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I would definitely buy seeds from recommended vendors in here or plan on getting burned. I didn't take to heart the posts I saw while lurking and bought my first "Heirloom Non GMO" seeds off two different Amazon sellers...   1. Thai Dragons - based on their wild variance in size and stem...

They do, it's called "lead". If you don't buy a hose that says "potable" or "drinking water safe" then it has lead in it, which is almost all hoses. This means your watering your plants with lead and they are absorbing it. The manufacturers do it because it makes them strong and last longer...

Yeah, we rednecks call it a bumper warranty. It's good for as long as you can see my rear bumper while I'm speeding off. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.

    I vote "Best Answer" on the above.   Sorry about the plants, I grow in a 5' by 5' dog kennel, but that's more to protect my dog from the plants. They do lock though and would be a good deterrent.

  Well sure, when you put it like that it sounds crazy, lmfao (it was only $100 with shipping). But it goes to 11 and it's see through so it's sexy. Also it has a 10 year warranty and last summer I paid $45 for this POS that lasted less than 12 months. But guys like me can afford it because...

I thought it depended on how "hot" the peppers next door were.

  Most rule of thumbs I've seen thrown around is once every couple of weeks (10-14 days). My first season I rotated between Neptune's and Epsom Salts sprayed foliar every week. My second season, this became maybe once a month for some type of foliar feed. This season, just starting really late...

  We'll have to agree to disagree, the US Dept of Agriculture has tested the same varieties over the decades, and they have consistently lost nutrients, the UK has also done tests (actually they were the first I think) and their results were the same. I can't speak to whether Murray was a wizard...

  Voodoo 6, once again helpful information to know. Thanks! I just had to replace my drinking water safe hose (only lasted one season). I've been using this one last couple of weeks and loving it, it's super light and much easier to reel up. Pricey but if it lasts it'll be cheaper in the long run.

  solid7, sorry I missed your post earlier, all of your points are well taken. I don't know that I buy into the latest brix = nutrition theory myself, but high brix no question indicates high sugar in grapes and has been used for hundreds of years by wineries.     A couple of responses here, I...

  Yes, and it has been proven by the pointy heads that they have been consistently diminishing in western culture's soil and produce, the animals that eat them, and consequently us. This is due to modern corporate farming methods. We no longer leave crops fallow on the seventh year as instructed...

  I'm not going to pretend to know enough about biology, chemistry, etc. to make an educated rebuttal about this. I'm guessing that maybe there was more Chromium present than normal in the medium that the sample was grown in. Tests have been done and plants are presently used to aid in leeching...

  They are selling dried SEA WATER, so yes "The only thing they have is seawater". I would honestly like to know the answer myself just for curiosity sake. Hopefully someone in here could answer this, it's probably a simple mathematical deduction. I'm thinking if these are the concentrates at...

  The large number of minerals and amino acids present, and we don't know what medium this test was grown from, perhaps if it had been amended with more minerals, it would have contained many more.

  Plenty of people have grown a lot more than shallow variety vegetables using Mel's methods with great success. That's an awesome photo. Now for the Debbie downer part, I'm hoping those are jute or they're not "organic", I corresponded with all of the fabric pot manufacturers early on in my...

  Point well taken, but pills aren't an ideal vehicle either. The nutrients in them aren't in much of a usable form. I'm only half joking about turning my peppers into one-a-days. They surprisingly do contain a broad array, and it's not just peppers. Plenty of scientific experiments have been...

Malarky, when I say compost is the standard way, I don't mean that in a derogatory manner. I should have said it is THE gold standard way. The reason I follow Mel Bartholomew's method is because of this black and white photo below.   This is 4 inches deep and the soil consists entirely of...

  True, but neither are the peppers I'm growing, lol.     Mostly container is where I'm at. Wow, long read is right, but thanks for the link. There is a lot of good info in there. I'd love to have that type of operation but it's not in the cards for me at the present time. If I had organic...

  Uh, dude, that is the actual stuff "he's selling". And it's not a "he", it's a company that is also a pretty large operation. I think you were in too much of a hurry to actually look at their website, they've got information overload going on all over the place. They've got more info probably...

  This is the standard of course. My concern with this is I used "square foot gardening" guy's formula for making my soil. Third each of peat, vermiculite, and compost (5 kinds). But what about after first season if I want to reuse this labor intensive creation? If I mix in more compost, I no...