Bleu's 2009 Hydro Garden

And the bud drop is starting.

Do you use any silica additive? Do you know why the buds are falling off?

I do not use a silica additive. However the medium im using is mostly silica stone, with only a top layer of hydroton. I'm not sure why they are falling off either. Last night, not sure what I was thinking but I chopped out a lot of the plant thinning the canopy. I figured that the plant was putting too much energy on new growth and not into budding, so i cut of alot of the new growth.

wtf are u growing?

Peppers dude, this is in the gardening section of the forum

o tru ha hey what are those ball things that the plant is in and how do u set that up? do u jus put the plant in them or does somthn else go in it? im wanting to grow indoor help me out

Look in the growFAQ please stop jacking bleu's thread

Dude, you've got lots of research ahead of you. Those ball things are called hydroton. I actually used mostly silica stone in this net pot with only a thin layer of hydroton on top. The seed was germinated in a rockwool starter cube and placed into the silica stones. (look at the earlier pictures in this thread). Inside the bucket is just hydroponic nutrient solution with an air stone connected to an air pump that runs 24/7. Probably one of the simplest hydro setups around. Keep reading the forums theres plenty of info around, though the gardening forum probably isn't where you want to be.

appreciate the help bleu

Its been a while since i updated. The plant has been pissing me off and doing nothing except growing out of control and dropping just about every bud. After talking to some of the pepper forums they agreed that I was feeding the plant way too much and not giving it enough light at 12hrs a day. The heavy nutes were more than likely causing a lot of the bud drop, and krinkly leaves. So I gave the plant a chop (omg wtf did i do?) and it is currently flushing with FloraKleen. Once it is done I will mix a weak veg solution and let this thing recover a bit before I start feeding it bloom nutes. When I say weak solution, im planning on going 1/2 of what I had been using.

Btw thats not a noose in that one photo, its a piece of rope the dog plays with. I also plan on making a how-to knots thread sometime, for helpful knots to be used in the grow room.

Hacked her up pretty good i see. Did you add the t-5 above her also? She should be exploding with peppers in the few weeks i'm sure of it

Yes I have the t-5 along side the 150w hps. I make sure to rotate the plant daily so it gets good doses of both lights all around.

Yeah that is a good idea. So do you know how many hours of light peppers need to flower under?

Very Cool Barbe Bleu!

Peppers are "day-neutral" aka not photosensitive. So I suppose theoretically you could keep them under 24/0 if you wanted to. I think 16 should be a good middle ground, i I will start there and maybe go up to 18. But even at only 12 this thing was growing like crazy.

Tiny new buds.

Its fillin back in.

She sure is bleu, those stalks are huge by the way

Very nice. That looks like a champ.