Strange, but true, story

recruiterg · October 5, 2012

I have a Peppadew plant that I overwintered in my house last winter.
The plant produced a ton of peppers.
I harvested about 30 peppers to make pickled Peppadews.
The plant had about 50 ripe peppers on it.
It was planted next to a variety of other peppers: Jalapeno, Santa Fe Grande, Bhut Jolokia, Serrano, etc...
I went out last week to harvest the rest of the Peppadews.
Some animal picked the plant entirely clean. All the peppers were gone.
I found the remnants in the back of my flower garden behind an ornamental grass plant.
The other pepper plants were not touched. Only the Peppadew.

Fusion_power · October 5, 2012

Gophers are likely. This time of year, they will pick a pepper plant clean and store the fruits in a burrow for winter.

DarJones

Redbaron · October 6, 2012

yeah, I am battling 5 different species of rodent myself righ now. arrrrrg

saltmarsh · October 6, 2012

I'd suggest spraying your plants with a hot pepper spray to act as a deterrent. I make mine by mixing 2 tablespoons of crushed red pepper in a gallon of water, boil for 15 minutes, allow to sit for 24 hours, strain and add another gallon of water to make 2 gallons of spray.

If you have mulch and worms making an attractive home for the rodents, you might consider using a rodenticide with vitamin D3 as the active ingredient. Claud

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FILMNET · October 6, 2012

That why Perradew seeds are not sold any where!!! I bet rodents which ate them in Africa got on ships and when the ship were there rodent were out.

October 5, 2012	#1
recruiterg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4) Posts: 945	Strange, but true, story I have a Peppadew plant that I overwintered in my house last winter. The plant produced a ton of peppers. I harvested about 30 peppers to make pickled Peppadews. The plant had about 50 ripe peppers on it. It was planted next to a variety of other peppers: Jalapeno, Santa Fe Grande, Bhut Jolokia, Serrano, etc... I went out last week to harvest the rest of the Peppadews. Some animal picked the plant entirely clean. All the peppers were gone. I found the remnants in the back of my flower garden behind an ornamental grass plant. The other pepper plants were not touched. Only the Peppadew.

October 6, 2012	#3
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	yeah, I am battling 5 different species of rodent myself righ now. arrrrrg __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

October 5, 2012	#2
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Gophers are likely. This time of year, they will pick a pepper plant clean and store the fruits in a burrow for winter. DarJones

October 6, 2012	#4
saltmarsh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: 2 miles south of Yoknapatawpha Zone 7b Posts: 662	I'd suggest spraying your plants with a hot pepper spray to act as a deterrent. I make mine by mixing 2 tablespoons of crushed red pepper in a gallon of water, boil for 15 minutes, allow to sit for 24 hours, strain and add another gallon of water to make 2 gallons of spray. If you have mulch and worms making an attractive home for the rodents, you might consider using a rodenticide with vitamin D3 as the active ingredient. Claud http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vi...&context=vpc11

October 6, 2012	#5
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	That why Perradew seeds are not sold any where!!! I bet rodents which ate them in Africa got on ships and when the ship were there rodent were out.