pics Pics of my pepper garden (including something odd....)

mega · May 31, 2011

Here are a few pics of my peppers...

The Deck peppers (14 of them and a couple 'o tomatoes):

and another view:

The front garden (7 more peppers and a Jefferson Walking Onion [rare]):

Backyard pepper bed:

Some "extras" sitting in pots - a few jalapenos and a Suaharo:

And now for something a little different...I have a bunch of peppers that have tri-forked this year.

this tri-fork is weird: it forked into 1 stem and 1+1 stem (notice the two welded stems) - kind of like Siamese twins or something

Aside from peppers, we're also into growing leaf-vegetables and dedicated a whole bed to them this year - Red Mustard, Rainbow Swiss Chard, and a few others:

queequeg152 · May 31, 2011

great looking garden. i love that hinged raised garden setup, im guessing you could make any shape you wish with it?

roper2008 · May 31, 2011

Nice, your peppers are about as far along as mine. I grew one serrano plant
last year, your going to get a lot of peppers from that one.

SRBII · May 31, 2011

Very nice lots of healthy plants you have there those tri forks are really cool looking 2 :dance:

kiddc · May 31, 2011

so many beds.... so jealous...

looking good there, mate! and u know, i've never had any of my plants that tri-forked before.

SuperHot · May 31, 2011

You have a really nice setup!!

What are the pepper species you're growing this year, any superhots?

Good luck, Jack.

mega · May 31, 2011

queequeg152 said:
great looking garden. i love that hinged raised garden setup, im guessing you could make any shape you wish with it?

Yes, the hinged 4x4 bed can be made into any shape. We actually have two 4x4's, and were thinking about making them into an unusual shape, like a trapezoidal thing. But we decided to keep them separate and use one for 9 peppers, and the other for cucumbers and beans. Cucumbers get kinda crazy and take over an enormous amount of space as the season progresses, so it made more sense to keep them separate. But I've seen some pictures of really interesting shapes and configurations that people have made out of those hinged frames. I made these a bit too deep - 18 ". Takes 24 cubic feet of soil to fill a bed to grow 9 peppers...LOL

mmcdermott1 · May 31, 2011

Very nice setup Mega. A lot of my plants are forking like that..not sure why but I'm not complaining

Gudenhot · May 31, 2011

Very nice setup. You're making my landscaping look bad. Ha. I like the shelving idea on the deck. Sharp.

Prehensile · Jun 1, 2011

Time invested is well worth it!!!!

Siliman · Jun 1, 2011

Thats's a lot of character built into your garden. I might have to surprise the wife-unit with some of the nice rock and brick work on raised beds...next year.

Very nice.... :cool:

Datil · Jun 1, 2011

Beautiful garden!

Good luck!

Datil

naganumbness · Jun 3, 2011

great garden Mega. i've seen the walking onion in catalogs but that's the first one i've seen someone grow. good luck with the season.

mega · Jun 3, 2011

naganumbness said:
great garden Mega. i've seen the walking onion in catalogs but that's the first one i've seen someone grow. good luck with the season.

thanks, man. Yeah, the walking onions are cool ... but hard to come by. Most of the catalogs don't actually have them in inventory; I was recently trying to find some online for my father in law, and couldn't find a single one to buy for him. Mine was actually a lucky break - a nursery owner who grows them as a hobby gave me one when I picked up some pro-mix - but he doesn't sell them, so I couldn't buy more (I think there may be strict rules relating to a Jeffersonian organization "owning" the cultivar).