• Blog your pepper progress. The first image in your first post will be used to represent your Glog.

Scuba_Steve's 2019 Glog

I will try to keep this updated better this year!

I have a ton of plants still alive outside. I just pulled about a half gallon of pods today. I haven't decided if I am going to pull them all, or find more room (that i dont have) to plant. I would have to start going 3-4 plants deep!

Anyways on to this years seedlings.

I starting with 4 seed flats. Shelf is lined with black/white plastic sheeting. I plan on opening it up some if heat gets excessive once the new light comes in.

Lights will be a Hydrofarm 4x54w T5 fixture, and I will be adding 2 ocsillating fans as well. Heat mat is on a thermostat, which the lights will be on afterwards to avoid an extreme overheat.

All seeds without parenthesis are from Whitehotpepper.com

From the back row:

20190106-185027.jpg


Corno di Toro Giallo (old seeds)
Brown Egg
Fatalii Chocolate
California Wonder (old seeds)
Cubanelle (old seeds)
Corno di Toro Rosso (old seeds)

Morado
Dedo de Moca Yellow
Bahamian Goat
Aji Pineapple
Aji Lemon Drop
Aji Panca Lima

Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero
Jamaican Hot Chocolate Habanero
White Bullet Habanero
WHP 007
Scorpion Chocolate
7 Pot Bubblegum Chocolate Elongated

Brazilian Brainstrain Chocolate
Jalapeno Gigantica (Burpee)
Jalapeno Early (Burpee)
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate
Bhut Jolokia Red

There will be a round 2, although I will update before then.
 
Click to expand...
Its my biggest fear, especially with 4 bulbs. I didn't like any led fixtures without spending a ton! T-5 is powerful as hell, but hot. I may run it with 2 bulb as well. It is overpowered for my needs, but I would rather buy once.
 
I love the T5 fixtures.  I have two 4-foot T5's (a 4 and a 6 bulb) and what really works well for me is using the 6 as a 4 by turning off the middle two lights.  The center still gets plenty of light intensity from the sides and reflector - I'm fruiting (short) plants under that setup right now - and it lights a really big footprint.  I think when it's time to grow seedlings for this summer season I'll try what you suggest and remove the middle two bulbs from my4 bulb T5 and see how that works. I think it will be more than enough light and reduce heat and energy consumption.
 
BTW - I just got my first LED (an HLG100 for xmas) and even though that gives me an advantage over the T5's in terms of deeper light penetration, I sure wouldn't trade in my T5's for LED's.  They're just too versatile.
 
20190121-141704.jpg


Just over 2 weeks in, and I finally have at least 1 per tray. I will be moving sprouted plants together as soon as I have a full trays worth so I can begin fertilizing lightly.

Up so far:
Corno di Toro Giallo 0/14
Brown Egg 9/12
Fatalii Chocolate 6/20
California Wonder 0/5
Cubanelle 0/10
Corno di Toro Rosso 0/11
Morado 1/12
Dedo de Moca Yellow 2/12
Bahamian Goat 3/12
Aji Pineapple 3/12
Aji Lemon Drop 4/12
Aji Panca Lima 1/12
Jamacian Hot Chocolate 9/24
White Bullet 10/18
WHP 007 0/6
Scorpion Chocolate 0/12
7P BBG Choc Elongated 2/12
Brazilian BS Chocolate 0/15
Jalapeno Gigantica 0/9
Jalapeno Early 0/9
Bhut Chocolate 1/22
Bhut Red 1/17

Total 52/288
 
20190204-224757.jpg




Corno di Toro Giallo 0 / 14
California Wonder . 0 / 5
Cubanelle . 0 / 10
Corno di Toro Rosso . 0 / 11
Morado 8 / 12
Bhut Red 2 / 17
Bhut Chocolate . 5 / 22
Aji Panca Lima . 5 / 12
Brown Egg 9 / 12
Bahamian Goat 3 / 12
Aji Lemon Drop 9 / 12
Fatalii Chocolate 6 / 20



Jamacian Hot Chocolate 18 / 24
Aji Pineapple 6 / 12
7P BBG Choc Elongated 7 / 12
Dedo de Moca Yellow 7 / 12
White Bullet 16 / 18
WHP 007 3 / 6
Scorpion Chocolate 3 / 12
Brazilian Brainstrain Chocolate 2 / 15
Jalapeno Gigantica 3 / 9
Jalapeno Early 0 / 9

Total 112 / 288
 
Who has cooked seedlings w/ T5's? 
 
<< This guy
 
I lost about 150 seedlings give or take, when I got stupid and turned my 4' 8 bulb T5's on full blast. 
 
Replanted, no biggie, but annoying to make a stupid mistake so early on. Hopefully be my last mistake for a while?
 
 
Yep, lots of seedlings popping up now! Im just hoping that some of the varieties with 0 will start popping.


I know with my 4 bulb setup, I consume/evap around 4-6 cups per tray every day. 48 hours and I go from excess standing water to bone dry. Gotta be careful and diligent! Im sure your grow will go smoothly now.
 
On Feb 14th, I started my 2nd round. It contains 24 of the following, all from Burbee:

Jalapeno Early
Jalapeno Gigantica
Tequila Sunrise
Crispy Hybrid Bell
California Wonder 300 TMR Bell
Sunbright Bell

Tomatoes:
Rutgers
Better Boy Hybrid (22 seeds)
Sweetie (26 seeds)
Yellow Pear
Gardener's Delight
Roma VF

20190224-102230.jpg


Around the same time period, after a heavy watering I lost track of exactly how fast they are now consuming. This took 2 days to happen while away from town.

20190224-101918.jpg


The pictures were all taken today. All unsprouted seeds from round 1 have been remove. I have also removed all the dead plants. I gave them a week to see who would start new growth. The ones who recovered have large new leaves already as you can see in the picture.

Current grow list:

Morado 9 / 9
Bhut Red 3 / 3
Bhut Chocolate 7 / 7
Aji Panca Lima 3 / 3
Brown Egg 9 / 9
Bahamian Goat 2 / 2
Aji Lemon Drop 8 / 8
Fatalii Chocolate 5 / 5
Jamacian Hot Chocolate 20 / 20
Aji Pineapple 6 / 6
7P BBG Choc Elongated 7 / 7
Dedo de Moca Yellow 8 / 8
White Bullet 15 / 15
WHP 007 3 / 3
Scorpion Chocolate 4 / 4
Brazilian Brainstrain Chocolate 3 / 3

Rutgers 2 / 23
Better Boy Hybrid 0 / 22
Sweetie 0 / 26
Yellow Pear 5 / 24
Gardener's Delight 2 / 24
Roma VF 2 / 22
California Wonder 0 / 24
Crispy Hybrid 0 / 24
Sunbright 0 / 24
Jalapeno Gigantica 5 / 29 (sprouts from first round)
Jalapeno Early 0 / 24
Tequila Sunrise 0 / 24

Total 128 / 404
 
What a difference a few weeks makes!

I slightly potted up just after my last post (only time planned).

They exploded!

20190318-010609.jpg


The trays are Bootstrap Farmer's 50 cell. I must say, these are some well built trays! Should last years.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top