Finally got my veggie plants in the dirt.

submitted by Zapped from self.gardening

I got a couple of tomato plants and a few pepper plants. Serrano, Carolina Reaper, Ghost, and Tabasco. I put them all in large pots on the East side of the house so they won't get baked in the afternoon.

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Peppers like relatively fertile soil in my experience. Really, it seems like they like a lot of everything... nutrients, sun, and water.

[–]Zapped[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

My jalapeños, bell peppers, and tomatoes didn't do well in full afternoon sun last year. Only when I moved them to afternoon shade did they take off. The banana peppers went crazy, though.

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Yeah, this is definitely true of established plants. I actually went back and looked at my notes from when I grew them. I had a hard time getting them to germinate, so I went "all out," but peppers are not a full-sun plant.

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MuhPeppers

[–]Zapped[S] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

I'll be coming for some sauce recipes in a month or two, u/AmericanMuskrat.

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We were just talking about this the other day! The consensus was that you should roast the chiles in vinegar and then (blend?) them?

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A little vinegar, or lime juice, goes in, for the acidity, but it's not roasted in vinegar. I deseed the tomatoes, roast the tomatoes, onion, garlic, and peppers. The tomato skins get removed. It has to cool (hot stuff in a blender is no bueno without a vent), and blend it with cilantro. Then I tend to add some finely diced fresh tomatoes by hand also.

u/Zapped - we expect pics of your bounty.

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Oh man, two of the hottest peppers ever. RIP.

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It's a bold play, let's see if it works out for his anus.