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[Aaron385]

thanks.. i hope it works.. they are bell peppers

[Aaron385]

I drenched the plants with some wallly world stuff and no new bugs today.. keeping fingers crossed!!!

[latewood]

jalopeno's, a nice gypsy pepper, and some orange bells...
these orange bells are the sweetest tasting peppers I have ever had.

Pure blend pro, calmag+, using rowater. In DWC.

All future peppers are going to be grown with the drip method and/or soil pots...On with the experiment... peace:thumbsup:

p.s. We haven't bought veggies in a month

[Aaron385]

nice harvest..

I havent seen any real relapse of the aphid problem since the wally world spray down (which i thought would be least likely to work)..

I put my bell pepper plants back into veg cycle because so much of the growth was destroyed.. hope they recover and give maximum yield.

[latewood]

there is no veg/bloom photoperiod for tomato's...stay at 18/6

[Aaron385]

Nice.. the things i dont know.. haha..

Anyways, still no aphids! Got these pants back into veg.. all the buds fell off and they are growing at least an inch a day. SWEET

Take a look!

[latewood]

Nice job...Now keep a circulating fan blowing around them so the pollen can move around...If you 'brush' the pollen, remember to be real gentile...You don't want to knock the flowers off...get some ladybugs...their neat!

also, It is about time for you to build a tub to/from rez, recirculating drip...Then you can start 2 plants in a 10 gallon $4 sterlite tub, addatub=4plants/addatub=6plants. then you can have more than one plant to make sure you get some yield. Having 4-6 veggie/pepper plants will teach you so much more in a much shorter period of time. Having just one make your hands on resource one dimensional...

Follow me?

For instance, you could have 2 Bpepper plants in (1)tub, 2 Romatomato in (2)tub, and 2 J'peno in (3)tub...You can see whether or not or which plants thrive under your nutrient regimen...If 2 strains don't thrive or just flounder...Pull 'them and Put in a different Strain of pepper or cucumber. See what I mean.
later.peace:thumbsup:

[Aaron385]

I see EXACTLY.. There are actually two bell peppers in that pic.. it was three but one of the three just didnt make the cut.

Im on GH flora 3 part nutes with diamond nectar and DAMN that made a nice difference.. if I could give any newbie a tip on nutes its go with the tried and true.. Ive been thru 4 diff sets of nutes before i finally broke down and shelled out the change for the flora nutes.. should have got them up front.

I actually am working on getting a drip system free from its present commitment to get some more veggies in.. Ive got corn, onions and some other things germinating in rockwool now.. courtesy of a coverup story for my e-b-a-y acct.

will post pics here when i get it setup.. which has to be soon since a few have already germinated.. speeking of which.. I have to get back to work!

[L3G10N]

Lw, i have a question. This may not be veggie related and its not Mj related either but i figured since it involves tomoto plants i'll post here. I keep having a problem with plants i grow. Everytime i plant somthing, it ends up with purple stem. Could miracle gro potting soil be causing this? I planted a couple tomato seeds and a sunflower plant in some pots and they all have purple stems and they dont seem to be doing too good in general. Leaves are starting to yellow as well. I do plan on growing some Mj in the near future and i really dont want this to happen. Currently i have two types of soil, miracle gro potting mix that feeds for 3 months and miracle gro organic potting mix. I know not to use the nuted miracle gro for MJ but how about the organic? Hear anything good about it? You recommend any soil that can be bought at a local garden center like lowes, hdepot, walmart? If this is not the proper forum for this, i apologize and please move it... thanks.

[latewood]

that's Ok my friend...I use 1.99 sterile potting soil (hyponex) from the dollar store. No nutes, then I add...
Lava rocos 1" deep in bottom of pot...
to the soil I add 25-35% perlite...and 10-15% peat moss.

I spent 8 bucks for 4-20lb. bags the other day...
I am in the middle of growing some plants with Black Velvet potting soil...It is Black Cow compost potting soil...without nutes, but Organic...Added 40% perlite to that...it was real moist, almost too moist...but my 1st time using Organic

I would try the organic mix, but watch the nutes...the organic mix will have it's own Natural beneficial elements...
maybe 50% nutes until they start to get big...

red/purple stems is the sign of nitrogen deficiency...Sounds like your nutes are not doing the job, or you might be underfeeding them...get back to me about what you have been using. peace