Hot Pepper Plants and Sunlight
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Comments (5)Thanks for the responses. Unfortunately I don't have the option of moving everything to a yard. A girlfriend lives nearby and has a small balcony, I could possibly drop 1-3 plants there if needed but she's got a million plants already. The size of most of my containers also makes that fairly prohibative though. I do have a great rotating tower fan I've planned on using to circulate air around them, so that's covered (but thanks for explaining why it's important). As for the glass, this is a 30 year old building, they're double glazed and seem 'average'. Here's the info printed on the corners of the patio door glass: Guardian - Tillsonburg, Ont Ansi Z974-1975 Safety Tempered 16 CFR 1201 11 5.0 mm U 3/16 CGSB 12-GP-1 (These numbers will mean more to you, I think) The west/balcony windows are 8' high and 14' wide, the north windows next to it are 5' high and 16' wide, so there's definitely a lot of light that comes into the room. I'd planned to keep the curtains on the west somewhat closed behind the plants, mostly because it does get crazy hot in here in the afternoon. 17 stories up, nothing to shadow us. I'll be getting creative with making sure the plants have enough sun while not melting my furniture! I know my seedlings do great in the windows, and due to a cold June ('Junuary' this year) the eggplants haven't even gone outside yet and they're growing great in the window area, same with the basil that's flourishing, though I have plonked them outside a few times in the sunshine. Al, would putting something bright white behind the guys help for reflecting light? I'll also be turning them often so they 'tan' evenly. It's light here until about 10pm, then dusky until 11ish, so they will be getting a good 8 hours of direct sun, hopefully you can advise on the quality of that through this glass; I might be able to pop them outside a few hours some days too, depending on what goes on outside, really we have no idea. My hope is the balcony only has to stay cleared for a week, but since this is a building envelope issue if there's a problem on a balcony it'll definitely be 4 weeks. Hopefully mine is less, but even then we've not been given a timeline for what they have to do. Workmen will be plonking onto my balcony willy-nilly, we'll be fined if there's anything there while they do this - nothing like keeping your giant barbecue in your living room for a month. :( Whole thing is frustrating, but I mostly want my plants to be happy....See MoreWhat House Plant will tolerate low / no natural light
Comments (15)HI Mike; Thanks. Are you talking about Turface MVP or one of the finer Turface products? I've starting using turface with a lot container trees that I am growing outside and it has seemed to work very well, in hot weather, most pots are pretty dried out in a day. I just watered a bonsai outside that was watered yesterday that is in turface, and it was pretty dry. It was a pretty small pot though. I can't remember what day I had watered the jade last, I will watch it with your week guideline in mind, but I am pretty confident that it will be fairly dried out a week after being watered. The folks over on the bonsai form were the ones that suggested I put in about 10% compost with the turface for the Jade -- Not saying that I'm sure that is correct, that's just where I came up with the mix. I have some mixed that I used turface, perlite, compost & or vermiculite. With any amount of compost (more then 10-20%) or with any amount of fine vermiculite, my mixed got too heavy. Also got too heavy with sand in them, though I think the sand may be too fine. I have tons of grit & perlite here, so I can add it in if necessary, I'm hoping not to have to re-pot it again, but will modify it if necessary of course. What would have been your idea growing medium mix for a large Jade? Do you have a preferred soil mix that you use for house plants in general? I have most major soil / and soil-less mix ingredients here, with the exception of bark mulch - I've not found a good source for bark mulch that is ground to a proper size. Thanks Jamie...See MoreAzaleas and Sunlight
Comments (2)Hi, are you talking about native azaleas or the evergreen asian azaleas? Apparently the asian ones can take some sun (I've seen several posts to that effect, people talking about how much sun they put them in). I have native azaleas and I find they can take about 6 hours of sun, preferably morning sun to early afternoon (1 pm or so). In fact, they bloom best when given up to 6 hours of sun. So I would suggest if you can protect them from the post-1 pm sun, then go for it. Be sure to give them plenty of mulch (shredded leaves, pine bark) to keep them roots cool and make sure they get adequate water in the first year. Plant them a little high in a hole that has been lightly amended with soil condition (composted pine bark). Not sure how much sun the area gets? I read a great idea. On a day when you are home, go outside every hour and if the area you are watching has sun, then plant a flag or other marker. At the end of the day, count how many markers you placed and that is the number of hours of sun it gets. Have to do this on a sunny day, of course. If you are looking to buy some native azaleas, there will be a great selection at the GNPS native plant sale in Piedmont park in April....See MoreSunlight or Artificial?
Comments (8)hi, if you have a spare cupboard avail. fine but its not needed. if thyey are getting leggy get the light closer and train them down with ties. i really bush my peppers out before going outside. and give the plant a solid foundation for planting outdoors. As for buying shoplights, i suggest 4ft bulbs as far as value goes, plus you'll be able to fit at least 6-12 pots under (2) 40watt tubes in an open space. (plants stay within 1-4 inches from bulbs of course.) My first flouro setup was 1 (3bulb) 4ft40watt cw tube fixture mounted below a shelf which was there already and i just used things to keep the pots close to the lamps rather than bring the lamps down on an expensive adjustable hood. This works just as good if not better, just be sure to keep a very nice breeze on your plants whether it be an oscilating fan or an open window with a good natural breeze (if not too chilly) hope this helps btw: radiant heat from the bulbs in an enclosed box will not help but hinder your chiles progress by possibly burning them and causing environmental imbalances within the confined space. Only way to counter this is an open box or air exchange/exhaust system (not worth the hassle)...See Morewordwiz
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