Just shy of 200 chilis, many varieties hardening up to be moved to the greenhouse
where they will live until the soil outside is warm enough and the spring pests are waning. I still have another dozen trays inside to be rotated.
by Equivalent-Collar655
4 Comments
SonnyHaze
That sounds like an F1 seed fantasy. Please report back next year!
PantryBandit
What kind of greenhouse do you have? Do you keep it heated? What are your nightly lows? I got one last year and I’m so nervous about putting my peppers out into it and them cooking/freezing anyways.
Washedurhairlately
I think you need a few more. No reason to be just shy of 200, let’s hit that mark. 😂
This year I learned that my ambitions were just a tad high. I went from managing 10 total plants, all peppers, to trying to manage a national forest worth of peppers, wildflowers, cultivated flowers, herbs, vegetable, cover, and trap crops. I have 75 peppers hardening off in trays, 20 sitting in grow bags or pots, and 24 sitting in one raised bed. I’m enjoying it, but I’m also working full time, so next year I’m scaling back to a dozen or so varieties of peppers that I want experiment with crossing, some vegetables and flowers, and that’s that.
Equivalent-Collar655
I just have a Costco greenhouse. I use an inkbird thermostat and a ceramic heater. Also, I use black buckets filled with water as a thermal mass. It just started warming up but by a week from next Tuesday the low is predicted to be 28°. I’m supposed to have several overcast days that are great for hardening. Even with lows in the 20’s° the plants should survive with the heater. I’m in hardiness zone 7A
4 Comments
That sounds like an F1 seed fantasy. Please report back next year!
What kind of greenhouse do you have? Do you keep it heated? What are your nightly lows? I got one last year and I’m so nervous about putting my peppers out into it and them cooking/freezing anyways.
I think you need a few more. No reason to be just shy of 200, let’s hit that mark. 😂
This year I learned that my ambitions were just a tad high. I went from managing 10 total plants, all peppers, to trying to manage a national forest worth of peppers, wildflowers, cultivated flowers, herbs, vegetable, cover, and trap crops. I have 75 peppers hardening off in trays, 20 sitting in grow bags or pots, and 24 sitting in one raised bed. I’m enjoying it, but I’m also working full time, so next year I’m scaling back to a dozen or so varieties of peppers that I want experiment with crossing, some vegetables and flowers, and that’s that.
I just have a Costco greenhouse. I use an inkbird thermostat and a ceramic heater. Also, I use black buckets filled with water as a thermal mass. It just started warming up but by a week from next Tuesday the low is predicted to be 28°. I’m supposed to have several overcast days that are great for hardening. Even with lows in the 20’s° the plants should survive with the heater. I’m in hardiness zone 7A