I suggest you go a little slowly and hang around this forum everyday. there seems to be more activity at other times of the year.

you can modify your information so that your state and zone comes up automatically without entering it every time.

welcome to the world of pepper growing. I find the fun is in learning and experimenting.

Never a good idea to cut, IMO, unless you are talking about an overwintered plant. Even then, it sets the plant way back.

If your intention is to set the plant back and stagger the harvest, then go for it.

I prune both root and top of chiles pretty extensively in hydro just to control plant size.

Pruning seems to help the plant. I pruned the tepin below and it regrew just fine.

willard, lots of the stuff i see you do is simply amazing. you definitely have a grasp on plant growth.
i hope you arent a barber. lol :)

Shayne, if you look around you will notice that nobody is gonna say you have 'gone too far'. Some seriously pepper crazed folks here.

Michael

I've been encouraged over the years by Maine John to do pretty much what I want to a chile....they are very hard to kill....

Just think, if they grow in a dry, unfertile, sunny upland desert and are cropped back by wild animals frequently, what's a little pruning with sterile instruments going to do?

Wayassfaster, I did a small-scale experiment on this. If you want the results I will share them with you. E-mail me if you do. Njchilehead@aol.com.

I had a really good yield out of my seeds and was looking at 100 plus plants; my idea was to get the sprouts growing and sell them on Craigslist. I put a feeler ad out and got a nice response; unfortunately I lost about 2/3 of my total crop so now I'm just looking at 30 or so plants. I plan on giving a bunch away and potting the rest, wintering the good ones.

did the zone thing ... 3a time to move??
anyway thanks for all the replies.
all is well in the greenhouse if you are a pepper that is.
tomatoes a little dry after the 2 days away but the peppers dont seem to care.
thing i like about growing stuff is that it is easy if you just take the right steps.
if you can get past the dreded damping off that i have seen but never had to deal with you are on your way to success.
this forum is a very strong tool that a novice with a little reading time could take on a pro.
I will post some pics in a day or 2 to show off my crop.
so far my mix of water and small amount of fetilizer is working.
I also spray down the plant at night with fish fetilizer as it stinks .
later

shayne

looking forward to your pics

ZONE 3a WOW

you are up NORTH

Peppers like it SOUTH.

Welcome from another 3a canadian. I started growing a few years ago and this year I have about 85 plants in pots and another 20 in the garden - around 50 different kinds. Some years are better than others but you can ripen some habs etc. if you get an early start and use pots. I got started by reading this forum.

All you 3a'ers are encouraging me! Here's to a great pepper crop!

My friend exposed his 2 tiny hab seedlings to a monsoon rain and it killed 1 of them and the other has turned yellow.

Ciao wayblinkfaster,

So where are you? Canada is a big country, you know. I think you went too far in killing your extra plants. Next time, you might consider donating them to food banks, churches, or getting involved in a gardening group and participating in some plant swaps. I grow lots of extra tomato plants and I always find homes for them. Community gardens are also desperate for plants most days.

Cheers and good for you on your successes,
Julianna

Julianna,

would be interested in how to get ahold of the community gardens in the Toronto area. I refused to kill anyplants this year and i think i crowded them all a bit. i also swamped all my friends with peppers and tomatoes.

thanks,
Michael

I live in saskatchewan.
lets not get into the 300 spitfire tomato plants that had to go in the hole because they were getting too big and with snow on the ground who could take them.
I did not want to kill them but this year we just had no room in the greenhouse.

shayne

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wow nice settup. were did you find that greenhouse? love to have one of them.

thanks for sharing pics

Michael

Shayne,
What area in Sk?

Yorkton
sask

hour and a half from Regina.

shayne

Ok. I'm west at Maple Creek.