"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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Do you stake your pepper plants? This year I'll be planting habanero,
jalapeno, serrano, cayenne, pablano, garden salsa, banana, and bell
peppers.

Thanks,
Gary


I usually put those little cheap sorry tomato cages around my peppers. It
helps prevent broken branches when there's a wind storm or if they have a
heavy fruit load.

Good idea. I have a bunch of those I can use. Last year was my first having
a garden, and I used them for my tomatoes not knowing that they are far too
small and flimsy.


BTW, my brother bought mild habanero-like plants from some mail order
place
last year instead of growing seeds. He watered them in with fish
emulsion,
put a heavy duty 5' tomato cage around each one, and they grew over 8 feet
tall! I've never seen a pepper plant that big before, and he had a dozen
of 'em; several different varieties.

Definitely some huge plants he had. Last year my habanero plants were about
3 or 4 feet.

Thanks,
Gary