#GrowYourOwn is about my journey on learning to grow a decent portion of my own food to encourage a more sustainable food network in the world. I deeply believe it is very important for everyone to grow their own!
Showing posts with label pepper plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pepper plants. Show all posts
Monday, July 9, 2012
Long Red Cayenne Peppers!
I came across Long Red Cayenne Peppers at a local grocery store in the end of April. The price was very cheap for six 6 inch tall pepper plants so on a whim I decided to buy some. I kept them inside at night for a few weeks but then planted 3 in an old window box and the other three each in their own pot. Since it was very early in the growing season and the plants already had flowers on them, I did a little research. After searching the web I decided the best thing to do would be to pinch off the early blossoms in hope the plants would grow more. As you can see below this method worked and I now have cayenne pepper plants 3 to 4x the size they started at with at least over 100 peppers growing!!!! The photos where the plants are much larger were taken in early July!
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