Hi. Although not new to pepper growing it's my start to THP. I'll try to maintain a decent log of my grow/experimentation, as i'm trying to figure out the best way to grow peppers in my northern canadian climate
Currently, i'm in my first try at overwintering. I have saved 4 habanadas feom last season. All have different growing condition.
My first 2 are simply in front of a south facing window. Currently i have about 8 hours from sunrise to sunset and weather is often cloudy/snowing
The one on the left has been dug out of the ground so both leaves and roots suffered a severe haircut. The one on the right was in a pot all summer long so only a minor root cut followed by transplanting was required. So far the healthier of the 4 by far, currently flowering and even having 3 pods growing.
The other 2 are in my basement under grow light. I know my setup is shabby but i count on santa to have better equipment... they receive 18 hours of light daily
Number 3 on the left has always been growing in that pot so onlya leaf cut was done upon entering the house. For some reason he seems to have suffered deficiencies new shoots were yellow and stunted. At first i tought it was iron deficiency so i applied chelated iron but it didn't help so i tried calcium sulfate wich was followed by leaf greening the following day
Las one has been uprooted from the ground so has suffered a major haircut both up and down. For this one i tried a mix consisting mainly of coir with maybe 20% regular potting soil.
This one is having the same symptoms so he's also having a calcium supplement. Since his medium is mainly composed of coir i'm also considering givin him epsom salt.
That's about it for now. We'll see if anything survives winter
Currently, i'm in my first try at overwintering. I have saved 4 habanadas feom last season. All have different growing condition.
My first 2 are simply in front of a south facing window. Currently i have about 8 hours from sunrise to sunset and weather is often cloudy/snowing
The one on the left has been dug out of the ground so both leaves and roots suffered a severe haircut. The one on the right was in a pot all summer long so only a minor root cut followed by transplanting was required. So far the healthier of the 4 by far, currently flowering and even having 3 pods growing.
The other 2 are in my basement under grow light. I know my setup is shabby but i count on santa to have better equipment... they receive 18 hours of light daily
Number 3 on the left has always been growing in that pot so onlya leaf cut was done upon entering the house. For some reason he seems to have suffered deficiencies new shoots were yellow and stunted. At first i tought it was iron deficiency so i applied chelated iron but it didn't help so i tried calcium sulfate wich was followed by leaf greening the following day
Las one has been uprooted from the ground so has suffered a major haircut both up and down. For this one i tried a mix consisting mainly of coir with maybe 20% regular potting soil.
This one is having the same symptoms so he's also having a calcium supplement. Since his medium is mainly composed of coir i'm also considering givin him epsom salt.
That's about it for now. We'll see if anything survives winter
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