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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 11, 2015 23:10:31 GMT -5
I am getting huge numbers of peppers out there (along with a few other things! LOL). I have my first superhots ripening! These are the ones I started on 2-7, to get early ripe ones, but only a few others ripening, so far. But huge numbers of greens, including some that I can use green - Sadia, Big Jim, Jalafuego, and a few new ones I'll try green, then ripe. 7-Pot Jonah: Red Savina: Mustard Habaneros: My first ripe pepper I started at the normal time was, as usual, superchili: And one of my favorites of all time, as it is early, and delicious green, so I use it a lot in Indian foods, Thai Nippon Takka: For the new peppers one looks good: Thai Red Vesuvius, with which it looks like Renee's Garden replaced an old favorite -Thai Red Demon. Any time this happens it is usually not good, and we have to make sure we get seeds from the old one, as the new one is usually not as good. Too early to tell for the flavor (it is hot when green, though a bit sour - about the same as RD), but the plants are about double the size of Red Demon, and loaded with many full sized (though not ripe) peppers, with many more to come. These photos show the difference. Red Demon: Red Vesuvius:
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 12, 2015 4:51:01 GMT -5
Very nice pepperhead! Mine are doing well, some bells getting huge and making the plants droop! Might have to stake them. You really have a nice assortment going on!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 12, 2015 5:09:18 GMT -5
I seem to have a problem with peppers. They get these brown spots as they are growing but sometimes the rest of the pepper is good. Sometimes there is rot inside. Sometimes I see the spot near the stem; sometimes on the pepper body. I see nothing on the plant nor the peppers themselves insect-wise. I think I saw a spot on a pepper yesterday but it is hard to tell since they are still small.
I have had to stake them sometimes but what I found works better for me are the small tomato cages. I have even used them for broccoli as well if I needed.
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Post by restless on Jul 12, 2015 8:23:59 GMT -5
I like how the peppers on the Thai Nippon plant look like spikes. How do you preserve your peppers for the off season?
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Post by James on Jul 12, 2015 8:41:14 GMT -5
I noticed two blossoms on one of my plants. No peppers yet. They are late this season due to lots of rain early in the season.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 12, 2015 10:53:15 GMT -5
Anyone else have issues with peppers?
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 12, 2015 11:45:59 GMT -5
Other than they are really slow and late this year, no issues.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 12, 2015 12:10:40 GMT -5
I have some yellowing leaves that drop, doesn't seem to bother blooming and producing. Too much rain I think.
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Post by Veggie Gal on Jul 12, 2015 12:10:49 GMT -5
I finally have some peppers ready to pick. They were slow growing, but have picked up.
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Post by datgirl on Jul 12, 2015 12:49:19 GMT -5
Mine are really slow too. It's warming up out there so maybe they will wake up.
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Post by OregonRed on Jul 12, 2015 14:21:41 GMT -5
not even close yet, peppers at last sighting (2 days ago) were about 4" tall)
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Post by ecsoehng on Jul 12, 2015 17:55:13 GMT -5
Could be pepper maggot.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 12, 2015 18:17:46 GMT -5
So it would be some sort of fly depositing eggs somewhere on the plant or fruit?
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 12, 2015 18:50:17 GMT -5
My peppers started out really slow too but are picking up finally. Supposed to be hot and dry all week and they will love that.
Pea, sometimes the bell peppers get a sunburned spot which looks kind of clear and brownish. It's not a disease. Just pick that one and discard it. All of the peppers whoucld not have it.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 12, 2015 22:00:49 GMT -5
Other insects cause similar problems in peppers, but if you have pepper maggots, you will have very small white specks on the outside of the fruits - the eggs - and they look OK for a long time while green (while the maggots are growing), but when they begin to ripen is when you start getting the problems, as the maggots are getting larger, and tunneling through the fruits. You can sometimes see the tunnels getting very close to the skin, causing those brown spots, and eventually, they burrow out (by then the pepper is pretty much rotted). If this is your problem, however, not all of your peppers will have it - sweet peppers, Cherries, Jalapeños, Numex, Anchos, and other milder peppers are prone. I had 25 varieties one season, and only 6 got the maggots! So if you have this problem on some, but not others right next to them, this might be the culprit.
If you are near a creek, or other wetland you could have pepper maggots as a result, as there is a native plant they also infest - horse nettle. If you have this problem, like I do, the only way to prevent them is to cover the prone varieties of peppers with a very light Agribon, to keep the flies from laying the eggs. I have to do this every season for the peppers prone to these. Here is a photo of some pepper plants in front of the covered row. And you can see the little sticky yellow trap on it - I keep those on there to see when the flies are gone - they are normally totally gone by the end of July/early Aug., and I can uncover!
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