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I'd still consider myself a new grower, but when I started, I didn't really have a sense of which peppers worked best in my location. (I just assumed they all did...) I was more concerned with knowing how to grow, than knowing what to grow.    I've since learned some general stuff, like that...

It's well known that stressing pepper plants by reducing watering can result in hotter peppers, and that this comes at the cost of decreased yields. But what level of stress is optimal? And which varieties respond best?      A fairly recent article in Food Science, looked into the influence of...

Hey there, hope the harvests are going well in the northern hemi!    I've been starting seeds and I'm venturing into familiar territory... limited space indoors. I was wondering whether placing a cardboard separator to divide a cup into two is worth doing. I've done a few plants per cup in the...

It's winter here in Melbourne, Australia, and the temperature is around 4 - 15C (~40-60F) at the moment, with lows expected to get to below 4C (or <40F) in July. A few of my late bloomers have set dozens of pods, and in the last several weeks they've been very slow to grow and ripen. So in an...

I'm wanting to expand my modest collection of seeds with some local folks. If there's anything on my list you'd like, I'd be keen to hear from you! I'm particularly looking for Baccatums and ornamentals, but really anything I don't have listed below is great.  What I've got:    African Birdseye...

I've noticed them on a number of my outdoor plants, typically only within the interior the flowers. They've probably only be around for 2 weeks or so. They don't seem to be doing any damaged, but I'm wondering what they are and if they pose a threat to my peppers. Fortunately I think this little...

I was wondering if anyone has seen this before and could tell me what caused it and what the prognosis is for my little seedling. It's happened in more than one of my seedlings unfortunately.    Here's the salient info:  Narrowing occurred about 1cm (1/2 inch) above the soil line The roots did...

TL;DR Cross plants to make a hybrid Grow the F1 plant from the seed Use fancy techniques to grow a plant from pollen alone More fancy footwork - now your seed is stable, do with it as you please.  Result: a stable cross within just two generations (rather than the 6,7,8) and arguably a more...

Hey there,    I picked up these plants from a nursery (Bunning's, for my fellow Aussies) and was wondering if anyone here tried them this year, and if so, how did you find growing them? I believe the first two are new in 2017, and initially I thought they were just a Fish Pepper and a Bishop's...