Hello from Michigan

Pulpiteer

Pulpiteer

I thought I ought to do a quick intro post. I've been reading these forums for over a month now and thought it would only be polite to join :) I love gardening and find the whole growing hot peppers thing pretty addictive. Just recently discovered a real appreciation for red habaneros - very pleasantly surprised by the fruity taste, and how it does magic with a fresh salsa. So... I'm excited to try the scotch bonnets and hot lemon peppers (the name from the Burpee catalog) I'm growing this year if they ever turn yellow...
Anyway, I've enjoyed the information exchange and the spirit of things here so I thought I'd jump on board.
 
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Hendrix1326 said:
Welcome from Michigan, oh wait, we're both from Michigan! I live in the Upper Peninsula, where is Carson City?
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Northwest of St. Johns (or Northwest of Lansing), in the middle of farm country. Where are you in the UP? We visit there for vacation, usually the Garden Peninsula. How do you grow anything in that short of a season?
 
Pulpiteer said:
Northwest of St. Johns (or Northwest of Lansing), in the middle of farm country. Where are you in the UP? We visit there for vacation, usually the Garden Peninsula. How do you grow anything in that short of a season?
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I'm about 15 minutes southwest of Marquette, in a town called Ishpeming. Quite a lot of veggies grow well up here, like peas, beans, cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, kohlrabi. Basically anything in the lily family, and anything in the brassica (cabbage) family.

Peppers grow quite well if you handle them correctly. My plants have all pretty much produced at least one pepper, but that was about it. I'm still in the process of refining my craft with my chilithumb! In any case, if you germinate the seeds indoors in January/February using propagation mats (which I haven't done yet), and keep them warm and sunny 'til late-May/early-June, the plants can produce many pods. I got some good tips from a chap in England that I met on YouTube, who has a similar climate to my region. He has been at it a few years, and has access to a conservatory and a greenhouse, which I don't have, but plan to build one in the future.
 
Hendrix1326 said:
I'm about 15 minutes southwest of Marquette, in a town called Ishpeming. Quite a lot of veggies grow well up here, like peas, beans, cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, kohlrabi. Basically anything in the lily family, and anything in the brassica (cabbage) family.

Peppers grow quite well if you handle them correctly. My plants have all pretty much produced at least one pepper, but that was about it. I'm still in the process of refining my craft with my chilithumb! In any case, if you germinate the seeds indoors in January/February using propagation mats (which I haven't done yet), and keep them warm and sunny 'til late-May/early-June, the plants can produce many pods. I got some good tips from a chap in England that I met on YouTube, who has a similar climate to my region. He has been at it a few years, and has access to a conservatory and a greenhouse, which I don't have, but plan to build one in the future.
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Holy cow - you are up there a ways. One of my best friends from High School went to Michigan Tech. Beautiful country up where you are, but I don't think I could do the winters. I'm not surprised by the veggies that grow well - especially the cabbage family stuff since that's cold weather stuff anyway. I'd love to see how the peppers come along though. Sounds fascinating and when we were in the UP for vacation this year I was wondering to myself how I would grow hot peppers up there. Do you plan on doing a grow log next year? I'd follow along. The greenhouse makes sense because the short season would be your biggest enemy, I think. Anyway, nice to meet another Michigander on here.
 
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