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I am looking for the following to complete my 2012 grow list: Purple Serrano Giant White Habanero Ancho L (brown) Marconi Red Oriole Cubanelle Chinese 5-color My list of seeds available for trade is here: LIST Some are quite limited, if you are interested or need more info, shoot me a PM...

I've recently seen a few vids on how to make seedling pots from newspaper. One method uses a $15 device to roll newspaper into a round pot, the other is simple origami to make a square one like thus: utube video It seems like an interesting idea cause it's totally degradable in the ground (or...

Confession time. This is my first year growing any veggies in pots. The first 8 pots that I did, I used poor quality soil (bad drainage). After almost 3 weeks, they are still wet from my original planting and some rain. There are plenty of large drainage hole in the bottom sides. So, after...

This is my attempt at some inexpensive DIY potting mix. It's pretty easy to make up your own recipes, but not always so easy to get the pH just right without spending a lot of time experimenting. So, I figured I'd post my concoction here for others to use as a starting point. I consider this a...

I've got these critters devastating some basil and sweet pepper leaves, 50% of the leaves are now black spots. I see 6 or 8 at a time on a leaf. If they move on to my hot peppers, I'm gonna get mad :mouthonfire: All I can find is that they are called "4 lined bugs". Anyone had any...

I've been reading up what I can on overwintering. My basement should be a good location, as it's a fairly consistent 60 degrees during the winter. But, how much light will the plants really need? Especially of most or all of the leaves are gone. From what I've read, the leaves will fall off...

I am a first time HP grower, and bought eight starter plants from a local garden center. Three of them were starting to fruit when I bought them, and it seems to me that it's too early for that. Our growing season just started a few weeks ago here in SE Pennsylvania. Two plants (jalapenos) are...