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The Hollyberry Lady · 03-31-2011, 06:30 PM

Nope, no pruning of the Marble pepper plant at all.

Here's a little trick I learned about growing pepper plants under lights...

When you keep the lights nice and close and don't raise them, the pepper plant tends to grow wider and way more bushy, instead of tall and spindly, reaching & stretching for the lights.

I haven't raised my aero-garden lights since I bought the system and started it up! Some people would likely tell me to raise them higher, and I will soon, but now is not the time. I know when plants don't like the closeness of the lights, but this marble plant is loving it, and so is my tall Genovese Basil.

Thanks so much JaNan, for your post and compliments. I am shocked myself at how great things look in there! It's amazing. The strawberry plant is developing a root system but once it really gets going, it will grow quite quickly.

Too cool that I'll be harvesting hot peppers, basil, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes out of my system in a very short time!!! Not to mention, looking a colorful flowers!

Oh by the way JaNan, in the picture of the zinnia...at the base you can see a small little pepper seedling that's come up. It's a ZigZag!!!

: )

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The Hollyberry Lady The Hollyberry Lady's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 15,161 BananaBucks : 1,456,759 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 12,042 Times Was Thanked 11,326 Times in 5,311 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 102 Times	Re: My Aero~Garden... Nope, no pruning of the Marble pepper plant at all. Here's a little trick I learned about growing pepper plants under lights... When you keep the lights nice and close and don't raise them, the pepper plant tends to grow wider and way more bushy, instead of tall and spindly, reaching & stretching for the lights. I haven't raised my aero-garden lights since I bought the system and started it up! Some people would likely tell me to raise them higher, and I will soon, but now is not the time. I know when plants don't like the closeness of the lights, but this marble plant is loving it, and so is my tall Genovese Basil. Thanks so much JaNan, for your post and compliments. I am shocked myself at how great things look in there! It's amazing. The strawberry plant is developing a root system but once it really gets going, it will grow quite quickly. Too cool that I'll be harvesting hot peppers, basil, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes out of my system in a very short time!!! Not to mention, looking a colorful flowers! Oh by the way JaNan, in the picture of the zinnia...at the base you can see a small little pepper seedling that's come up. It's a ZigZag!!! : )