slater1980 2012 Glog

hi everyone this is my attempted at growing chillis for the first time
first off I bought a vitopod

then I built my grow lights ready for when the seeds sprout
I used a clothes hanging rail to hang the reflector which I found at home bargains for 6.99 and it can extend to about 2 metres high

ive got build a box around it with some emergence blankets for reflectivity as there will be no weight to the box it can be made light weight

and a little close up of the bulb at work

the bulb is 125w 8000 lumens & 6400k
http://www.ebay.co.u...9#ht_4737wt_951

this is what I planted yesterday

Capsicum Chinense

Douglah (0/4)
Dorset Naga (0/4)
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate (0/2)
Bhut Jolokia Red (0/2)
Bhut jolokia yellow (0/4)
Fatalii (0/1)
Trinidad Scorpion (didnt plant any got seeds from ebay not sure about them)
Trinidad scorpion yellow (0/4)
Trinidad scropion butch t (0/4)
Congo Trinidad (0/4)
Trinidad Scorpion Morouga Red (0/4)
habanero red (2/4)
habanero orange (0/1)
habanero chocolate (0/4)
habanero zavory (0/4)
habanero white (0/1)
scotch bonnet red (0/1)
7 pot brain strain (0/4)
7 pot brain strain yellow (1/4)
7 pot barrackpore (0/4)
bubblegum 7 (0/4)
Paper lantern (0/1)
Cgn 21500 (0/1)


Capsicum Annum

Phiringi Jolokia (0/1)
krishna Jolokia (0/1)
De Arbol (0/1)
Explosive Ember (0/1)
Cayenne (0/4)
Pusa Jwala (0/4)
Hot banana (0/4)

Capsicum Frutescens

Mem Jolokia (0/1)
Aji Chuncho (0/1)
Siling Labuyo (0/2)
Zimbabwe bird (0/1)

Capsicum Praetermissum

P1 1441654 (0/1)

Capsicum Chacoense

Most Prolific (0/2)

Capsicum Pubescens

red rocoto (0/1)
I missed judged how many i was planting so i had to place 2/4 seeds per pot but not that many so i hope they grow ok?
i also had to place 6 pots on top of my fish tank in a unheated propagator as i run out of space

this is how I went around starting off
I soaked the seeds for four hours

as they where soaking I mixed my starting mix which i by mixing four parts compost, one part perlite & one part vermiculite,here is a pic of the compost

and a pic of it all mixed together

and another pic of the pots waiting for there seeds

and finally all in there new home which i set to 29c and the light is only on so i could take a better pic

http://i1085.photobu...-2012202357.jpg

ill be updating as things happen & thats if any thing does happen ​

 

[Siliman]

Looking great, lot of success going on there! As for the purple, everybody says no big deal. I just experienced some of it after bumping my lights up to 24-hr schedule. (It only affected my Trinidad Scorp Reds, though.) Why risk it, so I chickened out and backed down to 18-6. There's now some new lush green growth now coming on the next set of leaves, kind of like the plant stored up a bunch of energy and it is now accelerating.

 

[slater1980]

Thanks,I am only keeping my light on for about 14hrs a day at the moment as when it got dark outside my bedroom was giving off a strange glow through the curtains and I didn't want anybody to notice so I've kept the lights down to 14hrs but now I've built my little grow area i can increase to about 16hrs a day.

I hope my burst into life soon,I can also see alot of bright green shoots on my purple leaf plants,nice to hear your grow is going well for you

 

[slater1980]

i have had a chance to go through my plants and count them up,this is what's germinated so far
Capsicum Chinense

Douglah (3/4)
Dorset Naga (4/4)
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate (1/2)
Bhut Jolokia Red (2/2) +2 extra for friends
Bhut jolokia yellow (4/4)
Fatalii (1/1)
Trinidad Scorpion (didnt plant any got seeds from ebay not sure about them)
Trinidad scorpion yellow (3/4)
Trinidad scropion butch t (4/4)
Congo Trinidad (4/4)
Trinidad Scorpion Morouga Red (4/4)
habanero red (4/4)
habanero orange (1/1)
habanero chocolate (0/4)
habanero zavory (1/4)
habanero white (1/1)
scotch bonnet red (1/1) +1 extra for friend
7 pot brain strain (3/4)
7 pot brain strain yellow (3/4)
7 pot barrackpore (4/4)
bubblegum 7 (3/4)
Paper lantern (1/1)
Cgn 21500 (1/1) +1 extra for friend


