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Howdy,   Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was reading that pepper plants won't set pods if it gets too hot during the day.  Is it worth investing in a shade cloth (even one that reduces UV by 30%) to try and keep the plants a little bit cooler?  Our summers are short, but they can get...

Hi everybody,   I wanted some folks to weigh in on Cal-Mag suppliments.  I recently picked up a bottle at the store (Aurora's "Roots Organics - CalMag") and it didn't contain Iron like most other brands, instead it had Sulfur.  It came highly recommended by the store owner (I told him I grow...

Greetings Everybody,   I've been growing more interested in hot peppers and gardening over the last two years and have decided to get a little more serious about growing this year.  I wanted to get a jump start on the season, but didn't quite know how to start.  (Especially with lighting.)  I...

Hi everybody,   I'm looking to give my pepper garden an early start this year.  I had a lot of Thai plants and jalapenos, but my ghosts and scorpions didn’t do so great.  They could have used more time.  My girlfriend and I do a modest amount of gardening, so we'd like to start more plants than...

It's fun to watch these grow, and I'm learning as I go.  I tried container gardening last year and had a brown thumb...killed everything or it didn't fruit.  If you see anything that could use fixing, shout it out.  Some of the plants got too much water from a rain spell a few weeks back.  I'm...

Hi everyone,   First post here and just starting to get into hot peppers.  I'm starting to do some gardening this year and peppers piqued my interest.  In researching what plants to grow in my garden, I started becoming interested in tomatoes and peppers.  Now my interest is mostly on peppers. ...