maanantai 24. joulukuuta 2007
lauantai 22. joulukuuta 2007
For people who ask why am I doing this, the answer is that this bottle is the first and last pot for these fellas. I want to see how well they can cope together and how will their roots develope and will it be able to come out 'normally', as it is usually meant to be changed to bigger and wider pots as their roots will expand and need more space.
Process!
As I have now beginned with this blog, I think it's now time for my first proper entry. Enjoy!
Alright, I spotted a perfect pot for this experiment and it had been on my desktop for days!
Now - Meet mr. Lipton.
It's a 0.5 liter (or around 0.13 gallons if you live on the wrong side of The Pond) PET-bottle, just perfect for my needs!
As the "mouth" of the bottle wasn't too wide, I figured that it wouldn't help me with growing plants in it. It definitely needed lightweight modding! Here's when the king of all-around-tools (drumroll here) kicked in. The knife.
After carefully mutilating the "pot" for a while, it seemed perfect and ready for soil. First I filled it almost up to the neck, then watered it, waited for a moment and added a thinner layer of soil and again carefully watering it.
Now it was time for sowing the seeds! I thought of something ornamental and nothing too big, so I decided to go for Bird's Eye Baby. I got seeds of this beautiful Annuum from Fatalii himself! ( http://www.fatalii.net )
After sowing 2 seeds it was time to get some heat for the little seeds, as it is crucial while growing tiny seedlings. I covered the mouth of the bottle with plastic wrap and made few ventilation holes to avoid mold to form. Finally, I placed the bottle on my dear D-link DI-524 which has worked perfectly for warming up dozens of little seedlings. (Warming up seeds is the only job this thing can manage 100%) Sorry D-link lovers!
Now it's only matter of time when little seedlings will sprout to life. Until then, happy holidays from kilpikon3!
Alright, I spotted a perfect pot for this experiment and it had been on my desktop for days!
Now - Meet mr. Lipton.
It's a 0.5 liter (or around 0.13 gallons if you live on the wrong side of The Pond) PET-bottle, just perfect for my needs!
As the "mouth" of the bottle wasn't too wide, I figured that it wouldn't help me with growing plants in it. It definitely needed lightweight modding! Here's when the king of all-around-tools (drumroll here) kicked in. The knife.
After carefully mutilating the "pot" for a while, it seemed perfect and ready for soil. First I filled it almost up to the neck, then watered it, waited for a moment and added a thinner layer of soil and again carefully watering it.
Now it was time for sowing the seeds! I thought of something ornamental and nothing too big, so I decided to go for Bird's Eye Baby. I got seeds of this beautiful Annuum from Fatalii himself! ( http://www.fatalii.net )
After sowing 2 seeds it was time to get some heat for the little seeds, as it is crucial while growing tiny seedlings. I covered the mouth of the bottle with plastic wrap and made few ventilation holes to avoid mold to form. Finally, I placed the bottle on my dear D-link DI-524 which has worked perfectly for warming up dozens of little seedlings. (Warming up seeds is the only job this thing can manage 100%) Sorry D-link lovers!
Now it's only matter of time when little seedlings will sprout to life. Until then, happy holidays from kilpikon3!
The beginning
Hello and welcome to my blog. This is an epic story of an epic experiment; growing chili-peppers in a simple PET-plastic bottle. Will there be seedlings? Will they survive in arctic Finland without any fancy growing equipment? Stay tuned!
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