[CH] Seedling Peppers
Andie Paysinger (asenji@earthlink.net)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:36:32 -0700
JC in Bucyrus, OH wrote - " Although these only appeared recently, they
are already
overtaking my store-boughts; one has passed the Habs."
I have had the same results. My compost "cooks" at up to 120 degrees
(I have one of those 24 inch long thermometers for measuring the temp)
. On cool mornings you can see steam coming out of the composters (4)
which look like truncated chimmneys. I have volunteer peppers,
tomatoes, and even celery which grew from the bottom I cut off and
tossed whole into the compost. Sweet potatoes, also sprout and grow and
I can't begin to tell you how many squash and pumpkin plants I have
recovered and grown successfully. the seeds really seem to like the
warm, moist and dark site. The only problem is I don't know what
variety I have until they start producing fruit. However I know that
these are going to be the hardiest because they fought to live - so to
speak. Last year one of the volunteers was a Brandywine tomato which
produced more fruit than any tomato plant I have ever grown and when we
cut it down from my arbor last winter (still had fruit in mid-November)
the vine was 63 feet long,
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Andie Paysinger & the PENDRAGON Basenjis,Teafer,Cheesy,Singer & Player
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patient, in the face of a basenji, be prudent, be canny, be on your
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