Isn't that so true, though? These tomatoes grown for looks frequently have no taste!
We've been giving our excess away with personal goodie bags. People swear they love them. I suspect quite a few end up in the bin. That's OK, we tried.
Isn't that so true, though? These tomatoes grown for looks frequently have no taste!
Sorry, your image needs an account login. Set the sharing to "Anyone with a link can view".Faith20879 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:53 pm We bought our pepper plants from Home Depot back in April, specifically asked for the sweet kind (anything not hot). But, look, these peppers that just came out look mighty spicy to me. Can someone tell what kind it is? Is it spicy?
If it is, I am pepperless this season. Sigh...
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Faith, you are just going to have to nibble on those peppers to find their flavor. My guess is that they are mild. Look up a few posts (July 23), and you'll see my mild banana pepper which have almost the exact shape as yours. Ours our sweet and mild, but their shape looks hot, but it is all bluster. Their shape is very similar to yours, but the color is more pale.LadyGeek wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:22 pmSorry, your image needs an account login. Set the sharing to "Anyone with a link can view".Faith20879 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:53 pm We bought our pepper plants from Home Depot back in April, specifically asked for the sweet kind (anything not hot). But, look, these peppers that just came out look mighty spicy to me. Can someone tell what kind it is? Is it spicy?
If it is, I am pepperless this season. Sigh...
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Looks to me like they are Melrose peppers, considered a sweet pepper.Faith20879 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:53 pm We bought our pepper plants from Home Depot back in April, specifically asked for the sweet kind (anything not hot). But, look, these peppers that just came out look mighty spicy to me. Can someone tell what kind it is? Is it spicy?
If it is, I am pepperless this season. Sigh...
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sure, basically i started the Patio Champion Hybrid from seed in a 5lb bucket. put 8 seeds (plugged 4 holes and put 2 seeds in each about an inch deep. Used Sta Green Potting mix, and oh yeah, put 3 holes near the bottom of the bucket for drainage. I did a bucket on my deck and a bucket off the deck (with a square cage around the bucket). I have to say the bucket using the square cage did better since the vines had something to hang on to. I'm going to start a fall crop soon and for my soil going to mix 50-50 potting soil and peat moss to keep the moisture in better...(I noticed that during the summer I couldn't keep up w/all the watering the containers needed...)eob616 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:18 am@CouponJack, could you please share more about your cucumber setup? What varieties have you grown, and what size container do you have them in?CouponJack wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:02 am i'm in zone 7B (Charlotte NC) and i grow all vegetables in containers and 5 gallon buckets on my deck (since my backyard does not get full sun).
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Also, growing bush type cukes in a bucket and they have done well...
No diseases (yet) for any of my containers/buckets but always checking for hornworms!
My vining cukes in my raised bed are all but finished up due to disease--people in my community garden say they tend to struggle here, although I don't know why--so I'm thinking about trying them in containers with fresh soil next year. I may even throw a few seeds into a pot tomorrow to see whether I can eke out a late crop this season. I've just barely scraped together enough to can 6 pints so far this year.
yeah, agree with alot of what you said above. I've been in NC for 15 years (orig from NJ) and the big difference here is the long stretch of hot weather and not getting cool fronts often to cool things down. From basically late May through August, its constant heat, which really stresses out alot of the veggies I plant. Where i need to get better is retaining moisture in my containers (by either adding peat moss and mulching. My cherry tomatoes are doing much better than my container bush tomatoes.Tubes wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:46 amI just discovered this thread. I'm up the road from you in RTP, also 7b. I'm using the same techniques as you, although I also have a lot of 2gal plantings. I find I can still grow tomatoes in 2 gal, and the stress actually works to my advantage to keep the plants manageable, and they push fruit fast. ("I'm dying, I need to reproduce!")CouponJack wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:02 am i'm in zone 7B (Charlotte NC) and i grow all vegetables in containers and 5 gallon buckets on my deck (since my backyard does not get full sun).
Cherry Tomatoes and Bush type tomatoes (determinate) have been doing well. my biggest issue is not using tomato cages and now I'm holding up tons of vines by string so they don't crack/fall to the ground. I tried strawberries this year but they didn't do well (i guess the hot weather did them in pretty early, and I also was clipping runners left and right!)
Also, growing bush type cukes in a bucket and they have done well...
No diseases (yet) for any of my containers/buckets but always checking for hornworms!
I had good luck with cherry and small plum tomatoes. I'm growing a sweet banana pepper with a thin shell that works well in containers. The taste is great. I also grew container cukes with really good luck, although they are about done today.
Although I love a good slicing tomato, I find the small varieties are just easier to grow. It is difficult to grow large tomatoes in NC without running into all the problems such as blossom end rot, tobacco mosaic virus, and bacterial wilt. Splitting is a problem due to heat and water management, and is always easier to handle with the smaller tomato.
I had one container get bacterial wilt. I threw away the plant and soil instead of trying to do anything with it. Get it out of here!
These look similar to my Anaheim peppers which are mild. I like to use them as a substitute for bell peppers in dishes that call for sautéed peppers. My DIL makes stuffed ‘poppers’ with them and they are delicious.Faith20879 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:53 pm We bought our pepper plants from Home Depot back in April, specifically asked for the sweet kind (anything not hot). But, look, these peppers that just came out look mighty spicy to me. Can someone tell what kind it is? Is it spicy?
If it is, I am pepperless this season. Sigh...
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Over 3 months later and the raised beds are producing nicely. The Sungold cherry tomatoes are 6 feet tall and cranking out tons of new fruit almost daily (8 total plants). Lettuce round 1 is nearing is the end, and we're going to plant lettuce round 2 from seed and spinach as well. Cukes are coming in nicely too. Can't wait to retire and spend more time building out the garden enclosure with more beds! P.s. check out this guy on YouTube, he has a great channel (it is not me):
How about putting those bins inside a good quality (thick) trash bag? They're waterproof and air tight if you seal them correctly. Point the opening away from vertical to avoid water collection. You can also double-bag for extra protection.
Squash roots as it runs along the ground. This ensures it can survive and bear fruit even when the original stem is killed by a vine borer, which generally happens. Butternut is fairly resistant to borers, they don't like its stem.pshonore wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:13 am Question on Winter Squash (Butternut). Planted a few hills. After a few months the vines and leaves closet to the original hills look bad (yellowed, shriveled and dry). Yet the ends of those 8-10 ft vines are lush. Also noticed lots of tentacles along those vines the acting as "anchors". Do those tentacles provide nutrients or is it all coming from the original hill ?
Nice to see you stayed with them. As your growing season continues some of the peppers can turn red in color. Not to worry, they get even sweeter.Faith20879 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:27 pm Thanks to fellow BH's tip, we did not yank out the suspicious hot pepper plants. Have harvested about a dozen so very nice peppers, absolutely not spicy, actually sweet as the red bells. The ripe fruit remains green with a slight yellow tint, perfect for a garden salad ensemble. Still don't know what it is called though.
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It's still going! I have a 3x8 raised bed with 2' mesh walls, so I can easily cover this with garden fabric. It looks like a large coffin. I've been covering it on nights below 34. On nights below 30 (only 3 or 4 so far), I plug in my seedling heat mat and put it in the coffin as a mild warming source. This upcoming week should be warm and not require covering.