I came in to check on my reaper plant (6mo old) today, and the leaves have this, dull, matte, rubbery appearance to them.. I just fed them (against my better judgement) two days back, but I gave them quite a bit more than I have been the last month or so,–like, twice as much (a heavier mix of general hydro micro+bloom in 1000ml).
I had an experience a while back with this same plant when I was watering a little heavier, with a more concentrated feed, where I saw obvious edema, but the leaves didn't lose their sheen, so to speak, like they have now. There's currently very obvious signs of edema on the underside of the leaves, but I don't know how much of that is newly formed
I guess I just wanna know if I screwed it? I've yet to get a single fruit from it, and I don't really know why that is. It's not for lack of hand pollination,–the flowers just keep dying off. I presume it's gotta just be a tougher plant, maybe even just the cut I bought, or something..
Relative environment:
▪︎75-85°
Soil temp:
▪︎75°
RH:
▪︎30%-50%
Light:
▪︎SF1000 (I dont have the umol, but roughly 20k-22k lumens)
Feed (water-water-feed):
▪︎General Hydoponics, Micro and Bloom
▪︎Ph 5.9 – 6.4
–Air flow is pretty solid, I have a fan dedicated in my dinky little set up, but its running on the same timer as the lights, and heat mat.
by InsertUsername117
2 Comments
Chinese variety peppers can be a pain getting to set fruit indoors,
what can help if you can raise your humidity id try around 60%-65% or use a spray bottle with water and spray around the flowers so the pollen loosens up.
How many hours of light per day do you give it? During flowering/fruit set, chili peppers like between 12 and 16 hours of direct sunlight, like in a greenhouse in the middle of summer. Perhaps try adjusting that to see how it goes.