Recent content by chilidon

Just found a tomatoe hornworm on one of my butch t's. First one I've ever seen, hope it's the last.As stated in this thread, check for pests daily. Hornworms can wipe out plants quickly

Hey, those hoppers make great fishing bait! Bass & bluegill love them

Thanks for all the info. I had moved my plants out of my greenhouses due to the 100 plus temps here in central Ohio.This is when grey squirrels got to a few of them, including 1 of my 2 Manzanos . The little bastard chewed them off right at ground level, so I'm hoping to get cuttings from what...

Has anybody in the forum had any success taking cuttings from pepper plants & rooting them, & if you did, how did you go about it?

Three gallon, and I use Hyponex mixed with water

I live just north of Columbus Oh. My Jolokias have been outside for a month now . Follow the previous advice about hardening them off and either get them into big containers or in the ground. With the containers you can bring them inside for the first few frosts in the fall and extend your...

You probably have a shorter growing season like I have here in Ohio, and like me, can't stand to see flowers come on, then drop without making a pepper. Last year I had the same problem. I went to the nursery and got Tomatoe and Pepper set, sprayed the plants about once a week, trying not to...

Go to a nursery & get a bottle of tomato & pepper set. Being an interspecific hybrid cross between chinense & frutescens cultivars, Jolokia's are prone to pollen abortion which leads to blossem drop.The tomatoe & pepper set will solve your problem. Spray your Ghost plants once a week

Welcome from Ohio, you've come to the right place

How long in the m-wave?

Hey folks, what's the best way to sterilize potting soil?

Check out The Everything Hot Sauce Book by Angela Garbes & Hot Sauce Techniques For Making Signature Hot Sauces by Jennifer Trainer Thompson

I have both the Trini Scorp sauce & puree, great stuff. You can enjoy the flavor without blowing the top of your head off. If you over do it, you might be busy next morning, but what the hell, at my age a little intestinal lube comes in handy every now and then

Smitty, $5 & SASE sent to Don Hyatt, 50 Perkins Ave Delaware Oh. will get you 50+ Bhut Jolokia seeds. My email is chilidon56@gmail.com

See my post about parasitic plants from Miracle-Grow soil