I did some tomatoes in straw bales a couple years ago. Neighbor had the bales left over from something and I stuck a couple plants in them. Worked great.
I have and it works. Just follow any of the instructions you can find on google. If I recall it involves using a high nitrogen fertilizer and a lot of water to help through the composting part. After that keep them watered and enjoy the harvest.
I like these folks. Thumbing through the catalog makes me want to try most of them.
Did you start the habaneros from seed, if so when? My chocolate hab’s seedilings are ~1” now.
Yes. They have been the most aggressive and prolific of the seedlings. I have actually been disappointed in many of the plants in general vs the ones I started from seed.
I personally have not, but I have had friends who swear by them.
When did you hatch the seeds? The chocolate habanero seeds have been the slowest to germinate, and grow, of all my; peppers (Sugar Rush, poblano, jalapeno, fish, cayenne), carrots, peas, tomatoes. By the first frost last year I had plenty of other fruits/veggies, the CH were 1' tall, healthy and didn't yield a single pepper
works great if you want to water them every day, or have drip irrigation. I prefer to grow mine in the clay where I don't have to water them if we get an inch of water a week. Works pretty well.
Better than me last year. I killed off half my plants after getting them up from seed.
works great if you want to water them every day, or have drip irrigation. I prefer to grow mine in the clay where I don't have to water them if we get an inch of water a week. Works pretty well.
Here's my 36 heirloom tomatoes in front of my corn patch. Planted 5 - 50ft rows of Silver King sweet corn. On the right, the black plastic is warming the soil before I till it for planting pepper plants in May.
I used to wait and plant everything in May but this year I'm feeling a tomato sandwich with Cherokee purples by Fathers day weekend. I'll post pics of my bean patch soon. Blue Lakes.
I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on growing food in zone 7B.
I have ran cover crops esp in the corn plot. I have also rotated between the 3 areas I plant in but normally I just let them sit dormant over the winter then til as soon as I can. I would like to do more cover crops like vetch eventually. I haven't grown corn in 2 years so that plot should work out well this year. I'm also expanding them with a mouldboard plow so I can get a little more in.
Mid January. Will try to get a pic of the habaneros and the jalapenosWhen did you hatch the seeds? The chocolate habanero seeds have been the slowest to germinate, and grow, of all my; peppers (Sugar Rush, poblano, jalapeno, fish, cayenne), carrots, peas, tomatoes. By the first frost last year I had plenty of other fruits/veggies, the CH were 1' tall, healthy and didn't yield a single pepper
Mid Jan, thats what I’m doing next year. Bt Oct my choc habaneros only got as large as your seedlings in that HD bucket.
I am sparse on beans. I just went by the local sources and picked up 6 more buckets, but I can't find any seeded beans, and I am late for seed planting those. I hope to find a few pre planted pole/string beans and some sugar snaps this week. Would also like some peas. Might look into some sweet potatoes, as well.
Have you planted elderberries in the past? I'm real interested in them.
Started us a little raised bed this year. Got some cukes, maters, squash, and watermelon in there.
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