[CH] Hornworms & Stress

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Heads,

It's been said that peppers get hotter if they have been subjected to some
stress.  Hopefully someone can verify.

Before I got the electric fence up, I repotted a few pepper stems that had
once been lovely plants before squirrels dined on them.  Then they were
placed in a nice sunny location inside the garage.  New leaves sprung out on
most of these sticks.  Twice they were subjected to lack of water, which
caused leaf loss and several sticks died each time.  Two of these plants
survived and grew into the nice flowering bushes that nature had intended.
This weekend, I decided to put the pot in a secure location outside so they
could get pollinated.  They loved the fresh air and told me so.

Tonight ... (sob) I came home to find the leaves eaten once again.  It
wasn't squirrels this time, it was the hornworms.  SIXTEEN hornworms on two
pepper plants.

Needless to say, the plants are back in the garage.  There is still a bit of
foliage on them and a few pods.  Poor things.  :(

The peppers inside the electric fence and cages are doing wonderfully tho.
Still, I feel such sorrow for these poor peppers and hopefully they can
survive once again.

The photos on Mark's website are great!  Was wondering what is in the blue
cups ... would those cups be holding habs or jalapenos?

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