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Hi Uros! I'd be happy to split the difference with you weather-wise. Sounds like you could use more sun, and I could use more warmth and rain. I've been irrigating by hand so far this season and supplementing with water from our rain barrel when it rains enough. We're slowly making progress...

Cheers John! I hope things are popping along for you for sure. I understand... better to wait 'til next year when you're better situated. Have your kids all flown the nest? If so, it'll be like you and your wife starting all over again after the move. I should have a couple of quarts of Pequins...

Boy, it's been a crazy few weeks around here... the news lately seems to be about all the rain and extreme wind the folks in the south and midwest have been getting. It hasn't been that extreme here except that the temperatures have been bouncing back and forth between cool and dry and hot and...

Everything's looking stellar in the community garden Ryan, nice job! It's good you dodged that hailstorm last month. Biker Billy Jals are hybrids to start, so you never know what you'll get if you save seeds from them. That's my biggest beef with Ed Curry... he rushed the Reapers into seed...

Thanks for the input Scott... I'll remember your recommendations. Cheers! Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Well, my soil test said I have more than adequate calcium Scott, the main problems come from the sandy soil and the upward creep of the pH. I put down Sulfur this year to correct the pH, I've got 10% organic matter in the soil to hold moisture and nutes at root level, and I mulched the 'maters...

Hi folks! Well there's no doubt about it... the peppers got off to a pretty rocky start here. I think the growbox encouraged them to grow too much too fast. They seemed to harden off OK in the cloche, but when transplanted outside they got hit with a combination of cool temperatures, wind and...

Looking really good guy! With solar mulch on top of my raised beds the water evaporation is slowed down a bit and 1/4 gal/hour drippers are adequate with a hose timer set for 20 minutes twice a day. When I was half-burying .5 liter water bottles next to the pepper plants and watering by hand...

I use a spading fork to fluff my raised beds before transplanting out, but I also add humus every year. My circumstances are probably quite different than yours... I have really sandy soil, and need to add humus to help with absorbancy, so water and nutes are held in place at root level and...

Cheers Scott! It looks like some of the chiles are hitting the ground running! The Tepins are blooming and setting pods already, and the Goat's Weeds are right behind. [emoji4] The last pic is of my over-wintered Scorzonera putting out flower stalks. Cheers all! Sent from my SM-S327VL using...

Yesss!! Michigan's gonna warm up now! Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Cheers Adam! It's sometimes hard to find viable Manzano seeds. I think it's because they ripen so slowly that people pick them a little too soon. Have you got your main grow in-ground yet? I was at our farmer's market in town this morning, and saw Aleppo pepper plants. I think you all know...

Heh, we've all done stuff like that Andy, don't feel alone. [emoji849] Good to hear you're in the ground... woot! If you do, you'll have to water more often, but overall I think you'll like them. [emoji4] In the course of running errands today, I found a plant nursery that was selling some...

Cheers Scott... I'm looking forward to being "all in!" [emoji2] Nice B3rnd! Glad to see it's finally warmed up for you. Very cool you got the book. The more food you can grow for yourself, the more good it'll do you. The results I got last year using those methods really sold me! My Wife's...

Hi folks! I finally got my Pequins and Tepins planted today, and this weekend I'll plant the rest of the nightshades after they've had a week to harden off. They're predicting rain and drizzle on Saturday, and I hope it comes. The new transplants will need it.  Cheers!

Cheers Uros! I hope things have finally warmed up enough for you that your plants are stretching out now.   Heh... I may be guilty of the same thing, but I ain't sayin' nuttin... [emoji6]   Cheers Giancarlo, I hope all is well with you too. [emoji4] Good morning, and a Happy Hump Day to...

  Nice ripe Gochus and 3-4 lobed Bell peppers Scott! You're surely crushing it!  

How did I miss this?! Looking good Uros... I hope things have warmed up enough for you to plant soon. Nice mountain scenery you have there. Cheers! Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

Hey... the Annuum chiles are starting to bloom! Woot! First one out of the gate is the Tepin. The growdown plant is much happier outside. The tip wasn't badly burned after all, and the axillary growth in the upper half of the plant shot out about 5 inches. It looks like it's gonna be a...

Nice money shot Mr P... I'll bet that Big Jim pod would roast and peel well for inclusion with that enchilada sauce too. Heh...wish I could be a fly on the wall when you whip that BBM out at work... [emoji16] Dang! You're picking peaches already?! I'll try not to get (too) jealous. [emoji6]...