My first DIY Grow BOX / Green house

[turbare]

This is awesome, I'll keep track of this!
By the way, where are you from? Those clay balls looked very familiar.

[Toby]

^ Whoa your avatar is badass as hell.

[rekid]

This is awesome, I'll keep track of this!
By the way, where are you from? Those clay balls looked very familiar.

Hi! Thanks. I from Hungary. In Dunakeszi. (Near capital city of Hungary). I bought the clayballs in bauhaus.

The weather was horrible in the last week, it was a mini "tsunami". The peppers are in good condition.

Today:

Bhut Jolokia:





7pod /yellow:





Monster Naga:







Habanero:



Fatalii:



Congo Yellow:

[turbare]

Lovely! I got to say that your project, and your regular updates, keeping this always up to date is inspiring.
I was a bit put down by the fact that I just lost some white habanero's (trying to grow them in an apartment), but seeing yours growing so nicely put me back on track!

I'm just across the border in Romania, we have the same clay balls in most stores. Funny enough, I've seen them in a store chain named Baumax
Would you say that they like regular soil aka peat (tőzeg) more than the clay balls?

[rekid]

Lovely! I got to say that your project, and your regular updates, keeping this always up to date is inspiring.
I was a bit put down by the fact that I just lost some white habanero's (trying to grow them in an apartment), but seeing yours growing so nicely put me back on track!

I'm just across the border in Romania, we have the same clay balls in most stores. Funny enough, I've seen them in a store chain named Baumax
Would you say that they like regular soil aka peat (tőzeg) more than the clay balls?

Hi neighbor!

Never give up. If you grow up your plants indoor you have to give a lot of light. (for example by CFL).
Soil: Roots like loose soil. So, in my case i used a premixed medium. Soil + coil + perlit and i added a many clay balls -handful / pot -.
This things will be mixed by my hand in the next year. This solution is cheaper than premixed.

[turbare]

Good to know, I made a similar mix, perlite with clay balls, orchid mix for the fir bark, and some regular peat, seemed to be happy until I messed with the roots. New seeds on the way though so we'll see what happens.

[rekid]

Hmm, the ph of orchid soil is lower than optimum. (orchid: 4,8 - 5,5 , optimum in pepper case: 6-6,5). But, just my idea, and the ph is change.

[turbare]

Hmm, that could be a cause. Is there any way to increase the PH without changing the soil? To be honest they were doing fine until I messed with the roots, I was trying to get them to fuse stems, didn't work, so wanted to cut them loose. Bad idea to mess with the roots though.

[rekid]

Hmm, that could be a cause. Is there any way to increase the PH without changing the soil? To be honest they were doing fine until I messed with the roots, I was trying to get them to fuse stems, didn't work, so wanted to cut them loose. Bad idea to mess with the roots though.

PH is a little bit hard topic. If you have a hydro system you would be easy to do. (You can buy ph upper and lower liquids in the grow shops.) Soil is different. Maybe, with added wood ash and whitewash but i have never tried before. Look around in the soil topics. 

Yesterday:

[rekid]

Update:








Bhut Jolokia:





Bishop's:



7 Pod/Yellow:





Monster Naga:



Habanero:





Fatalii:







Little harvest:

[Toby]

You're lucky to have so many pods of eatable chili!

[rekid]

Yes I'm  I have never thought this quantity. But the weather was horrible in last two weeks with lot of rain and wind. Many pods are rotting but not too bad. Just 2-3 really hot weeks (>30°C) were in Hungary in this summer. So i'm satisfied.
We will start in a chili beauty contest in september ) (Just for fun )

[rekid]

Today:



Bhut Jolokia:



Habanero:



Bishop's:

[rekid]

Update:

There was 14-20 °C in this week.... 

Jolokia:



7pod / Yellow:



Monster Naga:








"Green" habanero:



Fatalii:



Congo:



I made a little bit hot souce by my another passion:

[rekid]

It's raining, it's raining, it's raining... like London. 
I have an emergency evacuation plan for chilis because the water is coming:

[turbare]

Hope it dries off soon, we had our share of heavy rain as well. Be safe mate.

[Toby]

^ Seems like the perfect timing to practice hydroponic growing

[rekid]

^ Seems like the perfect timing to practice hydroponic growing

LOL

[rekid]

Update:

I made a yellow cream from Congo Yellow és Fatalii. (1kg from 3-4 plant)





Congo Yellow:





Fatlaii:



Monster naga:





Bhut Jolokia:



Yellows:

[Toby]

Your yard is HUGE!
Looks like a really nice place to grow some "dessert".