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So things quickly went downhill for lil' casper. It would not set fruit indoors (probably limited by light, possibly environmental), so I moved it outdoors. Immediately, it started blooming way more, but few flowers bore fruit. Many flowers got attacked by aphids (or some other tiny pest)+ants...

I did my own research, and came up with the same thing, and went for T8s myself (for a small seed starting/lettuce setup). The only reason I could think of that people prefer T5s is that the bulbs themselves are smaller so they pack better - you can get more light density. But I also don't think...

lots of small comments: 1) I think the easiest way to post a picture is to host it somewhere like flickr or photobucket, then use the IMG tag (you can copy it straight of of flickr and paste it here. 2) The most authoritative source I've found (Hydroponic Capsicum Production by Dr Lynette...

Just curious - why did you space the beds so far apart? Is it to pull the tractor between them? To prevent the spread of pests/disease? Aesthetics? Awesome stuff, thanks!!

Thanks for the advice, but all I really want to do is over think it ;) I've all but given up on this plant (although I moved him outside, and he's still alive, so we'll see), but I'm still very interested from an academic perspective. What I'm really looking for is some sort of controlled...

So I have been growing a single Bhut in DWC for a couple of months, and it got huge, but keeps dropping it's flowers. I moved it outside today, but shocked it thoroughly, and broke a couple of branches, so I'm not sure if it will survive. Now, there were a lot of factors working against Casper...

You just won't get enough light out of that. Might be ok if you use it as 4x4 for like 2 plants.

A somewhat outdated update: Whole Plant by hithisishal, on Flickr New shoot by hithisishal, on Flickr This is from about a week ago. It since outgrew the table that it was on, and I had to mcgyver a new way to hold the light over it. Needless to say, it belongs in the ghetto setup. It...

I'm feeding it just Maxibloom. Since I don't have many plants and won't use large volumes, I was looking for the a nutrient mix that I could use alone, the whole time. This came in at $15 for a bag (lifetime supply). The first time I filled up my res I used one tsp/gal. Second time I used closer...

I'm sure they're more expensive, but if you ever need to replace something, OSH has a pretty nice selection of drippers, connectors, etc.

This year I decided to try out hydroponics with a single ghost chili plant (which my girlfriend named Casper) in a 3 gallon DWC bucket. I started the seedling some time in March, but only transplanted to the DWC bucket about 3 weeks ago. It was severely root bound and not very happy before then...

Thanks, mild. I read about people going crazy and adjusting pH every day, and I just don't see the need to. Nor do I see a need to own a $100 pH meter for my one plant. I'll probably want one when I scale things up (and knowing me, I'll probably want to build an automatic pH adjuster) I'm using...

Cool idea! I wish I had the space/resources to do something like that... Just a couple of (hopefully helpful) hints from a grad student who is used to critiquing experiments. In general, anything alive seems very difficult to control for me, but this is what comes to mind: 1. Make sure you have...

How often do you guys find you need to adjust pH? I have had my system going for almost 3 weeks now....3 gallon DWC with maxibloom and hydroton. First nutrient bath was with tap water, and the second was with RO water. I have some universal pH test paper and have seen variations from about...

First timer here, so please be nice :) I've learned so much from your community here! From 4 seeds, I have a single bhut jolokia seedling that grew to a decent size. (lost 2 to helmet head, and one never started). Everything looked great a week ago when I planned on transferring it to a DWC...