A New Adventure
What’s up guys? I joined and introduced myself to this great community yesterday. You can visit that post right here. First of all, let me thank you for your warm welcome! Since an online community is all about sharing knowledge an having fun I thought I would share my current situation right away. Any kind of feedback, tips and tricks are appreciated. As I said before, This is my first year growing peppers seriously and I still have lots te learn.
Growlist
Habanero Chichen Itza
Lemon Drop
Chinese Five Color
Hot Paper Lantern
Cayenne (Overwintered)
Early Jalapeno (Currently germinating)
Bulgarian Carrot (Currently germinating)
Hungarian Hot Wax (Currently germinating)
03 Feb 2016
These pictures were taken around two weeks ago.
Habanero Chichen Itza
Lemon Drop Pepper
Before I go any further I would like to talk about my current setup. I made a simple grow box, like you see in those DIY YouTube videos. But I believe I kind of upgraded mine. I used a 100L (26 gal) storage box and covered the insides with reflective tape. I then put 4 light sockets in the lid, which are now used for four 23w CFL bulbs. I used small pc fans for ventilation. I used an 80mm pc fan for in-flow at one side and a 120mm pc fan for the out-flow in the lid.
Total lumens: 5600
Color temperature: 6500K
Lumens per bulb: 1400
Lights: 15-16 hours per day.
Day temp: 24-26 (depending on in-flow)
Humidity: 30-40% (depending on the last time I watered the peppers)
*temperature in this picture is a little lower because I opened the lid for a while to take some pictures.*
14 Feb 2016
I started noticing some fungus nats in my grow box, so I added a thin layer of sand which took care of the problem in two days.
Overview
Habanero Chichen Itza
Habanero Chichen Itza, Some of my seedlings have already started forming the 'Y', quite early I think. Don't really know if it is a good or a bad thing this early on. Any opinions?
Lemon Drop Pepper
Chinese Five Color Peppers, these are starting of really slow. Just started showing true leaves, planted at the same time as the Habanero and Lemon drop.
Hot Paper Lantern, starting to see some yellowing on the leaves. Is this anything serious?
Finally my first and only overwintering pepper (Cayenne), this plant never grew really big last year. It was a very wide plant. Cut it all the way back, leaving almost no leaves. No artificial lighting, just a north-facing window. Thankfully this plant is still alive.
I have not started fertilising my seedlings, but I guess now would be a good time to do so? I also noticed that my plants are growing new leaves quite fast, but are not growing the actual size of the leaves that much. Is that something that depends on the kinds of the peppers? Again, any kind of feedback, tips and tricks are appreciated. As said, this is my first year growing peppers and I still have lots te learn.
May we all have a great growing season
// Casper
What’s up guys? I joined and introduced myself to this great community yesterday. You can visit that post right here. First of all, let me thank you for your warm welcome! Since an online community is all about sharing knowledge an having fun I thought I would share my current situation right away. Any kind of feedback, tips and tricks are appreciated. As I said before, This is my first year growing peppers seriously and I still have lots te learn.
Growlist
Habanero Chichen Itza
Lemon Drop
Chinese Five Color
Hot Paper Lantern
Cayenne (Overwintered)
Early Jalapeno (Currently germinating)
Bulgarian Carrot (Currently germinating)
Hungarian Hot Wax (Currently germinating)
03 Feb 2016
These pictures were taken around two weeks ago.
![AZfMmNr.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAZfMmNr.jpg&hash=c4c5784c415c7d51de7a605c3dc6ee06)
Habanero Chichen Itza
![2B6YHQU.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F2B6YHQU.jpg&hash=7da4d2d966b2bd29910f204b4b580724)
Lemon Drop Pepper
Before I go any further I would like to talk about my current setup. I made a simple grow box, like you see in those DIY YouTube videos. But I believe I kind of upgraded mine. I used a 100L (26 gal) storage box and covered the insides with reflective tape. I then put 4 light sockets in the lid, which are now used for four 23w CFL bulbs. I used small pc fans for ventilation. I used an 80mm pc fan for in-flow at one side and a 120mm pc fan for the out-flow in the lid.
Total lumens: 5600
Color temperature: 6500K
Lumens per bulb: 1400
Lights: 15-16 hours per day.
Day temp: 24-26 (depending on in-flow)
Humidity: 30-40% (depending on the last time I watered the peppers)
![y2ZtHCz.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fy2ZtHCz.jpg&hash=6e8642c3ab9e2ca3fa8f968d83919793)
*temperature in this picture is a little lower because I opened the lid for a while to take some pictures.*
14 Feb 2016
I started noticing some fungus nats in my grow box, so I added a thin layer of sand which took care of the problem in two days.
![eNFhJZ5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeNFhJZ5.jpg&hash=33668a5f1c8430f8ac11a1fdf98a0297)
Overview
![NfUO9bl.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FNfUO9bl.jpg&hash=f389ece81787956a585bbe569518619c)
Habanero Chichen Itza
![7RWXd52.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7RWXd52.jpg&hash=63b3dd0ee09f4762cdad75600e3de89e)
Habanero Chichen Itza, Some of my seedlings have already started forming the 'Y', quite early I think. Don't really know if it is a good or a bad thing this early on. Any opinions?
![Zxgply3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZxgply3.jpg&hash=e999162b4b37be34f2b656fc6c2a0007)
Lemon Drop Pepper
![uVEmxpR.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FuVEmxpR.jpg&hash=d1cf12f244191c4c8113c5e80f7f8020)
Chinese Five Color Peppers, these are starting of really slow. Just started showing true leaves, planted at the same time as the Habanero and Lemon drop.
![MUHc0KF.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMUHc0KF.jpg&hash=7c1bf55ef4f280b48d03bd42e4eb5e98)
Finally my first and only overwintering pepper (Cayenne), this plant never grew really big last year. It was a very wide plant. Cut it all the way back, leaving almost no leaves. No artificial lighting, just a north-facing window. Thankfully this plant is still alive.
![0qRDVcn.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0qRDVcn.jpg&hash=88001cf04a24a5e3f93ffa3024e477ab)
I have not started fertilising my seedlings, but I guess now would be a good time to do so? I also noticed that my plants are growing new leaves quite fast, but are not growing the actual size of the leaves that much. Is that something that depends on the kinds of the peppers? Again, any kind of feedback, tips and tricks are appreciated. As said, this is my first year growing peppers and I still have lots te learn.
May we all have a great growing season
// Casper