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My Pepper Growing Thread

Rock0nman said:
Thanks, I put some on everything else i've started ut i'm heasitant to use it on the peppers. I started them in Peat ... from what i'm reading on other sites that was a bad idea. What do you all think? Not trying to hijack the thread. Nice plants by the way. I hope mine are looking like that when i get back to SC. I'm in FL right now.
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Straight peat is a poor medium, but with proper amendements it works great and is the base for a lot of professional mixes.
 
Looks like you're having the startings of a good Brian...plants look healthy...
 
AlabamaJack said:
Looks like you're having the startings of a good Brian...plants look healthy...
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This wasn't supposed to be here. I should know better than to post without caffeine. One day I shall learn my lesson.
 
Rock0nman said:
Do you use that Osmocote on those peppers. I'm doing some Bhuts and wondering if that stuff will work.
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I dont use very much of it. In fact I have had that jar over 1 year. It worked pretty good for my starter plants last year

POTAWIE said:
I've used time release fertilizers like osmocote/nuticote etc. in the past but unless you buy in bulk, its quite expensive and to me it seems like the lazy gardeners' kind of fertilizer.
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LOL! That's me to a T :D

AlabamaJack said:
Looks like you're having the startings of a good Brian...plants look healthy...
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Thanks AJ, I know it cant be nothing compared to what you have going on though ;)
 
AlabamaJack said:
Looks like you're having the startings of a good Brian...plants look healthy...
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Yep, the startings of a good Brian. I tell ya last year mine didn't work out so well and I ended up with a bad Brian.:P You get into a few too many Shiners last night Mr. A.J.?

Brian sorry to hear about your belly still bugging you bro, it's getting close to doctor time isn't it? You can't put things like that off OK? Like to have you around for another 50 - 60 years.

Oh, your plants are looking marvelous!:)
 
Pam said:
Oh, I didn't even look at the location! You, me, and that Pepper Ridge Farm feller are going to have a Trail of Fire right across South Carolina!
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I'm hoping South Carolina is good to me. Coastal VA wasn't very friendly. It's nice to have found people in the state that have experience. I'm a FL native where you can grow anything practically anytime. When would be a good time to stick Bhuts in the ground? I'm tempted just to keep them in huge pots. And i think i'm going to give one plant a shot in Hydroponics.
 
Rock0nman said:
I'm hoping South Carolina is good to me. Coastal VA wasn't very friendly. It's nice to have found people in the state that have experience. I'm a FL native where you can grow anything practically anytime. When would be a good time to stick Bhuts in the ground? I'm tempted just to keep them in huge pots. And i think i'm going to give one plant a shot in Hydroponics.
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You're a bit south of me, but I would be cautious, we've had a late cold snap in the first or second week of April for the last 3 years. Do like the rest of us and start obsessing over the weather reports the last week of March.
 
patrick said:
You get into a few too many Shiners last night Mr. A.J.?
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maybe a couple... :lol:

Rock0nman said:
When would be a good time to stick Bhuts in the ground? I'm tempted just to keep them in huge pots. And i think i'm going to give one plant a shot in Hydroponics.
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when the night time temps are 50F or above is the standard...all my plants will be in containers again this year except a couple...the only ones that survived outside thru the winter were the Wild Waco Tepins I grew last year...I noticed yesterday green sprouts from the base of the plants...these will go in the ground...
 
AlabamaJack said:
when the night time temps are 50F or above is the standard...all my plants will be in containers again this year except a couple...the only ones that survived outside thru the winter were the Wild Waco Tepins I grew last year...I noticed yesterday green sprouts from the base of the plants...these will go in the ground...
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If he's sticking them in the ground, then the soil temperatures need to be above 50F degrees about 6 -8 inches down, too. It's even better if soil temperatures are at 60F or above.




Why, yes, I do have a soil thermometer, why do you ask?
 
Cool thanks. I think i'm just going to keep them in pots. Very big pots...on wheels. How worried should i be with cross-pollenation? I have a number of peppers germinating right now.
 
You won't have to worry about cross-pollination until there are flowers, and then if it does occur it will only affect the seeds(future plants) and not the current plants.
 
Here are my Aji Escabeche/Aji Amarillo plants. These are the first 3 I planted. These things are getting rather large
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BrianS said:
Here are my Aji Escabeche/Aji Amarillo plants. These are the first 3 I planted. These things are getting rather large.
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You're scaring me. I have some amarillos germinating right now and no light box big enough if the weather turns bad.
 
caroltlw said:
You're scaring me. I have some amarillos germinating right now and no light box big enough if the weather turns bad.
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You'll be ok. They row really fast however yours wont be too big to manage by the time you can set them outside.
 
Dang Brian, those things are huge! You're doing something very right bro. I hope all the rest of your plants do that well.

You're going to need to rent space at the local coop to store all of your peppers though. I suppose I could help a guy out and store some for you. :)
 
patrick said:
Dude you can almost feel the heat! Are those the Bhut's?
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Yes two of them are Bhuts hehehe

PeteyPepper said:
They look great, man!!! Have you started putting them outside?

What is the variety in the upper left?

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That is a Carribean Red. They are outgrowing my other C chinese by far. They seem really easy to grow.
 
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