Lets talk pepper plants

The biggest tip is to prune much more than you feel comfortable with. Once the plant gets two levels of leaves top it at the main stem.

Just picked up some Habanero, Ghost and Bell Pepper plants a to put in tomorrow morning.

Also picked up a couple varieties of cucumbers, one for salads and slicing and one for pickling.

I got my yard long seeds in the ground this morning and will put the cucumber seeds in tomorrow, along with the pepper plants.

Then on Monday I'll get my okra seeds in the ground. I usually let between 60-70 okra plants grow and won't pull them until sometime around mid September. By that time they'll be around 8 ft. tall.

I've been growing Thais for 4 years now. I have to use pots to move into sunlight because my yard is a forest.

In Feb. I plant seeds indoors gathered from last year's peppers and stored in the freezer. The seedlings stay in a window until Mar. Then I put them outside in small pots and then larger pots in May.

They start flowering in May and start producing in early June. They'll keep producing until November. I select the largest ones and remove seeds and freeze for next year. I use compost pile for every re pot to a larger container.

No trouble with birds but watch out for green slugs that look exactly like the leaves.