growing peppers
I just wanted to grow something.
Peppers are pretty cool; they are pretty easy to grow, they self-pollinate, requires little space, are productive, and takes about 3 or 4 months from seedling to fruit.
I enjoy spicy food, and so I also plan on making some hot sauce and pickled peppers.
Things learned:
- Even though I live in excellent pepper-growing climate, cold 50 degree nights contributed to stunted growth.
- Broad mite infestation needs to be taken care of immediately. A month before fruiting, I discovered some curls on the leaves on my pepper plants. Broad mites are terrible because they suck the sap out of your leaves and are pretty much invisible. This product: [flying skull nuke-em] is only somewhat useful.
- Some people recommend that you should water mature plants twice a week, but I should have only watered once a week. Over-watering plus the overall lack of indoor air-circulation results in plant edema.
- I probably also didn’t need to go so deep into growing peppers. I consumed tens if not hundreds of hours of pepper content. There are videos on variables affecting germination rates, fertilizers, etc. However, in the end, it really doesn't matter that much as mother nature will take care most of it.
varieties
Some varieties I grew: Jalapeno, Cayenne, Jimmy Nardeloo, Tabasco, Black Pearl, Cayenetta, Santaka, Fish, Jigsaw.
I ended up sharing a lot of my seedlings to friends.
