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

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Is there something you want to trade for seeds on my list. Speaking of ice cream... The grocery store I go to, D&W, carries a new brand. One of which is a fudge swirl with a hot Mole sauce and hot pepper spiced nuts. I was really wary about trying this but it turned out delicious!!  :P
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)


On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:49:30   gardensmith wrote:
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>Mine is one i have been saving seed for since 1995. I gotr them from a
>friend who got them from a friend kind of thing.  they are a 6 inch long
>almost 1 inch wide pepper that is hot and i dry it for pepper flakes
>which i sprinkle on every thing. LOL except ice cream (c: wink
>
>On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:29:36 -0800 "Jessica M." <jessicaafm@theglobe.com>
>writes:
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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.   
>> ---
>> 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]
>> >> 
>> >> 		Square Foot Gardening List -
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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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