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Gardening

Major Nikon

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8. If you want to make peppers hotter, don't water them very much

Reply to Aerows (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 07:10 PM

Jul 2014

Wait until the leaves wilt before you water them. It's very hard to kill pepper plants by under watering.

It is for this reason I never suspected by peppers grown hydroponically would be very hot because they get watered 4 times per day. Much to my surprise the opposite was true. I guess that because the roots were relatively dry the rest of the time it must have made a big difference. These things are so unique that I'm thinking about growing nothing but peppers next year and selling them at the local farmers market.

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OMG my Tabasco peppers finally grew [View all] Aerows Jul 2014 OP

Well done Aerows... nenagh Jul 2014 #1

This is the third time I've tried to grow them Aerows Jul 2014 #2

You have the knack now... :) nenagh Jul 2014 #3

She follows me everywhere I go! Aerows Jul 2014 #5

My jalapenos are hot as bejebus Major Nikon Jul 2014 #4

I'll bet they are delicious! Aerows Jul 2014 #6

When I eat them by themselves I usually roast them first Major Nikon Jul 2014 #10

Oh, and I'm growing some jalapenos, too Aerows Jul 2014 #7

If you want to make peppers hotter, don't water them very much Major Nikon Jul 2014 #8

It's so fantastic to grow peppers :) Aerows Jul 2014 #9