Re: Hot Peppers and Carrots

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• Subject: Re: Hot Peppers and Carrots
• From: "* a* K* G* B* <b*@popmail.ucsd.edu>
• Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 14:47:11 -0700
• In-Reply-To: <ACCMPJJPLMOFDAAA@theglobe.com>

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Jessica asked:

>1)Do hot peppers have to be staked? My hubby says he doesn't remember ever
>staking 'em but it seems like an aweful lot of weight to bare.

	I always use the small size ~3' high tomato cages for any
peppers or chiles.  When the new growth is soft just pull the branches
through. I have had branches break off because of the weight of
the fruit. The cages help keep the chiles off the ground too-less
bad bugs.

KGB   Katherine G. Barto  barto@popmail.ucsd.edu
Gardener, Cook, and Keeper of: 2 cats and 1 husband
Poway, California /Sunset zone 21/ USDA zone 10


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