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Post by gardendmpls on Dec 25, 2018 21:15:57 GMT -5
You could also tie a paper bag over the flowers and hand pollinate. Remove the bag once the fruit is set. Might be a problem if it rained during the few days this would take. Will have to look up how this is done. Maybe wax paper bags?
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Post by gardendmpls on Dec 26, 2018 7:50:33 GMT -5
Seed Savers Exchange sells blossom bags, 10 for $5. Quick drying, re-usable mesh. You could easily make them yourself, providing you know the gauge of the mesh. www.seedsavers.org/blossom-bags |
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Post by gardendmpls on Dec 26, 2018 7:56:35 GMT -5
More research came up with this article listing the types of bags and bag materials and their pluses and minuses: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination_bagsThere seem to be a lot of choices out there. Have fun. |
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Post by tom 🕊 on Dec 26, 2018 11:32:43 GMT -5
for isolation purposes, could you just create a sleeve out of netting like from the fabric store? And use a tomato cage to support it? Which fabric should I ask for? I would prefer a large sheet because in some cases I would like to cover the whole plant in order to be able to select the best fruit. |
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Post by binnylou on Dec 26, 2018 12:06:02 GMT -5
tom 🕊, there is a netting that looks like what shower scrubbies are made of, only it is more coarse and scratchy. I think it is 72 inches wide and probably about a dollar per yard. I think if you ask for mesh netting, you will find the correct product.
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Post by gardendmpls on Dec 26, 2018 13:12:42 GMT -5
Or any of the lightweight row cover material that is used to exclude insects.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 26, 2018 16:33:03 GMT -5
I use the lightweight Agribon, to cover entire Earthboxes of pepper plants, to keep pepper maggot flies out. I built cages out of 1/2" pvc pipe, to support the fabric. A small tomato cage would be good for a single plant.
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Post by reuben on Dec 26, 2018 17:55:06 GMT -5
Agribon is good stuff. Comes in three different grades if I recall correctly. I use it for my winter garden.  |
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Post by Mumsey on Dec 30, 2018 4:20:28 GMT -5
Just got my Baker Creek order yesterday. I only ordered Rosita Eggplant and a romaine called Little Gem Lettuce, described as very small green romaine-type, one of the best tasting lettuces, a superb heat tolerant variety. They sent a free seed packet too, I got Lipstick Pepper. pepperhead212, have you grown this one? It is described as very sweet. It's a regular size pkg, looks to be 25 seeds. |
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 30, 2018 11:02:56 GMT -5
I got that same free pack, Mumsey. I've never grown it; I might, but not sure yet. I seem to remember somebody on another forum that had good success with it a while back. I'll have to see if I can find that. |
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Post by gardendmpls on Dec 30, 2018 17:05:12 GMT -5
I've grown it and it is not only sweet, but has beautiful color.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 30, 2018 18:46:59 GMT -5
Mumsey, I didn't see any posts with a taste description of the Lipstick, but several gardeners planted it 3 years in a row, so they must be well satisfied with it. I'll have to PM one that grows it, to get her opinion.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 8, 2019 0:40:09 GMT -5
My brother called this morning. I shared with him some pepper seeds that are a probable/possible Marconi and Jimmy Nardello cross. He planted some of those seeds and some that he recently purchased. Both were planted 12/26. He just wanted to let me know that the seeds I shared with him were up, and the purchased seeds were not. And he wanted to know why that would be happening.
I think he really just wanted to let me know that he had peppers started and to see if I had started mine.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 9, 2019 0:34:46 GMT -5
I only have a few new peppers this season, so far. I'm not necessarily growing all of these old fav's, but most of them, unless I get a similar variety.
20+ Aji Dulce 2018
10 Aleppo 2017
50+ Chile de Agua, saved 2018
30+ Chocolate Habanero 2017
30+ Fresno, saved 2018
30+ Gold Bullet tall 2017
30 Hanoi Market, saved 2018
7 Jalafuego 2017
30+ Jyoti 2018
20+ Lombak 2017
15 Maui Purple, saved 2017
10 Mosquetero Ancho 2018
30+ Numex Big Jim 2016
20+ Red Savina 2018
30 Supperchili 2019
20 Superthai, saved 2018
5 Thai Dragon F1 2018
16 Thai Full Moon 2017
20 Thai Nippon Taka 2017 saved
10 Thai Vesuvius 2017
New
30+ Chi Foo Thai 2019
20+ Sangria 2019
And here are the ones I put in my trade list, after tossing a lot of really old ones, or ones that I wouldn't recommend at all.
TRADE PEPPERS
4 Aji Rico 2018
30+ Ancho 2016
20+ Buena Mulata 2017
10 Bulgarian Carrot 2017
20 Craig's Grande Jalapeño 2016
10 Habanada 2017
20+ Mohini 2016
30+ Prik Chi Faa Thai 2016
12 Ring Of Fire 2018
6 Ristra 2018
20 Santa Fe Grande 2016
20 Trinidad Scorpion 2016
SWEET
17 Aconcagua 2017
20+ Jimmy Nardello 2017
14 Marconi Red 2017
25 Lipstick 2019
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 22, 2019 17:41:26 GMT -5
Put some Peter Pepper seeds in a wet paper towel 3 days ago. They are sprouting already! I put them in a baggie and lay them in front of the heat register. I think I'll be starting all peppers this way.
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