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This was my first full pepper season...yes, there's still a month or so to go but my final flushes are set and that will pretty much do it. - Thanks to all here for the great advice and support, I feel I did pretty well. - Had a thread on Nectar for the God's and that seems to have been buried...

So out of my 3 Habanero plants I noticed something interesting. Having ran out of room under my shade cloth, 2 were relegated to what I thought was a less than optimal location that doesn't get much direct sun. Perhaps just 3 hours or so late in the afternoon if that. What has occurred is worth...

So, second season at my house and this year's scourge has turned out to be aphids (last year was thrips). - How did they get the leg up on me? It wasn't until I noticed healthy leaves dropping and noticing them on the leaves..."on" the leaves. - So I started my campaign of wiping them out *but*...

So, these are the typical hot little devils that grow in the islands. Hand picked them my self from Kaua'i last year and these were great! Now I have 4 plants going and they're just bushes while my myriad of other peppers are producing. Just the Hawaiians refuse to even flower. I span the gamut...

Hi all, Thought I'd share something I discovered while tending some tropical plants. The other day was quite dry and I moved some of my tropical plants near my chili garden under a shade cloth. I was out there giving them a fine mist from a spray bottle when I noticed movement from the...

Just dropping in to wish all the good folks the best of luck with the first major heatwave of the year moving into the SW U.S.   I saw it may get up to 122F in Arizona. In my neck of the woods we'll probably hit 110F.   Got my 65-75% shade cloth up and doing the shuffle today getting everyone...

Seeing how my neem has not put an end to my thripp issue, I added Spinosad to the mix.   Most of the plants did fairly well with their evening treatment...but some suffered burned leaves.   Some worse than others. Never seen this reaction with tomatoes and the eggplants were completely...

Finally got everyone out. Took a couple of weeks waiting for the weather to stabilize and I brought them out little by little. - All totaled I have around 25 pepper plants going, 6 thai egg plants, 4 old German tomatoes, 3 different Thai basils and a strawberry bush. Some are in self watering...

So, a couple of my Criolla Sellas have started setting flowers...quite a few of them. Thing is, the plants are only 8-9 inches tall. Should I chop those stems? Is this a sign that the plants are stunted or will they continue to grow?

So, wanting to get better results than last year I set off to learn a little more than just the typical "hope and assume" method that I've employed.   I wanted to see if this whole Ph thing would pass the acid test at a very basic level (puns intended).   Strips? Not very good. Capsules in water...

Ordered some seeds earlier in the year and after some rough handling by the post office, I was able to get the 10 promised seeds. I gotta say these plants are stout, squat, beefy and just plain awesome looking. Although not tall, you can't see any soil in the solo cup as the leaves just cover...

So, my seedlings are doing "meh" (compared to tomatoes started at the same time) and I think they just need to get outside. So far they've just graduated to solo cups and I think are already hardened off. The room where I sprouted them got 4-5PM sun and they've been set out under a pergola for...

At this point, I have around 10 different varieties waiting to be germinated....Figure on trying to pop 5 seeds per, that's 50 seedlings if all goes well. Not to mention my tomatoes! I'm starting inside in a few weeks and its sure going to get crowded! But then its "How's about this one, or that...

The turkey came out great on the smoker for Thanksgiving...Looks like I'll be doing to same thing for Xmas!   What do you guys have planned?

Mike, Jen, thanks for the great selection you offer, good pricing and quick service.   Excellent packaging and the extras was very generous of you, looking forward to growing these out!   JP

This season is going to me my first real effort at growing peppers. Last year was tomatoes and although good, I found the plants can get crazy big as the varieties I like are all indeterminate. Not only that, they look beat to death at the end of the season which makes my patio look like crap...

So, as my tomato season winds down, I eagerly look forward to starting my peppers. Reading that good production doesn't start until the second season, I kinda want to get a jump on things but don't want to shoot my self in the foot, too much work involved. I was wondering if the 'typical'...

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Don't know why, but been craving heat lately hence my foray into these boards. Looking back at some of the recipes I came across here, "pikliz" or how ever you spell it really stuck out. Not exposed to much more than the standard jalapeno, Serrano and bird pepper (from back home), all I've...