buckaclark
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We should be in similar zones .7 here in central Va
Your peppers please!
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Roger A. Shrubber
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i haven't tried them outside, but i use blumats inside and like them. i may get some more and try them outside this year
Roger A. Shrubber
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we're 7a here, if you get over closer to the mountains it can quickly drop down to a 6a
buckaclark
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Same here
xtsho
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Ga3 on pumpkins? Hmm, might have to play around with that. The lady always wants me to grow pumpkins. We never eat them she just wants the big ones for decoration.
buckaclark
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Guy here uses the supersystem and grows them on pallets.Giant ones.He somehow make one plant root into multiple hills and there is a superbloom,maybe a double im not sure.
injinji
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I planted pepper and tomato seeds a couple three weeks ago. I've cupped up about a dozen of the tomatoes, and just now getting the first sprouts on the peppers. Hatch and Mini Sweet are the most represented at this point. I'll cup a few of them the next camp night. As soon as I think they are tough enough, I'll put them in the underground green house.
The Mammoth Jalapeno I started about this time last year did real well.
The Mammoth Jalapeno I started about this time last year did real well.
buckaclark
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Jerk Chicken time
injinji
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buckaclark
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A round of hand watered heirlooms
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injinji
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I did pepper and tomato at the same time (in the trays above) and the peppers took about a week longer than the tomatoes. I've been in the 70's, so no need for heat pads here.
buckaclark
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Peppers take quite a bit longer IMO almost twice as long to start. 8-10 weeks vs 4-6 for Tomatoes.
Great to hear you're now the proud parent of a scotch bonnet!
Scotch bonnets are a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense species which can be stubborn to germinate. The optimal temperature for germination is 85°F (30°C) with any of those types, so a heat mat definitely speeds things up. Below 80°F they can take weeks to germinate. I almost threw out my planted Ghost tray (also a C. chinense species) after 3 weeks of waiting and seeing nothing. I didn't use a heat mat. Glad I waited another week or two. Lol
VincenzioVonHook
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Popped a few Peppers four or so weeks ago. No idea what they are, or what I'm doing as they were from a random seed pack. Hoping there's some semi hots in there. Popped the seedlings in a 2x2 with a 120w quantum board for two weeks and then put them outside. All up there's like 6 smaller plants and 3 bigger plants of unknown type.
I need to up pot, would you guys suggest a raised garden bed, a rectangular planter or pots?
I need to up pot, would you guys suggest a raised garden bed, a rectangular planter or pots?
TerryTeacosy
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You popped these only 4-ish weeks ago & they're already showing flowers?????? I wanna know what kind of secret sauce you're feeding them! You'd have to be in the Southern Hemisphere, right?
I popped some Birds-eye, Habanero Red & Naga Viper seeds a few months ago & have only just up-potted them today & they're tiny by comparison.
I know chillies are a non-photoperiod plant, but that's just astonishing!