I’m danged disgusted with gardening. Last year I got flooded out 3 times, which destroyed it. Just now, it got beat for 20 minutes with little round ice balls...and we have another intense wave headed our way. I just can’t win!
Eric, do the really hot peppers (Reaper/Ghost types) do better with some shade? I planted my first Carolina Reaper last year in line with the banana and habaneros and it didn't make any fruit.Wow..and I've been trying to patch holes in my garden fence so the chickens can't get in(at least that's been my excuse) so I'm glad I'm a couple of weeks behind in planting. I just planted my peppers in tubs for this year to see if I could move them to eastern sky sun only, my garden gets sun all day and it's a bit much for the hot peppers.
Hopefully y'alls garden woes will lessen with the picking of the first fruits of your labor.
yes, they only need morning sun, 4-6 hours. That afternoon sun is too much for them and they'll drop their flowers.Eric, do the really hot peppers (Reaper/Ghost types) do better with some shade? I planted my first Carolina Reaper last year in line with the banana and habaneros and it didn't make any fruit.
I'm behind as well but hoping this weekend turns things around.
I've been growing those high heat chili's for years and typically grow planted in the ground, mine is clay based but has lots of material for drainage worked into it over the years. It rarely gets too wet unless it rains for several days in a row and I've always noticed that the afternoon sun wilts the plants badly in the late summer and causes late blooms to drop off.A bit of myth in sun causes blooms to drop off of pepper plants. High heat and sun will cause scalding, an unsightly woody looking spot on the outside.
If the plant is not bearing and blooms just drop it is due to being too wet. Peppers need high drainage soil to thrive. A little shade never hurts though, and if you’re going to have shade have afternoon shade.
I've been growing those high heat chili's for years and typically grow planted in the ground, mine is clay based but has lots of material for drainage worked into it over the years. It rarely gets too wet unless it rains for several days in a row and I've always noticed that the afternoon sun wilts the plants badly in the late summer and causes late blooms to drop off.
I'll let you know if the new location in tubs (rotted mulch in bottom half with Pete's Plant Pleaser in top half)helps with the late blooms staying put. It will be a big difference in moisture retention though with great drainage but soil that holds more moisture.
We've had to water ours as well, as the rain has been sporadic at best.Overall my garden looks good. Planted some stuff early think every seed came up. Planted about 90 tomato plants have had to put the drip tape by them already and put water to them 3 times because been dry here. So far no rain yet again today
That pestilence descended on mine last night. Small though it is, the plants were looking good. No more.... Last night the deer near cleaned me out. Ate 90% of the maters; most of the squash plants as well as the potatoes. Day late and a dollar short I had planned to put up a fence today. They must have read my thoughts LOLNo flooding so far this year. Actually dry as a bone.
Some stuff is slowly recovering from the hail storm.
But, fear not!
It appears the next pestilence God is sending to destroy my garden is...deer.
You need a NCWRC predation permit.That pestilence descended on mine last night. Small though it is, the plants were looking good. No more.... Last night the deer near cleaned me out. Ate 90% of the maters; most of the squash plants as well as the potatoes. Day late and a dollar short I had planned to put up a fence today. They must have read my thoughts LOL