Yeah, that one little ml of Micro greened them up beautifully and both Chile plants are chock full of little peppers, blooms and buds. It's astounding how much they've grown just in the week or so I changed formula. There's also two Greek Oregano plants that did nothing for about eight weeks. Now they're five times as big as they were a week ago. I'll move one to my herb garden to replace the Dill I killed, deck space on the pepper garden is getting in short supply.

You say some leaves are getting crispy? It'll only get worse, change out your water now and give them a few days of plain 6.3 PH water, like Peat was saying. Then mix another gallon batch of Bloom formula and add just one extra ml of Micro. I didn't flush out my tomatoes like Peat mentioned and I'm still getting some lower leaves dying.

Here's a quick shot of the Sandia Chile. These are different peppers from before (they're hidden in the foliage somewhere) and there are about a dozen not visible from this angle. The longest one is over 1 1/4" I still haven't raised the light hood yet but it's almost time. This is such a fantastic plant I'm thinking about cloning it again. And since I'm too lazy to do a light box or start a new grow log yet, here's a pic of the tomatoes.

Hmm... I'll try to reconstruct my last post, perfectly composed and super informative as it was.....

Ever had a Chile Relleno? These are what they're made from when picked green, roasted, stuffed with cheese, covered in batter and fried. They'll be 6-8" long. Green Chile Stew is another classic NM dish. They're field grown and the plants are about 4' tall when harvested. Early fall in NM is full of the smell of roasting green chiles by the 50# bags full. It's a wonderful smell beyond description. They get addictive, we have a few friends that have moved and beg us to send fresh green chiles. Even most McDonalds have the option of adding chopped green chiles to your burger, seriously! The taste and heat depends on growing conditions and we can usually tell where a chile was grown, Hatch, NM being the best usually.

If left on the plant they turn red and used for red chile stew, red chile powder, seeds and ristras. Ristras are supposed to ward off evil spirits so we always have one hanging on the front porch.

This little 8" wonder is by far my favorite plant of all times. I'm going to clone it again, just can hardly find a stem without buds, flowers or fruit.

's OK, it probably wasn't as prose worthy as I thought and I still had the links in ClipMate so it wasn't hard to do. Good job on getting the site up and going!

Here's a picture of the whole pepper AG Deluxe. I lied, the light bar is 7" from the deck and the Sandia is just starting to touch the bottom of the hanger bracket.

I extended the light bar half a section. Are these plants TOO dense? I found half a dozen peppers on the Super Chile I didn't know existed, they're so thick it's hard to see what's going on.. I think it's time to make them a little leggy to support all the peppers. Am I going off on a tangent? I can't imagine them supporting 8" peppers being only 7" tall. Help.....

I know I talked about these somewhere else but can't find it. These are both Super Chiles and they're pretty darn hot, especially when red. The first crop spiced up quite a few dinners plus a six finger baggy in the freezer. Now the second crop is turning red and the peppers are larger, hundreds of them and more every day.

Peat, this is for you.... I noticed this morning there was no water moving when I check them and sure enough, the pump has quit. I'm not about to tear it apart 'til this crop is finished so I put an airstone in it. I think I can see a difference in 18 hours, peppers turning red, flowers pollinating and little peppers growing like crazy. I'm beginning to like this, even the noise isn't bad with it inside the AG. I'm going to see how much moisture I get coming out of the AG but if it's negligible I'll put an airstone in the new lettuce garden tomorrow.

I'm liking what I see and like you said, very little if any water is coming out of the AG and it's topped off with water. Do you keep your water level a little lower than normal? I did put double layers of tape over the contacts so they will stay dry. Couple more questions if you don't mind....

Have you found an optimum amount of air or size of bubbles? My airstones are rectangular, about 4" x 1/2" and do quite well with lots of small bubbles. I don't see much of a mist coming from them popping at the surface but the inside of the front lid is damp. Do you run it 24 hours or have it on a timer?

Tape the hole left by the water pump up though, this will be larger.

Do you mean where the contacts exit the bowl at the rear?

Thanks for all the advice and willingness to share.

Thanks, Peat. I am getting a nice mist, the bottom of the deck is wet and I have very little water dripping out, just enough to raise the bowl and dry underneath once a week or so. Here's a picture of the peppers when I added the airstone, two days later, and four days later, notice any difference?

Oops, I lied, I put the airstone in on the 18th so just the last two pictures are aereated. The peppers turn red with light, I have some half blocked by leaves and only the lit part is red. They'll eventually turn completely red but it takes longer in the shade.

Thanks, you two. I'm going to proof some seeds and if they sprout I'll think hard about putting them down and replacing them with something else. I think Maere's already decided the herb and lettuce gardens are going to be lettuce type stuff but I have a month or so to decide before this crop is done.

Gisette - we slayed the lettuce garden but I made the mistake of putting a couple of red curl seeds in a few weeks ago. They're taking up 2/3 of the deck!

Here's a pin-up pic of the Super Chile peppers. These are the most amazing plants I've ever grown, they stay low and dense, I've only raised the deluxe lamp 1/2 a notch in 6 months or so and they just keep going like the energizer bunny. I harvest 2 or 3 peppers every day for dinner seasoning and have 2 or 3 new ones almost every morning. The airstone is doing wonders, I'm debating about even replacing the bad pump even though I have a new one. Thinking about putting these down is like killing a member of the family.

Using the airstone 24/7 keeps the water temp around room temp - 70* while AGs using the pump raises it to 76 or 80*, depending on leaf cover, too cool for some seeds to germinate, especially peppers. My nutes jumped up to over 3.0 and I got a few yellow veined leaves, just a few. I'm adding 6.0 plain water every day to keep the water level at max and the nutes are slowly coming back to the 2.7 they like. PH is staying at 6.2 so it's looking good! And like always, I'll only change the water in case of a major catastrophe, it's been in there since November IIRC.

You mean these monsters?