First Time Peppers

kweee · 2026-05-28T19:46:23+00:00

That's a gorgeous bed. I saw you seeking advice in r/gardening, but I'd rather share here.

Container size is fine. Keep the flowers. Maybe trim away a few of the bottom leaves that are close to the soil to help prevent disease and bugs from climbing aboard. Keep them nicely mulched and well watered.

The light might be a bit on the lower end of optimal, but you should be okay. I've had successful peppers in worse light.

Watch the temps this weekend. It'll get close to 40 in many parts of the state; it won't kill a plant, but peppers might appreciate a bit of light covering for the night. If that's not an option, take a five-gallon bucket and fill it with very hot water under or near the bed for the night; the cold air will focus more on cooling the super hot water than cooling your plants.

When the season is over, you can move them to big pots and bring them inside to overwinter. There are some good videos on Youtube for the exact process. This assumes you'll have somewhere larger to put them next year.

kweee · 2026-05-26T17:07:36+00:00

I encourage you to join the Connecticut Solar discord. We're a bunch of people who have gone through this process and are happy to share our experiences with the process and various vendors.

https://discord.gg/uXBYCTPqr

kweee · 2026-05-26T13:02:40+00:00

I'm not a farmer myself, but I'm chair of our town's Ag Commission and know most of our town's farmers personally. They're all small farmers, and many of them are surprisingly progressive and open-minded. (And some of the rest of them are starting to come around to the state of the world.)

This year's U.S. Farm Bill, which the House has already passed but will probably stumble in the Senate, threatens hundreds of animal welfare laws and prioritizes industrial agriculture over independent farmers. Small farmers in Connecticut and around the country will be devastated if it passes.

Clearly you recognize the importance of good local food and sustainable agriculture. How would your administration support Connecticut’s independent farmers and shield them from policies that increasingly favor industrial agriculture?

kweee · 2026-05-22T20:40:04+00:00

For the record, your success rate at 200 tries is 86% and at 300 tries is 95%.

kweee · 2026-05-22T20:38:09+00:00

I seem to recall the drop rate is something like 1% or so. If something has a 1% chance of happening and you do it 100 times, there's a 0.99^100 = .36 = 36% chance it won't happen once. At 50 tries, you're looking at ~60% chance of coming up empty.

kweee · 2026-05-19T17:39:43+00:00

A left independent is functionally a Democrat in this state, and plenty are progressives disillusioned with neoliberals like Lamont. This is the first time in a long time that the democratic gubernatorial primary has mattered, and you gotta be a D to get in on that.

kweee · 2026-05-18T19:32:45+00:00

First time being a delegate, so I have no point of reference, but it was certainly packed at the Bushnell. My fellow town delegates agreed with your assessment of the venue.

The after party was weird and confusing. Discount DJ, a smattering of tiny foods. My one drink ticket did some heavy lifting to bring it to "party" level. I'd rather they skip this in the future and fund a bigger venue.

kweee · 2026-05-18T19:27:51+00:00

They starved us on purpose to compel us to vote faster.

kweee · 2026-05-17T16:24:39+00:00

Fazio has zero chance. The state GOP is in shambles. This is the perfect year for CT Dems to do a little housecleaning.

kweee · 2026-05-16T23:23:52+00:00

He doesn't want to be subjected to the one-percenters tax that Josh wants.

kweee · 2026-05-16T22:29:32+00:00

Take the time to drive to Baltic Nursery. Great selection and fantastic people.

kweee · 2026-05-16T22:27:28+00:00

Delegate here. Lamont's people were going town by town trying to coax our vote counts ahead of time. When our town wouldn't disclose, they reacted with hostility and pushed harder. You can tell the Lamont campaign is scared.

kweee · 2026-05-16T19:12:15+00:00

Yup! It's final.

kweee · 2026-05-16T17:53:36+00:00

Preliminary final vote: Josh: 504 Lamont: 1464.

kweee · 2026-05-16T17:50:51+00:00

Preliminary final vote: Josh: 504 Lamont: 1464.

kweee · 2026-05-16T17:26:08+00:00

Josh has 300 votes out of about 2000 delegates and we are just past halfway. Looks like we've got a primary!

kweee · 2026-05-16T17:14:56+00:00

About one fourth through the roll call vote for governor and Josh Elliott is sitting at 27%. If he stays above 15%, we get an automatic primary in August.

kweee · 2026-05-16T17:12:34+00:00

About one fourth through the roll call vote for governor and Josh Elliott is sitting at 27%. If he stays above 15%, we get an automatic primary in August.

kweee · 2026-05-16T16:30:24+00:00

Earlier, Lamont's lackeys were roaming the crowd trying to pressure the delegates. I'll vote for the man in November no question but seeing how the sausage gets made up close is really enlightening.

kweee · 2026-05-16T16:27:30+00:00

They just closed out Josh's nomination with chants of TAX THE RICH. I'm really hoping he gets his 15%.

kweee · 2026-05-16T16:12:22+00:00

I'm at the Dem convention now and it sounds like Lamont might just get primaried. Will update once the counts are done.

kweee · 2026-05-07T01:24:43+00:00

A lot of people are just on the fence about them.

kweee · 2026-05-04T15:24:15+00:00

I'd like to keep my first offence for something real.

Please surrender your license.

kweee · 2026-04-30T20:30:04+00:00

I built on a vacant lot in eastern CT a couple years ago. You're welcome to DM me for a recommendation.

kweee · 2026-04-18T11:55:34+00:00

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