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    TXCG 2017

    After growing more stuff than I could even give away last year I've cut my list down from 24 peppers to 17 to leave a bit of room for some herbs.   Peppers:  Chupetinho (2 + 1 overwinter) Biquinho Yellow (2) MOA Scotch Bonnet (2) Fatalii (2) Aji Dulce #1 (2) Tabasco (2) Texas Chiltepin (4...
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    Pendant pequin pods?

    I've seen a pequin or two in my day and all the ones I've ever seen have had the fruit pointing upright. This is first one I've ever seen that has pods are pendant.    Any idea if there is a varitey of pequin that is supposed to have pendant pods or is this one a bit of a freak?     Edit: There...
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    Extremely strong, reusable hand moldable thermoplastic for creating parts/repairing things

    Wiki about the thermoplastic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycaprolactone   There are several brands out on the market (instamorph, plastimake, etc) that sell this thermoplastic that is moldable by hand, extremely strong and reusable. It's really cool stuff, you just dunk it in 140F water for...
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    Wanting to try out Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH/LEC)

    Ever since I saw one of these at the local hydro shop I've been interested in purchasing one once the price came down a bit. If you are unaware of what a ceramic metal halide is it is very similar to regular metal halide lights except it uses ceramic instead of quarts allowing it to operate at...
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    Bio dynamic grapes grown in alignment with the moon and stars.

    I saw this sign at Central Market grocery store here in Austin earlier and couldn't believe this lol. When organic just isn't organic enough apparently there is super organic. "Grown in alignment with the moon and stars."   Pls don't California my Texas.  
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    Shishito peppers are the shishit

    These are my new favorite thing. Toss em in olive oil then cook in a dry cast iron skillet over med-high heat until they blister up and blacken then sprinkle with salt. I've probably eaten 2 pounds of these in the past 3 days.   A bit over a pound's worth I picked up at Central Market the other...
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    water High pH (9.6) tap water for irrigating raised bed. Any ideas?

    So here in Austin our the pH out of the tap is 9.6 since we get our water out of a limestone aquifer. The first time I measured it I thought my pH meter was broken but the water quality report verifies it:       So the problem I have here is at my garden I don't really have access to power so I...
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    TXCG 2016

    After a couple years without a garden I'm really looking forward to having stuff growing again. We're getting the community garden started back up at work & since we had a few members give up their plots I now have doubled my space and have two 4'x8' plots to work with. The new plot is in pretty...
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    water DIY fertigation water wand system

    With summer setting in & temps cracking 100 I'm starting to have to water my plants more often. I've been feeding my plants Maxibloom 1tsp/gallon of water just using a 2 gallon watering pail but it takes quite a while to water all 14 plants.    So to speed things up a bit I finally built this...
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    Flowcharts for identifying nutrient deficiency

    I found these in a PDF from Montana State University. All credit goes to them & the source can be found here: http://landresources.montana.edu/NM/Modules/Module9.pdf     Another good resource with better descriptions can be found here: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/damage/key.html        ...
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    Help ID nutrient deficiency - Manganese?

    This is a new one to me & just showed up on my Aji Lemon Drop this morning. It's only affecting 1 plant so far. All the searching & checking resources for info on nutrient deficiency seems to point toward manganese (Mn). Is that what this is? And if so how do I fix it?   Symptoms: Interveinal...
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    Sweet Datil vs Trinidad Seasoning - Which one tastes better?

    Sorry for starting a new topic but I need some input from yall since I only have one 15 gallon pot to spare. Which of these two should get the giant pot?   Edit:    For clarity they're both in 5 gallon buckets at the moment & I only have 1 15 gallon smart pot & not enough promix to fill a 2nd...
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    Potting up large plants during fruiting - Should I just wait?

    So I have a bunch of plants in 5 gallon buckets that are all quite large & setting fruit but I've got it in my thick head that I want to move a couple of them to 25 gallon or so pots. In the past I've always done all my transplanting early in the season & just let them be. I know typically...
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    Cross Country Nurseries "Cumari" - What is the actual variety?

    So after lots of failed attempts at growing Cumari plants from seed in the past I finally decided to buy a plant this year with my order from CCN. However the pods pictured look nothing like any of the other varieties of "Cumari" which tend to be small and bright yellow. The only thing I can...
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    Rats with hooves...

    For the past two weeks every single day I've seen a dead deer on the side of the road on my way home from work, probably 12 deer in total on an 8 mile stretch of road. I had just mentioned this to a friend day before yesterday & said I figured it was just a matter of time til I smashed one...
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    smoking Sugar cured apple & cherry smoked salmon

    Taking advantage of this nice spring weather I decided to fire up the smoker again this weekend. Friday on my way home from work I picked up a nice big 4 lb filet of salmon from Quality Seafood in Austin. When I smoke fish I use a single-burner hot plate with a cast iron skillet full of wood...
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    smoking Brisket, beer can chicken & deer sausage

    I've been taking full advantage of this nice spring weather & smoking the hell out of anything and everything. This weekend some friends & I smoked a brisket, a beer can chicken, some deer sausage & some corn. The brisket was hit with a simple dry rub of ancho chile, kosher salt, black pepper...
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    wanted Wanted: Fataliis (dried/powdered preferred, fresh works too)

    Looking for some dried fatalii pods. Ideal form would be smoked powder, but any sort of dried, whole or powdered, smoked or unsmoked would work. Dried looking for about an ounce Fresh I guess a 1/4 lb or so? Thanks!
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    Beef ribs & jalapeno poppers off the smoker

    The weather this weekend was just too damn nice to stay inside so I had to fire up the smoker. Picked up some hefeweizen, a rack of beef ribs, some corn & some jalapenos to stuff. Dry rub: 3 Tbsp kosher salt 3 Tbsp chile powder (ancho in this case, friends don't care much for heat) 1 Tbsp fresh...
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    water Very high pH tap water (9.8pH) & irrigating raised beds

    Water quality report from November 2012: This report lines up with what I saw during my hydroponic grow. I was getting about 9.3 pH at the tap according to my meter. Couldn't measure EC of plain tap water with my meter since it was below the cutoff level of my truncheon. In the past with hydro...
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