TouchedMyEyes 2024 Winter - 2025 Summer Grow Log

TouchedMyEyes
2024 Winter - 2025 Summer Grow Log

-50/50 double buffered coco & perlite mix
-2x4 tent at 70-75°
-VPD 0.5 - 1.0
-300 watts full spectrum LED’s
-18/6 at midrange DLI appropriate for age
GH Flora + CaliMagic at 4ml for all per gal
EC @ 1.0 - 2.0
PH at 5.8-6.2
Watered once daily

Most seeds sprouted early November

Will update with varieties as they make it into adolescence

Ghost
White Ghost
BOC
JWGS
JPGS
SCORPION

 

[wiicek]

Oh, new glog, I am happy to see that!
I hope you will have an friutfull season and won't touch your eyes with chillie fingers too much! <3

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Update
12-15-2024

Moved ALL plants into 50/50 coco/perlite

Plants in mix

Chocolate Ghostly Jalapeño
Orange Habanero
Red Habanero
Chocolate Habanero
Lemon Ghost
Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion
Jays White Ghost Scorpion
Sugar Rush Peach Stripey

Seeds in coco starter tray (75° F)

White Ghost
Ghost
HYDRA/7 Pot Primo
Death Spiral
BOC
Blood Ghost
Hallows Eve
Moruga Trinidad Scorpion
H-E-B Poblano (Green) ~50

Also running a little comparison on an extra Chocolate Habanero with a poor man’s air-dome in the bottom.

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Update
12-20-2024

Have gotten a few more seedlings up above ground and moved into solo cups.

Those are

BOC
Ghost
White Gost
Hydra
Hallows Eve

Have topped a few of the bigger ones that were getting started on putting out a little side growth.

PPFD is probably going to stay around 250 for now as new seedlings are under the same light as everything else.

Moved my VPD up to around .8 - 1.3 range

EC has been at around 1.5 and likely going to just leave it there unless I see deficiencies in the future.

Been keeping PH at 6.0 - 6.3

Ideally I’d like to settle on tent and feed values that I can let ride until March without shortfalls.

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

And the 3 Chocolate Habaneros

All looking pretty similar after week 1

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Update
12-23-2024

Edit
(12-25-2024
Noticing deficiencies in lower leaves and new growth staying light green/yellow. Increased nitrogen in feeding and need to move to 2x a day feeding.

New nutrient formula
4ml CalMag
6ml Micro
6ml Bloom

EC 1.7ish
PH 6.2ish)

All varieties are up and under lights!

Keeping tent settings at

75° & 60-70% RH
4ml per G CalMag + GH Flora 3 Part
(Seedlings getting 1/2 strength for now)
EC 1.5 & PH 6.2’ish
PPFD 275 (may move this up as everything establishes)

Run-off PH & EC have been pretty damn close to input so I’m going to keep my fertigation the same for now unless they start eating more as a group.


Will be culling it down to one of each over the Christmas break. Dropping off the roster is Poblano & Orange Habanero, only because I can get them at the local grocer nearly year round. I’ll hold onto the Habanero and may turn him into a house-plant once the tent gets too packed.

For the next 10 - 11 months, the roster is

1- Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
2- Death Spiral
3- Red Habanero
4- Chocolate Habanero
5- Bhut Jolokia
6- White Ghost
7- Lemon/Yellow Ghost
8- Bhut Orange Copenhagen
9- Blood Ghost
10- Hallows Eve
11- Jays White Ghost Scorpion
12- Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion
13- Chocolate Ghostly Jalapeño
14- Sugar Rush Stripy Peach
15- HYDRA/ 7 POT Primo

Once they are mature and are out of the tent next year, I’ll be taking cuttings to see how I do at cloning. My hope is to clone whatever varieties I’d like to grow the following season, and only have a few new varieties from seed each season.

Still undecided on if I want to mess around with a small AeroCloner of some sort, or just clone them in coco.

Merry Christmas

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Any comments on a potential deficiency?

I did a foliar chelated iron & epsom salt spray and upped their nitrogen.

They’re already looking better after 24 hrs.

Going to be moving to an approximate 3-2-3 ratio & trying to keep it at or under 1.7 EC.

New formula will be

4ml CalMag
6ml Micro
4ml Bloom
2ml Gro

That puts me at a 17-11-17 NPK ratio

Will watch and post back in a few days if they darken up.

-Side note… Your grass will absolutely love Southern Ag Chelated Iron once every few weeks.

Merry Christmas!

 

[NJChilehead]

Any comments on a potential deficiency?

I did a foliar chelated iron spray and upped their nitrogen.

Will watch and post back in a few days if they darken up.

