11/30/2023 0 Comments Neptunes harvest hot pepper waxI just got some garlic today and put it in the refrigerator to be planted in October. The garden lost water for about 2 weeks, due to a water line break. I also need to replace many of the basils since they are already two years old. I pulled out the peanuts, tomatoes, and a pile of weeds. The sage and some of the thyme died out and I will need to replace those. I can still plant tropical corn in one of the gardens. It was 89 degrees today with just about 15 minutes of rain. ![]() I don't have to water the plants more than once a day, but there isn't enough rain to skip any days. I usually solarize the garden at this time of the year, as it will cut down on the amount of water I need to use. I may do cutting propagation and repotting some of the plants that need it. I might try broccoli but in past years, it hasn't really been successful till September. I can still start more beans, swiss chard, komatsuna, and kale. I am collecting seeds from the peppers and cutting celery. I am still getting gourds, beans, tomatoes, and zucchini. The hot peppers are producing a lot of fruit and the citrus trees have young green fruit. Paying attention to what others do and say gives me ideas, so keep communicating. I am expanded as much as can be and am always open to new and better techniques but most of the changes come in small steps. Most of the other vegetables are grown in raised beds and they get switched from one bed to another every year. My 40'X50' garden is not conducive to rotation for the 20-30 tomato plants. The transition from summer to winter happens so quickly I have to plant in the heat and dry and before anything can mature everything is frozen.Ī new rear tine tiller would be nice but my forty-five year old 5HP Sears will not quit. ![]() Planted at the right time but have been at the beck and call of nature.every year and this has been no different and production is a week or two behind schedule. Applied sulphur last year to bring down the pH. Soil tested the garden, did not spring till (incorporated last years mulch in the fall). (Zone 6b, in a spot that doesn't get quite as much sunlight as I'd like).All the spring vegetables are winding down, the midsummer crops are producing and the late season tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and vine crops are on the cusp of growing out.Ī report on wo/cou/sh is boring because my prep was exactly as planned. I had a hard time getting them to germinate, and also a hard time getting the germinated plants to thrive properly, which does lead me to suspect that it might be an issue with this variety not liking our local climate. This Thai pepper plant was grown from seeds that were extracted from peppers that I bought at a local farmer's market a few years ago. ![]() The other overwintered pepper plants are giving me a good number of peppers, so I doubt it's a problem with the fertilizer. I fertilize all the plants every other week with Neptune's Harvest fish & seaweed fertilizer. ![]() I had an aphid infestation earlier in the year, but those were mostly on the new superhots and were eliminated by bombarding the garden with lady bugs. The weather has been very rainy this year, with frequent thunderstorms, temperatures in the 80's and low 90's. It's the tallest of any of my pepper plants, and is growing new leaves frequently and looks generally healthy now. Despite living under the same conditions and getting the same fertilizer as the others, my Thai pepper plant has never once grown a flower bud. And then there's the Thai pepper, which I started from seed last spring, carefully nurtured over the summer, overwintered, and now have growing outside with the other peppers. There are three superhots I started this year - Carolina Reaper, Ghost, and Scotch Bonner - which had a rough start but are now growing very well and starting to make flower buds. There's a habanero, cayenne, and Hungarian hot wax which I overwintered from last year, all of which are actively flowering and making peppers. I have a small back patio pepper garden, with seven different pepper plants.
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