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Re: Janet's pepper woes [was Re: Pepper spacing]

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What kind do you have ,Smitty? I currently have seeds for: California Wonder Bell, Cubanella Long Sweet, and Fiesta Edible Ornamental. Haven't got any of my hot pepper seeds in yet, but I am expecting the basics: Habernero, Anaheim TMR, Ancho 101, Jalapeno (my second batch as I killed the first ones during an out of town visit.. sniffle :(  ), Cayenne, Boldog, Serrano, and more. I also have different varieties of Tomatoes.   
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)


On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:38:10   gardensmith wrote:
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>Hello Rich,
>I grow a nice chili pepper I like. Not to hot but just hot enough.
>I have seeds I'll swap anyone that wants to try them. Smitty
>
>On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:38:01 -0500 "Betz, Richard"
><rbetz@randomhouse.com> writes:
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>> Last year my peppers needed to be shaded because the plants were 
>> wilting
>> from the heat. Are all peppers like this? I thought that peppers 
>> liked it
>> hot and dry. 
>> This year I want to try my hand at planting some hot peppers, not 
>> too hot
>> but nicely flavored. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to 
>> plant.
>> Thanks,
>> Rich zone6
>> 
>> 		-----Original Message-----
>> 		From:	Janet Wintermute 
>> [j*@erols.com]
>> 		Sent:	Sunday, February 13, 2000 6:16 PM
>> 		To:	Square Foot Gardening List
>> 		Subject:	Janet's pepper woes [was Re: Pepper 
>> spacing]
>> 
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>> 		At 11:36 AM 2/13/00 -0500, Smitty wrote:
>> 
>> 		>Have you been having drought or unreasonably hot 
>> weather.
>> 		>Peppers don't set fruit in when it is very hot or 
>> dry.
>> 		>You may need to set up a misting system.
>> 
>> 		Well, the 1999 flop of a season was definitely due 
>> to two
>> very early 
>> 		unseasonably hot periods (multiple days in a row of
>> 100+-degree weather, 
>> 		one in early June and the second around July 4).  
>> All my
>> toms and peps 
>> 		lived through the drought, and I was watering plenty 
>> then.
>> 
>> 		But plants sustain vascular damage when the ambient 
>> temp
>> exceeds 86 degrees 
>> 		F.  This damage is not always visible to the naked 
>> eye, as
>> it was not much 
>> 		in my case last season.  Some of the toms got dry,
>> crisped-out leaves on 
>> 		their lower trunks but did OK higher up.  The peps 
>> didn't
>> look fazed much 
>> 		at all.
>> 
>> 		But they never grew big and didn't put out any 
>> flowers to
>> set fruit with 
>> 		until late August and early September.
>> 
>> 		I knew that toms won't set fruit if temps do not go 
>> below 72
>> degrees F in a 
>> 		24-hour period.  But I thought peps liked heat more 
>> and were
>> happier to go 
>> 		on setting in hot weather.
>> 
>> 		Smitty, would a misting system be more about 
>> lowering the
>> ambient temp 
>> 		around the peps than it is about watering them?
>> 
>> 		I've never seen a misting system in action, but I 
>> have the
>> kind of setup 
>> 		(raised beds, near the house and near the hose bib) 
>> where a
>> system wouldn't 
>> 		be totally infeasible.
>> 
>> 		--Janet
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