Basil and two young bell pepper plants

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

not bad, nigger

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks fag.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Peppers are tough. I did get one jalapeño plant last year- maybe a dozen peppers. Trying to germinate some for this season right now.

Turnips are easy.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think peppers are pretty easy. They just need a lot of sun to produce, which I don't personally have, so I get tiny yields too. With enough light, one large plant with proper sunlight can produce hundreds of peppers.

I bring my plants inside when it freezes, they're all potted, so my older pepper plants are several years old now.

[–]In-the-clouds 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

my older pepper plants are several years old now.

Wow!

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's funny, I said a month ago how easy peppers were and now I have two young plants possibly killed by bugs and one by cats. Just waiting to see if they recover. I did sprout a dozen bell pepper plants though, so many more still live on.

The older plants are a lot hardier, I'm a big fan of overwintering, not that we get much winter here. And they also start producing right away in season.

[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I read your comment that pepper plants are easy to grow, I agreed: if I bought the plants already started. This is the first year I have started all my pepper plants from seed. I see poor germination of pepper seed compared to other plants. But once the pepper plants are established, they can be tough, enduring that hot sun and continuing to produce fruit even when it's 90-100 degrees, while tomato plants shut down in the heat.

There are unforeseen challenges, like bugs (and cats!) that can make any plant difficult to grow. I also had some cat damage already this year. When it was cold, I put my baby okra plants inside on a window sill and the next time I looked, the leaves had been chewed off!

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, they do need a lot of sun. Where I live is probably kind of borderline in that respect.

I did try to winter a pepper plant once... tried :(

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Reminds me, I want to phase out my plastic containers for plants as well.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah? Does that help them?

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am not sure, possibly. I am worried about chemicals from the plastic leeching into the soil and getting up taken by the plant.

[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It does say Biohazard on the basil container.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hah!