Anybody here grow pepper plants, indoors, hydroponically?

Larry {the} Gardener

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I took some reaper power and put just a dash in with some curry, pepper and cumin and used it as a rub on some chicken. Then I slow smoked it for hours...it was awesome. It had that nice smoke flavor followed by a little heat.
Sounds good. Making my hungry as a matter of fact. I got called into work early, so I skipped lunch. The wife just called to invite me to eat with her and some of our friends when she gets off work. I'm putting a note on the door and hauling ass.
 

taproot

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Sounds good. Making my hungry as a matter of fact. I got called into work early, so I skipped lunch. The wife just called to invite me to eat with her and some of our friends when she gets off work. I'm putting a note on the door and hauling ass.
Rofl....:) go Larry get out while you can brother.
 

Larry {the} Gardener

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Wednesday was a good planting day, and I put a few seeds in soil. They are Yellow Pear Tomato, J E Parker New Mexico Chili, California Wonder Bell, Grand Bell Mix, Serrano Chili, Habanero, Cayenne and {not pictured} Jalapeno Early Peppers. My space under the lights is limited, so they will be going to the green house when they get any size to them.

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KingBlunted

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Wednesday was a good planting day, and I put a few seeds in soil. They are Yellow Pear Tomato, J E Parker New Mexico Chili, California Wonder Bell, Grand Bell Mix, Serrano Chili, Habanero, Cayenne and {not pictured} Jalapeno Early Peppers. My space under the lights is limited, so they will be going to the green house when they get any size to them.

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Ever grow those yellow pear tomatoes? High producing but They're like a vine and grow ridiculously tall. Hundreds of wild grown yellow pear seedlings appear each year now. I like Lemon boy better, those plants won't fall over onto my other crops, and taste is better too. To each their own and good luck.
 

JG Wentworth

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Alright, small update.

Culled the brazilian ghost since it was pretty runty from the start and never produced flowers. Now down to 5 buckets, 4 varieties.

Gave the remaining plants all haircuts. Hacked quite a bit off several of them since they were really starting to stretch out. I want them to stay bushy and manageable in size, so any side shoots they grow as a result of the trim is welcome. Not much to be done about the 4' tall reaper and moruga trees in the back, just got to keep them from growing any taller.

Freshened all the buckets with fresh nutrient solution eC 1.2, pH 6.5. The roots on some plants are pretty crazy and have completely filled the 3.5 gal bucket and taken the shape of it.

When I started the thread they were on a table in the middle of my basement under a miserable 400w MH.

Now they are on the edge of a 12'x5' nook in the corner of my basement, which 10'x5' is used for growing ganja and lit by 2 1000w DE HPS. I just upgraded from 3 600w lights and the extra light this DE fixture throws out lights up the corner perfectly to put the peppers under.

Humidity is fairly consistent at 60%, temps are 68 night time, 72-74 day. If this isn't a perfect environment to start popping a shitload of peppers, I'm not sure what is....

Lights off:


Lights on:




My one and only ripe-ish pepper:
 

KingBlunted

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Alright, small update.

Culled the brazilian ghost since it was pretty runty from the start and never produced flowers. Now down to 5 buckets, 4 varieties.

Gave the remaining plants all haircuts. Hacked quite a bit off several of them since they were really starting to stretch out. I want them to stay bushy and manageable in size, so any side shoots they grow as a result of the trim is welcome. Not much to be done about the 4' tall reaper and moruga trees in the back, just got to keep them from growing any taller.

Freshened all the buckets with fresh nutrient solution eC 1.2, pH 6.5. The roots on some plants are pretty crazy and have completely filled the 3.5 gal bucket and taken the shape of it.

When I started the thread they were on a table in the middle of my basement under a miserable 400w MH.

Now they are on the edge of a 12'x5' nook in the corner of my basement, which 10'x5' is used for growing ganja and lit by 2 1000w DE HPS. I just upgraded from 3 600w lights and the extra light this DE fixture throws out lights up the corner perfectly to put the peppers under

Humidity is fairly consistent at 60%, temps are 68 night time, 72-74 day. If this isn't a perfect environment to start popping a shitload of peppers, I'm not sure what is....

Lights off:


Lights on:




My one and only ripe-ish pepper:
Call me crazy but I feel after I pick my first few peppers my plants really start to produce. Thats outside at least. Looking good though.
 

Larry {the} Gardener

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Ever grow those yellow pear tomatoes? High producing but They're like a vine and grow ridiculously tall. Hundreds of wild grown yellow pear seedlings appear each year now. I like Lemon boy better, those plants won't fall over onto my other crops, and taste is better too. To each their own and good luck.
This is my first time with this tomato. It was an impulse buy. I saw the seed packet in Lowes, and I picked it up. My new favorite {after I grew them for the first time last year} is Pruden's Purple tomatoes. I took a tomato out of the freezer yesterday and planted the seeds from it. Soon I will be giving away lots PP plants.
 

