Hello from Toledo, Ohio

Hello! I just ran across this forum looking for video clips on how to properly clone hot pepper plants. This looks like a site I might get a lot of information from! To introduce myself I just started gardening last year. I put up four (4) 4x8 raised garden beds and followed square foot gardening techniques for nothing but hot peppers (jalapenos, serannos, habenaros, anaheim chilis, poblanos, and bhut jolokia). I got quite a few jalapenos and serannos but not much of anything else. My habenaros bed got repeated fungus infections and pretty much slowed that bed to a halt. The grow season was too short for any of the bhut jolokia. I got several anaheims and poblanos.

All in all, my garden wasn't a complete success but I was happy with what I got. This year I plan on doing much better - although we are going to include other veggies besides hot peppers. I just wanted to get my feet wet.

Now, what I've been doing all winter is I started a hydroponics DWC system in my garage to keep some of the bhut jolokia alive. I'm hoping to get a jump start on the growing season so I can get 2-3 of these plants this year.
 
:welcome: from sunny South Florida! :woohoo:
 
¡Hola! and welcome from south FL
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Holy Toledo! (Sorry, had to!)

Howdy from Atlanta.

I had that problem with tomatoes we grew in earthtainers (quasi-hydro?) outdoors; they were just too close together. You should space your plants out more if you grow them outside again. While square foot gardening might work for their soil requirements, spacing them so close in soil invites fungus. Alternatively, you could prune them to thin them out and allow more air flow.

Would love to see the results of your efforts cloning and growing!
 
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