illWill's First Indoor Grow

As a new member at THP, I feel like it is customary for me to showcase my grow (since I can't figure out how to post pictures on a new topic, to be continued in reply)
This is my first year growing peppers,  aside from a few jalapeno plants in the garden in years passed.  While visiting family in New Mexico,  I stopped at a chile addict store.  This purchase is what spawned my interest in chilies
 

 
I already had a 600w HPS and a nice little 4 foot T5 fixture.  It was time to set up shop....

 

They started small, but.....

As the plants grew bigger.... so did my enthusiasm......
 
 

  
 

 
 
Currently,  I am harvesting some of my first pods off of the plants in the HID room and I am starting some other varieties under my fluoros!  

 
 

 

[illWill]

And what would this all mean without enjoying the fruits of my labor    

Thanks for checking it all out     

 

[Arkennon]

Nice set up you have there and your plants seem to be more than happy with it also

 

[scratchzilla]

Nice setup! Throw a couple hydro buckets in there, and you'll be all set!

 

[illWill]

Thanks guys        

Scratchzilla:  I am very interested in putting a few hydro buckets in there just not sure on what nutrients I would need for a good feeding regiment or any of that.  I'm sure I will eventually step into unfamiliar territory though, once I find out a little more about it.  This site seems like a good place for just that!   

 

[WalkGood]

Plants and pods look great, congrats on da pull ^_^

 

[scratchzilla]

Hydro is super easy. Mix nutes, ph water, repeat in a week.

 

[illWill]

Watering every night can be a pain,  maybe I will try to fit a hydro bucket or 2 into the HPS room lol 

 

[illWill]

Scored a killer deal on a greenhouse today. Cant wait for spring! Lol

 

[illWill]

Garden update! First, the bad news. The brazilian starfish are exhibiting sone weird leaf curl. Is this mites??

My first "trinidad scorpion" from Sandia seed was a jamaican yellow squash. Looks like this one might grow true

Other than the leaf curl the starfish are doing good.

Ripe pods.

 

[newpeppergrower1105]

nice setup!

 

[illWill]

Thanks NPG! It has been a lot of fun so far, who ever knew peppers could be so addictive?

 

[Sarge]

That looks like an awesome setup, I can't afford those nice big bright lights at the moment, so for the time being some 2 dollar E27 adapters and the CFL's I got laying around home will have to do. How big is your setup? What type of soil are you using; is it a home mix or is it a mixture if store available items.
 
Hopefully I don't get slayed by my parents for growing a plant home that big when the time comes lol.

 

[illWill]

The HID room is 3.5 x 3.5 x 7

The T5 room is 3 x 5 x 5


I am using a blend of half Happy Frog and half Ocean forest soil, with mycos and azos added

 

[illWill]

GARDEN UPDATE!  
 
As a few people suggested,  the weird leaf curling was indeed edema.  I have been methodologically letting my plants get reallyyyy dry,   to the point that they are really drooping pretty bad before watering and it has gotten much better.  And it doesn't seem to have had much effect on the plants!  
 
One of the plants I screwed up labeling, is putting out pods.  They are really limey green and seem to have small warts and spines already?  Bhut Jolokia maybe?  
 

 
 
Scorpion is doing good despite the half gallon pot LOL.  The stems are super dark purple,  almost black

First pod on it:
 

 
 
The growth pattern on this Yellow Jamaican Squash is crazy!  Like a rainforest..... 

 
 
Brazilian Starfish,  also in a half gallon pot,  producing like crazy

 
Prik Chi Faa

 
Ok, ok,  non pepper stuff     Our state fruit,  huckleberry 
 

 
 
 
 
Some ginger root from the store I planted
 

 
 
 
And,  the overwinters
 
 

 
 
Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for checking it out  

 

[illWill]

And a few wilds hit the box! more soon...

 

[newpeppergrower1105]

nice peppers you got there. how long did it take for your huckle berry to get that big? are your bhuts yellow? or red?

 

[illWill]

Thanks! that huckleberry was planted at about the same time as the peppers so its about 3 months old. But I almost killed it as a seedling, at one point I forgot to water it and it lost every leaf except one. It only started blooming about two weeks ago and if you look close, some of the berries are already turning colors. Its growing like mad now!
And I have red bhuts and chocolate but I know its not a chocolate cause I didn't forget to label those lol

 

[newpeppergrower1105]

i wana see what color they end up very odd that there lime green! are huckle berries good tasting? i wanted to grow blueberries but was discouraged at how long they take to start bearing fruits and i see that huckle berries grow pretty quick!

 

[illWill]

They should end up very close to the color of a blueberry, they are very closely related.

I have actually never had fresh huckleberries. We have all kinds of syrup, jam, ice cream, candy etc. that's huckleberry flavored but I think that you have to add a lot of sugar. I think that naturally they are supposed to be pretty tart. Everything huckleberry flavored tastes real close to blueberry!
Oh, I thought you meant it was odd the huckleberries are green, disregard my first statement. Lol. Yeah I thought it was weird they are lime green too!
But I have heard some bhuts are real limey, maybe somebody else knows more about it lol