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Proud Marine Dad's organic grow 2014

Here's my Glog for this season. I don't grow a lot of peppers and usually have 10-12 plants each season.
I received some seeds from a good member here San Patricio who was kind enough to share his seeds with me. Thanks my friend.
I planted the super hots near the end of January as I put the lights on them for the first time February 1st.
I am using the old shop light with standard T12 6500k lights in them about 2" above the plants.
 
The super hots are: Chocolate Bhut, Chocolate Hab, Datil, Red Habanero and SB7J.
This is them on 3-16-14. The Datil's are runts so far. Is that common?
 
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Things are starting to pick up now by the looks ... those "Japanese Maples" in the blue buckets look extremely healthy as well...
 
I ended up going practically all organic this year as well.  I only fed my plants one time after going in the ground.  1 pint of home-made worm castings in a ring around each plant as a top-dressing.  They arent the greatest plants I have ever grown, but collectively they are producing more peppers than I can possibly eat (or even store for that matter.)  They are staying small like yours.  But its satisfying to know that they are getting along using nutrients I made (with the help of the worms and microbiota ofc) :party:
 
Good looking plants! :high:
 
I'd like to recommend a really good organic fertilizer, urea based, Google Hasta Gro (6-12-6). This stuff works really well as a supplement.
 
Thanks Devv but I don't add anything other than the ingredients I used to make this soil other than some chopped comfrey once in a while and a top dress of EWC or compost.
 
I want to try this that the most knowledgeable grower I have ever talked to mentioned on another forum:
By the way he recommends bubbling this for 24 hours like making AACT.
 
 
I love using alfalfa teas on my plants - inside and outside gardens. 
 
5 gallons clear water
1 cup alfalfa meal
1/4 cup kelp meal
 
A true 'fix it' deal that has never failed anyone who has made this up and applied it to their plants. Nothing that a plant requires to thrive (vs. survive) is missing by combining these two materials. I apply kelp & alfalfa tea from the beginning of the veg cycle through the end of the flower cycle about every 2 or 3 weeks and consider it a very important part of my garden routine...
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I haven't experimented with the Comfrey that much yet but from all accounts by people who use it a lot it is wonderful stuff.
Just remember this though, if you plant it somewhere it will be there forever and you will not get rid of it unless you have a backhoe and I am not joking.
Comfrey can send a tap root down 15-20 feet! Also use a sterile Comfrey such as the Bocking 14 I am using because regular wild Russian Comfrey is extremely invasive and will take over your whole yard.

 

 

Thanks for the replies gentlemen I appreciate the kind words. I also love hearing people using organic things when they can.
You can really get scientific with this stuff which fascinates me.
 
I'm growing Bocking 4 and 14, so it won't get crazy. And here if I want to "lose it" all I have to do is not water it.
 
And I agree half the fun is learning all the techniques ;)  And my garden has never had a chemical used in it.
 
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