Got this in the mail this week. I named the hot sauce “Better’n Sex”
Yes, it’s THAT good

LoL you must be doing something wrong.

2022 Pepper season has begun. 24 hour soak in potassium nitrate to help germination.

Your serious about them peppers. I'm impressed. I know it's boring, but the only pepper I am planting this year are a couple sweet banana peppers.

This is my seed starting setup I threw together. A broken 10 gal aquarium on it's side, a small seedling heat mat, a halogen grow light bulb in a dome lamp, and a $5 set of peat pellet trays from Amazon. I also have a second tray I can use that fits just right and holds 3 inch peat pots.



For an area that get's enough sun I only have room for one full row on a garden fence. I usually plant something different every year and I try to keep it to something easy to grow without much care. Last year it was for show being mostly a hedge of Mexican Sunflowers. The year before it was 5 varieties of Okra. This year it will be Pear Tomatoes in Red, Yellow, Orange, and Ivory. And another snacking tomato for the fun of it, a Spoon Tomato.

Nothing wrong with banana peppers. I love those. You have a nice grow setup and those mexican sunflowers look awesome. Good luck on the tomatoes this year and keep us updated on them.

Educate me on adding manure. Our soil out here is incredibly sandy. I am considering adding manure to my soon-to-be constructed beds. I’ve been reading I’ll need anywhere from 20-30% of the volume of the beds. Any advice?

I wouldn't concentrate much on going straight manure. I would try to locate mushroom compost if possible. If not whatever compost the nursery or local distributor has is fine. To that I would add some vermiculite, perlite. Black Kow is the manure I would add in. You can get 10lb bricks of coco coir on Amazon for like $20.Hydrate that in water then mix into the soil. It retains a ton of water. In fall you can collect tree leaves to mix in. Lots of ways to go. But you want a good mix and not just one particular item. A good mix will give you a good biodiverse and very active soil with high microbe activity.

Awesome! Thank you!

Let’s get the 2022 gardening season going girls. Peppers are rocking.

if your into chemical grows

That's pretty cool. I've been wanting to get into hydo. Just haven't taken the time to do it yet.

the kratky method is as simple as it will ever get.

Thanks Tin. I'll do some research on that method.

Got some trays under the lights. Progress

Day 18. Day one 12 hour soak in Potassium Nitrate, 7 days in coffee, then into soil. Coming along nicely. Most are setting their first set of true leaves.

My mix of seedling are doing well. I did add three more pepper varieties, so I'll have to figure out a place to plant them. I did have a bought of damping off wipe out one of my trays. I started adding a little hydrogen peroxide to the water I was using and have not had a problem with it since.

Looking good Sniper. What's in the water bottle?

Fig. Brown Turkey or Texas I think. I need to dig up and remove my my fig tree, but wanted to get a new one from it started someplace else first. I have a starter planted already, but wanted to have a backup in case it does not survive the winter.

That's pretty cool. I bought some of the air layering cups a few weeks ago. I plan on trying it out on my lemon tree soon.

Alright now, I’ve given all the head starts I can allow. It’s time.

when yall puttin out onion sets?

Looks like a ant in the photo. There are plenty of ways to get rid of them but I like just plain old borax these days . I will sprinkle some around the base of the shelf system and put out bottle caps with borax and sugar. Problem solved , them little boogers can get annoying. Nice starts. I started mine 2 weeks later this year to see how it goes