Mildfruits 2020 hydroponic

Mr.joe · Jan 29, 2020

Sounds like big plans for the new year. Won't be long till that tomato tent is so full you can't close the zipper. I don't know how you are gonna decide on varieties to grow ( still don't know what ones will make the cut here). Best of luck growing out the Aji and pubes this year.

Inoks · Jan 29, 2020

Will follow with intrest. I grow in a tent too, althou I have a small balcony for summer.(Finnish summer though..) Also keeeping a glog
Good luck

CaneDog · Jan 29, 2020

Great to see your 2020 grow underway and with more space, MF! I have that "little brother" HLG100, however they released the v2 within literally a day or two of my getting the v1.

Oh well, I'll try to convince myself there's no real difference.

It took me a bit to get used to it as it was my first LED, but now that I know how to use it I really like it. Having both it and the big brother should give you improved flexibility.

I'll be working on a procedure for Grodan cubes again this year, so I'm sure to be paying extra attention to how you're using them. Given the strong results you've had previously, I'm hoping I can emulate to some degree.

Anyhow, things look great - and your tents and gear are so darn clean it makes me feel a bit embarrassed to post mine!

Hope you have a fantastic year! I'm pulling up a chair.

PaulG · Jan 29, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 grow season, MF!

Really liking your infrastructure upgrades.
Nothing like kicking it up a notch!

Looking forward to some more great Grodan
plants in your grow log this season, my friend!
Have fun trying to pare down that list! You
know they are all going to germinate!

HeatMiser · Jan 29, 2020

Nice looking plants. Good luck with your grow.

Is that a Bell Pepper I see in your tent? I tried growing Bell Peppers indoors in Dutch Buckets about 3 years ago. The plants got huge and produced many peppers. Only downside is they were little and not nearly as big as the one I see in your picture. I'd like to try them again some day, but I'd like to see how somebody else grows them because for the life of me, I've never been able to get them to grow big.

Mildfruit · Feb 4, 2020

Mr.joe said:
Sounds like big plans for the new year. Won't be long till that tomato tent is so full you can't close the zipper. I don't know how you are gonna decide on varieties to grow ( still don't know what ones will make the cut here). Best of luck growing out the Aji and pubes this year.

Thanks! Yea im always baffled by how fast tomatoes grow, one of my plants are already being repotted (or regrodan'ed?). I still don't know either! I was wishing some wasn't germinating so the choice would be made for me..

Inoks said:
Will follow with intrest. I grow in a tent too, althou I have a small balcony for summer.(Finnish summer though..) Also keeeping a glog
Good luck

Great! I feel you, us in the nordic countries cant always depend on the sun. Also tents make the growing season endless

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CaneDog said:
Great to see your 2020 grow underway and with more space, MF! I have that "little brother" HLG100, however they released the v2 within literally a day or two of my getting the v1. Oh well, I'll try to convince myself there's no real difference. It took me a bit to get used to it as it was my first LED, but now that I know how to use it I really like it. Having both it and the big brother should give you improved flexibility.

I'll be working on a procedure for Grodan cubes again this year, so I'm sure to be paying extra attention to how you're using them. Given the strong results you've had previously, I'm hoping I can emulate to some degree.

Anyhow, things look great - and your tents and gear are so darn clean it makes me feel a bit embarrassed to post mine!

Hope you have a fantastic year! I'm pulling up a chair.

Oh bad luck indeed! I have no idea what the difference is between V1 and V2, but in real life I guess the difference is abysmal. Oh awesome, you had great success with them last time, so I expect no less this year

You will be able to compare some of your seeds in my glog and your own this year, should be interesting

! Thanks CaneDog, best of luck to you also!

PaulG said:
Welcome to the 2020 grow season, MF!

Really liking your infrastructure upgrades.
Nothing like kicking it up a notch!

Looking forward to some more great Grodan
plants in your grow log this season, my friend!
Have fun trying to pare down that list! You
know they are all going to germinate!

