Re: [CH] Pepper plants indoors

Matt (buckeye@accesstoledo.com)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 16:00:11 -0500 

I transplanted a few Habs from the garden this fall and have them in 12-inch
pots in the basement under 40-watt flourescent fixtures suspended about
6-inches over the tops of the plants.  I have not had to help pollinate
them, although the local extension office says that this may be useful.  The
biggest problem to date have been aphids and fungus gnats which don't like
to be told to vacate their new home.  I water the Habs from the bottom tray
of the pots and once each month I give them a little fertilizer in water.  I
left a few Habs in the garden after cutting them down to just above the
ground and hopefully they will grow next spring.  By far though, chili de
arbols have grown the best under the fluorescent bulbs and have remained
virtually pest free.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chet Bacon <hcbacon@connix.com>
To: Chile-Heads Digest <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 10:56 AM
Subject: [CH] Pepper plants indoors


>Al though I have been lerkin' in the background and this is my first
>attempt posting - I wonder if I want peppers from my Habs (saved from
>Jack Frost) indoors, do I have to pollinate them?  Has anyone had
>success with producing Habs indoors?  If so what was done?
>
>On another note:
>I brought into work one of the plants and much to my amazment our
>cleaning woman from India munched one of the habs without so much as a
>blink!  She says that India has hotter peppers then Habs.  True or Not?
>If so what are these wonders (she has yet to bring me in some)?
>
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