The Endzone Garden Thread

#752
#752
vollygirl said:
That's what I don't know! Mine aren't growing like the pic!
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You’ll be amazed. They just sit there looking green, until one day they aren’t.

To me, yours do look like the pic, in that they are up above the foliage, or at least lying sideways. We are growing cayennes, jalapeños, and peperoncini, and they all dangle down.

Hot peppers are pretty bulletproof to grow. I think I’d hold off and give them several weeks to see if they turn color.

—just as green bell peppers are simply unripe red, orange, or yellow bell peppers.
 
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#754
#754
VolNExile said:
You’ll be amazed. They just sit there looking green, until one day they aren’t.

To me, yours do look like the pic, in that they are up above the foliage, or at least lying sideways. We are growing cayennes, jalapeños, and peperoncini, and they all dangle down.

Hot peppers are pretty bulletproof to grow. I think I’d hold off and give them several weeks to see if they turn color.

—just as green bell peppers are simply unripe red, orange, or yellow bell peppers.
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Thank you!!!!!
 
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#755
#755
The last time I made hot pepper vinegar, I used long finger cayenne peppers. Picked them when one was good and red, a few were changing, and most were green. Washed them, put them in the jar, making sure the red one was visible, filled the jar with apple cider vinegar, and stored it for a spell. Finally tried it out on some turnip greens. 👍🏼
 
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#756
#756
Tin Man said:
The last time I made hot pepper vinegar, I used long finger cayenne peppers. Picked them when one was good and red, a few were changing, and most were green. Washed them, put them in the jar, making sure the red one was visible, filled the jar with apple cider vinegar, and stored it for a spell. Finally tried it out on some turnip greens. 👍🏼
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That's exactly what I want it for.
 
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#757
#757
The son in law gave me a bottle of his homemade pepper sauce. The base is Scotch Bonnet. The flavor enhancers include ghost and Carolina reaper peppers. It’s got some zing. Mm hm.
 
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#758
#758
Tin Man said:
The last time I made hot pepper vinegar, I used long finger cayenne peppers. Picked them when one was good and red, a few were changing, and most were green. Washed them, put them in the jar, making sure the red one was visible, filled the jar with apple cider vinegar, and stored it for a spell. Finally tried it out on some turnip greens. 👍🏼
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I made hot pepper sauce with a combo of Jalapeno, Hot Cherry, and Cayenne. Cider Vinegar and sugar heated to almost a boil, poured over in jar, set in cabinet about a month until pepper color looked a drab green on the Jalapeno. Those three peppers made a nice combo of heat and flavor.
 
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#761
#761
82_VOL_83 said:
Exie, thoughts?



also:

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Wow, it’s definitely a thought. I’ve never taken on something like this, but his technique looks like it makes sense. I might have missed him mentioning it, but I would use organic cherries, to avoid any growth inhibitor that might have been applied, etc.

@PEPPERJAX , have you ever tried anything like this with fruits from your trees?
 
#764
#764
VolNExile said:
Wow, it’s definitely a thought. I’ve never taken on something like this, but his technique looks like it makes sense. I might have missed him mentioning it, but I would use organic cherries, to avoid any growth inhibitor that might have been applied, etc.

@PEPPERJAX , have you ever tried anything like this with fruits from your trees?
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No
Grafting only.
 
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#766
PEPPERJAX said:
No
Grafting only.
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@82_VOL_83 , that’s a point. The guy who made the video lives in coastal Spain. Any cherries you buy might have been grown elsewhere, or if local, might have been grown on grafted stock. You might want to check with your local extension service to find what varieties do well in your area.
 
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#770
#770
Came home to find the top leaves and some blooms stripped off some of my hot peppers. My Carolina Reaper is pretty bad and I'd hate to lose it. Gonna try some sevin dust and see if that helps.
 
#771
#771
clarksvol00 said:
Came home to find the top leaves and some blooms stripped off some of my hot peppers. My Carolina Reaper is pretty bad and I'd hate to lose it. Gonna try some sevin dust and see if that helps.
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Hornworms may be the culprits. I hate those little bastards. Catch them in the act and squash their bish azz.
 
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#772
#772
PEPPERJAX said:
Hornworms may be the culprits. I hate those little bastards. Catch them in the act and squash their bish azz.
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I am now a Squasher of Bugs.

Pretty much the only halfway-positive thing you can say about allergies is that you always have at least two half-used Kleenexes in your pocket. If you do it right: no bugs, no leftover Kleenex. Win win.
 
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#774
#774
Tin Man said:
The tomato pecking Mockingbird is back. Lil fawker is mutilating my maters just as they’re ripening.
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Oh geeze, one more thing to brood over! 😡

Two houses ago, we grew tomatoes in pots on the deck. I would come home from work to find picked tomatoes sitting on the deck rail with one squirrel-sized bite in each.

Either eat the whole danged thing, or leave it alone! Not one bite, and then go sample another.

At least our idiot cat keeps squirrels away. She’s too dumb to actually catch them, but she does run them off.
 
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