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I am wondering if anyone has ever tried to warm a greenhouse/coldframe by blowing warmed air through piping ran under the soil and then vented into the greenhouse? My garden is a 8 foot x 32 foot raised bed, that has a pvc coldframe covering it, to make a single layer greenhouse. I have a 6 inch...

Just wondering if anyone has experience with Holland secret 3 step nutrients. I have never used this type of nutrients before always a premixed or granular fertilizer. I try to use natural fertilizers in the garden, but for indoors I find it easier to use a quick water soluble fertilizer. This...

We did our first batch of pickled peppers a couple months ago. Today I finally decided to open a jar and give them a test. Turns out that they taste like nothing but vinegar. It was extremely hard to put down and had zero flavour otherwise. We have used the same recipe for beets and they turned...

I've got a decent amount of sweeter type peppers that I need to use up. I have no idea what these peppers are as they were wrong seeds from what I had ordered. I have been doing a decent amount of eating them whole to knock down the pile, but they are starting to slowly shrivel up. I am just...

So I finally decided to open an imgur account, to replace photobucket. Since I can post pictures again, I thought I would share what I have been up to lately. We like to make simple freezer jams with fresh berries and I've gotten into the habit of throwing in some hot peppers into the mix. These...

Almost two weeks ago I accidentally broke a large branch off a scotch bonnet plant. I was inspired from Peter Stanley's low pressure aeroponics system, so I figured I would give a try at rooting in a similar method. I cut a hole in the center of a 5 gallon pail lid and mounted a small tomato...

Just curious if anyone has every used oyster shells in their garden as an amendment. I was talking to a farmer that buys oyster shells from the agriculture store to feed his chickens. I was thinking that maybe a bag divided up in my gardens, might be helpful. I would till it in this fall, once I...

I went out this afternoon to start picking all my ripe mini bell peppers. All of them that were ripe or going ripe have this blackish marking all over them.The marks are only on the surface of each pepper. I was thinking it might be a suntan; however, there are multiple marks on each pepper, and...

I am already starting my plan and budget for next years grow. My wife would like a section in my greenhouse for other plants. As such I am thinking of starting less plants, but starting a whole lot earlier, in hopes to achieve more from each plant. I also have started cutting certain plants out...

***I should have been logging my grow through the entire season in this section. I will continue the remainder of the season here and start a new log when I begin my 2018 grow.***   This season I decided to try growing my peppers completely under a cold frame. I wanted to find out if the plants...

After three seasons I have finally had my chance to eat a bonnet. Last years bonnets turned out to be bishop crowns, and the year before I only planted habanero. I was digging through the garden this evening and found a nice yellow bonnet ready to pick. I instantly brought it inside, washed it...

I was wondering what a fair price to charge for fresh pods? I just picked a bunch of chocolate habaneros and I will have a lot of other peppers in the coming weeks. I was thinking of going to a farmers market and selling the peppers. I have already been giving away jalapeños and cayenne peppers...

I have 4 plants growing that are suppose to be I scream Scorpion peppers. I have a few pods that started a few weeks ago. I was expecting a rounder pepper, with a tail or some sort. Last night I noticed that a handful of them changed color to this pale orange color. I am just wondering if this...

Sorry I have not been very active lately. I have been a very busy person and have not had much time to check in on anything. This year I have decided to add a couple extra raised beds for gardening, in my back yard. I have just finished up those beds and the wife and I are are in the midst of...

I have finally got all my plants in the ground. (Will post pictures soon). This year I am planning on trying to grow everything under a cold frame due to our large fluctuation in temperatures and next to no humidity (also for hail protection lol). In the past few weeks, I have watched the...

I have a 5 gallon pail of alfalfa pellets that has been sitting out all winter. They are basically a thick mush from swelling and breaking apart. The whole pail smells rancid and definitely hasn't been agitated or aerated at all. Would it still be okay to used or should I toss it? I was thinking...

Recently, I started noticing the chocolate habanero plant, that I kept from last season, has a white powder/residue on a lot of the leaves. The residue kind of looks like sugar has been sprinkled on it in places. The lower sets of leaves have more than others. Some only have a few specks of it...

I want to relamp my T5 HO fixtures, and have been wondering if there is any benefit to go with grow light tubes, instead of regular 6500k T5 tubes. Will there be any added benefit with the more expensive bulbs over the cheaper ones? There is a store in town that is closing down and have enough...

I have a few seedlings that don't look too great in a few cells. I plant 3 seeds per cell and then keep the best looking seedling. As it goes I was wondering how tricky it would be to transplant the extra seedling instead of clipping them, to ensure I end up with my target amount of plants. I...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section.... This year I planted seeds for Scotch Bonnet MOA,West Indies Red, and Chocolate Moruga that I bought from Juanitos Peppers. I planted them on February 8th and by yesterday February 17th I had 100% germination of those seeds. They all have sprouted and...