This years indoor pepper grow

[DFBrews]

In tune with last years hydroponic lettuce and tomato grow. This is what is growing inside with me this year a cayenne pepper plant that will be turned into homemade cayenne powder which is used almost as much as salt round these parts. Due to female bullshit and having to move my indoor stuff over the summer was not nearly as big as i wanted, but i made due. this works great so I am going to try a yatzy pepper grow when this is done which are sweet little thai chilis that produce very few leaves mostly peppers.


on to the cayenne
the light setup 2 68 watt 2700k CFL's producing 4200 lumens a piece and 2 23 watt 6500k CFL's with 1400 lumens a pop the goal is 5-8000 lumens per square feet and this home depot scratch and dent cabinet is 1.4 sq feet.


the plant in a 2 gallon cloth pot just like last year but smaller. air prunes roots promoting lateral branching also the little 4 inch fan to promote in cabinet air movement with 4 2 inch vent holes and a single 120mm computer fan I am only running 5-6 degrees above ambient at 3 inchs from the bulbs


Peppers!!!



An overview of sorts

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the yatzy peppers that are coming next

[Great-Kazoo]

I linked this in the post whore thread, another board member is growing some awesome peppers. Others are bragging how hot a one, they can eat.

[DFBrews]

haha thanks jim i will get a picture of my balcony plants tomorrow have a habnero that is screaming in blooms right now....should be fun

[Great-Kazoo]

Could anything be grown using this method? AND is the fan running 24/7, same for lights?

[Lurch]

Also peppers will grow year around as long as they have light and warmth. They will go through a period of no blooms but I have heard if you stop watering them they will start back up.

[DFBrews]

Could anything be grown using this method? AND is the fan running 24/7, same for lights?

pretty much any bush style plant.
height is the only main issue in this setup limited on vertical growth, I have a bigger multi pepper/ tomato grow planned for the doldrums of winter that will have much more height to work with. and also a much bigger light
the color of the bulbs is very important i am running a spectrum that matches the fall so the plant feels the need to produce more fruit.

the lights are on 18/6.

plants need a period of darkness to build cells. the fan runs 24/7 to keep the air from becoming stagnant.

[Irving]

Yeah, more details. I was able to get my jalapeno plant to flower, but no peppers. I think you are probably correct about having the wrong kind of bulbs. I'd like to start over and do it right if I can.

[DFBrews]

What do you need to know Irving i will enlighten you haha. I think your main problem is light intensity the sun puts out 10000 lumens per sqft on a sunny day the bare minimum for any kind of production is 3000 I have 8000 not counting reflection loses and such

And as much as it is taboo the cannabis forums are great areas of info they have been doing indoor stuff for ages and them stoners are industrious folk

Many of the same principles apply to growing vegetables indoors.

[Irving]

Can I use the same color bulbs for peppers and herbs? I like how you have the two different bulbs to widen your color span.

[DFBrews]

Can I use the same color bulbs for peppers and herbs? I like how you have the two different bulbs to widen your color span.

I can adjust the color and wattage based on what i am doing too. if i want a flock of spinach I would go all high kelvin bulbs 6500k with a lower wattage because it does not require nearly as much light
I started this plant with that scheme and after it started blooming i switch to 2700k. I bought all of these lights at home depot most clfs have a kelvin rating on them the 6500k take some hunting depending on the store I am using a lesser wattage 6500k bulb because it is only to augment not as a primary the 2 big boys are primary
in growing plants the only spectrums that the plant uses are low like the 2700 and high like the 6500 the bulbs you can buy that are between 3000 and 5500 are just wasting energy the plant can not use it.
I would make your main focus the pepper with the herbs outside the main beam of light. they do not require near the amount of light as a pepper or tomato

The problem with cfls is the light drops off quickly the farther it is from the bulb but a plus with cfls is the put out very little heat respectively. If i had this much wattage in such a small place with incandescents the temp would be over 120 degrees easy.
When you start talking HID lighting the lumens per watt rises but the heat does as well I am going to have to address this problem this winter when i get my 3x3x5 space set up under a HID bulb