Capsicum Annum

Phiringi Jolokia (1/1) +1 extra for friend
krishna Jolokia (1/1)
De Arbol (1/1)
Explosive Ember (0/1)
Cayenne (4/4)
Pusa Jwala (3/4)
Hot banana (2/4)

Capsicum Frutescens

Mem Jolokia (1/1)
Aji Chuncho (1/1)
Siling Labuyo (2/2) +2 extra for friend
Zimbabwe bird (0/1)

Capsicum Praetermissum

P1 1441654 (1/1) +1 extra for friend

Capsicum Chacoense

Most Prolific (2/2) +2 extra for friend

Capsicum Pubescens

red rocoto (1/1)

plus i planted a few extras after i started the grow log
4 yellow 7s
3 aji lemon
3 more douglah
2 aji pineapple and ive got a few more of these that have not germinated yet

yesterday and the day before was spent replanting the seedlings into 9cm pots and here is a picture of the potting compost i decided to use

and here they are happily in there new home

big jim at the back living up to his name

deformed bubblegum 7

and a picture of a seedling ive grown from a seed i saved from a fresh chilli i purchased from tescos..all it said on the packet that it was a medium heat chilli grown in Mozambique any ideas ?

here is a picture from the chilli I saved the seeds from

 

[slater1980]

+ 1 for another aji pineapple

 

[slater1980]

Had another yellow 7 sprout today

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

Nice... lookin goot...

 

[slater1980]

Nice... lookin goot...

Thank you

 

[slater1980]

a few more pictures of my progress

big jim again

7 pot barrackpore

habanero red

bubblegum 7

 

[Brian2112]

Looking awesome man!!
NICE AND GREEN!
Good luck with your grow

 

[slater1980]

Thank you

 

[slater1980]

I was thinking about starting to feed the plants some fertiliser but I'm not sure if it's to early for this or not?

 

[Siliman]

...yesterday and the day before was spent replanting the seedlings into 9cm pots and here is a picture of the potting compost i decided to use...

I was thinking about starting to feed the plants some fertiliser but I'm not sure if it's to early for this or not?

Still lookin good, Slater! It's always tough to advise about ferts. But the mix you used has some in there already, your plants are looking happy. If it was me, I'd also be happy--and do nothing, but add water when needed. It might be awhile before they run out of steam, maybe around the next pot up. Keep an eye out and Good luck...

 

[slater1980]

Thanks very much,I'm going with your recommendation and leaving them alone for now

 

[slater1980]

here is my red habanero

same plant from the side

a bubblegum 7

and all my little ones

 

[PaulG]

Nice arrays of seedlings, slater! Awesome germ rates, as well.
Enjoyed your pix a lot - keep 'em coming!

+1 on not fertilizing right now; to me, better to under shoot and correct
later than overdose then deal with the results of that.

 

[slater1980]

Cheers paul for your kind words,I've not really had any problems as of yet with my plants so I will just be leaving them alone for now and then hopefully they will just keep growing great

I can't really think of anything else to write about in my glog so I'll just keep on updating with pictures for now

 

[Siliman]

+1 what PaulG said, keep the pix rolling! I check pix a lot to compare start times and progress to see how my growing stacks up. Everybody loves pictures around here! That Red Hab is really looking fine--king of the Slater domain.

Hey, if you get a chance, do me a favor and post a close-up mug shot of one of your Congo Trinidad. I think Gary (the windchicken) would get a kick to see how his Loosiana peppas are faring in sunny old England....

 

[slater1980]

Thanks Siliman,as requested ive taken some pictures of the Congo Trinidad plants (grown from the seeds you sent me)

and here are how the siling labuyo are doing,do you know if this is how they are suppose to look ?

and here is one of my yellow brain strain plants

and finally a picture of the whole lot.i have moved all the smallest plants into the middle so they can get more light

 

[Siliman]

Thanks for the Congo pix. Will be interesting to see how ours all compare down the road. Gary (Windchicken) sent me the pods, you got some of those seeds. I think PIC 1 is also growing some.

For the Siling Labuyo, they look spot on. They tend to grow tall and spindly, from the little bit I was able to observe last year. You might consider pinching one of them to make it more bushy, to compare.

Thanks again! Your plants look better at every take....

 

[slater1980]

It will be good to see how they compare later on in the year,but with the crap British weather I don't think I'll be in your league

I think I will pinch one of them and see how they do compared against each other.