Recent content by Jerry Rigatoni

I used those same ones in the Ball plastic lids.     http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Wide-Mouth-Plastic-Storage-8-Count/dp/B000SSN3L2/ref=pd_sim_79_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0A3K28P0XQFQ2GC1QKTC&dpID=21HqtI1lHwL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_ Using a 9/16" spade bit with high rpm and gentle feed...

I have only found one so far, but I realize big problems can start small.  Blowing the dust off the neem and applying some heavy scrutiny currently.   No sir...I don't like it!

So I found this little bugger munching on a Serrano.  It is as large you see you it, I mean it is not a critter with half it's body burried.  What you can see is the whole thing.  So maybe like a quarter inch over all.  It also eats pretty slow.  Not like a horn worm.  First one of these I have...

I sometimes miss the obvious.  I was battling an Aphid infestation in the spring.  Looking online for "home remedy" type of stuff in stead of napalm.  I read a few posts saying you can just hose them off everyday, and be rid of them in a week.  Well I water everyday anyway, so why not?  It could...

I've been looking at this thread almost daily rooting my little plants on.  I was off to a late start, and still have mostly flowers.   That all changes today though.  I brought in my biggest (ok, and first) pepper haul of the season.  I'm not trying to brag or anything, but as soon as I get a...

Those yard rats are a huge problem here too.  I currently have 7 foot bird netting setup like a fence around the plants.  It is working so far.  When I was landscaping I was taught that deer won't usually jump a fence if it can't see that there is a clear spot to land.  When we did new housing...

I am growing in 5 gallon containers using about 1/3 added perlite to Ocean Forest mix.  In the blazing heat we have been having here they do dry out pretty fast.  I'm considering growing in all self watering buckets next year to help out with that.

Nice plants amigo!  Welcome to the addiction.....muhahaha!  :dance:

I think personal preference is something to take into consideration.  Many of the chili heads here like it HOT :fireball: .  They have been seduced by the flame and never looked back.  Without having tried many hot peppers everything would seem kind of foreign.  I do enjoy some heat, but my...

That is a lot of fire!  Nice!  Great soundtrack too.

New here and not an expert (fyi).  With the numbers for ferts though (quick and dirty style).  First number is for vegetative  growth.  Second is for fruiting (flowering).  Third is for general health.  So maybe in spring when they are growing up I use a 5-1-1 fish emulsion.  It is possible when...

I am not a pepper pro, so I won't make make any guesses on your plants (sorry friend, I just don't know much).  With that being said, where I live it gets really hot (It was up to 108F/42C a few weeks ago) I get full sun everywhere. Shade cloth has made a huge difference for me.  I used 30%...

Howdy!  Welcome from Northern California 

Here in California we like to grow all kinds of things indoors and outdoors.  With so many gardeners, many grow shops have opened up.  There is a Hydro shop 2 miles from my house that has 5" net cups for 33 cents each.  If anyone has trouble sourcing them I don't minding helping out.  The last...

I'm not an expert on these things, but it sounds like it may be something like a spider wasp.  I've seen them hunting burrowing spiders in the garden here in the Sacramento area.