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Posted: Jul/30/2008 4:31 PM PST
The long pepper is cayenne long pepper..go fiqure...I dont know when it is ready to pick..is it suppose to turn red first??..I see something dark on that pepper as well as on my..Cubanelle pimenta..the picture shows these to be red or yellow..When does one know when they are ready.? Also, I have three pepper plants in the same container..cayenne..cubanelle..and haberna..will these cross contaminate??. will they all be "hot"?.I guess you can tell I know absolutely nothing about gardening..But I am trying to learn..I have also posted a picture of I think a weed growing up the side of my shed...it has a fairly large stalk and ugly leaves.. it is growing between my rhododendron and hostas. I have never seen this before until a month ago. Help please.... Attachments:    |
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Posted: Jul/30/2008 6:02 PM PST
Peppers are for the most part self pollinators so it does not matter how close you plant them, except if you plan to save the seeds for next year. Somertimes they cross pollinate when you have differernt types to close due to the pollen being carried by bees or other bugs. It will not affect the fruit of this year's crop. Cayenne’s are ripe when they are red. I suggest you try one at different stages, you may find you like them better younger. Do not grow the other two you listed. I generally I pick a few peppers as they grow to eating size which prevents me from having them come due all at once. Another guide is to check the days to maturity usually found on the tag or seed package. Can not help with the weed. |
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Posted: Jul/30/2008 6:41 PM PST
The tall plant looks like Lactuca canadensis, or wild lettuce. It looks like something happened to it too though. It is very spotty and yellow. |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 6:28 AM PST
Well, I got bells and banana peppers this year and they were all planted together because they were listed as ALL BELLS! Sorry that is a very long story! Anyway, the two plants crossed and now my bells are a green(bell colored banana pepper they do not get any bell shape to them but they are doing the same thing that your picture #2 are doing. The coloration on picture number two. I brought mine in after they started to turn that black/purple color and within 24 hours they were starting to be REALLY soggy (No Good) If your pepper plants All varieties are close to eachother they might not get any bigger and may be no good anymore! SORRY. Like I saif since mine cross pollinated they now grow just like my bananas in shape and almost color. Have you tasted any of your bell peppers yet? That is the true way to tell if they crossed. I tasted one of my bells and at first you taste the bell but then this pungent taste hits you.....then you know they crossed. Sorry for the lenth of this info. Just thought I would share. |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 7:14 AM PST
Just pull that weed out! |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 2:01 PM PST
The peppers shouldn't change flavor just because they are next to each other- so no worries there! I don't know if they would cross-pollinate one another though- so I wouldn't try saving and growing out the seeds for next year. Family- not sure why your peppers would taste yucky. It shouldn't have anything to do with different types planted near each other. Maybe you are waiting too long before picking...Or it could be they were mis-labeled. It happens, and pepper plants are pretty tough to tell apart before they start bearing... I pick mine when they reach the size I am looking for. All green bell peppers will turn to yellow or red the longer they are left on the plant. As for the weed- I would pull it out. Wild lettuce is a non-native plant, and I don't think it tastes good either 
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