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  1. TraderRick

    raised-bed Raised Bed or 100 to 150 gallon Root Pouches as Raised Beds

    I wouldn't bother with gravel at the bottom. Unless you place filter fabric between the rock and soil the water will cause fine soil particles to migrate into the airpsace between the rocks and eventually it won't drain as well as if you had just used all soil. My beds are about 2' deep and...
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    Finally getting some red to my cayenne!

    Looks exactly like the 2 cayenne's I'm growing. My plants are form seed by New Mex.State Chile Pepper Institute.
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    Everythang' Tex-Mex!

    For what it's worth i'll give you my 2 cents. I like my enchiladas rolled and a bunch baked together in a pan but this is not the way they were originaly made. Classic enchiladas are a flat tortilla, individualy prepared servings. Rolled in a pan is the norm in the U.S. some call an enchilada...
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    tutorial Fermenting Peppers 101

    Thanks RocketMan, sounds like the ebay $20 meter is accurate enough for my use. I should get one as I plan to bottle and hot process the sauce and still have 3 other sauces to make this year. I see ebay has a pool and aquarium ph tester, yelow in color single probe for about $10. Anybody...
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    tutorial Fermenting Peppers 101

    I am fermenting my first sauce and plan to bottle it so the ph must be low enough to be shelf stable. The mash consists of cayenne peppers and garlic at a 6 to 1 ratio. I mixed in 1/4 cup of whey from natural yogurt and added an inch of sterile water with 1tbsp pickling salt per cup water in a 2...
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    What varieties are you growing?

    Bhut Jolokia Caribbean Red Habenero Orange Habenero Cayenne Biker Billy Jalapeno Jalmundo Jalapeno Vaquero Jalapeno Heritage 6-4 Jupiter Bell Red Beauty Bell
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    best numex varieties

    I love Nu-Mex Green Chille for enchiladas, cheeseburges and chille verde. I grew Joe E. Parker in 2010. The pods were smaller than I had hoped and had very little heat, so this past year I grew Heritage Big Jim. My Big Jims produced crazy amounts of large hot peppers. I grew 10 plants and had...
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    greenhouse Greenhouse crashed

    I have used these snap clamps on my hoop house for two years and have yet to have one fail. http://www.groworganic.com/rowcover-clamps-3-4.html
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