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Post by horsea on May 19, 2013 15:44:00 GMT -5
One of my peppers has just bloomed. In the house. Still cold outside. Can't put it outdoors. What would you do? Tks.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 19, 2013 20:19:26 GMT -5
If it's a small-fruited pepper, it may be okay to leave the bloom. If it's a big pepper, like a bell, I think I would pinch the blooms until you can plant it out.
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Post by horsea on May 24, 2013 10:20:57 GMT -5
Many thanks for your suggestion. While we're here: when you are at last placing your 18" tall peppers into the garden, can you lay them flat the way you do tomatoes? Tks.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 1:36:38 GMT -5
I don't see why not; I've seen them right themselves after being blown down by a storm, and they should do the same if planted sideways. But planting that way would encourage a shallow root system. Planting tomatoes like that makes for shallow roots too, though. If that works for you with tomatoes it should work with peppers, but you must have either a drip system, sprinklers, or more regular rain than we do here.
Locally I usually recommend the opposite: plucking all lower leaves and planting tomatoes as deep as possible, with only the crown left above ground. Peppers aren't that flexible, but I usually put them at least an inch or two deeper than they were in the seedling cups. I'm doing this to get roots as deep as possible to give them some resistance to the summer droughts we usually have.
MB
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Post by horsea on May 26, 2013 9:52:57 GMT -5
Hi. I kind of thought so, too, about peppers having stiffer stalks. I'm not terribly in favour of shallow rooting for either toms or peppers, but we have a high water table here, that's our particular challenge. I can't stick anything 18" down and my toms are quite large now. What to do, what to do. I do have raised beds, but not raised enough for the deep-planting technique.
Thanks for your helpful reply!
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Post by elliemater on Jun 25, 2014 20:51:58 GMT -5
Saw this thread so I thought to post a picture I took today of the pretty bloom.
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Post by horsea on Jul 23, 2014 12:30:44 GMT -5
Nice photo, Ellie. There is nothing lovelier in the garden (except maybe for Danish Flag Poppy) than a Hungarian Black.
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Post by elliemater on Jul 24, 2014 15:12:03 GMT -5
I can't remember if I posted the pepper itself so here it is:
It's so pretty, I will be sorry to see them turn red.
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Post by timothyt on Jul 25, 2014 3:57:01 GMT -5
Nice pics Ellie!
Not only do I like the looks of Black Hungarian, but they are pretty darn tasty as well! Mine are on the warmer than normal level so far this season with heat just under a standard jalapeno.
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Post by elliemater on Jul 25, 2014 10:16:40 GMT -5
Nice pics Ellie! Not only do I like the looks of Black Hungarian, but they are pretty darn tasty as well! Mine are on the warmer than normal level so far this season with heat just under a standard jalapeno. Thank you my friend, these are from your seeds...everything you sent has germinated and flourished in the world of peppers. I am headed to that lovely smoked paprika!
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Post by horsea on Jul 25, 2014 16:42:20 GMT -5
I got my Hungarian Black seeds from Texas Dirt Dog, he who has gone missing. I guess if anyone here has found him, you would have announced it. I know I can't find him.
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