Hi Everyone!
I'm new here, new to growing peppers, but definitely not new to growing in general. I built a small hydro grow-box out of a wardrobe and have been using it for a couple years now. Due to space limitations, I can only grow 1 or 2 plants at a time, but I'm hooked. I've grown tomatoes, ground cherries, basil and some others and now I've decided to try my hand at peppers. I'm making this glog to show my progress and ask questions as well as get help from experts if anything seems off or needs fixing.
Since I always tend to believe "go big or go home" I decided to try my hand at growing a reaper! I'm not sure if I'll eat the fruit myself, but I do have several interested parties when they're ready.
I started the seeds in the 1st week of August and picked the fastest growing seedling. I get called crazy for this, but I plant them right in the clay pellets and have had good success with it. Here's the first baby picture taken on August 10:
Fast forward a week and you can see its first true leaf forming. Pic taken August 17th
Then 2 weeks later it's still growing well. The cotyledons have a bit of nute burn on them; I got a bit hasty adding a tiny amount of nutes. But as you can see, it's growing quite well otherwise. (That black spot on the leaf is actually a speck on my lens)
Another pic taken 2 days later:
5 Days later(Sept 9) Still lookin nice and healthy
And here's the most recent pic, taken Sept 16th
I'm new here, new to growing peppers, but definitely not new to growing in general. I built a small hydro grow-box out of a wardrobe and have been using it for a couple years now. Due to space limitations, I can only grow 1 or 2 plants at a time, but I'm hooked. I've grown tomatoes, ground cherries, basil and some others and now I've decided to try my hand at peppers. I'm making this glog to show my progress and ask questions as well as get help from experts if anything seems off or needs fixing.
Since I always tend to believe "go big or go home" I decided to try my hand at growing a reaper! I'm not sure if I'll eat the fruit myself, but I do have several interested parties when they're ready.
I started the seeds in the 1st week of August and picked the fastest growing seedling. I get called crazy for this, but I plant them right in the clay pellets and have had good success with it. Here's the first baby picture taken on August 10:
Fast forward a week and you can see its first true leaf forming. Pic taken August 17th
Then 2 weeks later it's still growing well. The cotyledons have a bit of nute burn on them; I got a bit hasty adding a tiny amount of nutes. But as you can see, it's growing quite well otherwise. (That black spot on the leaf is actually a speck on my lens)
Another pic taken 2 days later:
5 Days later(Sept 9) Still lookin nice and healthy
And here's the most recent pic, taken Sept 16th
