note to self

encore · July 7, 2016

note to self : next year don't plant the peppers between the cherry tomatoes! lol the second -forth and sixth buckets from the left are pepper plants. or from the right i guess too! lol

Ed of Somis · July 9, 2016

well, you sure can't complain about your healthy mater plants! What do you use for potting mix to get those results?

ginger2778 · July 9, 2016

That is a strong, healthy looking jungle. Nice problem to have lol.

encore · July 9, 2016

lol jungle is right! peppers are trying to get above them , only a couple of low blossoms and peppers starting, all the rest of the blossoms are high, not as many as last year,pretty sure they need a bit more sun, was gone for 5 days and the tomatoes got out of control, the soil mix is just peat---compost---perlite---garden lime-- and 10-10-10 fert.

encore · July 9, 2016

think i should have put the peppers on the ends! lol next year!

encore · August 31, 2016

well the peppers are happy now that a few of the tomato plants are gone!
here is a list of tomato prodution in the gutter grow system,
red rose---13 (did'nt care for taste)
celebrity---22 (10 still ripening on plant)
mountain merit---28 (6 still ripening)
bush beef steak--19 (a few still ripening)
believe it or not----20 (2 still ripening, )
burpee early girl---53 (good producer)
bush early girl--(did'nt count, they were red but hard and tasteless, used for
sauce with lots of spices lol)
2 sun gold and 1 super sweet 100's-- thousands
big zac---20 (was grown in the ground)
so there you have it!---tom

schill93 · August 31, 2016

encore, your using the rain gutter system with that? I really like the looks of the stand
you built. How long is it?

encore · August 31, 2016

10 foot rain gutter, i'm going with less buckets next year, (too crowded) pretty sure 9 buckets would fit if you wanted them that close.

rudylr · September 1, 2016

I have one row of pepper plants in my RGGS with 7 plants thats working good for me. Now that the plants are bigger and producing more they are catching up with my other peppers that I top water. Early on I think they were getting too wet. My problem this year is I am not getting any heat out of my reg. jalopeno or biker billy or cherry bomb or cayenne.Hopefully watering them less will bring some heat.

July 9, 2016	#2
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	well, you sure can't complain about your healthy mater plants! What do you use for potting mix to get those results?

July 9, 2016	#3
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	That is a strong, healthy looking jungle. Nice problem to have lol.

July 9, 2016	#4
encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	lol jungle is right! peppers are trying to get above them , only a couple of low blossoms and peppers starting, all the rest of the blossoms are high, not as many as last year,pretty sure they need a bit more sun, was gone for 5 days and the tomatoes got out of control, the soil mix is just peat---compost---perlite---garden lime-- and 10-10-10 fert.

August 31, 2016	#7
schill93 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Nevada Posts: 275	encore, your using the rain gutter system with that? I really like the looks of the stand you built. How long is it?

September 1, 2016	#9
rudylr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: nebraska Posts: 30	I have one row of pepper plants in my RGGS with 7 plants thats working good for me. Now that the plants are bigger and producing more they are catching up with my other peppers that I top water. Early on I think they were getting too wet. My problem this year is I am not getting any heat out of my reg. jalopeno or biker billy or cherry bomb or cayenne.Hopefully watering them less will bring some heat.