Question regarding growing plants in a box.

Kinja'd!!! "Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
01/15/2015 at 22:37 • Filed to: None

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For those of you who don't know, Stef was an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Along with an awesome Diebuster Nono figure and tons of other stuff she sent me this! They're seeds to grow one of the hottest peppers in the world! However I have little neighbors and I'm worried about them even touching the peppers because they might blind themselves by touching their eyes afterwards. So I was thinking that I could grow them in a Plexi-glass box like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I could put a lock on it to keep people from touching the peppers and unknowingly blinding themselves. Does anyone know if growing a plant in a plastic box would hinder its growth. It would get all the CO2 it would want because the box has a slit in it. Thoughts?


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Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Anon
01/15/2015 at 22:41

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I think it'd be kinda like a green house. So yeah, I think it's possible. Not entirely sure though.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > Anon
01/15/2015 at 22:47

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No ghost peppers?!?! FOR SHAME, STEF!


Kinja'd!!! Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Anon
01/15/2015 at 22:49

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It would be like a greenhouse.

The other, probably cheaper, option would be to just use some chicken wire or something and completely cage it off. Make sure it's far enough away that fingers stuck though won't be able to touch it.


Kinja'd!!! Birddog > Anon
01/15/2015 at 23:00

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It's possible but CO2 isn't the only thing plants need to develop properly.

The parents of the "little neighbors" should control the offspring. Barring that, chicken wire might work on the cheap.

I'd recommend razor wire but it's expensive and could cause litigious actions.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > Anon
01/15/2015 at 23:03

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Sixty bucks?

I second the chicken wire suggestion.


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > Anon
01/15/2015 at 23:03

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They do sell kits that are basically tiny greenhouses. Something like that might work well.


Kinja'd!!! nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Anon
01/15/2015 at 23:26

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OR... you grow then harvest the oils and add drops into visine and purel bottles.


Kinja'd!!! Cajun Ginger > Anon
01/16/2015 at 00:08

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some hot peppers are picky about temp and humidity. If those are, a little greenhouse type setup might be perfect. Just make sure you don't accidentally cook them.


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > Anon
01/16/2015 at 00:32

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Having worked at a garden centers for the last 8 years, I wouldn't. Simply for the fact that you can't anticipate the height that these could grow too and the amount of water/fertilizer you'd have to add in small doses constantly. Even if the box is big enough, plants can be picky about too much/little water they have requiring holes to be drilled in the bottom for the roots and some can interact differently with synthetic materials. The chicken wire definitely sounds like a safer bet.

Disclaimer: I have very little experience with vegetables. Most of my experience is with trees, shrubs, chrysanthemums, and poinsettias, but I was in charge of growing thousands of the last two.


Kinja'd!!! Manny05x > Anon
01/16/2015 at 07:26

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I grew the ghost pepper last year with children as neighbors nothing happened that color alone is enough to scare anybody away.