Recent content by Rattlesnake Blues

I've got a Butch T that I topped as well, and it's out-growing the non-topped one by a long shot. Last year I did the same thing, and the "topped" plants exceeded those that were untouched (size and pod production). I don't think there is a right way or wrong way...just different methods for...

Hey All !   Just took a quick photo of my topped Carolina Reaper. I topped it when it was around 14" tall - I took a gamble because I had another growing. I will take a photo tomorrow of the "untouched" Reaper. So far, the topped Reaper is much more robust, sporting several shoots. The Reaper...

  Koreansoul......same here in the St. Augustine area. This year I put all my peppers and tomatoes under a large outdoor garage that was made for an RV. My plants get a good amount of indirect sun and they are thriving. I tried putting some out in the direct sun and they immediately wilted - in...

  This ^^^^  -  Get you some Red Wigglers. The typical nightcrawler that your father is rounding up at night are not those used in compost/worm bins.

  Spicey.....I live about 20 miles south of St. Augustine....essentially, 60 miles north of Orlando....people here refer to this area as northeast Florida. We do get some freezes here. This last winter we had 6-7 nights of freeze. What should I amend the soil with? Horse manure, cow manure, etc.?

Hey Folks!!     My first attempt at posting a photo, as well as my first ripe pod of the year; Habanero Red Savina. This is my 2nd year growing hot peppers, but my first year growing entirely from seeds. Yesterday morning this pod was green, with some hints of red. By 6pm yesterday evening, it...

  Thank you !! I've downloaded Picasa and I'm going to look it over, read up on it, and perhaps use it as my online photo storage. Again, thank you "The Hot Pepper" !

Thanks...I just saw on Dropbox that you must be a "Pro" user in order to enable a public folder. So much for Dropbox... :tear:   JB

I signed up DropBox and placed the url with the IMG with brackets on each side...but I got a message saying I was not allowed to use that extension on this community. I copy and pasted the photo's link. Not sure what I am doing wrong. This is the url that was given to me from DropBox for my...

Well, I went ahead and put cayenne pepper powder on the top soil of all my plants. Hopefully, this will deter him. I guess I'm like some of you, I just can't kill something because it is hungry and foraging for food. Hopefully the cayenne powder won't kill my plants!!

Last night I was sitting on my back porch and I noticed one of my pepper plants was moving. I got up and walked out there and it was a big raccoon digging in the soil. I grow all my peppers in 5 gallon buckets. I got the flashlight and he was digging in 6 buckets. Ironically, the 6 peppers he...

Hey Folks!   This is my 2nd season growing hot peppers. When you growers say "fish emulsion", is that the same thing as the bottle of Alaska Fish Fertilizer I see at HD, Lowes, etc.? I bought a bottle of it and I've been using it on the plants this year. As a newbie, there are so many fertilizer...

Hey All !   I just wanted to share my experience yesterday when I visited Ed Atkins ("Captain Ed"), owner of St. Augustine Hot Peppers; www.staugiehotpeppers.com. I went over to Ed's with the intention of getting 4 Trinidad Scorpion plants, and what I got was a lot more. He was gracious enough...

I am going to order a HydroFarm indoor CFL for my hot pepper, sweet pepper and tomato seedlings; the 125w complete kit. I figure it's a good starter kit for me; a beginner. I've seen it on Amazon and 1000Bulbs. Are there other sources you growers are using? I'm hoping to find a source which has...