I moved to San Antonio last summer and during the move my reaper fell out upon arrival due to the heat. It has since recovered and it is now in it's 4th growing season. I started it from seed in 2017. So the good news is that the early warm weather has put the growth spurt on overdrive. I also use fish fertilizer to start each growing season. After topping the wilted growth last year, the plant now stands just over 3 ft and twice as busy as it has ever been. That said, during the hot days which now get to 90, leafs start to wilt but spring back once the sun goes down.
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So, in short, is there anyone in south Texas that has any advice on what to do? I have an upstairs but it would be completely out of all sunlight except the first hour of the day. I'm not sure if growing this way will produce good peppers. The first few flowers had zero pollen in them
. I moved from TN and at the time I had almost 15-20 peppers growing and lost them all, so I think as the plant ages it produces much more.
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I also have those super tiny black ants working the plant. I want to make sure they are all gone if I need to bring in the plant for the rest of the season since temps will be 100 easy.
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Thanks!
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So, in short, is there anyone in south Texas that has any advice on what to do? I have an upstairs but it would be completely out of all sunlight except the first hour of the day. I'm not sure if growing this way will produce good peppers. The first few flowers had zero pollen in them
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I also have those super tiny black ants working the plant. I want to make sure they are all gone if I need to bring in the plant for the rest of the season since temps will be 100 easy.
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Thanks!