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Sep 26, 2016 5:47 PM CST
Name: Rita
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cybrczch said:Today's harvest from the 'ugly stick beaten' pepper crop of 2016:

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Clockwise from upper left:
Sweet Banana peppers - my three plants were my mainstay this year. At least 5 per plant so far. Found one hiding in the tomato vines, that's the red one.
One bell, possibly Big Red or Ace, or maybe even King Arthur - fourth from the potted plant
One Gypsy - fifth from the potted plant.
Four Carmens - first harvest from them, one per plant - four foot plus plants bending over from the weight of the growing peppers. I'd settle for 2 foot plants with peppers a month earlier.
And one lone fauxlapeno - "Fooled You" - but it's because I picked them this weekend and didn't see I cracked the branch this one was on. Also picked a bunch of fauxbaneros that are dried and ready for a very mildly spicy powder.

As for my other beat-up pepper plants... I might get one pepper off of two Golden Star plants before frost. I might get one Big Bertha pepper off of four plants before frost. Big Red is Big Dead. And the one Ace pepper plant has 3-4 that are getting close to useful size.

Removing most of the tomato plants, harvesting fall beans, hoping fall cucumbers do something before it gets too cold (last night was first night temps dipped into upper 40s). Trying to decide which bed to put the garlic into next month.


Well, it does look like a nice pepper harvest.

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