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contest Growdown Throwdown 2018 Yellow Brain Strain!

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Up to 3ft in diameter. Lotsa flowers but no pods yet..
 
KAOS said:
 
Ppfftt ... not worried about those baby seedlings.
 
What does concern me immensely is that brown looking stuff they planted in ... :think:
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As it should! That brown looking stuff they are planted in, is what will have me smiling....and sweating come another month or so. Its go time. Here's a closer look from yesterday. 
 
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Pepper-Guru said:
 
 
As it should! That brown looking stuff they are planted in, is what will have me smiling....and sweating come another month or so. Its go time. Here's a closer look from yesterday. 
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Looking great!
+1 at1:30
What do you do for weed suppression? I have to get out and do something about these weeds today
 
Walchit said:
Looking great!
+1 at1:30
What do you do for weed suppression? I have to get out and do something about these weeds today
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Been hand pulling weeds at bases of peppers to keep the morning glory vines from pulling the limbs down, and to create a clear perimeter around the base of the plants so I can then use my string trimmer down the rows. Once the canopy fills in, it blocks the sunlight from getting to the ground and any weeds still trying to grow. By Late July we are usually able to sit under the plants and be completely shaded while we pick, sitting on the bare ground with minimal or low lying vegetation. Any pulverized weed debris from string trimming just becomes green manure/mulch. 
ColdSmoke said:
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I'm renting one of these...let's see if I can destroy my beds
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Bad ass! 
 
ColdSmoke said:
I need help Gents. The soil in my raised beds is rock hard. I didn't cover them this year. I can barely get a shovel into it. How do I till it? Should I mix in a bunch of peat and compost to soften it up? 
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I use a spading fork to fluff my raised beds before transplanting out, but I also add humus every year. My circumstances are probably quite different than yours... I have really sandy soil, and need to add humus to help with absorbancy, so water and nutes are held in place at root level and don't leach away. You sound like you have a lot of clay in your beds, but you should add lots of humus anyway to lighten the soil, help air and water reach the roots, and make it easier for the roots to spread out and downward.

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I made a 22" wide 5 tine broadfork with 13.5" tines and it works great. 3 month later and I can push a piece of 3/8" rebar over a foot into the soil with one hand. Rick the poster above me gave me the idea. They are a bit pricey to purchase though. That little tiller doesn't have the depth to suit me. Unless it will drill some ;) :shh:
 
Pepper-Guru said:
You guys can also apply roundup at double strength at anytime to your rows and pepper plants to keep the weeds down.
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Some good advice right there. My preference however is to let the roundup dehydrate into a powder and then dusting the plant. That way it takes care of the weeds and the aphids at the same time.


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Mine have not done a thing since hitting the raised bed.

Only my annums have shown any new growth since dirt day 3 weeks ago.

I don't have much hope of either of my GT Brains being any kind of contenders at this point.
 
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