I’m going to try transplanting my seedlings into a product called CowPots this year, or at least some of them. I first heard of them from a fellow I sent some bhut jolokia peppers to a year or so ago, he’s growing peppers this year and is going to go completely organic. You can follow …
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Slow going… what to do??
Well it’s 1 1/2 weeks since sowing my seeds and there are only a couple that are showing signs of an emerging radicle. So what do you do in the mean time while you wait for the season to arrive? If you’re like me, you like to read as much as you can about peppers!! …
Starting Seeds for 2011!!
Well, it’s a couple weeks later than I usually start (Valentine’s Day has always been my tradition), but today I started some seeds for the 2011 pepper patch! There’s a bit of a story here about some of the seeds… you see, I put a bunch of bhut jolokia and aji chombo pods in a …
Fungus & Bacteria & Yuck!
Well, unfortunately, some of the peppers I did NOT start myself have some type of pathogen in them which is starting to transfer to other pepper plants that are close to them. The leaves on the store-bought jalapenos started to display spots, yellow, and curl up about a week ago. I consulted my favorite expert, …
Most of my peppers are in the (expanded) garden!
It’s a great feeling to have a majority of my pepper plants in the ground! Yesterday I planted 19 pepper plants! I have another dozen coming mail-order from the great people at Cross Country Nurseries later this week, and maybe a few more from my good friends at the Schedel Arboretum and Gardens here in …
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