Roughly 8 weeks in. Although I’m still not dialed in, some peppers have deemed it decent enough to start flowering. Got new nutrients today. Hopefully that will help correct some of the issues I’m seeing. I suspect a calcium deficiency (it’s coco. I did not use any CalMag so far). Plus, the liquid nutrients I was using were 3 years old and storage was less than ideal. So, I figured a “fresh” batch wouldn’t hurt. Just gave most of the plants (not the ones in flower) and Nitrogen – Calcium – Magnesium foliar. Hopefully that gives them a nice boost.
Still on the to-do: improve airflow and build new (smart) contactors for my automation. After that. Probably modding my light fixtures, so I can control the light levels and ePAR directly and separately.
Lots to do. But look forward to smoking some nice peppers and making my own paprika powder!
(in flower: Bola, Edes Fuszer and Czech Black. Coincidentally all varieties used for paprika powder).
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Roughly 8 weeks in. Although I’m still not dialed in, some peppers have deemed it decent enough to start flowering. Got new nutrients today. Hopefully that will help correct some of the issues I’m seeing. I suspect a calcium deficiency (it’s coco. I did not use any CalMag so far). Plus, the liquid nutrients I was using were 3 years old and storage was less than ideal. So, I figured a “fresh” batch wouldn’t hurt. Just gave most of the plants (not the ones in flower) and Nitrogen – Calcium – Magnesium foliar. Hopefully that gives them a nice boost.
Still on the to-do: improve airflow and build new (smart) contactors for my automation. After that. Probably modding my light fixtures, so I can control the light levels and ePAR directly and separately.
Lots to do. But look forward to smoking some nice peppers and making my own paprika powder!
(in flower: Bola, Edes Fuszer and Czech Black. Coincidentally all varieties used for paprika powder).
8 weeks from seed starting?
Beautifully lighted. I like the flower colors.