RE: [CH] getting more ripe chiles
Pieters, Rob (Rob.Pieters@netherlands.honeywell.com)
Sun, 5 Dec 1999 20:02:24 -0000
Byron,
All my peppers are in big pot's for some (like for my paprika's) I use large
cement tub's (there very cheap and handy)
Hot regards
Rob
> >Pieters, Rob (NL01) wrote:
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> > The weather in Holland has start to kill all my pepper plants as I don't
> > have enough room to save them from freezing.
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> Rob
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> I am about same latitude as you are with even a shorter growing season.
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> My way of "Getting even" with the system is this.
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> A basic ~~ The day's to maturity are based on the days from transplant
> to the first ripe fruit. I have less 90 days of pepper growing weather.
> Typically a pepper transplant is about 2 to 3 in tall in a 2 in deep pot.
> Started 6 to 8 weeks before plant out.
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> I start mine 16 to 20 weeks before plant out. As soon as my seedling
> emerges
> from the seed starting medium it goes into a 1 qt deep pot. About 4 weeks
> before
> plant out these go into a green house in 1 or 2 gal deep pots.
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> When I plant out I have 16 to 24 in tall transplants with a deep root
> system.
> This gives me about 4 to 6 weeks of pods ripening on the plant. Before my
> first
> frost. I don't get as many as I would like, but I have a lot more than
> what
> is available
> locally.
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> Byron
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