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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 15, 2020 19:45:29 GMT -5
Like my previous Jamaican Bird Pepper, I've removed the AeroGarden pump and replaced it with a 10-gallon Whisper air pump and a small air stone. I put one pod with three seeds, no nutes added yet. I have high hopes for this plant. The seeds came from Baker Creek and are actually the first seeds I ever purchased. I tried growing this once in my AeroGarden before, but it failed miserably since I wasn't experienced. This can't go any worse than that did. |
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Post by Sher on Aug 15, 2020 20:26:03 GMT -5
This will be another fun project to follow!
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 15, 2020 20:30:47 GMT -5
This will be another fun project to follow! Just you wait, I'm figuring out how to grow some things in a Sprout that you definitely won't expect! (in all seriousness though, aside from having fun with gardening, one of the biggest reasons I garden is so that I can try foods that I otherwise would not be able to) |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 22, 2020 22:21:15 GMT -5
Two of the seeds have sprouted!  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 23, 2020 22:42:51 GMT -5
Trimmed it down to one seedling and added 2ml of CALiMAGic.
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Post by joes on Aug 24, 2020 6:31:47 GMT -5
Curious, why replace the pump with an air pump and stone?
The AG pump runs 24/7 during the grow phase when set for tomatoes, so, apparently they need a lot of water.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 24, 2020 7:52:23 GMT -5
Curious, why replace the pump with an air pump and stone?
The AG pump runs 24/7 during the grow phase when set for tomatoes, so, apparently they need a lot of water.
I hadn't tried growing anything with an air pump before, so I wanted to try it out when I grew my pepper. (but the secret reason is that I'm too lazy to take the deck apart and clean it every time) |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 24, 2020 14:04:04 GMT -5
Added 2ml of nutes. I'm not sure how fast this plant will grow, but I think it will have a slower start?
I'll keep topping it off with water, but I'll log every nute addition here for future reference.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 30, 2020 10:39:44 GMT -5
Slow but good progress.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 11:12:12 GMT -5
This is interesting and I like different projects. How are these eaten.Error? as a fruit or as a vegetable? Are they tomato-ey or cherry-like? I have never tasted this or seen it before now.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 30, 2020 11:47:12 GMT -5
This is interesting and I like different projects. How are these eaten.Error? as a fruit or as a vegetable? Are they tomato-ey or cherry-like? I have never tasted this or seen it before now. They're related to tomatoes, but they're normally eaten as-is. The taste differs from person to person and from cultivar to cultivar - the most common description I've seen is normally some combination of pineapple, strawberry, mango and green grape. Harvesting them is really easy - they form as round, green fruit inside of a paper husk. Once they're ripe, the husk and fruit falls to the ground, and you leave it out for another week or two for it to turn yellow. I've never tasted or seen them before either, but I've seen some people get hundreds of them from their outdoor plant. |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Sept 8, 2020 13:27:18 GMT -5
I thought these leaves would look more like the leaves of tomatoes.  |
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Post by Shawn on Sept 9, 2020 4:29:39 GMT -5
You would think
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Sept 14, 2020 20:19:08 GMT -5
This one seems like it is already flowering! Definitely faster than I expected.   |
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Post by Sher on Sept 15, 2020 3:27:09 GMT -5
It looks very healthy. I am very curious about how it will develop the paper-enclosed fruit!
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Post by Shawn on Sept 15, 2020 3:53:26 GMT -5
Me too.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Sept 16, 2020 21:05:29 GMT -5
The first flower is open! Added 4ml of nutrients.  |
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Post by Sher on Sept 16, 2020 21:24:14 GMT -5
What a pretty flower. I didn't expect the dark center.
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Sept 16, 2020 21:27:23 GMT -5
What a pretty flower. I didn't expect the dark center. This one is under the leaves, near the base of the plant. If another one opens up in the light, I'll try to get a better picture. |
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Post by Shawn on Sept 17, 2020 5:14:59 GMT -5
THat is a pretty flower.
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