Hi all! I've really enjoyed reading peoples' grow logs, so I'll participate!
This is really my second year attempting "superhots." Last year my plants hardly produced anything, but through reading this forum I think it was mainly because my soil compacted - it was 1/2 garden soil, 1/2 compost in 7gal pots. They were like bricks when I pulled them out. They all started out great, then the bottom leaves just started dying. I got very few pods from my 20 potted plants. This year will be different!
I got my seeds from Tadewinds Fruit except the Bhuts which I got at a local nursery. They are under a 4 tube 2' T5 fixture about 5" above the seedlings in a little mini greenhouse from Lowe's and planted in ProMix BX. I planted these about 10 days ago, putting 2-3 seeds per cell. From left to right, they are Fatallii (3/4), Bhut jolokia (4/4 - the last one is barely coming up), Trinidad Perfume (4/4), White Hab (4/4), Paper Lantern (4/4), and Scotch Bonnet Red (4/4):
Sometime in April I plan to put them in my 6'x20' greenhouse that I also use to put everything else I like to grow from seed (this is from last year):
I will probably sow some more this weekend because this just doesn't seem to be enough.![Icon Cool :cool: :cool:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Here's my plan, please let me know if this all looks OK to you guys! I've only watered them twice with one foliar misting of seaweed/kelp extract in a 50% stength solution. I plan to mist them once a week or so with this.
Once the second set of true leaves form, I plan to repot in the 5/1/1 gritty mix in 4" pots, and do a weekly fert with 25% strengh fish emulsion.
Once the 4" pots are filled with roots, I will transplant into 1 gal pots (again 5/1/1) and up the fish emulsion to 50% strength.
Finally into a 7 gal pot of the 5/1/1 mix once the 1 gal pots are rootbound.
I keep reading about people using epsom salts so I will do some research and incorporate this into the plan as well.
I appreciate all suggestions!
This is really my second year attempting "superhots." Last year my plants hardly produced anything, but through reading this forum I think it was mainly because my soil compacted - it was 1/2 garden soil, 1/2 compost in 7gal pots. They were like bricks when I pulled them out. They all started out great, then the bottom leaves just started dying. I got very few pods from my 20 potted plants. This year will be different!
I got my seeds from Tadewinds Fruit except the Bhuts which I got at a local nursery. They are under a 4 tube 2' T5 fixture about 5" above the seedlings in a little mini greenhouse from Lowe's and planted in ProMix BX. I planted these about 10 days ago, putting 2-3 seeds per cell. From left to right, they are Fatallii (3/4), Bhut jolokia (4/4 - the last one is barely coming up), Trinidad Perfume (4/4), White Hab (4/4), Paper Lantern (4/4), and Scotch Bonnet Red (4/4):
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Sometime in April I plan to put them in my 6'x20' greenhouse that I also use to put everything else I like to grow from seed (this is from last year):
![71hil0.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2F71hil0.jpg&hash=4d62718268a6656a264e6730429ae1dc)
I will probably sow some more this weekend because this just doesn't seem to be enough.
![Icon Cool :cool: :cool:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Here's my plan, please let me know if this all looks OK to you guys! I've only watered them twice with one foliar misting of seaweed/kelp extract in a 50% stength solution. I plan to mist them once a week or so with this.
Once the second set of true leaves form, I plan to repot in the 5/1/1 gritty mix in 4" pots, and do a weekly fert with 25% strengh fish emulsion.
Once the 4" pots are filled with roots, I will transplant into 1 gal pots (again 5/1/1) and up the fish emulsion to 50% strength.
Finally into a 7 gal pot of the 5/1/1 mix once the 1 gal pots are rootbound.
I keep reading about people using epsom salts so I will do some research and incorporate this into the plan as well.
I appreciate all suggestions!