Man... There's Pepper Nuts everywhere around here and I thought I was alone hanging Fruit...
I love the all Mighty Dirt, Peppers never had a better Friend. I will be expanding my outdoor garden this year as well, now it's 6' x 10' raised bed and gets full sun so 6' by 16' will be nice. The earliest we can plant is Mother's Day and with Peppers you really have to watch them as the weather changes every 5 minutes. Funny the Squirrels ate all my Tomatoes & Squish last year ( first time in 25 years ) and all I had left was the Peppers. So this year it's all Peppers outside and Tomatoes inside.
The problem with dirt ( or good thing ) is it's a buffer and you can only get 50% to 60% of the plants potential at best. With Hydro you can get 80% to 100% of your plants potential but it's a live by the sword, die by the sword type of thing. When things go wrong, they can really go wrong with Hydro most of the time as you do not have the dirt buffer. That's why I'm so surprised that I made it this far as the first grow was just to see if the system worked and to get the bugs out. I have been really pushing the envelope to see what I could get away with, the Peppers are a bonus..."-)
That brings up a question... I got my seeds at Johnny Seed's but I did not see the verity of Peppers that I see here, or I did not know what I was looking for. Is there a better place to get your seed's...?
Back to the Garden... About the only problem I'm having is over crowding, original thought 12 Pepper plants would be right but now I'm thinking 6 would be better and allow more room for the plants. That's another great thing about the system, it's modular and can be configured any way you want plus it break's down for easy cleaning...
Sorry about the rant... but I'm as Proud as a new Father..."-)
I love the all Mighty Dirt, Peppers never had a better Friend. I will be expanding my outdoor garden this year as well, now it's 6' x 10' raised bed and gets full sun so 6' by 16' will be nice. The earliest we can plant is Mother's Day and with Peppers you really have to watch them as the weather changes every 5 minutes. Funny the Squirrels ate all my Tomatoes & Squish last year ( first time in 25 years ) and all I had left was the Peppers. So this year it's all Peppers outside and Tomatoes inside.
The problem with dirt ( or good thing ) is it's a buffer and you can only get 50% to 60% of the plants potential at best. With Hydro you can get 80% to 100% of your plants potential but it's a live by the sword, die by the sword type of thing. When things go wrong, they can really go wrong with Hydro most of the time as you do not have the dirt buffer. That's why I'm so surprised that I made it this far as the first grow was just to see if the system worked and to get the bugs out. I have been really pushing the envelope to see what I could get away with, the Peppers are a bonus..."-)
That brings up a question... I got my seeds at Johnny Seed's but I did not see the verity of Peppers that I see here, or I did not know what I was looking for. Is there a better place to get your seed's...?
Back to the Garden... About the only problem I'm having is over crowding, original thought 12 Pepper plants would be right but now I'm thinking 6 would be better and allow more room for the plants. That's another great thing about the system, it's modular and can be configured any way you want plus it break's down for easy cleaning...
Sorry about the rant... but I'm as Proud as a new Father..."-)
