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  • 90+ during the day huge thunderstorms every night for 10 days in a row had to stake a bunch but the garden is exploding!
    Pariah
    Pariah
    Sweet! Gotta love a good thunderstorm at night!
    MeatHead1313
    MeatHead1313
    Had similar temps here, and a couple of storms as well. My plants have absolutely exploded! Made me realize tap water is no substitute for rain water.
    forecast over 100 for the next four days! yikes!
    megahot
    megahot
    We need to trade for some of your heat! We are stuck in spring over here 60's and low 70's for a high :(
    chile_freak
    chile_freak
    its gonna be a weird one for weather this year boys and girls! leading up to the end of the world I suspect, @ least if the mayans are right the world will have the decency to end when I dont have chiles on the vine so to speak ;)
    chile_freak
    chile_freak
    just moved all the containers under the old oak trees in the back yard sun from 6-12 shade during the hottest part of the day then dappled sun after 5 until dusk thats the 110 in containers anyway, the 60 in the ground just gonna get watered real heavy every day @ 7am before i go to work it was 100 today and they seemed to be fine when i checked them a bit ago, definately ready for more water in the AM though for sure!
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Planting some Tepin, Pequin and Tabasco.
Who remembers the first hot sauce craze when Dave's Insanity sauce first launched? What year was it? I'm thinking mid 90s...
just little over a month before starting my 2026 Napalm Garden Inferno. Today checking the setup and inventory. overwintering plants are settling. almost locked and loaded overhere!!!
I hope everyone had and is having a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Jalapeno carrotcake with habanero orange icecream
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