RE: jalapenos (new) and poblanos


	"Wrinkled" jalapenos are common-to-normal with maturity, almost looking
like vertical hairline cracks. is this what you have?
	Also, I am growing anchos for the first time here (Buffalo, NY zone 6a)
My anchos (ALL my peppers actually) are under a cover made using 1/2
clear plastic & 1/2 floating row cover over hoops made from cpvc 1/2"
tubing/pipe on an 8 x 3 ft raised bed with minimal daily drip
irrigation. the tunnels were about 30 inches tall but I had to raise
them due to tall growth of the anchos, robustini (pepperoncini) &
Chocolate Beauty peppers. the anchos are about 3ft+ tall now and have
about 6-8 peppers per plant, fruit as large as 6 inches long. The
weather here has been rainy every few days with temps ranging from 75-85
for the day and 60-70 for the nights. Since the plastic is on the
windward side blocking west/southwest winds, and covers about 1/2 to 2
thirds of the tunnel's height/diameter, the rain rarely hits the plants
unless it rains from the East to West, and even that side of the tunnel,
the row cover blocks much of the water, so the rain isn't much of a
factor. The bed is covered with black plastic and the ends of the tunnel
are open and the row cover side is often rolled up so more sunlight gets
in during the day, so there is probably some heat or absorbtion of heat
with the black plastic, especially when I forget to roll up the side of
the tunnel. I checked my calendar and I started them from seed MARCH
10th, most sprouted around 3/21, & were under fluorescent lites til JUNE
16th at which time they were finally planted (hardened off a few days
prior.) I also put a Centrum vitamin, a 500mg Calcium/vit. D tablet and
about a full teaspoon of epsom salt in each hole, and every few weeks
hand water with a SeaPlus Fish Fertilizer Liquid mixture. The plants
were actually starting to get tall (about 12-14") & slightly leggy when
I planted them--the beds weren't ready for planting til the middle of
june. So, I believe my anchos are doing pretty well, especially for the
Northeast. The anchos may be my largest pepper plants of all the
varieties I am growing, and the jalapenos (Senorita) are the smallest
plants (but loaded--some 3 or 4 peppers per branch crotch/axil.) I am
using a slightly modified Square Foot Gardening method, approximately a
sq ft block per plant, with rows separated by a foot wide row between.
The jalapenos and pepperoncinis are spaced with no space between, in
other words, a 3x4' block (half of my raised bed) has 12 plants, one
every foot. The entire 3' x 8' bed has 22 plants plus 5 more in pots at
the one end under the 2' overhang of the tunnel! And down the 8' long
side outside the plastic I grow 2 close rows of peas up a trellis (about
100 seeds per 5inch x 8ft length!)  I have already harvested over 150
2.5" to 4" pepperoncinis from 6 plants and they're still loading up...

Tunnel & Trellis end view shown below

      |
      |
      |
      |   * *
      | *     *
      |*       *
      |*       *
      ----------
      3' wide bed

<<---West        East--->>

Mark





BTW, the tunnels are made by bending (4) 10' long cpvc pipes 180 degrees
(stick each end into the ground forming an upside-down U. for more info
on the tunnels, beds or drip system, email me at korney19 at yahoo or
adelphia dot com.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pat.schuster [p*@bluecrab.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 8:15 AM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: jalapenos (new) and poblanos
>


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pat.schuster [p*@bluecrab.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 8:15 AM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: jalapenos (new) and poblanos
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> After looking beautiful for some time, suddenly all of my
> jalapeņos (except
> the very youngest/smallest) have vertical, white "scratch"
> marks on the
> surface. These appear on the green as well as the red jalapeņos. This
> happened to me for the first time last year, and at that time
> I blamed it
> on the drought. This year we have plenty of rain, but I'm
> having the same
> problem. Can anyone offer any explanation or advice.
>
> Also, on the subject of chilies, I'm growing poblanos for the
> first time
> this year, or trying to grow them. Are these normally
> particularly s-l-o-w
> growing peppers? The plants are dwarfs compared to my other
> pepper plants
> and don't show any sign yet of bearing fruit.
>
> Many thanks,
> Pat
>
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