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hi everyone this is my attempted at growing chillis for the first time
first off I bought a vitopod
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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
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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
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and a little close up of the bulb at work
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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
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this is how I went around starting off
I soaked the seeds for four hours
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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
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and a pic of it all mixed together
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and another pic of the pots waiting for there seeds
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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
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ill be updating as things happen & thats if any thing does happen
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