Recent content by Mallory

  There aren't any pesticides (legal for public use) that can kill them. And they don't have any predators. I have heard there are indoor sprays that people can buy at Lowes but have heard mixed results. There is nothing for garden use that has been effective.

  So this crazy person mowed your lawn while you and your wife were home?? At night?? That is some next level crazy right there. Wouldn't they worry about being caught? The rebar is a great idea. 

Invasive is putting it lightly. Stink bugs have been a plague on the east coast. It sure didn't take them long to get far west. They will eat pepper plants and pods if a more preferred food is not available, like tomatoes. 

Do you have those big grasshoppers in your yard? If so, that's your problem.    rats and mice are mammals, and should be repelled by hot peppers. I'm not calling anybody a liar if they actually saw a rat eating a pod, but I wouldn't suspect rodents first. Grasshopper poop looks just like mouse...

I am selling fresh super hot pods in the MD/VA/WV area. I am in the eastern panhandle of WV, about an hour from DC and close to the NOVA area.    I am also going to be selling plants for overwintering that were started from seed this past January. Many of them are 5ft tall already and producing...

How old is the plant? I don't think there is anything to worry about, it sounds like the plant is happy and will set pods when ready. It wouldn't hurt to lightly tap the branches to help set the pollen. 

  Too early can actually end up worse than being a little late. I started seeds indoors late January this past year. The room they were in did stay warm most of the time, about 75F so I am sure they grew faster than in cooler temps, but by the time I could set them outside in late May, I had...

    I have never had an issue with burning unless the seeds were started in a traditional seed-starter mix and then transplanted into fox farm. I think it is too much of a shock for them to go from a seed starter with no nutrients, to something like fox farm. But if you start the seeds in fox...

  Could you link to his grow log? I would be interested to see what goes into his soil. The largest plants I have were started from seed this past Feb and 30 of them are now at 5ft and still growing, The other 50 plants are more like 3ft but they don't get as much sun. Lots of pods ripening this...

  See this is what I was hoping for by overwintering a plant 2-3 years in a row but this is definitely not what I am getting. My seedlings started this past February are now 5ft tall and producing like crazy, OW plants, not so much.    Yes I did notice my OW plants produced very early in the...

If you have overwintered plants, I would like to hear from you because I have not been impressed with my OW plants and was wondering if I am the only one.   The plants I overwinter never seem to produce as much in their 2nd or 3rd year as they did in their 1st season, and they don't appear to...

  fox farm ocean forest potting soil in hard plastic dixie cups (3oz) with a large hole cut for drainage in the bottom. Did not presoak seeds or do anything special. Placed the cups in a large tupperware container with lid slightly cracked to mainain heat and humidity. provided heat under the...

How much heat you provide during germination makes all the difference.

Yes, rooting cuttings will probably guarantee no bugs as long as nothing is clinging to the leaves. I have not found pepper cuttings to be the easiest to root, so make sure to take a lot of cuttings, and use a rooting hormone to help things along. If you want a free rooting hormone you can make...

  That's interesting. I haven't fertilized since early June, soon after they were transplanted. I mixed a 1/4 cup of bonemeal in the hole with some horse manure, then fertilized again a week later with Jacks 20-20-20. Since then nothing, but I will definitely avoid fertilizing more if it could...