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    pests When killing aphids with soap... Mixture...

    As Pepperhead said:   Last year I used the following ingredients, which worked surprisingly well. (however there were not so much aphids on my plants)   2 garlic cloves 1 or 2 teaspoons of dish soap 1 litre of water.   Boil the garlic cloves in the water for about 10 - 15 minutes. Remove the...
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    wahlee76's 2012 season

    You seem to have a lot growing, and growing well Wahlee. The Dutch climate seems good enough to grow hot peppers :-)
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    Still green but what am I

    Hello all, I would like to know what sort of pepper I have growing in the window sill. Could someone tell me? :) In my welcome thread (found here --> http://thehotpepper.com/topic/33666-hello-from-the-netherlands/ ) I already posted some pictures and explained that I received the plants as...
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    Hello from The Netherlands

    As promised a small update on the plants. (maybe I should have opened a glog, however I would like to save that for next year.) The plants a doing alllllllright! First flowers are starting to open and hopefully will produce some fruit. A few pictures. New home for the peppers (1 gallon pots)...
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    Daily cycle of pepper plants - leaf movement

    Hi all Here are some photo's I took yesterday evening around 10pm and this morning around 7am. 10pm The leaves are quite hanging down Then 7am in the morning sun (without watering) As you can see the leaves make quite some movement during their daily cycle. The species are unknown however...
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    Daily cycle of pepper plants - leaf movement

    That video is awesome Greenman. Thank you for posting that and the (wiki) article. I thought it had something to do with watering, but found it quite strange that the peppers did not respond to watering. It obviously has to have something to do with light, temperature or growth then.
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    Daily cycle of pepper plants - leaf movement

    Thanks for the quick replies guys. The plants do not realy react to watering, I have tried this and not much change. When not watering they are still firm and pointing upwards the next morning. The pepper plants (not seedlings any more :P ) are not that big (around 6-7 inches measured from the...
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    Hello from The Netherlands

    Thanks again everbody for the warm welcome! I will post some new photo's in a week or so. Besides one of the budding flowers dropped off, the peppers are going strong otherwise. :-)
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    Daily cycle of pepper plants - leaf movement

    Hi all, I have a few questions, which I could not find the answer for. I have only just begon growing a few peppers, and I am totally unfamiliar with growing plants and such, however I notice some "strange" behavour. The two seedlings I have are about 8 weeks old and cleary show a daily cylce...
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    Hello from The Netherlands

    Thank you all for having me and giving me a warm welcome! It is nice to see a few more Dutchies on the forum too. And there are quite a few more european dudes and dudettes on here I see. If what I photographed are going to be flowers (middle photo) then there are already 7 forming in the top...
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    Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi all, Saying hello from The Netherlands, just so you know I am browsing the forum a bit, and hopefully one day can contribute as well. I am Felix, and quite possibly a new pepper growing addict. For the last 5 weeks I have a small number of peppers growing in pots. (in a window sill and on...
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