Re: [CH] plant sizes

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: David Cook: "[CH] Cheesecake recipe"
• Previous message: mstevens@exit109.com: "[CH] Magazine article"
• Maybe in reply to: Dana Karras: "[CH] plant sizes"

Ch.Ds,
Size doesn't matter, harrumph.  The note about Habanero variety and growing 
conditions is apt.  I have a pair of Country Girls that are over three feet 
tall, slender, columnar plants.  The red/orange Habaneros have annually 
(twice) grown to about two and a half feet, have been flat topped, and wider 
than tall.  The 18 inch spacing (regarded by many here as optimum for 
production of Chiles per square foot of garden) for Habaneros is actually a 
bit cramped.  Because their growth habit makes them look like miniature 
Acacia trees, I've had better luck with 26-28 inch spacing.
Again this year, despite horrid weather, I planted leftover seedlings in the 
poorest soil (sandy, bony) in the yard, but with good sun.  Again this year, 
poor soil seems not to be a problem.
As for so many others in the Northeast, blossoms are abundant right now, but 
one can only hope for a prolonged Indian summer.
Gareth the ChileKnight

• Next message: David Cook: "[CH] Cheesecake recipe"
• Previous message: mstevens@exit109.com: "[CH] Magazine article"
• Maybe in reply to: Dana Karras: "[CH] plant sizes"