Thanks a lot Paul! Im afraid you are correct! Most have germinated, only 2 are still waiting a bit. We should do a seed swap next year, would love to see some of your great plants have a go indoor

Best of luck to you also, I can see its already looking really good in your glog!

HeatMiser said:
Nice looking plants. Good luck with your grow.

Is that a Bell Pepper I see in your tent? I tried growing Bell Peppers indoors in Dutch Buckets about 3 years ago. The plants got huge and produced many peppers. Only downside is they were little and not nearly as big as the one I see in your picture. I'd like to try them again some day, but I'd like to see how somebody else grows them because for the life of me, I've never been able to get them to grow big.

Thanks HeatMiser!
Hmm I didn't grow bell peppers last year, but I grew Aji Fantasy and Pimentos de Pardon both got quite large and could look somewhat like a bell pepper from my photo

I had the same problem with jalapeños, been growing them 3 times and I always end up with tons of too small peppers. Hopefully one of us will crack the code. This year im growing the Antep Aci Dolma I got from CaneDog. A pepper resembling a bell pepper with some spice included, hopefully they will grow big - only time will tell, and if they don't I can always blame CaneDog

Mildfruit · Feb 4, 2020

A quick update, with most of my seeds germinated!
Still waiting for
C. Flexuosum
Tepin Cappuccino
C. Galapagoense
While De Arbol and Lemon Starburst both have started to germinate.

My Sugar lump tomato is growing too fast :dance:

PaulG · Feb 4, 2020

Mildfruit said:
Thanks a lot Paul! Im afraid you are correct! Most have germinated, only 2 are still waiting a bit. We should do a seed swap next year, would love to see some of your great plants have a go indoor Best of luck to you also, I can see its already looking really good in your glog!

Thanks, Rasmus. I am definitely up for
some trades whenever you are ready!

I hope those three remaining wilds get
it in gear for you. those are all great
varieties!

Mildfruit · Feb 9, 2020

Irrigation update!

The tomato plant is growing like a weed, starting to take over the tent. Actually wondering if two tomato plants is too much in this tent.. :confused:

Second time in my life having a tripod :party:

This was on my Galapagoense.
Still waiting for:
C. Flexuosum
Tepin Cappuccino

Mildfruit · Feb 9, 2020

Just added my 17' primo seeds from troy. Doing the opposite as what im supposed to :rolleyes:

I need to remove some varieties soon

PaulG · Feb 9, 2020

Mildfruit said:
The tomato plant is growing like a weed, starting to take over the tent. Actually wondering if two tomato plants is too much in this tent..

Second time in my life having a tripod This was on my Galapagoense.

Still waiting for:
C. Flexuosum
Tepin Cappuccino

You may have to make another arrangement for
that big tomato, buddy! You are a victim of your
own success

Also, glad to see the galapagoense came up for you.
Good vibes for the last two on your list coming your way!

CaneDog · Feb 9, 2020

+1 - it's great to see your Galapagoense come up, and in impressive tripod fashion.

FYI - Those flexuosum had a median time of 31 days to germinate for me last year, with 3/6 popping on the 31st day. None came up very early. The cappuccino tepin were fairly quick for me last year, but from what I'm hearing they're slower for whatever reason this time around.

Looking forward to the Primo!

Mildfruit · Feb 10, 2020

PaulG said:
You may have to make another arrangement for
that big tomato, buddy! You are a victim of your
own success

Also, glad to see the galapagoense came up for you.
Good vibes for the last two on your list coming your way!

I've been saying that all day after I read it, my gf is getting tied of it

CaneDog said:
+1 - it's great to see your Galapagoense come up, and in impressive tripod fashion.

FYI - Those flexuosum had a median time of 31 days to germinate for me last year, with 3/6 popping on the 31st day. None came up very early. The cappuccino tepin were fairly quick for me last year, but from what I'm hearing they're slower for whatever reason this time around.

Looking forward to the Primo!

