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RE: Pepper spacing

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What exactly did you do? I joined this last year but don't recall your 9 hottests peppers (Peppers are of a particular interest to me. I have several different varieties each year.) Please feel free to send me info on or off list. :)
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)


On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:45:02   ...Charlie... wrote:
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>Hello,
>
>I'm the one that did the "nine hottest peppers" in the world last year and
>it was at one per sq. The biggest problem I had was shading as I did not
>realize some would grow five ft tall. This year I'm taking that into account
>as well doing more staking.
>
>Charlie.
>
>P.S. I also grew several in the "concrete block hole" method, less
>production but overall good results.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Janet Wintermute [j*@erols.com]
>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:23 AM
>To: Square Foot Gardening List
>Subject: Pepper spacing
>
>
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>At 09:00 PM 2/12/00 -0500, Cyn wrote:
>>Are peppers one per sqf?  Anybody have any experience with planting them
>>closer?
>
>In the one gardening season (1994) when I had really fabulous peppers here
>(zone 7, just outside DC), the individual plants were more than
>waste-basket size by early August and producing their heads off.
>
>One per square would have been right.  (I wasn't square-footing then and
>had them in rows on about 10-inch centers and that was too close together
>for good breeze penetration.)
>
>But in all seasons since then, for whatever climatic or other reasons, my
>peps have been scrawnier by far.  Perhaps 4 peps centered in 3 squares
>would do in an average year.
>
>--Janet
>
>
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