Re: [CH] Pepper planting plan?

Hobby Farmer (hobbyfarmer@t-one.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:18:56 -0400

In my garden, the Fatalii and the Chocolate Hab plants were about the 
same size.  The Jolokias were more the size of the Orange Habs.

Hobby Farmer

Jonathan Smillie wrote:

> My garden last year consisted of just orange and chocolate habs, and it 
> seemed that the chocolates, given the same water and sun conditions as 
> the orange habaneros, got much larger (the plants were a good 8 inches 
> taller and much bushier) and yielded larger as well as more fruit. I'm 
> thinking, given that, of making these the "back" rank (the one closest 
> to the house as opposed to the fence), and placing the orange habs in 
> the front rank. However, I don't have any experience with the fatalii or 
> jolokia varieties as a grower, and it's been a couple of years since 
> I've had any reds (and these are seeds from Jim Campbell's fields, not 
> Lowe's or Home Depot's generic "red habanero"). Anybody have specific 
> advice on the height I can expect these varieties to reach and, 
> consequently, how I might want to arrange the plants in this grid?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Jonathan
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