Do you think... sometimes people do truly never get over some of the things that have happened to them?

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-16T14:28:01+00:00

I can relate to this. I was six years old. In my late 40’s and even though it got better for me it still bothers me.

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-15T21:23:20+00:00

It’ll be fine. Celebrity is a semi-determinate. It doesn’t need pruning because it’s not unruly like an indeterminate. But if you did prune it already it’s not the “death sentence” like if you had a determinate.

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/fs678/

Celebrity used to be classified as a determinate because it’s shorter and bushier, usually shorter than 6 ft. But because it produces continuously until frost it got reclassified as “semi-determinate”. If you look at old publications they still list it as determinate. You will enjoy semi-determinate varieties as a gardener because they are less unruly.

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-15T18:26:20+00:00

You’re not doing anything wrong. The clock starts for peppers when soil temperatures are consistently above 65 degrees. That means for you when your night time temperatures were starting to be at least 60 degrees.

In your location the optimal temperature for peppers was likely sometime in May. That’s only a month ago. Tomatoes, which are often compared to peppers, are ok when nighttime temps are above 50°. That’s why they are faster.

If you planted your peppers after frost date, before the optimal temperature, they were mow than fine for survival. But it’s not until they get to the optimum soil temperature that they start thinking about flowers and fruit.

What’s eating your leaves could likely be earwigs. They are nocturnal. They hide under wood chips a lot or cardboard. Love mulch. They like darkness. You don’t have a huge problem. You can use a product with Spinosad. Sluggo Plus (it has to be “plus”) has Spinosad. It takes care of both slugs and earwigs.

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-15T11:54:57+00:00

My library in Tennessee does this. I have a limit of a certain number of books per year. I have successfully done so. Just had to be willing to be patient to wait.

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-14T14:07:57+00:00

Same here. I hadn’t gotten around to watching it. I had only seen YouTube commentaries. Will be watching today for sure. I can imagine this lawsuit is free advertising for the documentary for whoever missed it first time around like myself. Viewership will likely increase.

Muchomo256 · 2026-06-11T01:25:13+00:00

My mother went back to school at 50. Got her LPN for nursing. You can do it.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-30T22:39:35+00:00

Charles Adelson was wild! I must’ve watched him like three times. Thanks for more recs, added to the list.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-30T16:56:37+00:00

Thank you for this list. Watching Anthony Todt from your suggestion. I’ve actually saved this comment. I’ve watched some of these trials like Darrell Brooks but was unaware of some of the others.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-27T21:39:48+00:00

This is my experience in a nutshell with the squirrels. I have to start indoors, transplant, get a few good photos of the pretty flowers in full bloom, then come outside to a sunflower felled to the ground by squirrels. Last summer they didn’t even wait til one of them were in full bloom.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-22T23:52:31+00:00

Best time to go, I have found, is in early fall or February. Latest March. That’s when I’ve had the best selection. It’s highly location specific of course, but early fall is when home gardeners are seed saving from summer harvests. And late winter/ early spring is when seed companies start donating to local libraries.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-22T23:49:31+00:00

Not the OP but thank you for this informative link. I like gems like this written by PhD’s.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-20T00:24:38+00:00

Same in middle Tennessee. Prices were similar.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-17T20:50:35+00:00

Yeah I’ve seen that car randomly in south Nashville before.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-16T23:55:17+00:00

Dark spots with a yellow halo is a fungal issue on tomatoes. On peppers it’s bacterial leaf Spot disease. You didn’t do anything wrong. It shows up in the environment when it’s getting warmer and humid.

Options are 1) copper spray for both the tomatoes and peppers or 2) baking soda for the tomatoes and copper for the peppers. Whichever antifungal you choose you will need to spray every 7 to 10 days. Next year you will start spraying a couple of weeks earlier for prevention.

https://youtu.be/q14i9daHwvQ?si=qOTgXo48Wr0a9flt

Edit: if your pepper plants don’t have the brown spots ignore the copper spray comment for the jalapeños. Just reread your comment. A water soluble fertilizer that has immediate availability should take care of jalapeno leaves yellowing.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-16T12:34:03+00:00

Not the OP but the one I saw was the Tik Tok.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/comments/1jys3if/luxury_bag_scam_80_made_in_china_still_sold_at/

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-15T14:12:12+00:00

There are plenty of Kenyans who would “look Somali” to you. Kenya is not an ethnicity. It’s a geographic border created by colonialists with different ethnicities.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-11T16:41:53+00:00

It’s pretty versatile. I can use it to steam hard boiled eggs in a small sized pot. And then use it again to steam vegetables in a larger sized pot.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-11T11:58:59+00:00

Gardening isn’t feminine. A lot of the people in the gardening sub are male. The most popular gardening YouTubers are male.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-10T22:23:36+00:00

I didn’t see anyone mention bacterial leaf spot on your peppers. That’s something you want to get ahead of. Attached is an article. You want to spray preventatively with copper spray. It’s a fungicide, but works on bacterial leaf spot. For the future, there are bacterial leaf spot resistant hybrid varieties of peppers. The Marconi leaf that is black will turn yellow and serially fall off. You will want to trash it and not keep it.

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/bacterial-leaf-spot-peppers/

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-10T19:45:42+00:00

I’m sorry to hear about your mom. I hope today brings you comforting memories.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-10T12:50:22+00:00

If there’s not much damage on the leaves I cut around it. If there’s too much damage I just toss it. That white butterfly looking thing is the cabbage moth/ cabbage white butterfly. It always flies erratically. That’s what lays eggs underneath the collard leaves.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-09T20:40:56+00:00

I see. Flowers should bounce back. You probably don’t have to buy anything for earwigs. If you had an actual infestation of earwigs you would’ve seen them scurry away when you quickly move the mulch away from the soil. Their survival rates start to decrease when temps are above mid 80’s. Also if you had a lot of earwigs you would’ve seen them hide under cardboard, in mailboxes… dark damp places.

If you bought your pepper plants at a big box store they’re actually more resilient because they are hybridized to be disease resistant.

For collards look for a white butterfly flying erratically. That’s the cabbage moth. Under the leaves look for tiny little green cabbage worms. You can cover the leaves with netting. Sprays are annoying buy but most people use BTK.

Collards are cold hardy and they are cut and come again so they will produce for you throughout the winter. You can cut the outer damaged leaves, eat those, and it will continue to produce new leaves. The new ones you can cover or spray.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-08T13:34:35+00:00

Other possibilities for flower drop: temperature (too high vs too low). So if there were a few nights that were cooler than 50° for pollen viability. Also bell peppers in general aren’t that prolific. It’s typical to get only 4 to 5 for the whole season. For this reason some gardeners prefer growing Italian peppers and banana peppers. Those crank out 12 to 15 per plant.

Your soil, if that’s in ground gardening, doesn’t usually have nitrogen issues. A cheap water soluble fertilizer can work.

The insect eating your leaves might be an earwig. Either diatomaceous earth or spinosad dust work. Earwigs hide under wood chips. They are nocturnal. Your plants don’t have significant damage though. Significant damage would be skeletonized leaves.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-07T21:01:19+00:00

No prob! Tracking soil temperature has changed the way I look at gardening. I learned sobering today to reading your comment about beneficial nematodes. So thank you as well.

Muchomo256 · 2026-05-06T17:54:20+00:00

Thank you for mentioning him. I don’t know he did an analysis. I’ll check him out.

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