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Recent content by Marturo
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seeds-germination First Season Growing Hot Peppers
You may be new but you already have that Hunt Find & grow feeling. You will fit right in here. 😃- Marturo
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- Forum: Hot Pepper Growing
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seeds-germination First Season Growing Hot Peppers
:welcome:- Marturo
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- Forum: Hot Pepper Growing
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disease Checking In on Some Leaf Blemishes
We are having a wet cooler than normal spring. Too many fungal problems when that happens. I have been using 1 Tablespoon per gallon rather than the normal 1 Tsp of the Garden Friendly Fungicide on everything.- Marturo
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- Forum: Identification and Diagnosis
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Spicy greetings from Ukraine! Let’s grow fire together!
Hello, hot pepper lovers! My name is Kekertak and I’m from Podillia, Ukraine — land of fertile soil and now… super hot peppers! I’ve been growing chillies for a few years now, and recently I’ve taken up breeding in earnest. I’m working on hybridizing some wild combinations (e.g. Bulgarian... -
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glog Marturos 2025 Glog.
It's Saturday May 24th. We now have the girls plugged into our wet warm North Carolina mountain soil. All those cold Azz days inside, just dreaming about this day. 😉 Five Lesya front row, in back Magalia Rosa. Taller growing plants on the fence, last season the Brazilian... -
disease Checking In on Some Leaf Blemishes
Totally agree with CD all the babies have funny spots & stuff at plant out time. To be on the safe side I spray my plants with Southern Ag Garden Friendly Fungicide, 1 tsp per gallon goes a long way.- Marturo
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- Forum: Identification and Diagnosis
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plant-care Minimum Temps for C. chinense Plant Out?
May 15th is our plant out date on paper, today we felt that soil temps had reached the temps we wanted. Upper 60s & rising with outside temps in the upper 70s & 80s. There have been many years as a new grower that I went by air temps & best guess plant out dates. I did notice a big...- Marturo
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- Forum: Hot Pepper Growing
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plant-i.d. Is this still accurate?
You could try. https://peppergeek.com/capsicum-pepper-species/- Marturo
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- Forum: Identification and Diagnosis
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glog SadisticPeppers 2025 Glog
You have to go from cool to hot so I would put them outside with plenty shade for a short period. You don't have to wait on soil temps to plant them out however the suns heat can burn them easily now. Do you know about Surround WP?