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Up to 3ft in diameter. Lotsa flowers but no pods yet..
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contest Growdown Throwdown 2018 Yellow Brain Strain!
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Up to 3ft in diameter. Lotsa flowers but no pods yet..
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KAOS said:
Ppfftt ... not worried about those baby seedlings.
What does concern me immensely is that brown looking stuff they planted in ...
As it should! That brown looking stuff they are planted in, is what will have me smiling....and sweating come another month or so. Its go time. Here's a closer look from yesterday.
https://youtu.be/FMuFfruGohc
coco coir works well, you can get used versions from greenhouse for free. Caraway will soften up the soil but that takes a season.
My first Yellow Brain Flower.
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Walchit said:
Been hand pulling weeds at bases of peppers to keep the morning glory vines from pulling the limbs down, and to create a clear perimeter around the base of the plants so I can then use my string trimmer down the rows. Once the canopy fills in, it blocks the sunlight from getting to the ground and any weeds still trying to grow. By Late July we are usually able to sit under the plants and be completely shaded while we pick, sitting on the bare ground with minimal or low lying vegetation. Any pulverized weed debris from string trimming just becomes green manure/mulch.
ColdSmoke said:
I'm renting one of these...let's see if I can destroy my beds
Bad ass!
I use a spading fork to fluff my raised beds before transplanting out, but I also add humus every year. My circumstances are probably quite different than yours... I have really sandy soil, and need to add humus to help with absorbancy, so water and nutes are held in place at root level and don't leach away. You sound like you have a lot of clay in your beds, but you should add lots of humus anyway to lighten the soil, help air and water reach the roots, and make it easier for the roots to spread out and downward.ColdSmoke said:
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I made a 22" wide 5 tine broadfork with 13.5" tines and it works great. 3 month later and I can push a piece of 3/8" rebar over a foot into the soil with one hand. Rick the poster above me gave me the idea. They are a bit pricey to purchase though. That little tiller doesn't have the depth to suit me. Unless it will drill some 
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You guys can also apply roundup at double strength at anytime to your rows and pepper plants to keep the weeds down.
I try to gather aphids, ants, and spider mites to feed my plants. 
