tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post5553855382074624803..comments2024-02-23T11:14:47.632+02:00Comments on Annie's Journal: the last pickings of summer in the gardenAnnie's Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090526620020692343noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post-63190829975457078982017-12-26T13:22:38.693+02:002017-12-26T13:22:38.693+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113192659213764907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post-2566991154241181832017-12-02T16:33:03.864+02:002017-12-02T16:33:03.864+02:00The chili pepper harvest are so fresh and plentifu...The chili pepper harvest are so fresh and plentiful! We don't have winter but plenty of rain and my chili plants are not doing well in this rain.Nancy Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790364807514237397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post-5640208779299557442017-11-27T01:55:59.096+02:002017-11-27T01:55:59.096+02:00Your produce always looks so healthy and fresh Ann...Your produce always looks so healthy and fresh Annie.<br />The Hosta blooms are gorgeous - similar to Epiphyllums that I have blooming here at the moment... entirely different leaves but I thought that's what I was seeing at first.<br />Cheers as you great the colder months :D)Sue (this n that)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06391234047655434003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post-56655276423997855502017-11-24T20:10:33.219+02:002017-11-24T20:10:33.219+02:00Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and e...Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. It's well appreciated:)It all makes a lot of sense the way you do it...so, I guess, at this time - it's just too late for me to pot my peppers to bring indoors. But I'll do my best with some of the plants I've already managed to pot up, with the very useful tips you shared on how to care for them overwinter. Wishing you a happy weekend!Annie's Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090526620020692343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175865320341351639.post-22884165731772179382017-11-24T19:52:15.940+02:002017-11-24T19:52:15.940+02:00When you get around to bringing in a bell pepper p...When you get around to bringing in a bell pepper plant or 2, please know that you will need at least a spot with bright light to a sunny situation, and that damp soil is death to them! When I had appropriate spots at my previous home, I'd re-pot them in mid summer with tons of roots, get them adjusted, and then loaded with buds bring them inside about 10-14 days before turning on any house heating. This way they adjusted and continued producing inside. Just watering sparingly. The reason this works at all (you may know this) is that peppers are perennials in their native central America.<br /><br />Another way that I accomplished the same thing (almost!) was to re-pot (from the garden itself) in mid summer, wrap with cloth and plastic layers, leave on a plastic wrapped back porch, near the door to the house, which leaked a little heat. And maybe pulled them inside when the temps were slated to drop below freezing. Given the plastic layer (to break breezes and hold moisture in) I only ever watered them 1 or 2 times a winter, before setting them back outside in early Spring. This was also successful for a few years with absolutely huge eggplant (aubergine) plants, <br /><br />I found that I averaged 80 peppers per year per plant with this system! Really hope you get to try this out, even tho your climate is more extreme that here in Louisiana. When I lived in New Jersey (Zone 6 in our climate zone system) this method also worked.Best of luck! ldc<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com