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I love, love, LOVE the flavor profile and texture of rocoto/manzanos.   But I have always struggled to get them to set fruit early enough here in Texas and our first freeze always seems to kill them. They seem very picky about temperature and moisture.   Has anyone in Texas (specifically Central...

Howdy from Austin, y'all!   I took a year off. Not by choice, but by circumstance.   I'm getting a late start this year, but I'm doing it!   I've got a new place and room for a small seedling setup indoors. I'd done homebuilt stuff in the past and, well, I suck at it. I want something I can...

I've seen this designation repeated in more than one place and by disparate sources.   But I don't understand what it means and how chiltepins would differ in their distribution and growing habits versus other varieties that are referred to as "fully" wild.   I'm not a taxonomist, but all the...

I'm sure this has likely been covered previously, but the search functionality and I don't get along well. I either get nothing (title search) or 400,000 threads, most of which have nothing to do with the search terms. But I do know how to grow tobacco now, FWIW. !   Anyway...   What, in your...

It looks like I'm off the wagon again when it comes to growing. I took a year off two years ago and my cat ate all my starts (and then threw them up in front of me) this year.   But for 2015, I'm getting my rig ready. I'm planning on trying out CFLs and/or LEDs in standard fixtures.   I think...

Does anyone here plant out a second time in very hot climates?   If so, what is your method for starts and hardening off in the brutal heat in order to get a Fall crop?   Is it worth it?   I'm strongly considering a small Fall batch this year, as my cat ate all my Spring starts. I have a few...

Hi y'all!   Been awhile. I've been busy with real life.   I started a single tray this year of my favorite handful of plants, including a really cool Fatalii hybrid thing that was a HUGE producer for me last year.   Sadly, my cat ate every damn one of my seedlings, and I don't really have time...

Okay, I know nothing about this pepper. Two of mine managed to make it into their final growing places, but one is particularly interesting looking. Is this typical coloration for this variety? Can't find a whole ton of info here, amazingly...

Okay, I think I have a new favorite cocktail. Grab a bottle of grapefruit-infused vodka (Deep Eddy brand if you can get it where you are), pour your preferred amount over ice, top with club soda and a slice of your favorite pepper. I just used an Aji Omnicolor that was particularly potent...

I managed to successfully overwinter three large, uncut plants this year (I trimmed them a little, but not much). I did not re-pot them this year and left them in their same containers from last year. One is in a self-pruning air pot. The other two in plastic jobbies. All three look similar...

Need help with this ol' yellow pube ID, if possible. As mwm has pointed out, there are a LOT of them. But I'm looking for general suggestions so I might be aware of more varieties and see if it'll match up to any once they are fully ripened. Not a ton to go on, but here's my only picture of a...

Have now lost four plants in six days since plant out to these little brown bastards. I now have a bit of a soft spot for horn worms, since they at least give me a fighting chance by eating the leaves first and not just sawin' it off. My understanding is that at this point, I'm pretty much just...

My wife just grabbed a bag of these at the store. They were, as advertised, one of the sweetest (if not THE sweetest) peppers I've ever had. Quite satisfying. They are also huge. Any ideas if they're an available variety, or a hybrid?

I have a really bitchin' jolokia out in the backyard that has pretty close to 100 pods on it as it sits. About 4 feet tall and probably a 6-7' canopy. I *really* want to try and get this thing through the winter in the ground. Part of it isn't up to me, but about sustained freezing temps. But...

It's almost that time of year again, and I'm going to have to redesign my rig since it'll be sharing our bedroom with us due to the fact that my two-year-old is officially in his own room now. I have to keep it slimlined but still want to start as many, if not more (give away, redundancy) as...

Really my last "need" for my 2013 season. I want "pure" commercial seed but it's hard to source locally here, and I'm being lazy/cheap about ordering from Burpee online. Also, I have a lot of seed I need to unload. If you have the BB, please let me know if you want any of this: Non-Isolated...

This deal is CLOSED for the time being, but may open up again very shortly, after I clear this round of SASBEs! 10 of 10 SASBEs claimed so far: timorkiller (shipped) BadPants (shipped) Helldozer (shipped) SanPatricio smokemaster (shipped) Sanchez (shipped) brownb4 (shipped) koskorgul DonLava...

I had been having what I assumed were high N issues in my back raised beds, but as the year has worn on, leaves haves stopped curling, corn was planted, and I actually started to get a very few peppers (and lots of cucumbers) out of the bed. Now more peppers are coming in, but here's some...

One more powder variety created this weekend. I have half an ounce (picture right). Will do $5 for 1/4 ounce or $7.50 for the full 1/2 ounce + postage, which should be just under $2 to most places in the States. This one is a combination of smoked Datils, Yellow Bhuts, and Mustard Habs, and...

This is my first foray into powders for sale. I don't normally sell anything, but I've got myself on a strict budget this year, and I'm trying to raise a few ten dollars for the one video game I buy a version of each year. Sound ridiculous? You're right. I'm an amateur at powder making, so keep...