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I've had a bad problem with aphids this year and my plants have the same behavior.  They are a tiny bit wilty for a day or two, then they crash hard over one afternoon.   Its hard to tell from your picture, but you may have some.  I put some arrows on feature in your picture that look like they...

  Yea, my jalapenos and cayennes seem to like the shady spot a bit more than the full sun spot.  The have bigger foliage, but both spots have pods

Micro Climates!   So I think I'm noticing a micro climate difference between my two raised beds.  One bed gets full sun all day long (sunny-bed), and my other bed next to the house gets sun from about 9am - 3pm (shady-bed).  Both beds have equal(ish) number of baccatums and chinense between...

  I like the macro lens attachment, but its still hard to take good pictures.  Its pretty tricky to get focus just right, and you can't see your screen when taking pictures in full sun to make sure its in focus.  I took well over 100 pictures to get those 7 good ones.  That being said, the ones...

I've only played with topping last year, but didn't see a noticeable difference in my harvest yield.  While topping gave more branching earlier, it slowed growth down.  Without topping the branching happened, but just later.  At the end of the season my plants that were topped and not topped...

You've got an amazing attitude.  Very few people can lookout in their back yard and say, "well, that's how it rolls".   I'm glad some of your tomatoes pulled through!  Can't wait for mine to ripen :)

I've been really impressed with my iPhone 6+'s camera.  It has totally replaced my little point and click camera.  But it doesn't take the best macro pictures.  So I got a macro lens attachment for my iPhone last week.  Its got 7x, 14x, and 21x lenses on it   Here are some pictures of (mostly)...

  I tried one a couple weeks ago and it wasn't anything impressive.  Just normal green bell pepper flavor, with a little bit of heat, and fairly tough skin.    Here is a picture of an Aji Verde that ripened this week in all this heat.  They sure look pretty.  I'll let you know what it tastes like  

  Thanks OCD!  We've got daytime temps in the low to mid 90's this summer.  I've got two beds, one that is in full sun all day, and the other only in the sun from 9am - 3am.  The bed that's in full sun has more peppers but smaller plants.  And the bed that is shaded has bigger bushy plants, but...

We've been having some good heat the past couple weeks, with no sign in end.  It should be an amazing pepper season for us Pacific NW'ers.  Though my grass is already dead.  Anyway...peppers!   Aji Peruvian - I had read that this plant was relatively short, so I planted it on the east most side...

  I just made some pickled onions with this blend

I really like the Hornet Bomb!

That looks like pure magic! 

  Peppers are like wine to me.  Half the fun is investing in something you haven't tried before.  Sometimes you are disappointed, and sometimes you find a gem.  I try to grow 50% peppers I know I like, and 50% peppers I've never tried before.  Eventually as my list of peppers I know I like...

Wow!  That is an amazing Fatalii bonchi.  I can't believe how thick its truck is.  How old is it?

  I've had great luck with just putting 2 spoon fulls of juice from a jar of kimchi I keep in the fridge.

  To stay on the topic of aphids, you should check to make sure the wilted plants aren't infested.  That's how mine act when they have aphids

How has the Ortho worked for you so far this year?

Man, I don't know if this year is different or I just never noticed before by I've got aphids everywhere.  On my peppers, other veggies, flowers, fruit trees, bushes...everything

yea, so...peppers!   Caribbean Red Habanero     Aji Cito     Aji Pineapple - This guy got hit hard by aphids about 2 weeks ago.  It got all wilty and its leaves were curling up.  I sprayed it down with neem and it recovered in about 2 days     Aji Panca - this was a freebie from PepperLover. ...