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Urban on a ~1/4 Acre plot.   I was born and raised on a farm for the first 18 years of my life. I did everything from scooping poop to driving tractors and other equipment. While I was in high school I got a job at a restaurant as a dish washer, then quickly moved to cook.   After finishing high...

I did some work over the weekend, and potted up the last of my plants in my coco/perlite mix. I added an entire row and column, as well as placing a few towards the house.   I also gave away one of my cherry peppers, loaded down with pods.     My hydroponic plant is getting bigger. It could be...

Good drainage and soil structure are key things you are looking for in a growing medium, whether it is soil or soilless as opposed to how many amendments are in the bag and whether it is pre-fertilized or not. Although mixes like FFOF do make things easy.   Promix BX is a good choice as well if...

Nice flood tables for your hydro system. I'm strongly thinking about pulling my flood table outside too. My only concern would be all the rain we can get in Ohio. Might dilute the nute water. I won't know unless I try though. When are you planting in the hydro system? Thanks! I like the...

Unfortunately I have not, and they really really need to be potted up. The White Naga's are even about to flower in a 4.5" pot. I would expect that the Choco Bhuts and Moruga's are not far behind. They have grown a decent amount though.   I have a feeling that they are extremely root bound and...

Those little guys look nasty already! keep up the good work!

an entire post, dedicated almost exclusively to pods!   Bhut Jolokia underside.   Same pod from the post before. They are growing more quickly than I expected, doubled in size in about a week.   The underside of the Arroz con pollo. Somewhere between 50 and 60 on this plant alone... and there...

I've been using the Fox Farm Trio (and other products like Kangaroots Microbe Brew) for several years, and I like the product. No doubt that these products will give great results. It works well on most plants when diluted to the correct strength for the type of plant you're feeding.   With Fox...

I'm growing in 70% coco and 30% perlite, and I have no issues with it (coco) holding too much moisture. I don't think the coco is the problem.   I'd aim more at lack of proper drainage (needs perlinte) or overwatering, and not enough light.   At 50 degrees, the plants are just slow, not sad...

Still rainy here, but never enough to amount to more than a surface soak at one time. With that being said, the plants keep trucking through the rain.   I couldn't resist planting some supers and a few select other vars. I lost a few varieties to neglect, and wanted to get some started. 2 of 4...

       How much kelp do you add per ft3?            You must have some AWESOME compost! Half a cup for peppers. 2/3 cup for tomatoes. 1/4 cup for greens. All of those are per cubic foot. Keeping stress down in the high heat of the summer in texas is key.

I premix both of those, as well as some others, including garden lime, insect frass, kelp meal, bat guano, rock phosphates, and worm castings in to the soil before plant out.   If I had to choose one other thing to your list, it would be the kelp meal.   Liquid seaweed/kelp is the bomb, both...

More rain in the forecast until saturday, Hope my coco doesn't get too washed out.

Cant wait yo...   Are you the company's IT guy? Yep, that's what I do to pay for my hobbies. I like the job, but it can be demanding. Anyways, as promised - pepper pics. Lemon drop Criollas keep amazing me. Giant cayenne. Need to tie up that branch. Getting heavy. Pods gaining quite a...

Maules. At it immediately after. Was good. Peters front, unknown mid, shishito's rear Cheated at some tomatoes. Squash and future tomatillo home. Cleaned my hydro systems. A volunteer that grew without water circulation. No idea what var. More Toms and basil, plus the tomatillos...

Topping is usually done for a reason. IE: Space constraints, desire for more low shoots/growth, or other similar reasons.   Sweet annuums are generally short, more compact plants already.   Personally, I just let peppers of most vars do their thing unless I have a need to change the growth habit.

Tepins might be an okay choice. They are very small leaved, and grow somewhat sparse. With trimming, you could probably get a few nice little bushes, but they would require a ton of trimming on a fairly regular basis. Juanitos gave some nice options too, but the peppers are not likely to be the...

Hit 90 here yesterday. Still working long hours, clocked out around 9:30 last night.   You guys need to get used to this angle. It's the only way you can see the entire pepper squad.   The babies. Very excited about the white Bhuts.   I'll save the verbage for another day.

I started waging war on the Scale yesterday. Seems like a small minority of the plants are being affected, those that are shorter and more bush-like chinese seem to be more affected than the taller, upright Annuums.   I've also noticed 3 or 4 plants exhibiting some signs of K, Ca, and Mg...

Hope all works out for you .... here in the UK we are constantly hassled by "cold calling" asking if you were involved in an accident ... where there is a blame there is a claim ... gardening is a great stress reliever and your garden is a picture .. great to see a green house as so many on this...