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Cold country, small balcony, grow accordingly 2020

Hello and a warning: this is going to be boring and small grow located in finland, mainly for keeping record.
 
This is my 4th or 5th season and 2nd in the same appartment. I have a small windowed balcony facing so, that in the summer sun hits it from ~12 to late evening between 18-22 if I remember correctly.
 
Last summer I had 2x aji fantasy, 2x harold st bart as main plants, then amashito wild and moruglah in a more shady spot. Results were nice for aji fantasies, got around 2kg overall from them and maybe 500+g from harolds. This year I'm not going to waste space with  chinenses, the conditions just aren't there.
 
This years grow will be:
2x Challuaruro
2x Jalapeno orange spice
1x aji fantasy x harold st bart (if seeds viable, own cross)
1x spanish giant.
 
I have a tent for germinating and getting to summer, 120x60x180 sized, so 2'x4'x6'. Seeds will hit the rockwool next week, will put out pics then. My growlight is solux twin 2x55 tubes, 6400k and around 10 000 lumens.
Basicly plan is, rockwool -> coco coir with maybe perlite/vermiculite, final pots will be pots with water reservoir below, acts kinda like passive hydro with coco. 
 
 
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That is my now 3yo starfish.
 
edit what is the best way to up pics? can I upload them to place X and embed link here?
 
Challuaruros have alot new growth,, maybe a second wave for this crappy summer.

Been pulling carrots and peas, so good eaten plain and fresh

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skullbiker said:
Your plants look good there. Now that you have had a Rocoto Montufar you have officialy spoiled it for all other peppers!
Thanks!

Next year I'll probably grow just some rocotos and baccatums, unless I find a way to build something that keeps plants warm at night too.(that gets the ok from fiance)

This summer has had too many cold weeks, really stunted annuums. Chinenses would be a Lost cause.

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Been neglegting the glog.
Last night temps got to 4C, picked my last carrots. Also some montufars and orange spices.
There are still maybe 10 fully grown montufars and a lot of challuaruros. Hopefully they get ripe before too cold.
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So I got kinda busy and fed with bad summer. Had decent amount of pods in the freezer after all and dried em.

Thinking about next season, should I do it and if yes, to glog or not
 
Inoks said:
So I got kinda busy and fed with bad summer. Had decent amount of pods in the freezer after all and dried em.

Thinking about next season, should I do it and if yes, to glog or not
I vote for you to do it and glog it too![emoji106]
 
Inoks said:
Perhaps then, my grow just feels so s all here
 
Don't worry about the size of your grow. Just grow what you can if you enjoy it. To me a glog is just a nice thing to look back on and keeps you a little more in touch with the rest of the GROWING world.
 
Well said, 'Biker.
 
I haven't seen anything in Inoks' grows
that I would consider insignificant. Anybody 
growing in Finland gets the benefit of the
doubt!
 
You go, Risto!
 
Does anyone have any experience using wick system with chilis?
Trying to make following summer easier, but without using electricity.
 
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