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Topping and pruning day, along with nutrient change Finally addressed the pH. The water is really bad at 7.0 so with nutrients it goes sky high. I lowered it down with General Hydroponics (GH) buffer and managed to get the pH at 6.0 and the ppm at 600. Easy to remember if this works. Added 1...

I've done some culling Switched to GH Maxigrow @ 800 PPM Finally tested pH at 6.9 so I will start using pH down with the next round of nutrients Some plants have started to thrive, we have 3 that are fairly perfect and another 4 freaks. So the official count is at 7 A nice candidate for the...

I've moved them to their semi permanent home under the 100W Spider farmer light Amid a bunch of problems I have become disgusted with the performance of these FF nutes I've never used the Big Bloom for any serious grows before, and the organic matter has become disgusting I have no pearly...

I added a little redneck eye protection to this project. The purple light is visible from the peripheral of my desk. Just used a little cardboard, wood glue and tin foil. Definitely don't need the foil but I want to maximize coverage with these weaker lights. The game of containing light, while...

Time for a nutrient "flush" Going to step up to 2000 ppm and add Cal-Mag If I had a better eC meter, and honestly a better understanding of eC I would try and reuse my nutrients for seedlings etc. But I will most likely just throw them out Still haven't officially tested my pH OR moved them...

Transplant day is upon us 12 seedlings moved into the solo cup setup I decided I want to put them back under the 50w lights so that they don't have too many changes in one day In about 3 days I'll move them under the 100w light Nutrients: Mostly Fox Farms Big Bloom, with a tiny bit of Fox...

Purple pictures for updates Also started applying 800 ppm Big Bloom, just watering through and then collecting the runoff.

Seedling Update: 9 sprouts have shown up, should be a few more. I'm only keeping 10 so nice to have a few backups. Solo Cups / Juvenile Stage The solo cup phase is almost upon us, unlike every other year I'm actually prepared ahead of time By far my least favorite stage as it seems to drag...

A great surprise this morning, always a welcome sign. Looks like we got 3 of 14. I found a straggler very sad seed hiding in the envelope so the official count is 14 now, a much luckier number. Seems like several will be joining us in the next few days as well. Nice strong sprouts and no...

The seeds magically arrived a week early Got them started in the standard setup, 13 in total. I added another 25w light to the setup which feels a bit excessive but we'll see Some Leutschauer stats: A lovely drying pepper that comes from Matrafured, Hungary. It has been grown there since the...

5 gallon buckets are a great size

There are a lot of feed charts on GH website and others https://generalhydroponics.com/resources/maxiseries-feedcharts/ I like to start with a very mild nute such as foxfarm big bloom, and increase with the "hard" stuff such as Maxigro little by little. Ensure you keep notes and by the time...

Thanks for the interest everyone. While waiting for the seeds to arrive I'll detail the stages of growth, they don't arrive for a week and not very exciting for a few days after that Seed starting: I use these specific seed starting trays, which I use for microgreens, purchased in bulk quite...

About the Grow: The (hydro) spice must flow This year I am starting Pepper Joe’s Leutschauer indoors and transitioning them outdoors The entire grow will be using hydroponics Once finished I will produce several lifetime's worth of Paprika, also cornering the market I'm starting 10 seeds...

Howdy everyone, I have tried to complete an actual GLOG series on here before but giving it another go. I mostly do hydroponics and indoor grows. Come check out my GLOG this year for a list of all the equipment and methods used. Attached are some previous grows: Hydro outdoor purple...