newbie indoor lighting question

18 years ago

i have an area indoors about 10'x10' for growing hot peppers. i have plastic on the floors and a 1000 watt light system with either mh or hps bulbs (i have both bulbs). i am a newbie to growing peppers.

i was wondering what i should set the timer for? i have been using 18 hours on and 6 off, but i was just guessing. do i need to keep the timer the same or change it at some point. i am growing from seed and the jalepenos and a few mystery peppers are now 3-6" or so. standard soil growing (no hydroponics or anything like that). any information would be appreited as i don't really know what i'm doing (first year doing this). thanks for any help.

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pyrorob
18 years ago
When I was growing mine in hydroponics, I used 20 on and 4 off with MH lamps until they started to bloom. Then I cut them down to 10 on, 2 off and switched to HPS. I never experimented to see if the lighting spectrum or length of day made any difference but they certainly grew much faster than when they were just outdoors or in dirt.

There's nothing like having fresh peppers at Christmas time when there is 3 feet of snow on the ground :)

--->Rob
willardb3
18 years ago
Chiles are day neutral, ie, photoperiod has no effect on flowering/fruiting.

I use 16 hr on, 8 off and this seems to work in hydro.
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kingpepper
18 years ago
I use the 16 on 8 off on my indoor setup.

Here is a link that might be useful: My Pepper Garden