Tin Man
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Try being consistent when watering each side, observe if sunny side is drying quicker and then let dry a tad between waterings. You want it slightly damp, not wet before watering. Drying out completely will cause an immediate crash but so will overwatering. GL.
Move to an area with more afternoon shade if it's drying too quick.
One of my three surviving pepper plants has fruits. Another is flowering. The third came back from the dead and is too small for either at this time.
Peppers have a long season. Your runt might surprise you!
I haven’t heard that specifically, but it makes sense. Numbers vs size is a real thing.Is it true that you want to pick off roughly half of the pepper flowers if you want to grow larger peppers?
My tomatoes are being extra slow to ripen this year. Got big vines with plenty of green fruit. Summer squash is rolling in and bell peppers are starting to mature. Lots of green bean vines but not many beans yet
One of my three surviving pepper plants has fruits. Another is flowering. The third came back from the dead and is too small for either at this time.
Dagnabbit! A mockingbird is pecking at my ripening tomatoes. I’ve put up some netting, hoping to thwart/discourage the pesky blighter!
THe peppers are the star of hte garden so far. I'm gonna be swarmed in tobasco's. Thai Dragons are killing it, and so are the ghost, jalapeno, and cubano. Bell's are getting there.
I’m going to rely on you next year when it’s time to start peppers lol. Wife likes bell’s and I want to do poblano, pepperoncini, and jalapeño.
I didn't think of pepperoncini int time. We use them alot cooking roasts. I did pablano last year but forgot to seed htem this year. They didn't come up on direct seeding.
Peppers can be tough, and wreck your patience. I started them in my brother's greenhouse and they still took a solid 3 weeks just to emerge. If you don't have a green house a tall start box is a must for peppers an maters and okra. I soak and direct seed everything else. I believe Exie (@VolNExile ) has posted pics of her home spun "greenhouse" that seems to serve her well. My sons hot peppers were bought at the mennonite garden center.
I probably started in hte Greenhouse first of March. You need to go a bout 2-2/5 months ahead of planting time for your area a they should be moveable by then.
I have finally figured out what’s killing my squash plants. I planted 4 hills and 3 are already dead. They go from a healthy plant one day to basically dead the next. Vine borrows are my culprit. A moth lays eggs on the plant and a larva hatches and borrows it’s way into the plant. I just got done doing surgery on the plant, I dug 5 of those suckers out. Hopefully I got all of them out and my last plant survives. I’m not getting my hopes up. Got to figure something out before next year
Hard to get em at this point. You can spray. Next year you might use food grade diatomaceous(sp) earth when you plant them. I have always used it pretty much around everything. It stops snails, slugs, cut worms, etc. One bag has lasted me 3 years so far, but I now have a very smal gardern. 2) 4'x16' beds.I have finally figured out what’s killing my squash plants. I planted 4 hills and 3 are already dead. They go from a healthy plant one day to basically dead the next. Vine borrows are my culprit. A moth lays eggs on the plant and a larva hatches and borrows it’s way into the plant. I just got done doing surgery on the plant, I dug 5 of those suckers out. Hopefully I got all of them out and my last plant survives. I’m not getting my hopes up. Got to figure someth good luckng out before next year
Thanks for the info brotherHard to get em at this point. You can spray. Next year you might use food grade diatomaceous(sp) earth when you plant them. I have always used it pretty much around everything. It stops snails, slugs, cut worms, etc. One bag has lasted me 3 years so far, but I now have a very smal gardern. 2) 4'x16' beds.
I have finally figured out what’s killing my squash plants. I planted 4 hills and 3 are already dead. They go from a healthy plant one day to basically dead the next. Vine borrows are my culprit. A moth lays eggs on the plant and a larva hatches and borrows it’s way into the plant. I just got done doing surgery on the plant, I dug 5 of those suckers out. Hopefully I got all of them out and my last plant survives. I’m not getting my hopes up. Got to figure something out before next year