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Post by Shawn on May 17, 2022 6:02:17 GMT -5
Today I am (finally) planting the peppers. The left side of the farm will be the following. No nutes to start.
I hope they play nice together. I may also add the Mocha Swirl to this. lynnee or Sher , how tall does it get?
Planting chart to follow
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Sher
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Post by Sher on May 17, 2022 11:12:12 GMT -5
Shawn, my Mocha Swirl is only 10" tall. Short and bushy.
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Post by Shawn on May 17, 2022 12:10:19 GMT -5
I think it may fit well with these. I will relook at the ones I have planted and see if I can get the Mocha to fit.
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Post by lynnee on May 18, 2022 9:13:55 GMT -5
My Micha Swirl is 12-13" after 92 days.
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Post by Shawn on May 25, 2022 9:17:32 GMT -5
Good thing I went to look this morning. Both Jungle Parrot seeds were under the label. I have to release them as they were stuck under it. Now both are above the label. The Fresh Bites have germinated and are still in the pod.
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Post by Shawn on May 29, 2022 11:30:25 GMT -5
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Post by Sher on May 29, 2022 16:21:37 GMT -5
Hello, little babies!  |
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Post by Shawn on Jun 6, 2022 7:39:19 GMT -5
The Fresh Bites have not grown at all. I may replant seeds.
I gave nutes this morning and will trim out the extra Jungle Parrot.
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Post by Shawn on Jun 10, 2022 10:36:31 GMT -5
The Jungle Parrot was thinned to one. The other is growing ever so slightly.
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Post by Shawn on Jun 20, 2022 9:50:53 GMT -5
The Jungle Parrot is short, I hope it grows more. Anyone have ideas on how to do so? mike? Anyone?
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Post by mike on Jun 20, 2022 16:53:19 GMT -5
The only thing you can do to keep them equal height is to trim the taller one down. Different types of peppers will almost always be different height wise without pruning. You could add supplemental light focused on the one plant, but that works better in the flowering stage. If you add growth nutrients, it will affect both plants. I really don't like growing different plants on the same garden.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 20, 2022 21:15:09 GMT -5
Something that may help a little, is to keep the light close to the taller plant for as long as possible, to allow the shorter plant to stretch for the light. This applies to all plants. I picked the idea up from the AG Bounty microgreens guide, which suggests raising the light "to give your greens some added 'stretch'". Adjusting the lights to control height has been working pretty well for me, but it doesn't actually make a huge difference. Keeping the light low also keeps the top of the taller plant short, which can be a disadvantage if all the blooms show up at the top in a cluster. |
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Post by Shawn on Jun 22, 2022 12:02:20 GMT -5
Nutes added
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Post by Shawn on Jun 29, 2022 7:36:32 GMT -5
Both doing well. I have already snipped off many large darker older leaves too.
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Post by mike on Jun 29, 2022 14:41:23 GMT -5
They're looking good. Keep it up.
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Post by lynnee on Jun 29, 2022 18:48:10 GMT -5
They're looking good. Keep it up. X2!  |
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Post by Shawn on Jul 8, 2022 9:08:15 GMT -5
Nutes and mooch added
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Post by Shawn on Jul 13, 2022 5:02:44 GMT -5
I took these yesterday. The first pic is both, then I have up close to see all the flowers  |
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Post by Sher on Jul 13, 2022 14:20:17 GMT -5
They look great!
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Post by lynnee on Jul 14, 2022 8:37:09 GMT -5
They look like they won't be "shorty" for much longer! So healthy! How many plants--two, or three? |
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