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Never found earwigs in my peppers but I did find a dead one in a can of Chef Boyardee when I was in college. :sick: Never ate that stuff ever again.

Enjoying some minor success this year, despite the cold spring and spider mites. Even a few of the seedlings are producing ripened pods! :onfire: My yield is probably going to be only 60% of what it was last year. Oh well, here's to 2012! :beer:

My guess would be Hungarian Wax. Great Pepper. Most people pick 'em far too early. I like to wait until they're orange/red.

I have grown Habaneros and such on and off through the years but only the last two have I been serious about trying to get a good yield. This year I grew mine in containers and mostly left them in the sun earlier on. Even though they were growing well (despite the spider mites) it started...

So is anybody else here terrified of having your door kicked in by cadre of thugs in black ski masks while you're in bed? I'd love to get my peppers started early next year but I don't want to wake up with a black boot on my neck and a fully automatic H&K MP5 pointed at my face. I hate to...

In addition to the spider mites, it appears I had some Wooly Aphids! :( Weird. Never even knew such things even existed but as they say "truth is stranger than fiction".

So I've been watching my plants lately and I haven't seen any sign of the little bastards since I first hosed 'em. I also haven't seen any significant signs of recovery yet either. I was wondering if I should prune the distorted growth or just let it be? Any guidance would be very much...

Good luck with your battle, sir! I'll send some positive vibes towards the west. As for the sprayer, I've got one of these Ortho things but I don't use chemicals on my plants, only Neem oil. Seems to work very well. I hosed mine down a just a few hours ago with it.

Yup. It's definitely confirmed. I just looked and saw the tiny little bastards hanging out on the stem. Off to the hardware store to get some Neem oil. Although I did see some little flying bug chewing on one so I let him feast for now.

Thanks so much for the diagnosis! I'll go pick up some Neem Oil today or tomorrow and hose 'em down. I was wondering about that before I even bought them but I looked into it and they're supposedly good ole' North American Mantids like the ones you can occasionally find around here. Although a...

I'm having a similar issue with mine. The Hungarian Wax seems to be producing OK but my Orange Habs and Caribbean Reds are growing kind of funky at the top and dropping lots of flowers. The soil mixture is exactly the same for all of them. I posted yesterday but haven't gotten a response.

This year I bought several Praying Mantis oothecas (egg cases) for the garden and yard. I was hoping to use the nymphs for pest control but they like to wander. My plan is to buy several oothecas each year and build up a natural population in my neighborhood. They're such fascinating creatures...

Since my other plants were so far behind I decided to go to the local nursery and buy a few varieties. 2 Hungarian Wax, 2 Orange Habaneros, and 2 Caribbean Reds! I planted them in pots this year in a mixture of Fafard 3B Pro Mix and organic Miracle Gro (I know, I know but I'm too poor to buy...

It's been a long time since I've posted an update so here we go! Unfortunately I started my seeds way too late and to make matters worse the early spring here was atrocious. Constant rain and temperatures in the upper 50's kept me from getting my babies into the sun and keeping them warm. Next...

Since we're on the topic of extreme heat, maybe one of you can answer a question, please? I'd be very grateful. The past couple days here have been pretty brutal. I've moved my plants into the shade because my Caribbean Reds have dropped quite a few flowers. Is this OK? It's supposed to cool...

I was making a lame attempt at humor. Yes, it was lame but quite obvious to anyone. Or almost anyone, I should say. I made a joke about how I have the exact same Ikea table in my bedroom and that I couldn't afford to turn the $10 table into a grow lamp because we're too poor. Get it? $10...

Jerk? Nice. In the future, I'll be sure to keep my posts in the growing section strictly devoid of character and humor, limited only to dry scientific thoughts from this point forward. Here's one for the both of you: Go get laid and chill the :censored: out!

You'll have to pardon my crude "Yankee" humor. Of course maybe my sense of humor actually came from Spain, as did my great grandfather. But I heard stories about him being a very uptight dude, so maybe there's some correlation here.

We actually have the same table in our bedroom, along with other Ikea furniture because we're poor. We couldn't imagine sacrificing such a fine example of European craftsmanship just to make a grow lamp! We have to use the sun. It's cheaper. Oh, and at first I thought this thread was going to...

This morning a few of the sprouts looked a little saggy so I watered them heavily from the bottom up this time. They've perked up nicely and all the pucks seem very moist. I've tried searching "pro vege mix with Blood & Bone" and can't seem to find any solid links that point to a certain...