PaulG 2014

annie57 · Jan 2, 2014

Hiya Paul and happy 2014. Love the idea of aerogarden to start and R-Max is good stuff! Thinking about using ER blankets behind my grow shelving to reflect heat off wood stove. But love that R-Max!

PaulG · Jan 2, 2014

annie57 said:
Hiya Paul and happy 2014. Love the idea of aerogarden to start and R-Max is good stuff! Thinking about using ER blankets behind my grow shelving to reflect heat off wood stove. But love that R-Max!

Thanks, Annie, same to you and yours.

The R-Max is good stuff if you don't need a lot - I think mine
was less than 15 dollars for a 4x8 sheet, which was more than
enough for my grow shelf.

Sawyer · Jan 2, 2014

Another +1 for the R-Max here. The local Lowe's here has the 1/2" 4'x8' for $11 (R-value=3.2). Two or three years ago, a student of mine built a dual-zone solid-state refrigerator using thermoelectric cooling modules and insulated with R-Max. We found that the polyisocyanurate in the R-Max has one of, if not the, highest R-values per unit of thickness of any readily available material.

PaulG · Jan 2, 2014

Way cool, John. The thicker stuff would have a pretty good R value.
I think they had it in thicknesses up to an inch-and-a-half. That would
be about R almost 10, I figure. Not bad.

stickman · Jan 2, 2014

PaulG said:
I bought it at Home Depot. It's just foam core board with a foil
covering on one side.; there are several kinds available. This
particular one is called R-Max. They cut a 4x8 sheet into
smaller sized pieces for me, but it is really easy to cut with a box
knife if you have a space to lay it down. It comes in a variety of
thicknesses; mine is just 1/2". Stc3248 used something similar
in his grow box, and so did HanbaneroHead.

I used something similar called Poly-Shield for my grow box last year. It's also faced with reflective mylar on one side. I'm using it again for this year... just re-enforced the corners with Gorilla Tape. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Polyshield-3-4-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Foam-Insulation-389697/202090376#

Capsicum Select · Jan 2, 2014

Might have to try the R-max to keep some heat in by my OWs.

PaulG · Jan 2, 2014

Capsicum Select said:
Might have to try the R-max to keep some heat in by my OWs.

I found I have to prop the bottom of the front doors open
a little to keep the heat down a bit with my T5HO lights.

Capsicum Select · Jan 2, 2014

PaulG said:
I found I have to prop the bottom of the front doors open
a little to keep the heat down a bit with my T5HO lights.

Thanks for the tip, good info

maximumcapsicum · Jan 2, 2014

PaulG said:
I found I have to prop the bottom of the front doors open
a little to keep the heat down a bit with my T5HO lights.

Hey Paul how many bulbs does your T5HO use? Do you think a one bulb model would work for starting seeds and raising the seedlings for a couple months? I am considering switching from my CFLs.

GA Growhead · Jan 2, 2014

PaulG said:
I found I have to prop the bottom of the front doors open
a little to keep the heat down a bit with my T5HO lights.

I have leaky areas on all sides on my shelfing/box set up and it still stays around 80°F in mine. The T5 works perfect in it! I even use the binder clips to hold the front panels for easy removal.

PaulG · Jan 2, 2014

Update on Round One seeds:
Finally got a T Scorp to germ on the 30th of Dec, so that one is 1/6.
The Infinity and Butch T still haven't popped, so I chucked 'em.
They were from pods I harvested in 2012, and they may have been
taken too early. I needed the space in my germinating trays for the
Round Two seeds, which went into the Jiffy plugs today after soaking
overnight in distilled water.

Not much to see, yet, but most of the earlier round one seedlings have a
set of true leaves and are starting on the second set. The more recently
germinated ones are putting on the first set of true leaves. These went
into the germinating trays on Dec. 16:

These were put into the germ trays today:

Congo Trinidad Yellow..................................Sanarda 2012 H2013
Fatali x Savina...............................................Spankycolts plant 2012 F2
Mountain Pepper...........................................Honduran Market H2013
Cheiro Recife................................................Stickman 2013
Wild Brazil.....................................................GaGrowhead 2013
New to the list:
Trinidad Scotch Bonnet Chocolate...............GaGrowhead 2013
MoA Scotch Bonnet......................................WalkGood via Devv 2013
Bonda Ma Jacques x 7 Pot Yellow................GaGrowhead 2013
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate..................................GaGrowhead 2013
7 Pot Barrakapore #2 Chocolate...................GaGrowhead 2013
Trinidad 7 Pot Jonah (yellow thimbles)..........GaGrowhead 2013
Sepia Serpent F5...........................................GaGrowhead 2013
NagaBrain F2................................................Windchicken 2013
Brown Eggs..................................................GaGrowhead 2013
Pi 441598 x ? peach.....................................GaGrowhead 2013

I think I will use the aerogarden to start the following in Feb:

Marconi Rosso..............................................H2013
Hungarian Sweet Paprika..............................Stickman 2013
Costeño Amarillo...........................................SoCAlChilihead H2012
Giant Jalapeño..............................................SoCalChilihead 2012

I will have three spaces left in the aerogarden, so not sure what I will put in them, yet.

