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Chilidude season 2018

Last year was pretty much a disaster, the summer turned out to be a very cold and sunless thing, so i didnt get much of anything to eat and all my efforts did go to waste.
 
But i am willing to try again growing those chilis, so i am not giving up so easy.
 
I got two last year fully grown Hot paper lanterns, so they should produce some even if the summer is not so perfect, also will grow these from seeds:
 
 
Naga morich.
Bonda ma jacques.
Petenero.
Aji golden.
Aji erotica.(baccatum erotica)
Lemon drop.
Aji crystal.
Aji pineapple.
Queen laurie.
Locato.
 
This time around pretty safe chilis to survive cooler climates in my opinion, inside my greenhouse.
 
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I kind of like to looks of the Hesi coco fertilizer test subjects:

Overall they look much better than some of my plants right now, but after the summer we will see the final result of the new fertilizer.
 
Do you do anything to rain water that you collect, besides adding ferts? How’s the PH level of rain water?


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PtMD989 said:
Do you do anything to rain water that you collect, besides adding ferts? How’s the PH level of rain water?


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I just let the fertilizer mixture sit inside the greenhouse for a while to rise the temp up and ph of the rainwater is something  between 5-6. So the final fertilizer mixture should be pretty close to the ideal ph for the best uptake of nutrients.
 
 
This Hesi coco is a bit strange stuff because when i put the max dosage of 50ml/ litres of rainwater the EC number was only 1.0.
 
The EC number is indeed way lower compared to some other fertilizers i have used before with similar dosage+rainwater, because Hesi coco contains both organic/mineral nitrogen but perhaps the EC number is not the whole truth how well this fertilizer actually works in the end.
 
 
 







For now they look like somebody tried their best to slowly murder them, but lucky for me the chilis are not so easy killed even if i made some mistakes along the way and it is nothing that the already boiling hot greenhouse temperatures/ lowly rising night temperatures, rainwater+the fertilizers cant fix in due time.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Not looking too bad , but peppers need higher nighttime temps as well , not just light and ferts.
Best of luck , you are almost there.
 
karoo said:
Not looking too bad , but peppers need higher nighttime temps as well , not just light and ferts.
Best of luck , you are almost there.
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Of course, optimal night temps would be around 15C but it will take many weeks to get to that point. I would be happy to even get above 10c temps, but for now they have to get used to the sub 10c temps at night time. :rolleyes:
 
Day temps are in the 30-40c inside the greenhouse even with the automatic roof opener wide open, so day temps are more than fine for peppers.
 
Finland is being bombarded with a horrible heatwave and these are evening temps with the door wide open all day long:

Freaking 31,2C inside the greenhouse and i am also melting away as we speak. I am also running out of rainwater and if this keeps up i might have a pretty good harvest by the time the season is finally over.
 
The news headlines in here say there is no end in sight for this kind of weather, i am not liking it that much but they the chilis like it so whatever. :dance:
 
PtMD989 said:
Well I guess, think of all the money you are saving, by not running your heater. [emoji57]


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Well it seems like the night temps might stay above 10c from now on, so no need for the heaters.
 
 
Hesi coco fertilizer:
 
Hot paper lantern:

 
Aji lemon drop:

Aji cristal:

 
 
 
 
Ghe floramicro/floramato:
 
Petenero x2:
 


 
Naga morich x2:
 


 
Bonda ma jacques:

 
Queen laurie:

 
Aji erotica:

 
Aji pineapple:

 
Aji golden:

 
All my plants are doing fine right now so it a good sign to push forward to have a good season.
 
 
 
The weather have been very hot for the longest of time:

 
Stringed up all my C.baccatum chilis and the first flowers should be open in a few days:

 
We have not had any good rainfall for a long time now, so i have to use the tapwater again to water the chilis for the time being.
 
Your plants are looking great. [emoji106]
Hopefully you get some rain to collect soon. Do you have to make adjustments for your tap water?


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PtMD989 said:
Your plants are looking great. [emoji106]
Hopefully you get some rain to collect soon. Do you have to make adjustments for your tap water?


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The weather forecast says there will be several weeks before there will be another rainfall and i might not need to make any adjustments to the tapwater after all so it will be wait and see thing for now. The coco coir/fertilizers used in the greenhouse growing during the summer time should have the ability to compensate some of the incorrect ph of the fertilizer solution, if i just use fresh nutes everytime i water the plants.
 
The main problem i had with the indoor growing might have been that i collected the used fertilizer solution and used it again to water the plants without even checking the ph or anything..So live and learn from the experience i suppose. :confused: :lol: ;)
 
If i have to use the tapwater for several weeks now because of the lack of rainwater, it will be a good test to see if the growing problems i had indoor was infact the results of the used fertilizer solution i was giving to the plants.
 
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