Oh boy! But nice to know, good we have the patience in this hobby

If I do end up with a plant from it, im going to see just how tough the flexuosum is, regarding its "anti"-freeze properties. With global warming and all, it should be able to handle the Danish winter

Mildfruit · Feb 16, 2020

Today I moved the peppers into their pepper tent, and left the tomato plant alone in the tomato tent

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I've come to realize that 2 tomato plants was a bit much for my tent. The speed of tomato plants always surprises me.

Hopefully fruit will soon follow

The first two plants im sure im going to keep have been replanted into bigger cubes. The Aji Amarillo from fataliiseeds, and Antep Aci dolma from CaneDog. The rest are still being debated daily inside my head :confused:

The candidates are:

De Arbol (Fatalliseeds)
Pimientos De Gernika (Fatalliseeds)
Rocoto Costa Rica (Fatalliseeds)
Rocoto San Pedro, Orange (Fatalliseeds)
Lemon Starrburst (Yekanfam Farms)
C. Galapagoense
7 Pot Primo (primopeppers)
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Peppers still not germinated:
Tepin Cappuccino (CaneDog)
C. Flexuosum (CaneDog)

Heres my 7 pot primo starting to sprout

EDIT*
Heres some additional shots of the peppers:

Rocoto Costa Rica on the left, and lemon starburst on the right.

Slow start on the Galaoagoense, hope it wakes up under the new light.

Rocoto San Pedro, Orange

Tybo · Feb 16, 2020

I also started the Tepin Cappuccino and the Flexuosum (purple pheno) but haven't had any luck with the tepin. I did get on of the Flexuosum's to germinate finally.
Good luck with yours!

CaneDog · Feb 16, 2020

Glad to see things coming along, MF. That tomato is getting to be a beast! Good reminder to me to not start mine too early if I want to preserve any tent space. And your san pedro orange rocoto is looking great! I'm growing the that one too - for the first time this season. I've heard good things about it.

Odd about the cappuccino tepin. Last season they sprouted quite quickly, but that doesn't seem to be been the case this season. I should probably run a test germ and see if there's an issue with the batch.

PaulG · Feb 16, 2020

Pepper tent is looking good, Rasmus!
Starts are nice and healthy!

Good luck deciding which peppers will
make the cut. Those are all great varieties.
Guess it depends on what you want in the
end- heat, larger pods, or just interesting plants.

Mildfruit · Feb 20, 2020

Tybo said:
I also started the Tepin Cappuccino and the Flexuosum (purple pheno) but haven't had any luck with the tepin. I did get on of the Flexuosum's to germinate finally.
Good luck with yours!

Congrats! How long did the flex take for you? My seeds are also the purple pheno

CaneDog said:
Glad to see things coming along, MF. That tomato is getting to be a beast! Good reminder to me to not start mine too early if I want to preserve any tent space. And your san pedro orange rocoto is looking great! I'm growing the that one too - for the first time this season. I've heard good things about it.

Odd about the cappuccino tepin. Last season they sprouted quite quickly, but that doesn't seem to be been the case this season. I should probably run a test germ and see if there's an issue with the batch.

Thats awesome more plants I can compare to see how they are supposed to look

Let me know what you find out, maybe the fault is at me. But yea those tomatoes grow like weeds, the second cluster of flowers have started to open up on mine now :party:

PaulG said:
Pepper tent is looking good, Rasmus!
Starts are nice and healthy!

Good luck deciding which peppers will
make the cut. Those are all great varieties.
Guess it depends on what you want in the
end- heat, larger pods, or just interesting plants.

Thanks Paul!
Well Paul, that a good advice and all, but what if I want all those things?

Haha some day in the near future I'll have to make some hard choices. I feel settled one day, and the next day I start a few more seeds :confused:

Maybe some wilds enthusiast can help me out here:
I've been unsure whether the c. galapagoense was true or not, but the pepper is growing in a way I have never seen before. Maybe some can help me out?

Take a look at these two pictures:

Im talking about the new leaf grow on the lower right side near the cotyledon. Is this typical for a galapagoense?

Also heres a bonus picture of my Lemon Starrburst

Mildfruit · Feb 24, 2020

*Ignore this post, I couldnt post my pictures due too size I guess. The next post however it worked.
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