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That middle plant looks like it's saying something along the lines of, "I'll be damned if I'm going without a fight!" Heh. But good luck on your survivors... that has to suck to extreme levels losing a bunch of young plants that made it so far. I wonder if those plants will end up growing...

Yeah. Oh well, I should've looked into getting a compost bin sooner (sometime last year). If I could see well into the future, I most definitely would have tried harder to get one, but I had no idea what I was going to be able to grow this year (if anything), or whether I would still be living...

Nah, if anything, you're probably around that shit (well, what other way to describe it... lol) all the time and have somewhat desensitized your sense of smell to it. In other words, you're probably used to it. Kind of like smokers seem to be oblivious to the fact that they often (not all of...

I'll take your word for it, I'm sure it smells more tame when well rotted, but the whole idea of it is just nasty. Alright, thanks for the clarification. As I mentioned, I will try to avoid peat and instead use some other form of more-nutritious soil amendment if at all possible. I'll be...

I forgot to mention: Anything poo... I avoid. Sorry, I can deal with it if it's dead, rotting plant matter of any kind or even certain rotten insect remains or something, but if it came out of an animal's--any animal's--ass, I'll pass. :sick: That's just nasty and it reeks. I think I saw some...

Yes, some never turn red. Others do (often as their "final" color). There are many exceptions, though. Many ornamental peppers (mostly C. annuums) go through a whole rainbow assortment of colors before settling on their final ripe color, which may or may not be red.

Many of them do, but not all. The orange habanero, for example, never sees red... but many other chinense varieties that go from green to orange end up red... Quite a few also go straight from green to red, green to brown, green to yellow, etc... not not always to red.

LGHT: That clears it up quite a bit, but at least one thing you mentioned contradicts with what I read over the last few days. First, I should describe the summer weather here and my past experience here... it tends to be 85-95 degrees Fahrenheit and humid, occasionally getting a few degrees...

Hmm... the rock idea might be worth trying. I just don't want them to plug the drainage holes or eat too far into the usable container space for the roots to grow. I knew that was coming soon enough. I should have put the disclaimer, I read that topic, and have got about all I can get from...

Hmm... well Lowes had big bags of vermiculite, which I got, but they only had small bags of perlite. The site you linked has a 4 cu. ft. bag as you described for $24... that's a possibility, pretty decent price. Thanks for the link.

This year, I decided to try the cheap route and make my own potting soil mix because the premade stuff costs so damn much and I'm going to need a lot. Here are the main components I am thinking about using: -Topsoil as a base. The bag (Scotts TurfBuilder Seeding Soil) says it includes wetting...

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Yeah, it's just a tan. Luckily, pepper plants can't get skin, er... stem cancer, so that's out of the question. :P I don't think you've got anything to worry about, but then, based on the replies you've got so far that should be obvious.

It doesn't bother me if the plastic doesn't last more than a year, because for now I'm only concentrating on the current year, and I'm not sure if I'll be living in this house next year anyway. The primary things I'm worrying about are it lasting for this spring/summer/early fall, but even more...

I'm planning on getting pepper plants this year again, only this time, they will probably all be on the porch (assuming I can get them all to fit... lol). My plan for this year is to put up some clear plastic film to act as protection from the wind and heavy rain, and it'll probably help to...

I can't really "heat stress" my plants up here in northeast Ohio the way it can be done down south, but I have noticed a definite difference in heat levels of peppers picked during the warmer parts of summer vs. the increasingly cooler days of fall. I've picked some serious disappointments over...

Why not? Wouldn't that effectively "fertilize" them with nitrogen? If all they do is take a leak on plants, causing no other damage (ie. chewing), they would basically be doing you a service... both watering and fertilizing your plants for you. That said, while I always did like cats, their...

I agree, it's hot, especially when eating a pepper of that class whole (if you dare--I don't). But it seems to me that when using a pepper that supposedly is of that rating or just above, I tend to use 3-5 peppers in my food to get the desired heat level. Meanwhile, with 2 Nagas/Bhuts or...

Well, some people are saying that...

LOL, how ironic. What great timing for this news: http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/15/1623259/Stars-Remain-In-Their-Usual-Places-People-Panic http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/113100139.html...