Recent content by Der Metzgermeister

You took off much more than I would have, but it's no problem...you will see the results you want eventually.They might not be as productive as they would have otherwise been this season, but you can always overwinter them. I'd go so far as to take off that last pepper and flower so the plant...

I thought it looked like a weevil too, but the snout was short enough and broad enough to make me wonder. Is it possibly a black vine weevil?

Ordinary glass blocks some of the ultraviolet radiation coming through. A single sheet would block at least 25% I believe. It's entirely possible that the sun damaged them.

Anyone know what this insect is? I'm located in Eastern Ontario, if that helps at all. http://bayimg.com/caPoHAAfF

Looks to me like it could be a nitrogen deficiency, as the older leaves seems to be yellowing. What soil do you have in there? Is that just mulch on top, or are there a lot of wood chips in the soil? I know that when organic matter with a very low N:C ration (like wood, at 1:300) decomposes, the...

Is anyone else reminded of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9wVzkPwrY&feature=kp

In addition to what Pepper-Guru said, it's also helpful to trim any large leaves you choose not to remove in half, and remove all flowers/pods. In the cutting pictured, I'd even go so far as to remove one of the two main branches entirely (the one at the right side of the picture), prune off one...

I'm currently working out a design for a shelving system for growing seedlings and mature plants indoors. I'm going to hang lights from the bottoms of the shelves to illuminate plants below...I've already figured out I can use shop lights for the seedling shelves (I figure 4 T8's should provide...