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To: greeneyes

Down to the last 18 tomatoes going. 3 picked today from that.

Some Basil plants slightly produce - they are near their end.

Sweet snacking peppers - 4 going but only 1 turning orange (finally).

Still about 11-13 peppers going - at least 6 are purple.

Carrots I ain’t digging up until late October or early November. Will report how those went. Best 50 cent package of seeds I’ve seen yet (Walmart close-out).

Wish I could have found more.

I’ve got lots of healthy pepper plants - probably 75 - but no greenhouse way to keep them going. A shame, really.

In a greenhouse I’m sure they’d produce quite well.

I have strong Tomato plants as well - probably 3-6 dozen or more growing. Running out of time - I doubt they’ll have time to produce.


69 posted on 10/02/2016 5:49:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

I still have 3 pepper plants going strong with lots of peppers. We like them red so this time of year I’ll prune off any branches that don’t have fruit. Seems to help the rest of the plant last longer and the fruit mature a little quicker.


73 posted on 10/04/2016 8:52:13 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). Time to Pray, Prepare, and Participate.)
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To: SaveFerris

If you have a window, you can continue some stuff indoors.

I dug up a pepper plant that hubby had, dumped it into a pot and brought it indoors. It produced pepper plants all winter. I was in front of a Western facing patio door, and I turned on the grow light for 2 hrs after the sun went down.

Same for the tomatoes. I sliced off the branches of every tomato plant that had tomatoes or flowers. Stripped off the bottom leaves, and stuck them into a pot about the height of a 5 gallon bucket. Most of them developed roots, and some even reflowered and grew tomatoes all winter.

I kept a basil plant alive in a 6 inch pot for a little over 5 years, before pitching it - it looked a bit like a bonsai. LOL


79 posted on 10/07/2016 4:44:21 PM PDT by greeneyes
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