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I guess my point was that if three out of four sources say that a Red Habanero grows to 36 inches... i'm pretty safe in pinching off buds if it is currently at 8 inches.

Variety..............Height...Width Aji Rojo................2 feet...3 feet Aji Yellow..............4 feet...4 feet Anaheim.................2 feet...1.5 feet Andra...................3 feet...1 foot Bangalore Torpedo.......3 feet...2 feet Bhavnagari Long.........3 feet...1 foot Bishops Cap...

One of the things I read in another thread was to pinch until the plant was at it's average size... that is what I'm doing.

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My wife brought home a sickly WalMart habanero plant about eight weeks ago... now the plant looks great and has about 50 or so pods on it thanks to bone meal and epsom salt and attention... now, it also has eight different pepper plants next to it to keep it company... all looking good... so...

This is the smoker I use... love it! Picked it up at WalMart a few years ago... I put, typically, a pork shoulder or two and about three or four racks of baby backs in with no issues... lowest setting for 6 hours... great eats. FYI... if you can find it, buy it... watch out though, they make a...

"Water with Camomile, green tea mix, use a spray bottle with the same mix but added epsom salts." Hi BC, I spray with epsom salts at night and plants love it also... never heard of chamomile or green tea mix... what benefits do they provide? Thanks, Joe

Check out this site for some good info... according to them you can't over do epsom salt... sounds too goo to be true though... http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/ "Although magnesium and sulfur occur naturally in soil, they can be depleted by various conditions, including heavy agricultural use...

Read something else that said it could be "Interveinal chlorosis" which is indicative of a magnesium defficiency... going to try and zap it with some epsom salts.

"If your hot pepper plants get excessive nitrogen in the soil, this can lead to yellowing of the leaves where the lower leaves on the plant turn yellow while the veins are dark green or brown. If this continues, eventually the leaf tips and edges will turn brown and become brittle. If this...

Try these folks out of Michigan: http://superiorgrowers.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=447&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=89

Who has experience growing these... I have happy plants except for my little Serrano. What makes them happy? I have Googled trying to find a good guide without success. Thanks all!

I'm a newbie growing my first crop of WalMart pepper plants (actually from bonnieplants.com)... anyway... tons of rain in the last few days and no end in sight... have a habanero and jalapeno that are fruiting and four baby plants (hot banana, giant marconi, red chili and serrano) growing in...