Vnsmkr

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Call me crazy but I feel after I pick my first few peppers my plants really start to produce. Thats outside at least. Looking good though.
My peppers usually blow up after the first shitty harvest. Once they drop those first peppers and shed those few leaves then I really see them blow up. Bell peppers/capiscum doing the same thing
 

JG Wentworth

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I'll be growing a few plants alongside the Canna. In soil
Nice. Have you decided which varieties?

Your plants are looking good. I took a few of my older plants outside to make room for the ones I'm planting. Yesterday I planted a few Yellow Hungarian Wax seeds. Also got lots of other non-pepper seeds in soil.
Thanks. Have heard good things about wax peppers. Have you grown them before and do you recommend them? What's the flavor and heat like?

Call me crazy but I feel after I pick my first few peppers my plants really start to produce. Thats outside at least. Looking good though.
My peppers usually blow up after the first shitty harvest. Once they drop those first peppers and shed those few leaves then I really see them blow up. Bell peppers/capiscum doing the same thing
Well, I picked my first habanero yesterday, so hopefully you guys are right and these things start producing. Going to use my harvest in a chili recipe I'm cooking up this evening.

I ordered a chili pepper book from Amazon that got here yesterday and was doing some reading and it mentioned cutting back N during flowering to get them to start producing peppers. It said you want to maintain minimum N levels to keep green foliage. Does this sound correct? I've been at about 3:1:2 NPK ratio but I can cut out some of the calcium nitrate to remove N if that is what is necessary for the flowers to turn into peppers instead of a mess on the floor. Guess I'll experiment....
 

KingBlunted

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Hungarian wax can be mild or hot. 4-7 inches or so. Similar to the sliced bright yellow banana peppers on sandwiches. Very tasty. My favorite for pickling
 

Larry {the} Gardener

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The wax can go from 1-15K on the Scoville scale. I just picked up a pack of the 4/$1 seeds at the Dollar tree. So not sure how hot these will turn out. I grew lots of them back when I was truck farming. They are a good pepper for cooking with.
 

sixspeedv

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What are you guys feeding your pepper plants? I'm trying grow big on them this year outside. Going to add Epsom every other few weeks or so as well.
 

JG Wentworth

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I mix my own dry salts, but that probably won't help you at all since my peppers are not in dirt nor outside. Hopefully Larry, Vnsmkr, or KingBlunted can chime in and provide some insight for you.
 

JG Wentworth

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Small update with fresh pics:

They're loving the new light and location. I moved the 4 ft plants off the table and down onto folding chairs and now the canopy is nice and even. They're pretty top heavy too, so being in the corner and against the wall allows me to prop them up. Habaneros are still the only ones producing and I saw 6 peppers last time I checked. Going to top buckets off this week with a lower N and higher P and K ratio. I'm hoping that will make them produce more peppers and grow less in size...I clearly don't need any more foliage.

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Young habaneros:
 

KingBlunted

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What are you guys feeding your pepper plants? I'm trying grow big on them this year outside. Going to add Epsom every other few weeks or so as well.
Get ur soil or whatever medium ur using full of nutrients. Whether it's your own compost or a pro-mix style bag. Hoe and till it all in nicely. If you drain to waste discard in the garden. And Epsom salts every 2 weeks or so. Start your plants early inside and get them big before planting in the dirt. Make sure u put the in a shaded area for a day or 2 to adjust to the sun just in case. Last step.. make neighbors jealous. Try to avoid planting peppers in same location as last yr. Also avoid where tomatoes and strawberries were planted in previous season.

You could always drop an egg or fish in each hole under each plant.

Sometimes I take a gallon jug. Throw away the cap. Drill holes on sides and bottom and plant between peppers only leaving the cap exposed. When u water. Just full the jug and this reduces wasted water running off or evaporating on surface.

You could always fill a wine bottle with water and jam in the soil next to root ball for big plants. This is essentially an aqua globe. The plant only drinks water out of the bottle when thirsty. They should last days between refills.
 
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JG Wentworth

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@JGWENTWORTH. How was ur first habby? Aka habanero
Tasted like and had the kick of the store bought one I got the seeds out of. Used pretty much the whole thing in some slow cooked chili but it didn't have enough spice to really even tell it was there. I need to add more next time but I'd really like to see how one super hot would do instead...assuming I can start producing them.
 

KingBlunted

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The pith is the hottest part. Seeds are 2nd cuz they grow off the pith. (White part) leave those in next time. If it was I a popper I could understand but a batch if chili? I guess u can always add more but not remove it. I like to pour my super hot pickled pepper juice (ghost/scorpion) in to my chili for hest. I throw in pickled peppers whole. They break down and if not its just Russian roulette. Nothing milk can't fix. Ha. Happy growing.
 
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