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That doesn't look like normal jalapeno corking/cracking to me. I'd sooner guess bug-bite scabs, or an unusual case of water droplets forming little magnifying glasses that cause sun/light burns.

^ Please publish those 10 page manifestos. We can sell them as a book. This was about eggshells as a source of calcium or a minor pH balancer. It works, without a lot of fuss, if someone merely plans ahead. You made more of a fuss than actually doing it. Irony. I didn't write that "the...

^ It's okay, I've been stupid in the past too, BUT NOT ABOUT THIS.

^ This is plainly obvious.

  At some point I feel it is good to exercise freedom of speech. With that in mind, nobody should have to spend an excessive amount of time to argue with someone who is misinformed yet refusing to do their own research. This is not some debatable topic. It's ludicrous how many...

  If you understood studies you would understand that you, I, or anyone can craft a study to align with any agenda. If you actually HAD experience, which you most definitely do not in this, you'd know the same as I do, having grown for decades using eggshells that I wasn't anally...

Well, it is just a word. Sticks and stones 'n all, but what is stupid? Everyone including myself is ignorant of a few things, but then to argue in ignorance without checking the info, to promote false information not even caring if you're right, just trying to promote ego and win an argument...

^ That's just pain stupid.

Nope, doesn't take too long, lots of organic growers use them without a calcium deficiency to prove it. Calcium carbonate sources like egg shells are superior. It's supposed to break down slow. Slow release continues to give plants calcium they need instead of an overdose then running out then...

Without a specific reason: Wait about 7 months.

Finely crushed egg shells if you have them, or another source of calcium carbonate. Mixed into the soil they'll raise pH and provide a source of available calcium in doing so. Other raw materials used for their fertilizer properties work too but commercial fertilizers tend to be neutral unless...

[Content removed] because I was just fueling the fire. Apparently it's about winning an argument, not how to use peat moss, lol.

^ Pot and kettle? Hopefully you at least took from our exchange that peat moss works if you don't over water. I doubt it, but hey, I'm content doing the impossible either way. ;)

Yes, it is torture being able to do something correctly then have someone insist it's a problem because they can't... if only you misuse the word torture for something other than its meaning.

  I'm not at all confused. I know where people are going wrong if they think peat decomposes too rapidly to use for the purpose of soil structure in the *first pot* a sprout is in. Irrelevant. I don't put seedlings in peat in the dead of winter. I put them in it...

I should clarify that I mean sphagnum peat moss, not true "peat", and we're talking about different things, long term vs plant starting. However you can't just state something is an old rule then imply you must do that, then claim that causes a problem, when you have the alternative of not...

I have no problem with peat. Perhaps those getting too much compaction are over watering. I do not depend on holes at the bottom of a container. Of course my containers have them but if there's any water coming out with peat you may be watering multiple times as much as needed. I should...

One way to add coffee grounds to soil effectively is to do it over a month ahead of time (in warm weather, much longer in cold) and keep the soil damp yet aerated so it becomes its own compost system. The acidity can be countered by things like (the average municipally treated, alkaline) tap...

^ I felt I was being conservative when I wrote 14 sq ft, since each plant needs more than 2 sq ft or else they're going to get leggy and put more energy into stems, less into pods. Creative top pruning won't help that either as more side growth still requires the floor space. I'd build the...

I LIKE IT! However, that two point light source is a problem once they grow. A single one of those plants at end of season could take up as much space as all 6 combined now... given enough light. Right now I'd be working on a complex array of mirrored panels to keep all that light in and...