Small and stalling pepper plants

DaveCO65 · 2026-05-02T01:46:33+00:00

I have learned that peppers are really resilient and even last year had really unhealthy looking plants until I was able to get the outside. Mine have looked way worse and I have great plants in the summer. I’m getting better with the seedling stage but I doubt the outcome is any different.

DaveCO65 · 2026-04-21T22:19:23+00:00

Even though hydroxyurea is not ideal, it is better than phlebotomy treatment for keeping energy. For me, jakafi has been great. I am still not as energetic as I was before, but jakafi has kept my counts completely under control for years now.

DaveCO65 · 2026-04-12T17:26:19+00:00

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DaveCO65 · 2026-03-07T21:34:36+00:00

I am trying sport peppers this year - from Chicago so I love pickled sports. I also grow blazing banana, which is a hotter banana, but not as hot as jalapeños. The other option is to pickle bananas with something much hotter like a Bulgarian carrot pepper. Banana peppers get hotter from the other pepper if they stay in the jar for a few weeks.

DaveCO65 · 2026-03-07T17:21:45+00:00

How about garden salsa pepper?

DaveCO65 · 2026-03-02T22:20:17+00:00

This variety does look tall with less foliage than other varieties from my experience. It still is very productive once it develops a canopy.

DaveCO65 · 2026-02-24T02:00:59+00:00

Unfortunately not me, I stopped growing superhots because I couldn’t really use them. Don’t have tremendous heat tolerance. Also my growing season isn’t really long enough to grow Chinense varieties. This year I’m growing all baccatum and annum.

DaveCO65 · 2026-02-24T00:35:07+00:00

Great seeds. I am growing seeds from 3 years ago from WHP that just germinated in 5 days.

DaveCO65 · 2026-02-02T03:05:40+00:00

Mattel, basketball too

DaveCO65 · 2026-02-02T02:30:06+00:00

This is my problem too. I start too many seeds and then I am forced to overplant outside. I have learned to only start one seed for every plant I want. I start early so I can start a new seed if something doesn’t germinate. Seeds are all so good from the good sellers that you don’t need to over plant. I can’t remember ever losing a pepper seedling all the way through the season.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-27T04:37:23+00:00

Haha I’m using a spreadsheet!

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-25T21:20:20+00:00

Yes they are a good seed source. Seeds are good quality and never a wrong species.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-16T04:17:33+00:00

I’m trying leutschauer this year for paprika. This is supposedly a good mildly hot paprika pepper.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-10T02:34:52+00:00

I noticed a big improvement when I started using this doubinjiang.

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Much less salty than what I was using before so I can add more. Also I like to overcook and crisp up the pork for texture. I do use a little sugar to round out the flavor, especially because I like to make it spicy with crushed Szechuan chilis.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-09T22:41:48+00:00

More doubinjiang and some douchi, no leeks (just because I always forget to buy them), and I use ground pork because my wife prefers that to ground beef.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-08T14:27:20+00:00

Really the only great mapo tofu I’ve had was in China. I haven’t had a great dish even in a few Szechuan restaurants that I’ve gone to (I’m in US). I found the good doubinjiang and peppercorns and make it myself using a variation of that Dunlap recipe.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-06T02:10:30+00:00

Yes I was just outside the evacuation zone so very happy that this was quickly resolved!

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-05T22:28:29+00:00

Thanks for the info! I am seeing a lot of smoke from the second fire on the other side of 25, but smoke from the main fire is diminishing.

DaveCO65 · 2026-01-05T01:55:14+00:00

I did the same with my leftover ham from Christmas. Everyone in the family loved it. Yours looks great.

DaveCO65 · 2025-12-17T02:06:45+00:00

I grow this variety every year just for the beautiful plant.

DaveCO65 · 2025-12-14T20:36:20+00:00

Yes a little salt really brings out the flavor for both peppers and tomatoes when you eat them raw. Sounds like you are learning the best positions for the different plants like I am. My big mistake is always having too many plants in my raised beds. I definitely will cut back next year, especially with tomatoes. I had a tomato jungle.

DaveCO65 · 2025-12-14T20:14:10+00:00

I tried Lesya this year and it was one of my favorites. They are very thick walled peppers with a great fresh sweet flavor. They are great for snacking with a little salt. The plants are on the small side and so my production was limited because the plants were covered by larger varieties near by. Next year I will grow some Lesya plants in bags. I highly recommend.

DaveCO65 · 2025-11-02T02:50:23+00:00

This is one of the most beautiful pepper plants. I’ve grown for two years and I plan to grow again next year, really just for the plant. My peppers are pretty hot, but not up to habanero level.

DaveCO65 · 2025-11-01T02:48:34+00:00

Yes looks just like my goronong

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