replanted one of them yesterday and saw no bugs in the pot.    

I bought this from a market. It was labeled "Hot Pepper." I thought it was a capsicum annuum cherry pepper which Trade Winds Fruit says has a "Mildly hot flavor." I split it open and it had a thick flesh and lots of seeds. I took a small bite and was really surprised that is was hotter than a...

To ensure I have some viable plants I started lots of seeds. As I got better at germination I got more seedlings. I now have multiple seedlings and now am beginning to get multiple adolescent plats that I only plan to grow one of.   At what stage do you eliminate the unneeded multiple plants?

Are they too wet? The temps dipped into the upper 50s but I doubt that would cause this.   Jalapeno     Red Sweet Pepper     The leaves look almost like they are delaminating, I don't know how else to describe it.

For folks that live in an area that won't freeze your plants, do you still start new plants each yeay? If so, why? Do you trim them back each year? Do you just let them keep growing?

  I can't figure why some do this. Anything I can do to prevent it? I have other jalapenos so I won't continue growing this one.

With any luck I can make this a fairly interesting grow log for the beginners like me. If you want to follow a professional grower to glean pro-style tips, keep moving. If you want to watch a guy stumble along the road of gardening, you are in the right place! I am in south Florida so I don't...

Here is a pic from today     Here it is from a few days ago       Sorry about the size.   it is in a 20oz cup.  I have been watering it from the bottom using water. Every few days I water with diluted tomato fertilizer.

Last year I had a handful of plants. I am in Zone 10b and did not realize how badly I underwatered my plants until late in the season. This year I plan to do several more plants and plan to install a drip irrigation system.   I have seen folks like juanitopeppers do injectors but that is a...

I put seeds in a jiffy peat pot, in a container. I put it on my computer or my cable box until the seedling pops up (about an inch). I then move them to a window sill and they still shoot up like this. What am I doing wrong?      

What should I do about this white mold on my seedlings? They are currently in a Tupperware bowl.  

I have started seeds in jijjy pellets. These are about 10 days old jalapeno and Serrano seeds but I have others coming in as well.   What is my next step from here and when do I take it?  Thanks   I am in 10b south Florida