Winland's 2016 Pepper Patch

winland · Jun 4, 2016

Cut back this year by about 50%.
Growing a lot more Turkish and Syrian type Peppers
Love the Aleppo peppers dried and crushed on EVERYTHING.

I started out this year with about 250 plants from seed.
Got them in the ground during the past couple of weeks.
It was very cool (40- 60 degrees) around Mother's Day.
Then turned very warm (80's) the end of May and first part of June.

I am using Sevin dust along with diatomaceous earth to combat any bugs.
So far no aphids. "knock knock" on wood.
Using fencing to combat wildlife critters.
Also using dog fur and dryer/softener type sheets to repel rabbits, etc. ( unlimited supply of dog hair/fur )
Added a trail/hunting camera to spy on my babies.

moruga welder · Jun 4, 2016

A + for effort ! Good luck on this years grow , my friend ! :onfire:

ErolDude · Jun 5, 2016

great job! what are the solo cups for though

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mpicante · Jun 6, 2016

Very interesting.The Turkish peppers are definitely tasty good luck to you on the season.

winland · Jun 6, 2016

ErolDude said:
great job! what are the solo cups for though

The plants came out of the solo cups and the cups have the name of the pepper plant printed on them.
In addition there are plant tags by each plant with their name.

In the past few days since I have gotten all my peppers in the ground, I have lost at least a dozen plants to some type of insect.
Plants have been sliced off at ground level, no leaf damage.

Not sure what else I can do.

ErolDude · Jun 6, 2016

Might be rats?

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rickster · Jun 7, 2016

cut worms?

winland · Jun 7, 2016

rickster said:
cut worms?

I do not doubt that cutworms are the most likely culprit,
I have LIBERALLY dusted the ground around all of my plants with
both Sevin Dust and Diatmatious Earth.

Not sure what more I can do.
This morning, I lost another 30+ plants.
No leaf damage, just stems cut.

rickster · Jun 7, 2016

if its cut worms, wrap foil around the stem. about 1-2 inch up. are tops still there?

winland · Jun 8, 2016

rickster said:
if its cut worms, wrap foil around the stem. about 1-2 inch up. are tops still there?

I might try that next year before the plants go into the ground and they are still in the solo cups.
Not going to get down on my belly and try to wrap 200 plants at this stage of the season.

twiasp · Jun 10, 2016

I have also heard of a few old farmers that said to put about 3-4 8 penny nails, non coated, into the dirt around the plant. They said it stops cutworms and just till them in every year and it adds iron to the soil. Not sure if this is true but have heard a few old timer farmers say it so maybe worth trying.