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| First, I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum, since my focus is on the more "sweet" peppers.
Last year, I tried to grow red bell peppers and sweet banana peppers, but the heat brutalized them and I got only a few bananas, and zero bells. I also grew a cayanne pepper plant which did really well, but was way too hot for my tastes. This year, I went with:
My plant is to try and find a nice sweet pepper that can survive the DFW environment with good production. Looking for any hints/tips/tricks/varieties I can try next year if these guys don't cut it. Thanks! |
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- Posted by habjolokia 7 (zellmarkj@yahoo.com) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 11:14
| What were the growing conditions? In ground or pots? Watering? How many hours of full sun? |
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- Posted by DFW_Gardener none (My Page) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 11:42
| All the peppers are in the ground, the famous Texas Black Clay amended with cow manure compost. They get watered every other day, and get sun pretty much all day. |
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- Posted by habjolokia 7 (zellmarkj@yahoo.com) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 12:26
| I would suggest shade cloth for the hotter months of the season, since heat seems to be too much for the plants. Since they are in the ground, can't move them like you would in pots. Also sounds like your soil dries out quickly so adding some peat moss or other moisture holding ingredient or use both shadecloth and soil additive. Hope others have some additional ideas. |
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| Since bells don't produce many flowers until later in the year, I wouldn't snip any buds/flowers EVER. You might try pollinating yourself with a Q-tip. It gets pretty hot here later in the summer and into the fall, and the only problem I ever have is maybe some sunscald. That's where some shade cloth might be useful like habjalokia suggested. Also, every other day watering seems a bit too often if you're mulching at all. Maybe deeper soaks less frequently. I pretty much treat them like I do all my peppers, hot and sweet. |
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