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baymule
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Eighty five jalapenos from 6 plants! WOW. That is crazy, how did you do it? Any tips?
Mary
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Eighty five jalapenos from 6 plants! WOW. That is crazy, how did you do it? Any tips?
Mary
Hi Bay. I know that you're in northern Texas but on the east side. Will you be in any way impacted by Laura?
Just checking in on you and hubs and the animals.
Ridge, you bet this sweet thing can be vicious when I have to be! hahaMary, how much room do you have around that bed? They can take up a lot of the open space around it. By pruning and tying them back you can kind of keep them under control but an indeterminate will want to climb and spread. Are you planting determinate or indeterminate?
On the length, if you plant your first plant 6" from the end, the next one 2'-6", the next 4'-6", and the fourth 6'-6" you can get 24" spacing that direction. If you plant them 9" in from each side, you have two rows of 4 plants, each plant 2' away from the others in all directions. That's not bad spacing. If I remember right that's pretty much the spacing that Bay uses. A sketch can help you visualize this.
I think it's doable but expect them to take a lot more room outside your bed than you might expect even with vicious pruning. As sweet, nice, and gentle as you are I think you can be vicious enough when it's required.