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Haven't posted my full grow list yet so here it is. I may have started too many varieties, but I think I can fit enough cloth planters around the house and the garage on the south-facing side. Speaking of cloth planters, I was thinking of using 7-gallon ones as those didn't seem like they'd be...

Haven't been on for a while as my peppers were growing nicely (for the most part). Felt it's about time to post an update since I decided to start my trays of seeds for the outdoor 2023 season for Minnesota. Dec 31 1/8 1/12 12/15 12/18 1/22 1/25...

Thanks! I just kept checking websites frequently and eventually got lucky finding these lights. Both seem really good and I hope the far red helps with fruiting. The tent is the perfect size to fit next to the stairs out of the way in the basement next to a storage closet. If I could have, I...

I couldn't wait a few months, I just had to start some plants early for indoor growing!

No, I got it from Texas Hot Peppers, the listing was saying they think it's F4, other places are selling them saying different generations. I'm just hoping it gets the purple leaves/purple to red pods coloration since it's not stabilized yet.

I'm definitely early. Seems like other pepper growers in MN typically start around midway through February or a little later if they're trying to start early. As for space, I don't plan on keeping all of them and for the ones I do, I figured I could prune to try and keep to a manageable size...

I want to start off by saying I'm excited to be trying my hand at growing peppers again. This is the first time I'm doing any gardening aside from growing some countertop kitchen herbs in the last 8 or so years. Anyway, I picked up a bunch of seeds from Texas Hot Peppers on Black Friday...

Fantastic promotion. I couldn't help myself and ended up picking up more seeds than I probably should have. Maybe I'll have to give some to friends so they can try growing some next year as well.

Not sure if this is the right place to be asking about this or if it would belong in the classifieds section. Does anyone know if any seed vendors will be having a black friday/cyber monday special going on? I'm looking to stock up on some seeds for next spring season and a few to try and grow...

Hello from MN! I was active here about 10 years ago, had a glog with sprouts and talked with some members about growing mushrooms. I never updated my glog after I got some sprouts going, if I'm not mistaken many didn't survive. I had to move so I wasn't able to continue growing peppers, but I'm...

I actually started a grow log in this section. My transfer to a larger growing medium got contaminated though so I'm re-starting it now. I'll be updating it again now that the cakes have started to colonize.

I'm gonna let this sit til the 10th of may then crack it open and make some sauce! :) The bubbling has almost completely stopped and the water is clear above the mash. Only a small amount slipped by my seal I made but that's ok. I'll just scrape off the yeast and possible mold then whatever is...

You can buy spores online. I'd suggest first buying a kit from somewhere unlike what I did. I went and tried this myself since I like to do things on my own and without kits as much as possible. Just makes it all that more rewarding in the end for me :)

Its quite good. Bacon makes everything better! :)

I'm a little upset. The log I bought only yielded about 1 flush, it was more like half a flush. I followed their instructions and yep... no good...