Check this out!
 

It wont be long now!
Red Savina
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Red Scotch Bonnet
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Colour me green with envy....I've been totally restricted on growing anything this year. Sighhhhh. And that scotch bonnet is making me salivate. Sighhhhhhhhh.....enjoy!

Nice!

Are these over-wintered plants or new this spring?

Me too, i am so envious.....i cant plant anything until next week (the 21st), our last frost date.

Nice plants! & so early too!

[quote=Blueaussi;130336]Nice!

Are these over-wintered plants or new this spring?[/quote]
I planted the seed the last week of December :)

beautiful plants
 

Brian.... I curse you southerners :twisted:
Planting season around here gets off to a slow start...but you have some beautiful plants there sir:D

[QUOTE=Sprocket;130795]Brian.... I curse you southerners :twisted:
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Whoa, talk about stuff being relative! I don't see him as southern at all.

[QUOTE=Blueaussi;130890]Whoa, talk about stuff being relative! I don't see him as southern at all.[/QUOTE]

Well, most of you are south of here unless you're in Alaska or "northern Canada" or perhaps Europe...so I guess its all relative :)) :twisted: :)) :twisted:

It also possible to get early pepper harvest in true north. Everyone else here is southener to me!;)

Aji Omnicolor
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Craig's #6
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Bolivian Rainbow
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I had a good chance of some early scotch bonnets from an overwintered plant that sprung to life until Mr or Mrs Deer made a visit the other night!

I had a nice Brazilian Pumpkin I overwintered that was covered in blossoms about a month back, but they dropped after several cool rainy days.

Ah well, patience is a virtue.

Nice pictures, Svalli! Your indoor peppers are looking great.

I'm with you ... everyone else is a southerner as far as I'm concerned!

:lol: 8-)

Thanks Ddsack! I'm keeping as many pepper plants as possible indoors this year. I was able to overwinter only one from last year. Most were killed by aphids. I am hoping to keep the plants pest free indoors, so I can keep them going as long as possible. The overwintered Biquinho, is blooming but no fruit set yet.

I know that International Falls can get pretty cold during winters, but Minnesota is still south for me. I looked at the globe and was amazed, when I realised that Antarctic Peninsula is on same degrees south as we are north. If the ocean currents change, it is getting really hard to grow anything here:shock:.

I am always amazed by the power of those warm ocean currents. You look at the globe and see that Britain with their enviable gardening heritage, is on the same lattitude as the Hudson Bay area which I think of as the near arctic wastes. And Seattle, which is pretty close to my exact latitude has much milder weather and longer growing season than me. :(

The problem (or benefit?) of living in the center of a continent is that we have more temperature extremes than either coasts which are moderated by ocean currents. So we can have summer heat waves into the 90'sF/33C and winter lows below zero to -35F/ -37C or lower. We have a short late spring and earlier fall than the coasts, but can often make up for it by more clear hot sunny days in the summer which make for good growing weather. In my location, most years, summer tends to be too dry, rather than too wet. Last year was a bit cooler than I've gotten used to for the last 15 years or so, so I selfishly hope the global warming/el nino or whatever trend has raised our summer temps will return this year, solely for the benefit of my tomatoes and peppers!
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