Recent content by NorCaliente916

Look into coconut vinegar. Sold at local grocery stores here in CA. Comparable to apple cider vinegar, but slightly different flavor profile. Pineapple vinegar is another one I'm playing with, locally made out here, and insanely delicious. I've got a jerk hot sauce in the works with that one.

I just recently did something similar and had no problem with them fermenting. I smoked a combination of ghosts and a few Fresno's, as well as tomatoes for about 20 minutes. Added fresh garlic, bell pepper, onion, and some spices to a salt water brine. No problem with fermentation and had tons...

    You may be surprised man, they can definitely go dormant or semi-dormant even outdoors.  My buddy overwintered a Sugar Rush, B. Goat and Fatali this past winter outside in ground. They went gangbusters this spring. I think if you can keep the rootzones insulated you have a shot. The plant...

I would maybe keep them labeled as Freeport, maybe with a (peach) designation and see how they grow out next year? They were definitely purchased and labeled as Freeport Orange, seeds came from me by the way Roper. Justin's pheno does look a little more peachy in his pictures as well, but most...

    I haven't seen anything to indicate they aren't taking new members. As of two weeks ago there was a flush of new members posting their "Intro" posts so I would think so. It almost seems like Mishcka goes through once a month and activates new accounts, its definitely not a daily thing. Did...

    Keep trying. One day once you've forgotten about it you'll be activated. It is definitely a wealth of knowledge for all things tomato and yes, even eggplants. Lol.  Still have to know how to sift through the BS though, just like with all these sites.   I've been on T-ville for years before...

    I agree with DWB, in terms of selection, heirloom and hard to find seeds in general, hard to beat them. Free shipping and almost always throw in some extra seeds.  With that being said you wont find some of the pepper crosses and newer exotics you would at Refining fire, WHP, Etc.  Also...

By body I'd assume you mean texture/crunch in the Pink Bumblebee? That's one of my least favorite traits about the bumblebee series when it comes to fresh eating, they are all tasty though. Looks like you had a few spilt even? Ive never seen that with those because of their thicker skin...

  I'm with you on plants from Duffy, more issues than successes for me. Seeds have been fine though. Reach out to me next spring and I should have extras. I gave away about 6, 1 gallon smart pots with well established plants to friends back in April.  

Welcome! Fellow Sactown grower here.

Fellow Sactown grower. Welcome!

  Wont make a difference. Its still too hot during the day for successful fruit set. Flowers sure, but you'll have a tough time getting pollination regardless. My plants that were put out earlier season are loaded with pods waiting to ripen, but the ones that were planted later were only able to...

  TheNECM nailed it, its just to hot right now, All of my plants are doing the same. June-Aug is tough on pollination and fruit set for both peppers and tomatoes. Keep them alive and by next month should start seeing pods set again with hopefully enough time to ripen before frost. Anytime we get...

I'll just add that you can avoid all of that, by direct seeding sunflowers. One of the easiest and quickest flowers to grow from direct seed, and they can be finicky with transplanting anyway. If you soaked a new batch of seeds and planted directly, in 2-3 weeks time they'd be as tall or taller...

That solely depends on what type of hay or straw and how it was cut, they are different things. That's also part of the reason I use newspaper first, keeps any stray weeds seeds from proliferating. The occasional seed that do germinate are easily pulled by hand. The pros in moisture retention...