It has been slow to warm up this year but finally getting some warm enough nights to bring my peppers outside for a little while. Though they were flowering in the grow box I was surprised to see a sweet yellow pepper already growing. This is definitely a record for me by at least a good month.
I have been having a losing battle with cattails for the past couple years. This was what was lurking under my snow peas after I pulled them out. The problem with cattails is they do not emerge until the temperatures increase and given their broad root structure trying to remove them will most likely kill the plants (in this case peas) surrounding them. If you attempt to pull cattails…
Though my first attempt at an upside down tomato planter worked out great, I have a habit of forgetting to water the plants everyday. More commonly when we have decent rains when only the hanging tomato planters need to be watered. So this year I have modified my design a little to make this a little easier. As a bonus you can create this new version much quicker and…
I made a little discovery last year and that is that peppers really don’t need a lot of room to grow, require soil a little warmer than it normally gets around here, and do not mind getting a little dry between watering. This seems like great characteristics to grow peppers in vertical containers. With this in mind at the end of last year I picked up a couple of…
Every time I have a discussion with a beginner gardener, this is the most common question. Typically the answer involves figuring out your last frost date then doing some backwards math when to start your seeds or purchase your plants from your local nursery. The problem with this is there is an assumption of the rate at which temperatures will increase after this no frost date. It doesn’t really…
I have almost everything planted at least germinating in my grow box. As you may be able to see from the labels I am growing a variety of peppers this year as well as a few different onions and tomatoes. I also have garlic and some onions I overwintered already outside and peas already in the ground. I did successfully grow some peppers in the grow box over the…
With stores making way for Halloween and Christmas decorations, now is the perfect time to find some great closeout deals at your local grocery store or garden center. I had meant to imitate the Topsy Turvy planters above, but at 60-70% off I was not even cheap enough to pass up on these deals for the Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter (picked up two at $1.99 each) and the Topsy…
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Nice looking pepper! Ours haven’t even flowered yet.
I switch my indoor lights to flower before my garden goes outside. It’s a trick to get produce really early. It looks like you used that method successfully!
I only use CFLs which should be pretty blue, I have tried this in the past but normally pulled them out when it was probably too cold and the blossoms just dropped. Though the plants could use a a little more vegetative growth hopefully the plants can sustain the fruit…
I agree with Red Icculus, it seems like you did a great job in executing the method successfully by making those pepper plants bear fruit sooner than expected. And by the progress that your pepper plants are showing, I think it won’t be long enough until you could see more pepper fruits to sprout. Please keep us posted on that. Thanks for sharing this wonderful endeavor to your readers 🙂
It’s funny, I think people overestimate spectrum for flowering. I used a metal halide in my hydro tent for a couple years for flowering. Plants yielded great. The only difference that I noticed was that plants stretched more under high pressure sodium without a huge gain in yield.
Hydro Gardening, I will be sure to keep everyone updated.
Red, I am also curious how much the spectrum really effects it. My experience is hours of light and temperature can affect flowering much more.