Hello, fellows and welcome to my weekly update on the chili peppers I grow.
Last week I pruned this Yellow Moruga Scorpion and it already grows a lot of fresh leaves. Today I decided to give it some extra room for its roots, but didn’t have any soil... I decided to give it a new hydroponics environment.
I accidentally spotted a bucket of whey protein powder, and immediately decided that it will be a great opportunity if I make from this bucket a hydtoponics container.
I get the plant out of the old cup... and as you can see there are a lot of roots already developed. So... ext step was to carefully clear the roots from the ecxcessive soil and wash them with some water.
I meanwhile put the soil from the Scorpion in a pot to transfer another chili pepper - a Carolina Reaper in a bigger one. They all need a little mor extra space lately, but I will gradually transfer them.
The next step was to cut a hole in the cup of the Scorpion in order to take the roots out of there. I used some rock wool to steadily fix the plant in the cup, while the roots will be inside the nutrients and water solution.
Finally I cut a hole in the bucket’s lid in order to put the cup there. Here’s the final result:
I usually prepare the water for the nutrients at 6 pH, because this is the optimal environment for the roots. I then add the nutrients and check the pH level again. I want my plants to be happy and grow healthy. I redusced the strength of the hydroponics solution to about half the strength just to make sure the plant gets used to it.
The other plants just continue to grow and I am only sad that they don’t have flowers yet. But... time will tell!
That’s for now, see you next week!
Great looking root system on that one! Will be interesting to see how he does in the new hydroponic setup! =)
It’s already showing some progress... I’ll update its development in a day or two!
Interesting stuff. I enjoyed reading about this topic. Interested to see where this goes. Good luck!
great pictures, thanks for the update=)