Devv · Jan 2, 2014

Al right Paul!

A sowing we go!

My room where the grow station is stays about 75-80° depending on outside temps, just from the lights and sun from the window.

Heat is set at 68-69° in the house (we cheap

, the door stays closed, box fan blowing. The room has full south sun.

JA Hab seeds are drying!

capsidadburn · Jan 2, 2014

Paul, looks like your rollin now! Nice list!

Mike

PaulG · Jan 2, 2014

maximumcapsicum said:
Hey Paul how many bulbs does your T5HO use? Do you think a one bulb model would work for starting seeds and raising the seedlings for a couple months? I am considering switching from my CFLs.

My grow shelf is eight feet long; I have 2 fixtures, each with 2x4' tubes.
I think it is the minimal light for my set up. Two 4x4' fixtures would rock
the house! I find that the 2-tube fixtures are a little narrow for putting two
rows of 18 oz. cups under them without having the seedlings leaning
toward the center of the fixtures, but for the moment, I'm pretty satisfied
with the output. I think a one bulb model would work for getting things
going as long as you have a single row of containers or a box with
highly reflective walls. Stc3248 made an awesome light bar with CFLs
that worked great in 2012.

GA Growhead said:
I have leaky areas on all sides on my shelfing/box set up and it still stays around 80°F in mine. The T5 works perfect in it! I even use the binder clips to hold the front panels for easy removal.

Oh yeah! Binder clips, duct tape and steel wire; the holy trinity
of construction materials :rofl:

I'm getting about 82-85 ˚F in
the top of the soil in the cups, with my set-up. The T5HO fixtures
are awesome.

Devv said:
Al right Paul!

A sowing we go!

My room where the grow station is stays about 75-80° depending on outside temps, just from the lights and sun from the window. Sun? What's that?

Heat is set at 68-69° in the house (we cheap, the door stays closed, box fan blowing. The room has full south sun.

JA Hab seeds are drying! Maybe one of those spaces in the aerogarden?

Sounds like a perfect spot, Scott!

capsidadburn said:
Paul, looks like your rollin now! Nice list!

Mike

I hope so, Mike! It's a long season, and lots can happen,
but let's hope for the best!

Good luck with your grow, brother!

maximumcapsicum · Jan 2, 2014

Thanks for the lead. I will look up stc's 2012 glog.

Yeah I like the CFL trees. I'll probably go that route, and seal the whole chamber in with reflective foam core. Maximize those lumens.

PaulG · Jan 3, 2014

maximumcapsicum said:
Thanks for the lead. I will look up stc's 2012 glog.

Yeah I like the CFL trees. I'll probably go that route, and seal the whole chamber in with reflective foam core. Maximize those lumens.

My bad. Shane's light bar is in the Ghetto Gear thread:
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/26985-show-us-your-ghetto-growing-gear/?p=571730

stickman · Jan 3, 2014

PaulG said:
Update on Round One seeds:
Finally got a T Scorp to germ on the 30th of Dec, so that one is 1/6.
The Infinity and Butch T still haven't popped, so I chucked 'em.
They were from pods I harvested in 2012, and they may have been
taken too early. I needed the space in my germinating trays for the
Round Two seeds, which went into the Jiffy plugs today after soaking
overnight in distilled water.

Not much to see, yet, but most of the earlier round one seedlings have a
set of true leaves and are starting on the second set. The more recently
germinated ones are putting on the first set of true leaves. These went
into the germinating trays on Dec. 16:

I think I will use the aerogarden to start the following in Feb:

Marconi Rosso..............................................H2013
Hungarian Sweet Paprika..............................Stickman 2013
Costeño Amarillo...........................................SoCAlChilihead H2012
Giant Jalapeño..............................................SoCalChilihead 2012

I will have three spaces left in the aerogarden, so not sure what I will put in them, yet.

Excellent news Paul... It's a good feeling when the children that've been dragging their feet finally catch up! Good luck with round 2 sowing.

if you want to fill the extra spaces in the Aerogarden... why not add a couple more of the Marconis and Sweet Paprikas? You'll use the Marconis in the kitchen and can use the extra Paprika pods to mellow and sweeten some of your powder blends. Just a suggestion...

Penny · Jan 3, 2014

Nice set up Paul....and good list too, good luck with them :dance:

Jeff H · Jan 3, 2014

PaulG said:
I will have three spaces left in the aerogarden, so not sure what I will put in them, yet.

More jalapenos obviously. One lesson I learned last year is that I needed to grow many more low to medium heat peppers. I use way more jalapenos than I do scorpions, but I grew twice as many scorpions last year.

maximumcapsicum · Jan 3, 2014

PaulG said:
My bad. Shane's light bar is in the Ghetto Gear thread:
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/26985-show-us-your-ghetto-growing-gear/?p=571730

Thanks for the tip Paul. This is more or less what I had in mind, just noticed they had single-bulb 2' T5 setups online for ~20 bucks. I don't think a single bulb would be enough, so the CFL's are probably better for my money. Also I know they work... My OW's have been loving them. That was with Sylvania brand daylight bulbs... I am going to switch to Home Depot's ecosmart I think.