Season 2012/2013 will be my 6th growing year and while first three years were quite successful (beginners luck
) last three are not so good especially last one primarily due extreme weather in this part of the world (eastern Europe, Croatia) - this year last frost date was in the middle of May followed with hot June/July and extreme scorching August with temperatures around 40C (104F) and with humidity around 20%.
At first part of this growing season plants were full of pods (Trinidad Scorpion Butch-t, Nagabon, Douglah and Naglagh) and everything looks like perfect year but when heat started plants constantly lose all flowers so production of pods was quite poor.
I'm not biggest fan of overwintering plants and I prefer to start fresh every year so it's quite impossible to have adult plant at beginning of the May...or is it ?
My buzzwords for this growing season are early and no artificial light:
- starting from seeds at the middle of September so fresh sprouts can still receive at least 30-45 worm days with natural light
- during cold winter months plants will receive only natural light from south facing windows and occasionally, if weather permits small greenhouse will be used
This idea was based on this years experience - TSB was started ant beginning of January and received artificial only for first few weeks, Nagabon started at middle of February didn't get any light except weak winter sun but they performed quite well and when transplanted in their final destination in the middle of May all plants literary exploded under perfect conditions.
Will it work ? Will see![Icon Confused :confused: :confused:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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At first part of this growing season plants were full of pods (Trinidad Scorpion Butch-t, Nagabon, Douglah and Naglagh) and everything looks like perfect year but when heat started plants constantly lose all flowers so production of pods was quite poor.
I'm not biggest fan of overwintering plants and I prefer to start fresh every year so it's quite impossible to have adult plant at beginning of the May...or is it ?
My buzzwords for this growing season are early and no artificial light:
- starting from seeds at the middle of September so fresh sprouts can still receive at least 30-45 worm days with natural light
- during cold winter months plants will receive only natural light from south facing windows and occasionally, if weather permits small greenhouse will be used
This idea was based on this years experience - TSB was started ant beginning of January and received artificial only for first few weeks, Nagabon started at middle of February didn't get any light except weak winter sun but they performed quite well and when transplanted in their final destination in the middle of May all plants literary exploded under perfect conditions.
Will it work ? Will see
![Icon Confused :confused: :confused:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_confused.gif)