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Using bottled distilled water going to be a massive, and in my opinion unnecessary, expense.  You would be better off collecting 1-gallon jugs and filling them from city water (tap) and then allowing them to outgas the chlorine over a 24 hour period (leave bottles uncapped).  I keep about 8-10...

  I think that calling this work a "paper" is being rather generous, if anything it might qualify as an article.  It seems to rely primarily upon a survey of practises in the industry, a loose citing of a half-century old study and a couple of strong servings of conjecture.   It is certainly not...

All salts are not created equal.  Epsom salt is magnesium sulphate which is essential for chlorophyll production; thus the impetus to apply it directly to the foliage.  The concentrations used for foliar spray have a negligible drying effect, I tend to use 1 Tbsp to 2 gallons of water, which if...

  To do a "true test" you would need a MUCH larger sample size, let's say 1000 plants and your conditions for all other aspects would have to be consistent.   Also, the assertion is not that "plants can survive by leaf feeding alone" but whether foliar feeding yields any appreciable or...

I foliar feed with AACT because I buy into the concept of applying a surplus of "beneficial" microorganisms to the surface of the plant foliage as a measure to offset the presence of "bad" microorganisms,  The same idea as having competing bacterial or mold colonies in a petri dish; there is...

It looks like snail damage to me.  This would be consistent with your report that you are not seeing any "bugs" when you go look during the day.  If you go have a peek in the midnight hour you'll probably see these little bastards at work.   I've been physically removing and crushing them and...

I would like to obtain seeds for the following:    Lemon Crown   I haven't been able to find many references to it for purchase of seeds, but there was a video review of the variety done:   Lemon Crown Review   It is stated to be a cross between a Bishop's Crown and a Lemon Drop.

I would like to take a ride on this crazy train!

  Basically the older version of this: 2-Gallon Garden Sprayer with 3 tip options   And before I get the Monsanto witch burners down on me; I needed a sprayer and this one was on sale at the time.   The sprayer with the fine mist tip gives very even coverage.

Because it's the pepper that OKGrowin deserves, but not the one he needs right now.  So we'll buy a lot of milk.  Because we are gonna pick it and eat it.

Scorpion?  Reaper?  Batman?

FYI, I've hit my pepper plants with neem oil mixes several times (combined with insect soap it will put some major hurt on aphids) and I've never had a problem.  The main thing is not applying it when the plants are in full sun, thus I always do this kind of treatment after sundown - or in the...

Lay duct tape across the soil (sticky side up) and see what you catch, or at least see what kind of fur is left behind.   If it is some kind of rodent, the smell of blood meal will drive some off.

My recipe is pretty basic:   5 gallon bucket, de-chlorinated water (let it aerate overnight with the bubblers going) 2-3 handfuls of organic worm castings 1-2 handfuls of Black Kow composted manure 3-4 handfuls of grass clippings yanked from the corners of the yard (fresh) 1 Tbsp of Plant...

I always spray from the underside and I also do a soil drench with whatever I'm not using in the foliar (usually 1 gallon in the foliar, remaining 4 gallons spread around in soil feeding).  It just seems that there is a fair bit of runoff and beading that could be counteracted by reducing the...

So, I've been doing foliar feeds with my AACT brews and I know that there is a benefit derived, but now I'm ready to take it to the next level.  By their nature, chile plant leaves are hydrophobic and I only get limited adhesive of the foliar feed because of this.  What is the "best" wetting...

The first "big" harvest of the season, Trinidad Scorpions, "mystery" (Butch T?), a couple of Devil's Tongue Yellow and Red Habaneros.     Beautiful "mystery" super hots, seeds originally labeled as "Trinidad Scorpion Moruga" but who really knows.  Hotter than a $5 pistol.   Yellow Devil's...

I can see that Judy has been putting normal seeds into piles of Godzilla poo.   Those pods are frightening, and amazing.  Well done!

Capsaicin is oil-soluble and as such you could "boost" your oil bath by adding in pure capsaicin extract or the crystalline form.  You will quickly move beyond anything resembling a "flavourful oil" though and start treading upon the dominion of in-edibility.

I snapped a few pictures on the way out the door this morning.   The Douglahs are putting on a fantastic ruby/burgundy shade; this picture just doesn't do justice.   The Carolina Reaper is continues to get even more bumpy and vicious looking.   Hardening off the "last" of the first round...