KiNGDeNNiZ said:
Thanks, works about done until harvest.
DocNrock said:
Wow, man! That looks so totally pro. I'm assuming you had the plastic sheeting last year, as well. So the fire ants make holes in it? Or do they just come up around it and travel through the straw? Either way, I had totally forgotten about that, but now I remember. Total bummer. I hope that your 8 foot spacing gives you enough room to walk between the rows. If not, at 8 feet, you could easily prune them later in the season to maintain a walking space and still have incredibly wide plants.
Gonna look even more awesome once the straw gets laid down. And things are podding up already, I see. Simply full of win.
Yep, had it mulched and strawed the last few seasons. Ants don't make any holes in the mulch, they just invade and sometimes build nests within the garden and travel below and above the mulch; real troublesome and painful pests. Straw is spread.
Trippa said:
Always some of the cleanest lines in the forum .. looking schmick as usual. Nice wide rows , have you sorted out a tractor mounted chilli harvester yet?? keep on growing. Best of luck with the season ahead
Thanks Trippa, maybe train some monkeys to harvest em.
I doubt anyone has come up with a mechanical pod harvester that didn't destroy the plant, but it would be a nice invention.
Pr0digal_son said:
Amazing how fast your plants take hold. Mine usually go a couple weeks before they show any substantial growth.
I don't do anything special, just dig a hole, drop the plant in, fill in a little dirt and water. I think they're just glad to escape their small potted prison.
Devv said:
Looks great, like your approach.
As for going back, I can't keep up going forward....so I asked
Ran a rabbit out of the garden this evening.
JoynersHotPeppers said:
As always great update, still have my money on your crawling to harvest unless you prune...
I'm betting that even of they swell to fill the space the branches won't be interlocked and I'll be able to push through. I'll never prune em in any case.
MGOLD86 said:
Now that is what I am talking about. I really like your staking method and if I didn't already have my stakes in, I would be going with that. Maybe next year. But how much spacing are you going with? I remember last year where you had to crawl in between rows to get to your plants, but it looks like there is a bit more space going on in there. Any change?
It's like a Florida weave on a small scale and gives the plants more support than the Florida weave. I call it the mini weave.
Yeah, a lot more space. Two years ago it was 3 feet, last year 5 feet and this season 8 feet. Maybe the plants won't hog all of the space this season; at least that's what I'm counting on.
Got some seed planted: Pink-eye Purple Hull Peas, Fife Creek Cowhorn Okra, Ambrosia and Park's Whopper Cantaloupe, Yellow straight neck squash and Kamo Eggplant. Also got the last of the chille plants in ground and spread the straw. Work's done; now it's just sit back and wait til harvest. Well I do have to flip a few valves, but am thinking about installing a programmed solenoid valve system. Maybe not, gotta leave something to do.
Only time will tell with this extremely late start. Never had to have my text sent through a translator before. 
