[CH] So I got this pepper....

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: Daniel Isaza: "[CH] Have anyone tried this?"
• Previous message: saundrah@mindspring.com: "Fw: [CH] Habanero Olives"

I'm growing a few different peppers in my office.  They are:

A second year super chile (awesome production this year)
A Red Savina (up, big, leafy, blossoms, but no fruit yet)
A NuMex #6-4 (BIG, leafy, and the first two pods coming along fine)
and a JingleBell, that is the gist of my question.
Oh yeah, I also have a Hab grown from burpee seeds - lemme tell you how huge
the difference between seeds from burpee at the local k-mart and seeds from
tough-love.  Order the stuff from tough love - they're awesome!!

OK, back to the question setup:

I grew all these plants in peat pots, then just moved them to real pots when
they were starting to take.  The silly little JingleBell grew sideways for
about six inches when I transplanted it a few months ago, and then grew
about 8 inches straight up.  Then it just kinda hung out for about six
weeks, while the NuMex and Red Savina got huge.

Then, all of the sudden, the JingleBell started growing straight up again a
few weeks ago.  Now it has a single, spindly stalk about four feet high with
leaves every six inches or so.  It just set fruit this week, and the weight
of the single pepper growing on top is pulling the spindly stalk back down
towards the ground.

So what the heck do I do?  Do I stake it?  Do I prune it?  Do I let it flop
back down to the ground and grow like the golden arches (hmmmm....peppers on
a QP-Cheese....)?

Anxiously awaiting an answer, while munching on fresh super chilis......

- JJ

• Next message: Daniel Isaza: "[CH] Have anyone tried this?"
• Previous message: saundrah@mindspring.com: "Fw: [CH] Habanero Olives"