Growing Peppers Indoors 400w Metal Halide

Hello everyone,
 
About a month or so back I started some pepper seeds growing indoor under light. The 400w Metal Halide recently got upgraded to a new more efficient bulb that should last 1.5 to 2 years without much diminishing intensity. This is usually a common problem with MH bulbs. So far I have 1 pepperoncini (oldest most bushy plant) Jalapeno hybrid (not sure which it is Edit It's called Ring Leader Hybrid) Banana pepper (Heirloom) and lastly a Jimmy Nardello (dinky/sickly/yellow looking plant) Not sure whats up with the JN plant possibly over watering. It's been growing for 3-4 weeks and is so small idk. Also just ordered Golden Marconi seeds can't wait to get them germing.
 
Soil - Promix bx, Seafood compost (mixed in the bottom half of the pot) That's it pretty simple
 
Light - 400w Metal Halide. Hate the yellow from HPS so I don't use those bulbs even though they are more bright light.
 
Light cycle - 24/0
 
Pruning method - Cut the tops of off the plant to grow more of a bush form
 
Pots - Currently growing in 7x7x8 square pots. Holds about a gallon of soil
 
Fertilizer - Maxiblood and Maxigro. Haven't bought maxigro yet because I read somewhere on THP forum Maxibloom is enough for both grow and flower. Can anyone confirm this?
 
On to the pics
 
Top Left Pepperoncini

 
Banana

 
Jalapeno

 
Jimmy Nardello

 
Lastly an overview of the 3x3x6 grow tent

 
That's all folks
 

 

[PaulG]

So I was searching for an ornamental pepper the other day and decided to buy Numex Twilight. With the 3 day shipping it was quite expensive but I wanted the seeds fast. Hopefully it will do good in the garden.

I grew one of those one of my first seasons.
Really beautiful ornamental type pepper. Not
long on flavor, but have a little kick and make
great pizza flakes.

 

[johnny1990]

My seeds are sprouting! Yesterday all i could see was little hooks starting in the Pepperoncini pot. Today a bunch of pots had seedlings fully sprouted. So exciting! I'll get pics as soon as they grow a bit bigger.

 

[johnny1990]

Thought I'd share some pics of the progress.
 

 
Missy says hi

 
I'll thin the seedlings to one as soon as the true leaves start to grow

 

[johnny1990]

Day 19 since planting the seeds.
 
Everything is looking pretty good. Nothing is too awful yellow yet. Since the promix bx doesn't have any fertilizer in it I haven't fertilized yet but will soon.
 
Close up of Banana Pepper (biggest of the seedlings)
 

 
Overview

 

[johnny1990]

Hello all,
 
It's been a while but the plants are still growing. I've just cut back the growth on all of them a couple of days ago. So they are starting to branch out a bit.
 
Unfortunately some are doing better than others. For example the banana is doing awesome and the jimmy nardello/marconi are not doing as well.
 
Here's an update.
 
Pepperoncini

 
Golden Marconi

 
Jimmy Nardello

 
Hot wax

 
Overview