Miracle Fruit Update

It has been a bit since I've updated due to work but the new grow box is doing wonders for the six miracle fruit plants! I'm not sure if it is 150W HPS light or the new fertilizer routine (I'm now using Blue Mountain Organics and loving it) but in the past month, the plants have grown more than in the past year. I've also got another round of buds forming with my latest count at 3. I've added in 20W of halogen light (lots of far red) which I hope pushes more blooms. Now, here are the latest pictures!

The 6 plants only take up about 1/3 of the floor space, but that is about all that the 150W lamp covers directly, anyway.

The brownish looking leaves are actually the new, red leaves. Look at that growth!

Soon to be fruit?

New Grow Box!

I've been contemplating building this for some time and decided my Christmas present to myself would be my new grow box. It is made out of 1" PVC pipe, 6mm black and white film, and white duct tape.

A bit out of place in my small apartment!

Oooo... fog!

It measures roughly 4' x 3' x 7.5'. Right now, I have a 150W HPS light hanging in there and will likely supplement this with some more CFLs. The film is great (super easy to work with) and except for a few seams I need to put a bit more tape on, makes a light tight enclosure. My miracle fruit plants will go in here so I need the humidity to stay nice and high. To do this, I used a ~20 gallon tote with a CPU fan and an ultrasonic fogger on a wooden float which seems to keep things at over 80% humidity. This will likely be higher once the plants are in there transpiring. I was seeing great growth under the HPS in the paludarium but there was just not enough room for the plant and my other enclosure is getting over crowded as well. With a little luck, I'll have all my plants happy, growing, and flowering/fruiting in their new home soon!  Happy Holidays everyone.