-Side note… Your grass will absolutely love Southern Ag Chelated Iron once every few weeks.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

If increasing the nitrogen doesn't resolve the issue, I'd take a peek at the roots and see how well-developed they are. If they are a bit underdeveloped, consider your watering schedule and whether the soil is remaining too damp in the lower zones in between waterings.

 

[FroggyMamma]

am growing hallows eve hydro also and needs good size holes for roots noticing more then most my plant is 2 1/2 months is just now starting to make the flowers it grew midget size ha because root holes were to small haha but is pretty lovely little plant i started another one a month ago and made note to add bigger holes in the cup and is growing faster taller better ive been noticing the adds on this site being crazy so im going to punch em in the gut and watch it comes out there butt haha gardening is the best weee!

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Update
12-28-2024

Moved everything with true leaves into 1 gal bags, and went from coco/perlite to organic soil after talking with the local nursery who also does peppers.

Will also hopefully keep me from having to water fifteen 5 gallon grow bags twice a day once we’re in the middle of summer. That’s a shit-ton of nutes & water.

I also figured it will make it easier to follow along with someone who is growing a quadruple handful of jalapeño and habanero for resale.

Going off his advice, I moved everything into Ocean Forest and will be watering with a worm casting compost tea 1-2 a week until the roots have dig in a bit.

Also doing a foliar Iron & Magnesium Sulfate spray on the weekends.

As of now, Death Spiral, White Ghost & Blood Ghost are still under the little 100w seedling light until they get true leaves in.

Everything is putting on size and looking healthy.

Gotta figure out how to make room in the tent for a few more grow bags and keep the heater & humidifier in there.

Pictures to follow in a bit.


Wanted to ask, does anyone ever trim some of the larger fan leaves after topping to promote side growth more?

It seems like on one or two, the new side growth doesn’t get a lot of light because of those large top leaves.

 

[HerbCasa]

Promotes Air Flow

Trim any thing that isn't doing well or extremely damaged & any leaves that are touching the soil, blocking lights,water,etc.

Go ahead trim
It's a good thing

 

[MarcV]

After topping, I usually wait until side shoots start forming. I then remove all leaves (except those from the forming shoots of course ).

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

Hopefully what is to be the final form of the tent until March.

I emptied out my seed germination tray & dome which had a second Hallows Eve sprout in it which was pretty normal looking, unlike the one I decided to keep, which is WAY dark.
I think mature plants of this cross have dark foliage so hopefully I picked the right seedling!

Now to start planning my area outside for a blistering hot summer grow.

12-31-2024


-Watering with worm casting compost tea
(1 cup castings, 2 TBS molasses, 4 gal dechloramined water - 24-48hr brew)
-Lights up to 325 PPFD
-Put Cayenne & Tabasco in germination K-Cups

 

[TouchedMyEyes]

With the indoor plants more or less on cruise control for now, I’m taking a look at space and materials needs for spring.

I’ll be moving these to the south side of and east-west 6’ privacy fence, which should give the most sun possible in the back yard, with a good bit of wind protection and something I can use to build a shade-cloth pergola for the peak heat months.

The wife is ok with me taking up whatever space is needed as long at it looks decent.

-7 Gal fabric pots
-Tomato cages
-An alarming amount of bagged soil (8 bags-ish)
-Mulch bed edging
-River rock for ground cover
-40-50% shade cloth
-8’ pressure treated 4x4’s & 3/4” PVC/fittings for shade cloth frame

Still need to figure out plant spacing and a layout to see how much area I’ll want to occupy. All of these will be first year plants so I’m trying not to be too enthusiastic/optimistic with spacing, but they will all need to fit under shade cloth.

Also considering the viability of moving most of these back into 1 gal bags after cutting them back and being able to fit them back in my tent.

Initial overhead view layout with 14” bags and a 2’ wide plant. 2’ - 3’ spacing. Still needing a little more room or cramming them tighter together, which I want to avoid.

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Edit to add some pictures post topping. Some of these have turned into very dense little shrubs, but continue to put on size.

PPFD is getting slowly turned up as the younger ones put on a few more leaves.
Growth is very dense for everything & node spacing is almost nonexistent it seems like.

I’m not sure if they would LOOK a lot bigger at this point if they were under fluorescent bulbs.

Currently at 325.
DLI is at 21, with recommended range being 10-20…. so Im gonna leave it at 325 PPFD.

The last two pictures are of the ONLY White Ghost I ever was able to germinate, which looked pathetic at the time… Has started to normalize and looking reasonably happy.

The Hallows Eve continues to look quite strange, in color and how it’s growing. I don’t know if that’s just a Pimenta De Neyde thing but we shall see how it looks in a few weeks.