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I've never grown anything like this but after thinking about it, we used to buy honeydew melons and cantaloupes every now and then. Pieces destined for the compost pile might end up where one wouldn't expect them to... but to my inexperienced eye this doesn't look round enough and too smooth to...

The following mystery vine took off this summer. Best I can guess based on where the seeds are, is that it might have ended up there passing though the digestive tract of a canadian goose as they frequently fly over towards a pond in the back 40. I mainly state that because I haven't seen any...

I have Clemson spineless growing again but it took a while after an unusually cold and cloudy spring. Seeded some around April 1st and it didn't take. Seeded some two weeks later and half took but it was too cold and windy and all that got knocked out except two stray sprouts that somehow...

^ They have special waterproof paper now with a matte coating on one side that the ink will stick to.

On many you can also use a laser printer. Here's a site comparing a few though I would disregard the pricing as it looks a little on the high side to me: http://www.waterproofpaper.com/selecting-waterproof-paper.shtml They claim some can use an inkjet printer too but in my experience inkjet...

I just turn under stuff like that when I prep the garden bed, thinking a little extra fiber in my high clay soil is a good thing. Many seeds are also high in magnesium, I actually threw a few thousand okra seeds into a bed as a way to get rid of them in a productive way... then tramped over the...

Growth rate will slow once it is putting more energy into growing the fruit. I should mention that I try to never trim anything except topping plants later in the season if something gets too tall, if I run out of length on tomato stakes or don't want to get a ladder out to pick okra. Then...

Where are you located? Assuming it's a small(ish) plant right now, it is a bit late in the season in many areas to get one to a large size. Seeding a lot isn't much of a problem since you're picking the fruit off to eat, unless they're in a remote location you don't monitor. I wouldn't call...

^ Yes, they can go dormant and come back next spring, BUT you must water every few weeks to keep the soil slightly damp. There's a perpetual debate among pepper growers about what amount of trimming is best. Some say to cut back to the stem, others a little less, while I leave the plant...

I have strong/fragrant plants like lavender, cilantro, and dill growing nearby which may drive a few insects away. Tomatoes and other things are further away from their scent.

^ That type of worm never eats my peppers but occasionally a smaller different type does. Then again I rarely ever see that type of worm on my peppers at all. The moths seem to prefer laying eggs on the nearby tomato plants.

Depending on the lengths you are willing to go to, you can mow the lawn short and spray an insecticide on it, put an insecticide on the plants, even take an art brush to the bottoms of the leaves to remove the eggs that moths lay there. However I agree with catjac, the plants usually survive a...

Dig out a hole as large as you can without harming adjacent plants' roots much, at least a few inches wider and deeper than the plants current root system (presuming you started them in pots). When transplanting, mix into that as much brown organic matter as possible. In other words get that...

Most of the vitamins remain. Vinegar will convert some minerals to (non-sodium) salts that to a small extent will leech out into water. Foods are healthier fresh but pickled beats thrown away because it rotted. The main down-side is if it has a high sodium content from pickling in brine...

There are two primary problems. One is that the soil will compact too much and the roots will rot. The second is that once the water drains away it will still be very humid and the soil surface will stay wet a long time, leading to fungal growth. I wouldn't worry too much about cold weather...

Once the last frost date has passed you should put them outside for an hour a day, then two, and so on till they are hardened to outdoor conditions. It is now time to thin them a bit, removing at least half in each pot so the rest have more room and nutrients to grow. If you add your location...

I mostly grow peppers in pots. The size pot you need depends a bit on what your limitation is, whether it be # of plants, # of pots, or sunshine. For someone with a short growing season I would recommend a greater # of smaller pots IF you have to choose, because not only will the plants not...

Adjust soil pH to 6.71439 ;) Kidding aside, an ever so slightly acidic soil helps with mineral uptake, but a lot of us have slightly acidic rain and are getting soil that decomposes into an acidic state anyway. Is there anything unusual or noteworthy about the soil you're using?

I suspect Juniper in the name was thrown in as creative marketing. Then again if you cross a couple different bells then you get to name it whatever you want to, unless someone comes along with a valid trademark or patent dispute.

^ Thanks. I'm slowly developing what I call my Soylent Green theory... that they grow better if they eat the remains of last year's plants. Dried pepper leaves crumble really well into practically dust without much effort then I shred up the stems and mix it all into the soil that I prepare...