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I know my plants aren't "mature" by any means (they were still just seeds in little manila envelopes barely 3 months ago), but I also think you might be over estimating potential growth. Various sources, plant encyclopedias, etc all suggest that most of the plants I'm growing will average a "mature size" ranging between 2 to 4 feet. The bhut and habaneros I've seen estimated a bit larger than that, but not dramatically so. You're suggesting they will grow to 10+ feet and I just don't know they will get that large. Yeah...that was merely an attempt at a joke. |
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Although given the right conditions (as is possible with hydroponics) plants of all kinds generally grow faster and bigger than in soil. So if given the right conditions I would not be surprised to see a pepper plant grow to be 3 to 4 feet wide and 4 to 5 feet tall. Of course there many different variety's of peppers as well as hybrids of those variety's, so any plants potential should really be based on the exact variety and weather it is hybridized. That's kind of why I keep saying I'm not familiar with the pepper plants you are growing. Quote:
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Several of those guys are already over a foot tall. Still got a few shorties though....some have definitely not taken off as quickly as others.
Doing a nute change in the morning and I'm seriously contemplating swapping the lights around for a cycle just to see how things are affected. Though on a side note, there does seem to be progress. I can see now without a doubt that my bolivian rainbows have indeed started some peppers. My bananas have one as well but it doesn't look to have changed or grown any. I can see noticeable change in the bolivian rainbows though and the peppers are definitely growing. Maybe I just wasn't being patient enough (definitely not a virtue of mine). Still sure I can make a lot of improvements though. |
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Update....probably too soon to draw any firm conclusions from the light switch, but I did follow through with changing to the 400W hps. The (not so good) pic attached is showing a few of the peppers from one of my bolivian rainbows. They are almost all purple now. My lone surviving thai sun (the little guy that got damaged but was making a comeback ended up a midnight snack for one of the cats , so I'm down to just one now) has started a pepper as well. My banana pepper plants continue to simply drop flowers, the lone bloom that started to turn into a pepper hasn't progressed any at all. My peruvian purple now has open blooms on it as well as my rooster spurs, but no peppers going on those as of yet (but no flower drops yet either). Rest of the plants all have blooms starting on them, but no open flowers yet.
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I think most chilli peppers grow around 3 feet but some can get upto 10 feet, here are some pretty big chili plants.
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#26
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Just an idea as I'm trying to figure out my own lighting needs. Stuart |
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I don't think that would help at all. There is a difference between reflected light and transmitted l
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Fungus gnat
I was looking into something else when I found a little something on gant's, Fungus gnat's actually (not sure how many variety of gant's there are). I don't know if you are still having a problem with them or not, or even if these are the exact ones you have encountered. But it reminded me of this thread, and may be able to give you some ideas.
Fungus gnat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://culturesheet.org/pests:fungus_gnats Fungus Gnats, HYG-2114-95 |
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No idea to be honest. Little buggers just look like really tiny little black flies to me...I wouldn't have the first clue on how to tell one species apart from the next.
Not a real problem though actually. Still have a few of them flying around here and there, but if anything I'd say overall I've noticed fewer around than before. They are still there though none the less. Don't seem to be causing any problems though so I'm not overly concerned with them. On a side note...getting ready to harvest my first round of peppers. The Bolivians pictured previously here in this thread are starting to turn red and are about ripe. I have some banana peppers ready to come off as well. Rest still have a bit to go befoe any of them are ripe. |
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Well...here they are. My first pepper harvest. A hot banana pepper and 3 bolivian rainbows.
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I lay a No-Pest-Strip in the top of my worm bin to kill the gnats, it seems to work.
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