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It is time to stand up and grow a pair. Draw a line, and don't compromise on this. If you give up everything you love and enjoy, what will you have left? Your marriage will feel like a trap and you will begin to resent the woman you married. This isn't really about gardening it is more about...

Small to one, isn't to another. For me I go by the over all look and feel of the plant. If it is smaller then 12-14" tall, I generally pluck the pods, or only allow a small number to stay. Once the plant is larger then it's game time.

I don't worry about pinching flowers, I only pinch any pod that forms. This saves a lot of work on the younger plants. It does help the plant to become better established, and in the end you should have a larger harvest. The flower drop you are experiencing could be because the plant is not...

This season for my containers I'm using Botanicare pure blend pro grow, along with General Hydroponics CalMag+, and a couple of weeks ago I also picked up a jug of maxicrop. Plants seem to be doing very well with this setup, and are doing a lot better then in previous years when I was just using...

I actually have one that popped up between the rocks and brick patio here in Michigan. It was in the area where I kept my habaneros and cayennes last year. It's probably about 5" tall, and I was surprised to see it as it is my first volunteer pepper. On the other side I had a tomato popping up...

I stake all of my peppers. The reason I do all of them whether needed or not, is we tend to get strong thunderstorms through out the summer especially in July. I hate loosing plants to strong winds, and try to minimize the damage. For the tomatoes the florida weave is a nice method, you should...

Thank you.... It is nice to see how well they have done since being put outside, and I always laugh a little when everybody asks me what kind of "trees" those are. The battle with the bugs wages on, but luckily they are losing ground. The plants are really taking off, especially when I compare...

Now for a couple more pod shots. First up is a 7 pot from peppermania Paper lantern from peppergal That's all for now.

Time for a small update, spent part of fathers day fertilizing and rearranging all the pepper plants. First up is an Orange Thai, this is one of the overwintered plants I started last September. Next is one shot of my small pepper army Same group showing back row better. Front and center...

The ones that are just a green stem may actually surprise you. Just as long as the stalk / roots are still alive they may just make a come back. I wouldn't give up on them.

Here is a link that shows typical flea beetle damage. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort410/8001.jpg As you can see the damage is very similar to what you are seeing.

I would look closely for flea beatles, they are small, black, roundish beatles that jump when you get near them. Theywill more than likely be on the underside of the leaf.

Here is a picture of the first pod on my yellow scorpion.

Silver Surfer beat me to it, but I agree that it is BER too. After you add some calcium it should clear up. You might want to hit up a local hydro shop and pick up a calcium supplement there. Just make sure not to over dose or dose too heavy when you first start applying it. In the future you...

For bringing them in, I just do it, with out fussing over a transition period. If you bring in a full size plant without cutting it back, there is a good chance it may drop its leaves, but don't worry as they will soon bounce back in their new environment. So as far as I'm concerned I wouldn't...

Stem rot Aka damping off, can be prevented by using a well draining soil, not over watering, and allowing the top layer of soil to dry out. It is very important to not over water your plants, they don't do very well in very damp / wet conditions.

Your plants are coming along nicely. I had to laugh a little bit about your comment about "so I can hopefully have a few peppers", don't worry, with the cultivars you have selected, you will soon by overwhelmed by pods. Well, just as long as your temps don't get too hot. Flowers become sterile...

One of the chili de arbols loaded with pods Burkina pod Finally a picture of my latest outdoor harvest. A bowl full of Red thai, orange thai and the few slightly dried up pods were some chili de arbols that I picked earlier in the week. Well that's it for now, hope you enjoyed.

Next up is my yellow scorpion Now it's time for some pod shots: Yellow Scorpion A currently unknown chinense from peppermania mix Aji Limon more coming .....

Time for a real update. The plants have been outside for about 3 weeks now, and have bounced back nicely from all the bug attacks I battled through the winter. We have been getting a lot of rain lately, yesterday was the first day that SOME of my pots actually started to dry out. I really need...