millworkman
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I hear that. I am going to stick mine under our big maple tree. They will get good strong morning sun but only for an hour or so and then be in the shade for the rest of the day.
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Hey SS first off amazing plants! I swear I have learned so much from your thread. Buti have a quick question, I know you spread like 25# compost to the plot but:
1. Did you just dig up the grass, till in the compose and call it a day?
2. How did you come up with the ratio?
I am just kicking around the idea of digging up a plot in my back yard (I have a ton of empty space) and seeing how you do it will help tremendously! Thanks!
M
1. Did you just dig up the grass, till in the compose and call it a day?
2. How did you come up with the ratio?
I am just kicking around the idea of digging up a plot in my back yard (I have a ton of empty space) and seeing how you do it will help tremendously! Thanks!
M
This is the 4th year I've planted this particular spot and I just broke it with the tiller the first year.
I hired a dump truck to dump the 25 yards of compost at the end of the garden, rough spread it with my dozer, evened it out for the final spread with a box blade, pulled a subsoiler through it at 2 feet deep every 12 inches and then tilled it in well with my 6' tiller. Hardly broke a sweat.
Just figure how many inches of compost you want spread over the garden, compute your square footage and go from there. One cubic yard will cover 108 square feet with 3 inches of compost, for example.
I hired a dump truck to dump the 25 yards of compost at the end of the garden, rough spread it with my dozer, evened it out for the final spread with a box blade, pulled a subsoiler through it at 2 feet deep every 12 inches and then tilled it in well with my 6' tiller. Hardly broke a sweat.
Just figure how many inches of compost you want spread over the garden, compute your square footage and go from there. One cubic yard will cover 108 square feet with 3 inches of compost, for example.
Here's a few more plant pics taken this AM.
7 Pod Primo A later plant, the first round didn't germinate.
Beni Highlands
Bih
Butch T Scorpion
Cayenne Thick
Chocolate Bhut
Douglah
7 Pod Primo A later plant, the first round didn't germinate.
Beni Highlands
Bih
Butch T Scorpion
Cayenne Thick
Chocolate Bhut
Douglah
Fatalii
Giant Cumari (Wild) Another behind the others, first round didn't pop.
Inchanga
Jalabanero
Jalapeno - Biker Billy
Jalapeno - Gigante
Jalapeno - Mucho Nacho
Giant Cumari (Wild) Another behind the others, first round didn't pop.
Inchanga
Jalabanero
Jalapeno - Biker Billy
Jalapeno - Gigante
Jalapeno - Mucho Nacho
Joe's Long Cayenne
Maui Purple
Nardello
Pimento Super Red
Prik Key Nuu Dang
Prik See Dang
Prik Si Dang
Maui Purple
Nardello
Pimento Super Red
Prik Key Nuu Dang
Prik See Dang
Prik Si Dang
Scorpion Morouga
Siling Labuyo
Trinidad Congo
Today's lunch: Stir fried fresh squash and peppers with bacon, onions and garlic.
Siling Labuyo
Trinidad Congo
Today's lunch: Stir fried fresh squash and peppers with bacon, onions and garlic.
millworkman
eXtreme
Damn SS, thats awesome.
Beautiful plants surfer. Man that is some fine tilled dirt my friend.
Now thats a beeeeeeautifullll pepper patch....what I could do with that 
Corn was already tosslin' and okra was gettin' fried at this time last season. May was crazy; the first half record cold and the last half set records for heat. June is hot and dry so far so the drip irrigation gets a workout. The drip tape is performing much, much better than the soaker hose used last season, but it sucks to get plants started earlier and set out so late. I did manage to pick over a pound of pods this AM though.
I'll try and snap a few close up shots of a few plants this evening.
I believe I'm in love
