Recent content by NJChilehead

Nice!! You're gonna have a good harvest from these babies!

and lips

Just posting an update, in case anyone is interested! On 4/27/24, I moved one each of the de Seda, Turbo, and Ecuadorian Red PFH into 32-oz drink cups. My rationale is that I wanted to do an intermediate up-potting to get the rootball as large and substantial as possible before moving them...

cobbled herself

children's shoes

Thank you for the positive words!

Just a one-month check in: no germination yet.

Farm animals

I've never heard of many of these and am fascinated reading each of their descriptions! We considered growing rhubarb this year and are looking into it. We love strawberry-rhubarb crisp and pies.

That's a great thread, and will keep me busy for some time! Thanks!

One month in! I was expecting slower growth, but they're reasonably keeping up with the others. Rocoto Turbo: Rocoto De Seda (the two in the foreground): Ecuador Red Pepper from Hell: In case anyone is wondering what happened to the leaves, I made a mistake that I can't believe I...

@Runaway my inclination is to say no, that you should not trim any of the leaves. I've never trimmed any of my pepper leaves, even if they are sunscalded, because the plant will retain any leaves that it can use for photosynthesis and voluntarily drop any that it cannot. Did you read or hear...

Good luck with them and keep us posted! Agree. We really like Komatsuna greens too.

Beautiful job @Tdub! You inspired me to look into grow tents!

@SpicyBob the purple sweet potato slips sprouted!!