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The results are in. I have harvested a small amount of peppers and produced hydroponic smoked spicy paprika (HSSP) There's good news and bad news The bad: - It's too spicy I initially took a pepper and dabbed it on my tongue and knew I was in trouble. They are probably somewhere...

Not a lot to report. The peppers on the mother are fully bright red but not yet ripe enough to pick There were a couple of small fruit growing on the backup plant that are starting to turn color. I decided to pluck them to not only see how the fruit will counter ripen, but also to give that...

Another general plant update, the fruits are beginning to ripen to an extremely bright fire engine red No changes to the setup at all, the beauty of hydro is beginning to present itself. I just watch and enjoy them growing, and monitor the water level once a week. When they get into the 55...

Not a lot happening, waiting for fruit to ripen. The new growth is looking pretty good. Each section has a very tall branch growing vertically that I will eventually support, section, and tie down I'm not going to do too much more training until the plant gets into its final home, a 2x2 Vivosun...

Just a short fruit update I included some pics from the other plants as well

Quick update, I decided to do a little Low Stress Training (LST) LST promotes airflow, and uses tie downs to spread open the canopy. It can be a bit of work, however peppers don't grow as fast as other types of plants that use this technique I also organized and updated the air pump. The only...

I have switched to Deep Water Culture (DWC), I added an air pump and 3 stones. The air pump is relatively quiet and about as loud as a fan My setup is a little weird, the air pump I'm using has 2 outlets that have to be "bridged" together. I'm also only using what I have on hand So a bridge to...

Updated fruit picture and an overview of the whole setup. I'm adding at least one more 5 gallon bucket, possibly more Some of the other varieties that made the cut: Chocolate Bell - Big fruits already, will probably be up potted to a 5 gallon Datil x Dracula (F2) - no fruits yet but plenty...

We have officially switched over to the fruiting / bloom period I really didn't think it would get this far so I'm already excited Some of the supplies I got were: 5 gallon bucket, 5 gallon bucket topper, and a copious amount of hydroton I soaked the hydroton in water for a few days, it was...

OK the mother has been chosen. pH of 6.0 ppm of 900 Up - potting the others, will get to the paprika soon..

Well the peppers are angry to say the least I went on vacation and somehow left the person taking care of the plants with a SUPER hot mix of nutrients It was 8.5 pH and 800 ppm, most of the plants either wilted or got very angry and started to cannibalize the leaves I believe this is due to...

Not too much exciting to report. Changed nutrients, haven't done any pruning. I added a second USB fan just for fun, the area is getting really crowded as the younger exotic peppers are starting to veg. I didn't plan to share the space but here we are Still procrastinating upgrading to 5 gallon...

The project continues but I'm not excited about the progress. I'm not happy with the way the main candidate has responded to topping, it seems to be needing more nutrients. The leaf curling up continues and at the same time they are slightly etiolated I'll be feeding them soon. I'll get the...

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.