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I am curious what you have found is the best soil for potting seeds/seedlings.  I have bought quite a few seedling mixes that report to be for seeds or seedlings, and so far none of them work great for me.  They all seem to retain water like crazy, and the plants don't seem to put out roots. ...

I don't know if this is universal or particular to Australia, but anyone who can help would be appreciated.  In just the past two weeks I have started seeing this on my ripe chillies:     Here is a closeup of the red savina:     I have had fruit flies earlier in the season, and they don't...

I have an habanero plant in between a Yellow Bhut, Red Savina, and Trinidad 7-pod.  The habaneros keep showing up with 'bruises' that spread into soft spots, turn colors and then the whole pepper rots.  I threw three of them over the fence before I thought to take a picture of the...

When in the states I made large batches of salsa that varied in heat from mild to F&$king hot, and gave away pints and pints of it to interested friends and co-workers.  Since moving to Australia, I have not been able to find the canning supplies to make a large batch until this week.  I...

Hello again.  After the recent pepper ID that came so quickly here, a friend of mine asked if I could put some pics up of a pepper plant that he has that he is unsure of the origin.  He got some seeds off a friend and planted them several years ago, and the plant just keeps going.  The pictures...

Hey there everyone, I bought some seeds that were generically labelled as Thai Chilli seeds.  I germinated and planted several, and then selected the best one to move to a larger pot.  It grew well until my son overwatered it while I was away a week.  I cut it back, planted it in a large pot...

I probably won't do a full blown grow log, but thought I would post some of the pics from my pepper plants for this year.   Bhut Jolokia pods.  This plant is putting out large amounts of peppers! Purple Tiger.  These little guys are a bit spicy, but not so much that I can't use them for my...

Hey guys, I could use some help.  I have some plants in the ground that are growing heroically and putting out pods quite well, and no issues there.  However, I do have some need of help with seedlings.  I have started several plants from seed and had great luck with germination, but then...

Hello, and thanks for all the great information.  Up until May of 2012 I lived on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota, in the Fargo area.  We had a five month growing season max, and I took advantage of it to grow whatever I could.  My most frequent plantings were tomatoes, jalapenos and...