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1. Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota (colegota@quitter.es)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 12:01:13 EST Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota
   Hi! @morph and the people at !grow and !chili groups
   
   Winter is coming to my home and I'm thinking in try to have another season in my indoor #guindillero and act as if we were in spring time again by:
   
   1.- Adjusting (led) light times to those in springtime
   2.- Using the heating at home to keep a temperature enough to grow chili.
   
   What do you think about? Could be doable?
   
   During normal season outside home I keep my led lamp working the same hours as the sun was there. And I'm thinking in change again and set to that day light as in may/june.
   Not sure about how much temperature will need.
   
   Any suggestions are welcome! :)
   1. einebiene (einebiene@quitter.is)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 12:07:51 EST einebiene

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      I don't know, but a friend harvested indoor pepper in the winter last year, without any lights, so go ahead! I'm curious. :-)
   2. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2017 12:53:13 EST morph

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      @colegota Yeah, time to !grow your Vietnamese pepper seeds. :)
      Temperature should be at least 18C for building flowers and pods. The warmer the better of course and lotsa light. The chile peppers own no money, so they won’t care about bills for electricity and heating. Some other guy will have to pay. ;)

      1. Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota (colegota@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 14:25:03 EST Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota

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         @morph @einebiene :)
         Well, 18°C it's the minumum I keep my home in winter. 21/22° when I'm at home at daytime.
         Did adjust light hours to daylight last season, but now I'm not sure if simulate daylight say from april (13h here) and up, or just set to 14-16h for some months and later change to 10-12 for flowers.
         BTW I loose all the !chili I bought in #Vietnam the first days. Just can save the ones at the photo. Must dry first. :) https://quitter.es/attachment/1302275
         1. Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota (colegota@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 14:31:47 EST Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota

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            @morph @einebiene just one more doubt.
            These are very small !chili that gives lot of flowers but no pods. Any idea why?
            Also, as it !grow a lot, not sure if cut at top. At least the branches over the led lamp with less direct light?
            Should be better keep a small plant by cut big branches or let mother nature to choose what to do? https://quitter.es/attachment/1302282
            1. einebiene (einebiene@quitter.is)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 14:37:47 EST einebiene

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               wow, that photo looks really nice! But I can't add helpful thoughts, I'm no chili expert at all.
            2. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 15:06:24 EST morph

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               @colegota The plant gets too little light for sure if it’s more than 1m away from a window and gets no artificial light. Only a few plant species will be okay with that little lumen.

               1. Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota (colegota@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 15:43:08 EST Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota

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                  @morph I believed that led lamp can be seen in last photo but not. This other photo shows the whole #guindillero
                  Before, I mean to prune the branches over the lamp, but if I understood you, better to prune under the clock or less. https://quitter.es/attachment/1302420
                  1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 15:58:06 EST morph

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                     @colegota I’d do it under the clock or even prune it shorter. Otherwise the plant will always put its most power into its highest parts.

            3. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 15:17:20 EST morph

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               @colegota ... ah, and yes you can try to keep the plant smaller by pruning branches. Some pepper varieties will form more branches and form a compact bush, some will not.

         2. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 14:55:54 EST morph

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            @colegota I think you’ll do good with those periods of light. Your light is powerful, too. So nothing can go wrong.
            Awww, chiles lost but thank goodness you brought some pods to gather seeds. See that you get them out of the pods and dry soon.

            1. Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota (colegota@quitter.es)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 15:56:11 EST Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota

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               @morph sorry, not sure about what periods of light do you recommend?
               
               1.- Adjust now to the daylight time on april and next month to may...
               2.- Set fixed to 14-16h for growing and some months later down to 10-12 to flower.
               
               As you can see in my last photo now I have like 3 generations at different !grow states, and soon I'll plant more seeds, so it's no possible to have the same conditions for all. Will be better for some and no so better for the rest.
               
               In Vietnam I bought chilies on the first days there but I put in plastic bags inside my baggage and get a chili juice really bad smell, so i have to put in trash.
               The ones in the photo I bought later and it came OK home.
               
               They are in the fridge that it's the way I use to dry faster.
               1. morph (morph@gs.morphtown.de)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 16:04:44 EST morph

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                  @colegota I never took it that precisely with the hours of light, so cannot tell much about. I usually put my plants out when temperatures allow it.