Hi, i'm kinda new here.
late July i ate some of those mini sweet peppers and loved them. they are very small, about the size of a jalapeno, and expensive. about 7-8 dollars for a 1.5lbs bag.
decided to take a chance and saved some of the seeds to grow them.
anyhow, this is more of an experiment for me as it's my first time growing peppers in hydroponic. i have grown a lot of of other leafy greens in hydroponic so i'm using that knowledge i've learned over the years and applying it to peppers.
i took some of the seeds and they sprouted beginning of August. read bottom of post for things i've learned and more info..
i will try to post weekly updates on the progress. if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
First week after sprouting
Second Week
Forth Week (forgot to take pics on week 3) they already out growing the 4 gal container. moving them for a 8 gallon next week.
Couple things about these pepper plants.
They are a hybrid so there is no telling what i'll get, but so far things i've notice:
i planted 3 mini peppers colors: red, yellow and orange. two of the plants that are taller are both the yellow pepper plants, and the other two are the orange pepper seeds and those plants are more compact and are splitting off at the tip into different nodes, while the yellow pepper plants (which are taller) have not.. so all three types of seeds i've planted are growing distinctively to the pepper color. this seems promising so far. the moment of truth will be soon as they are already starting to send out bud flowers.
next time around i will not be using rockwool and will pre-sprout seeds and plant them into the moist clay peppers. since the water is recirculating/bubbling the rockwool is getting too wet despite water level being over an inch below the pots. it's not a bad thing to have the rockwool wet, plants like lettuce don't seem to mind, but from what i've learned so far peppers don't like too much water around the main root/stem area. so in the future i'll just stick with pebbles.
i am growing them in ph water of 5.8-6.2
each week as they grow, i increase PPM nutrients roughly 200ppm. they were started as seedling at 200, then moved to 400 and now they are at around 550ppm. i will continue go up around 2 more times to a max of around 750-800ppm
they are growing under a 250W 21,000 lumen MH, around 16 inches from the light. they were originally started using CFLs (6x 100W 1600L 6000k) and were transitioned to HID light on week 3-4.
im trying to get these plants to grow as compact/bushy as possible. they're only about 4-5 inches tall yet have nice thick strong stems.. a combination of low intense light and artificial wind.
late July i ate some of those mini sweet peppers and loved them. they are very small, about the size of a jalapeno, and expensive. about 7-8 dollars for a 1.5lbs bag.
decided to take a chance and saved some of the seeds to grow them.
anyhow, this is more of an experiment for me as it's my first time growing peppers in hydroponic. i have grown a lot of of other leafy greens in hydroponic so i'm using that knowledge i've learned over the years and applying it to peppers.
i took some of the seeds and they sprouted beginning of August. read bottom of post for things i've learned and more info..
i will try to post weekly updates on the progress. if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
First week after sprouting
Second Week
Forth Week (forgot to take pics on week 3) they already out growing the 4 gal container. moving them for a 8 gallon next week.
Couple things about these pepper plants.
They are a hybrid so there is no telling what i'll get, but so far things i've notice:
i planted 3 mini peppers colors: red, yellow and orange. two of the plants that are taller are both the yellow pepper plants, and the other two are the orange pepper seeds and those plants are more compact and are splitting off at the tip into different nodes, while the yellow pepper plants (which are taller) have not.. so all three types of seeds i've planted are growing distinctively to the pepper color. this seems promising so far. the moment of truth will be soon as they are already starting to send out bud flowers.
next time around i will not be using rockwool and will pre-sprout seeds and plant them into the moist clay peppers. since the water is recirculating/bubbling the rockwool is getting too wet despite water level being over an inch below the pots. it's not a bad thing to have the rockwool wet, plants like lettuce don't seem to mind, but from what i've learned so far peppers don't like too much water around the main root/stem area. so in the future i'll just stick with pebbles.
i am growing them in ph water of 5.8-6.2
each week as they grow, i increase PPM nutrients roughly 200ppm. they were started as seedling at 200, then moved to 400 and now they are at around 550ppm. i will continue go up around 2 more times to a max of around 750-800ppm
they are growing under a 250W 21,000 lumen MH, around 16 inches from the light. they were originally started using CFLs (6x 100W 1600L 6000k) and were transitioned to HID light on week 3-4.
im trying to get these plants to grow as compact/bushy as possible. they're only about 4-5 inches tall yet have nice thick strong stems.. a combination of low intense light and artificial wind.
