Peppers 2023

[heirloomgal]

Those are beautiful peppers! They remind me a little of Weaver's Stuffing Mennonites.

Here's a pic of last years Osmarsko's

 

[Zeedman]

Ooooh, those do look good.

 

[Branching Out]

I am trying to determine just how appealing pepper plants are to deer. What I am finding online suggests that they tend to leave peppers alone. Has anyone grown pepper plants in a garden with deer?

 

[flowerbug]

I am trying to determine just how appealing pepper plants are to deer. What I am finding online suggests that they tend to leave peppers alone. Has anyone grown pepper plants in a garden with deer?

no, i've never been willing to risk it. even if they didn't like them in particular they still may end up trampling them while trying to get at other plants. when i only have a few plants, each one is important.

 

[Branching Out]

no, i've never been willing to risk it. even if they didn't like them in particular they still may end up trampling them while trying to get at other plants. when i only have a few plants, each one is important.

That is kind of my thoughts as well. We have a gap between the skirting of our manufactured home and the retaining wall that surrounds it. I think could be a nice warm spot with a fair amount of radiant heat for pepper plants; might just try them there, out of harms way.🦌

 

[flowerbug]

That is kind of my thoughts as well. We have a gap between the skirting of our manufactured home and the retaining wall that surrounds it. I think could be a nice warm spot with a fair amount of radiant heat for pepper plants; might just try them there, out of harms way.🦌

as long as it isn't being presented to them at about salad bar height. i'm not sure if they are protected at all by the retaining wall or not... good luck. you would be being braver than i.

 

[Branching Out]

Good point flowerbug-- it would indeed resemble a salad bar. A cover of Reemay may be in order. The critters seems to leave crops alone once the row cover is in place; perhaps an out of sight, out of mind kind of thing.