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May 25, 3 1/2 weeks since putting them in starter pots. This is with natural light, no grow light, some full sun, been feeding them liquid kelp in reduced concentrations. I am sorta holding back on planting them in the raised beds, garlic will be time to come out soon and if I can hold out another 2-3 weeks, I can put them in beds where the garlic is now.
2 fat ones on the lower left are Hatch Chiles (Anaheim) then there are 4 Purple Bells, 3 Orange Yummy, and 6 Aleppo. I have a Caribbean Red in the big bed in the garden and it's doing quite well so far. These won't do much until the weather gets hot and stays hot so if they don't take off like a race horse, don't worry, their time will come.
Caribbean Red (Scotch Bonnet):
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Tiny Jalapenos have appeared,so it looks like we are on the way.Fresno,Habaneros and Cayenne also showing tiny fruit.The Tomatoes have small fruit showing so its time to start feeding peppers and toms.The weather here is warm and wet,I have planted a few spare Jalapenos outside to see how they perform.
Thumbs up! I finally got my peppers into the raised beds just last week. Gonna be a while yet before they grow any fruit but hey I got this far!
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Chile pequins have made a bumper crop again. I am.growing these plants year round indoors in pots in winter and get peppers from may till Nov here in Tx. Great little pepper, very hot and great flavor. If anyone wants some seeds let me know. I mail them in a reg envelope and usually put about 20 in each. I start them in reg potting soil indoors in full sunlight. I haven't had any fail to sprout yet.
Stacy
This year I didn't get plants into the ground and going, and I just haven't been up to messing with it. Usually I grow Jalapenos, Cayenne, Poblano, and Sweet Banana Peppers. One piece of advice I can give is NEVER plant your sweet banana peppers close to the others or you will have HOT banana Peppers not sweet ones! I found this out the hard way, and the buggers were hotter than the Jalapenos that year! I tried growing Ancho, Cascabel, and Arbol chili peppers but honestly I wasn't getting enough yield to justify the water bill for the plants. Too bad. Those three dried and ground together make one heck of a good chili powder. I have NEVER been able to get bell peppers to grow in my part of East Texas. Dunno what it is but they don't grow, and when they do they don't make.
Oh and FYI despite what some folks claim Poblano's and Ancho's are NOT exactly the same. Dunno what the difference is other than one I get good yields off of and the other not so much...
GoodOlBoy
Yes I can be long winded. Yes I follow rabbit trails. Yes I admit when I am wrong. Your mileage may vary.
Keep your powder dry. Watch yer Top knot.
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
Yes there were "Short" 45 Colts! http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm
Yes down there in Texas it can be very dry and those peppers need a sub tropical climate to exist.We have the opposite here where it is either too wet or cold so a greenhouse is the best option for Peppers.So far this summer has been nice and warm so I have put out some surplus pepper plants to see how they do.Those folks south of your border in Mexico have the right conditions in some areas but will find problems in the more arid areas.
Yeah and the Piney Woods where I live is not only an odd climate for Texas, but we are also in lowland river bottom territory so..... yeah. I have had MANY varieties of plants that just died from root rot, fire ants, or any number of odd combinations we get around here. Four things that grow like wildfire around here are watermelons, peanuts, tomatos, and purplehull peas. Yeller crookneck squash, and turnips do ok, but I have never been hungry enough in my life to eat a turnip on purpose so ...... there......
GoodOlBoy
Yes I can be long winded. Yes I follow rabbit trails. Yes I admit when I am wrong. Your mileage may vary.
Keep your powder dry. Watch yer Top knot.
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
Yes there were "Short" 45 Colts! http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm
Turnips ugh,no flavour,when cooked mushy,tried some a while ago YUK.
look around for a large green caterpillar/worm lookin thing. It will blend right in with the plants. Sometimes they can be bigger around and longer than your thumb. Called tobacco worms around here they LOVE to eat pepper and tomato plant leaves. Just pluck it off and stomp it or feed it to chickens.
GoodOlBoy
Yes I can be long winded. Yes I follow rabbit trails. Yes I admit when I am wrong. Your mileage may vary.
Keep your powder dry. Watch yer Top knot.
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
Yes there were "Short" 45 Colts! http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm
Thanks for that,Yes I found some similar caterpilars,green about 1" long,similar to yours but Cabbage white butterfly grubs.Picked off 5 and dispatched them.They are hard to spot I had to put the specs on.
Lots of flowers on the plants and some fruit developing.I have some outside smaller but in flower.(just plants I had left over.
Turnips are awesome when cooked properly. Cube them and boil them until tender with salt and pepper. Add a little butter after cooking and they are superb. Oh I forgot add a little bit of sugar to remove the bitterness.
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