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    anybody doing upside down grow?

    I've got 5 of those topsy turvy planters, some habs, tepins, thais, a douglah and a tomato. They seem to do just fine.   PROS: Small and easy. Somewhat decorative - I've got them in front of my house and people like them. They look like a pepper bush on a string.   CONS: When you water them, the...
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    overwintering Possibly bonehead overwintering system.

    Thanks for the help guys. I ended up building the greenhouse this weekend. I could not afford the 8 mil lexan stuff, it was pretty damned expensive. I ended up going with 6 mil clear UV poly. I built the greenhouse as an "addition" to the side of the house - basically I built 3 walls and a roof...
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    Strong plants suddenly all dying from top down.

    An update:   I separated the sick plants from the rest of my garden, pruned off all of the decayed growth and let them dry out. They're already looking more lively and two of them have new little budding leaves starting to come out in various spots. I had planned on giving them a heavy drink...
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    Strong plants suddenly all dying from top down.

    More and more leaning towards a compound diagnosis... too much watering, possible soil fungus/root rot coupled with lots of happy aphids and lots of nasty chemicals = what I see in my garden. I'm gonna try the peroxide thing, give the plants a break from chemicals for a couple weeks and then try...
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    Strong plants suddenly all dying from top down.

    I did have a major overwatering issue and some stunted plants before I knew better and mended my ways, which was only recently. I have just learned to leave the soil light and moistly fluffy like a good sponge cake before i water it, not damp and dense like a chewy brownie. I am now hungry. I...
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    Strong plants suddenly all dying from top down.

    Hello everyone.   This is hitting my habanero plants and my tomatoes and now spreading to my scorpion plants. These plants were all doing very well until about a week or so ago this started happening. I am finding aphids all over the place too, would they cause this problem? I've sprayed the...
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    pests Is this aphid poop? Black tarring/spotty areas on Black Stinger.

    I think I'm gonna grab a copper/streptomycin spray and give her a few blasts and see what happens just in case it is fungal/bacterial, I'll make extra sure not to get water on the leaves too. We'll see what happens - thanks guys!
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    pests Is this aphid poop? Black tarring/spotty areas on Black Stinger.

    Thanks for the help, guys. I'll throw in some further info.   I did 10 transplants last weekend, all of them were from the same nursery and looked healthy. They were transplanted and left in the shade for 4 days and then brought out this last Weds into full sun. I transplanted them into Edna's...
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    pests Is this aphid poop? Black tarring/spotty areas on Black Stinger.

    I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with this plant. It's a recent transplant and I don't believe it had the spots when I transplanted it. It is among several other peppers of similar size and age which do not have this problem. The spots seem to be appearing on new growth and the older...
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    overwintering Possibly bonehead overwintering system.

    Thanks for the welcome meinchoh! Do you overwinter there in Ohio?   theghostpepperstore, I thought of throwing together something like that held up with 1" grey PVC conduit - I don't get any wind at all where they are at so I just need to keep them cozy. I think I would still need to warm them...
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    overwintering Possibly bonehead overwintering system.

    Hello everyone! Thank you for all of the great help on this forum, I read it all the time but this is the first time I've decided to post anything. I had an idea and wanted to run it past you guys.   I'm in zone 10b, so I don't think it ever gets below 30-35 degrees. If it does, it's usually...
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