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I am a little confused about hydrogen peroxide. Diluted properly with water, it is supposed to be of benefit to plants.
If the "green mold" is not mold but algae, and therefore green plants, would hydrogen peroxide kill or limit the algae?
Algae shows up at times on the soil surface in pots in the greenhouse. I just sprinkle a little potting soil over it and that works well enough to suppress it.
Steve
If the "green mold" is not mold but algae, and therefore green plants, would hydrogen peroxide kill or limit the algae?
Algae shows up at times on the soil surface in pots in the greenhouse. I just sprinkle a little potting soil over it and that works well enough to suppress it.
Steve
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I am trying out the Praxxus method of pruning peppers. If you cit off the top 2/3 of a pepper plant after the plant reaches 12" it should sprout new growth out the remainder of the stalk in at least 2 spots. and after those shoots get bigger cut them down, and they will sprout 2 more and so on and so fourth till your pepper monster is balanced and big enough to make you happy. Praxxus on youtube has a trinidad pepper plant like 4' tall and 3.5' in diameter. AMAZING.
That pepper plant was started from seed 1/30/2013
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... hp?t=51107 here is my grow room set-up
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... hp?t=51034 here is my greenhouse. I don't want to hijack this thread, so I will start another thread for the pruning portion
That pepper plant was started from seed 1/30/2013
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... hp?t=51107 here is my grow room set-up
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/v ... hp?t=51034 here is my greenhouse. I don't want to hijack this thread, so I will start another thread for the pruning portion
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I expect that pruning style is most useful if you are going to treat your pepper plant as a perennial and try to over-winter it. I imagine the huge plant is several years old. If you are just growing it for one season as an annual, the way us northerners typically do, I suspect you are just slowing down when you are going to get any peppers.
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Yes I am planning on bringing my plant in over winter.
However the HUGE plant I refer to is only 1 year old. He is starting an experiment with 2 identical plants 1 normal growth and 1 pruned growth. He is testing for single year growth and production. From his description this method helps even during year 1.
Personally I do not plan on getting peppers off this plant this year. I am going to use this method of cutting and bushing all my pepper plants and just stop when it is time for them to start producing. but in 1 month I have gone from seed to pepper plants with a 1/4" diameter stalk and is making branches off of that.
here is his video so you can see what I am talking about. It is a 3 part series over a year to get to the end product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XmfoASl_Lg
Look around the 3 minute mark
However the HUGE plant I refer to is only 1 year old. He is starting an experiment with 2 identical plants 1 normal growth and 1 pruned growth. He is testing for single year growth and production. From his description this method helps even during year 1.
Personally I do not plan on getting peppers off this plant this year. I am going to use this method of cutting and bushing all my pepper plants and just stop when it is time for them to start producing. but in 1 month I have gone from seed to pepper plants with a 1/4" diameter stalk and is making branches off of that.
here is his video so you can see what I am talking about. It is a 3 part series over a year to get to the end product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XmfoASl_Lg
Look around the 3 minute mark
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