Skip Pallesen

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Retired Chemist

I routinely see rabbits on their hind legs eating the leaves of my flowering quince. I saw one nibbling my maya piment seeding to the ground. I now have to go out tomorrow and find a new pepper to plant.

My seedlings went in the ground today.

Normally I harden for about ten days but the forecast has a couple of days where the temperature at night will be in the thirties so I will keep taking them out only during the day until the 24th.

I am going to start hardening my plants next week.

The first true leaves are coming out so I will start fertilizing next week. One thing I have noticed is that one of my peppers, Maya Pimento, is slow growing. I have two pots of them and they are both exhibiting the same growth pattern.

Well, I am glad that I delayed planting my seeds. All my pots already have shoots about 1/2 inch high.

It is that time of year again. My 14 pots went into my grow chamber

This is for Elle. I had left a comment to your post but I guess that you did not see it. Are the peppers around 2 to 3 inches in length and how hot are they?

Pepper crop for next year will be Thai Gong Bao, Serrano, Poblano, Bell, Banana, Carrot Bomb, Orange Spice Jalapeno, Sugar Rush Peach Jalapeno, Yellow Monster, Pumpkin Spice Jalapeno , Lunch Box and Maya Pimento

The harvest is almost done. I ended up with enough Guajillos and Anchos dried for a couple years of chili. As always, my Bell peppers and Banana peppers ended up being stuffed and eaten through the summer. My New Mexico Peppers also produced a good crop, which are now dried and I will use in my chili in place of Pasilla peppers. I gave away eight-gallon baggies of peppers. I’ll be ordering my seeds for next year in about a month. I think that I will try to grow peppers that I never tried to grow before.