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Should I suspect Broad mites? Apart from the curling, they seem to have stalled.              

The start of a new season is always exciting. This year will be my third year starting from seed and after yet another winter long battle with aphids, I have so far managed to keep 25 plants alive thanks greatly to help from this forum.   I'll be starting the new plants this week and looking...

Hello all;   First off: I still have quite a few plants with unripened pods. (mostly Fatali and Bhut) I'm wondering if I pluck the fruit and set it in the sun, will it ripen? I need to get the plants inside and so I need to spray them with insecticidal soap. (I don't use peppers that have been...

On very hot days there are hundreds of house flies all over and around my pepper plants.   Are they eating aphids or laying eggs that aphids will eat? Long short - are thay distructive or benificial?   I can't seem to find an answer to this simple question on the weeb.   Thank you  

First off, I apologise if this has been covered a bazillian times.   One of my plants is wilting badly. The 40 others have been doing ok in partial shade, they wilt a little during the day while the sun reaches them under the gazebo. This one plant doesn't come back in the evening, it's pathetic...

I was very proud of my first season from seed last year. Unfortunately lack of over winter prep meant I lost almost my entire crop to aphids. I battled them all winter and lost. This year is proving to be a desaster as well. All my new plants are showing signs of infestation. They were started...

After a few days of much rain, the majority of my plants look like this. Sandy dark leaves, curling or deformed new growth and leave dropping. The soil is over moist from the rain but I suspect disease or infestation. I have done a fair bit of searching this site as well as the web but the...

Can anyone tell me how to pickle Habanero and Scotch Bonnets in such a way so they keep their color? Mine always turn white.   Second question is: has anyone tried to pickle Bhut Jolokias?        

The very top of this Reaper plant is a little sad looking. This is the only plant that looks this way. Soil is a little on the moist side but then so are all other 62 plants (there has been a lot of rain lately). I added a little MG to a watering two weeks ago during a dry spell and I misted all...

Plants are doing okay, not without some issues but pods are looking good.     Bhuts are looking very nice.       Two plants from "Bhut Jolokia" seeds purchased online are proving to look more like Scorpions I think.           I had a serious infestation of these little flies today. I...

I   I got the Bhut and Scorpion on the left and I believe those are more Bhut J's on the right however the yellow and red peppers in the middle, I have no idea. They are 5 - 6" and sweet down to the last third where they open up with a little heat. There is an international foods market near...

My plants have been outside for about three weeks. They are on a table under the gazebo most of the time. I take them out in the morning for an hour or so then again in the evening. They look terrible after an hour in full sun, so much so that I rush to bring them back in the shade. The leaves...

A friend of mine is a distributor of pharmaceutical supplies. He would be happy to give me a bucket of Dolomite (I'll assume pharma grade). Many of my plants show signs of calcium, magnesium deficiency. Would dolomite be beneficial?   I'll post photos of the plants as soon as I get a chance.  ...

Hmm... Organic potting soil with a little seed starting mix, under t8's (7 inches below), not over watered. 1/4 dose of MG two weeks ago. The lights WERE running non stop for a couple of weeks as I was germinating on the ballasts though. Any ideas?  

It was the perfect day to stay home from work and get stuff done outside. Light breeze, some cloud coverage and warm enough for a third of my pepper plants to spend 15 minutes outside. Wow, some of them look pathetic. lol    

It has been my experience that when I wake up in the morning and they look like this, they'll be gone within a few hours. Not sure what happened, all my plants have had the same soil, water, lighting and care. I do find it suspect that ALL my Giant Bhut Jolokia and Carolina Reaper seedlings...

First time I've seen this. Will they need help?    

The 7 is getting the same amount of water as the others but is not looking good. Should I snip off some of the wilting leaves? It has been under light (t8 wide spectrum) for a few days continuously but the other plants have as well and look fine. (I have had to leave the light on because I...

So now that most of this years seeds have been started, I'm left with over 200 seeds for future growing.   What is the best way to store them?   I have read so much on the net about this and some of the info is conflicting. I'd rather know what you all do.      Delta    

My last round of seedlings did this. The hooks emerged, looked fine and soon after, the leaves curled upward and the little guys died. I did have to buy new starting mix and at this time of year there is very little choice. No organic potting soil will be available for the next month or so. I'm...