Recent content by alkhall

Well, being plural, I believe most wold presume I meant Capsicum. Had I said, for example 'I have some pepper', I believe that would be interpreted as black pepper (piper niger), which is a drupe, not a berry.

Tdub, Really nice looking plants. You have done an excellent job.

If you can find Fox Farms Ocean Forest or Happy Frog, I would highly recommend them as your potting medium. I use a 50/50 mix of both.

One thing I have noticed since I started using UV lamps is that they seem quite a bit more tolerant to that first exposure to natural sunlight.

I usually just say 'peppers'.

Paul, Thanks. They do seem to be quite robust this year. I may have finally hit upon a good combination of lighting and soil medium. I actually believe I should have waited another month before starting them, because they are already getting root bound and making peppers. Don't know if I...

Another two weeks have gone by, some more pics. A few random examples: Brain Collapse Chocolate Poison Tail KS Lemon Starburst (two plants) Starscream Dragons Breath CPR/Primo cross (saved seed from 2022 grow) Scotch Brains (two plants) Thanks for looking. Hope...

45°, heading for mid 60°. Looks like 70°s until midweek, then back to the 50°s for next weekend. Less than a month and a half until plant out.

I always thought it was '7 pot', because it was said that one pepper would be enough to season 7 pots of stew?

Technically correct, but the alliterative properties of the phrase 'pepper pods' is much more appealing. I would expect people to not use the term banana berry or pumpkin berry or watermelon berry, even though those are also technically correct. Also, most commonly named "berries", e.g...

I typically start the harden off process about a week before plant out. One I place them outside to harden off, they do not come back indoors.

Really nice looking plants. I would say you have done an excellent job.

32° and frosty. 7 weeks until plant out.