This is my 3rd year growing anything and the addiction has hit me hard! I already started 21 varieties of peppers & 12 tomatoes(last year I tried 7 pepper varieties & 30 tomato varieties) Now I'm sitting here actually thinking about starting 10 more of each. Am I nuts or is this normal?!?!?
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I think its one of the most utilitarian addictions/obsessions to have!!! 
heck yes.. your just like me i have 200 seed varieties right now and dont have the amt of land to grow all those..
welcome to the club
welcome to the club
This is my first year growing. I plan on at least 30 plants! If that gives you any kind of reference to just how nuts we all are...
It's hard enough to remember to plant all the "other stuff" squash & beans, already forgot to start peas and leafy greens cause I was drooling over my packs of tomatoes and peppers!
Anyone have some land for rent?!?!
Anyone have some land for rent?!?!
Just do it....right!!!!! I'm going for it. My last seeds I used the baggie method because I was checking for viability. Now I'll do seed starting medium and a couple wool cube things a friend gave me to tryout. Have to look up that info.
LMAO @ Juanitos! Yeah me too
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LMAO @ Juanitos! Yeah me too
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@ SoCal GardenGal - This year I will have around 100 plants of roughly 65-70 varieties of peppers, about 40-50 tomatoes (about 20 varieties) and who knows how many cukes/squash/beans/melons/etc. Â Have 100 or so garlic plants set to come up if the damn snow ever goes! Â It only gets worse
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I've resorted to pawning off my extras to willing family, friends and neighbors who have extra space - split the harvest with em and it works. Â
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We take a lot of walks and every seed that I've lost track of and/or have too many of gets surreptitiously planted along the way. Â Each year I manage to harvest a few oddball peppers, tomatoes, squash, corn, beans, etc - and it's not just me! Â Others who frequent our walking paths/parks have noticed and taken a few here and there and more power to em I say! Â There's so much area all around that could be growing good organic food....
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I've resorted to pawning off my extras to willing family, friends and neighbors who have extra space - split the harvest with em and it works. Â
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Âjuanitos said:
We take a lot of walks and every seed that I've lost track of and/or have too many of gets surreptitiously planted along the way. Â Each year I manage to harvest a few oddball peppers, tomatoes, squash, corn, beans, etc - and it's not just me! Â Others who frequent our walking paths/parks have noticed and taken a few here and there and more power to em I say! Â There's so much area all around that could be growing good organic food....
Very normal... I believe I have every variety I want at the moment, until I look on a few sites... And end up with another 4-5 varieties heading my way !! When this is happening every other week you start to realise you might need to move soon to create space lol
I guess it is pretty normal to go way overboard with this pepper thing. I'm set up for about 40 plants and I think I'm going to end up with about 80. Most of them have to go find a temporary home.
Yea, its normal. To me the limiting factor is how much refrigerator / freezer / shelf space, and how many friends you have. Once you get to the point of not being able to store the harvest excess or give it away to friends you've hit your capacity threshold.
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I totally do that in my neighborhood. I check out people's back yards, look at shade, the sun path, how level the ground is, and figure out how many plants I could put there
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Âjuanitos said:
I totally do that in my neighborhood. I check out people's back yards, look at shade, the sun path, how level the ground is, and figure out how many plants I could put there