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Could be most anything when it comes from compost. As was said, very possible mixed parentage (hybrid seed which won't come true.).

Agree that it is most likely a cross of some kind or a hybrid throw back since it's coming from the compost pile.

Dave

I live where slugs and snails are ABUNDANT. Hand picking and either Sluggo or Cory's snail bait are really the only ways to go. Copper works, too, but if any bit of dirt, leaves, etc. that go over the copper will render it useless. And yep, you can eat slug/snail eaten leaves; just wash 'em first!

Thank you. I will show all those responses to the family members so they will it .

Looks a bit like Septoria to me.. that's a fungal infection that the nightshade family is susceptible to (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, etc)

Google "tomato spotted wilt virus". That's what it looks like to me. I believe this virus can infect potatoes as well.

Hmm, duplicate post I can't get rid of .. Fill In The Blank

This post was edited by MKSinSA on Sat, May 25, 13 at 21:48

Oh my gosh, you are all so funny! I feel so much better now knowing I am not alone.

I went to the nursery yesterday to return a plant I wasn't happy with and came out much poorer. It was a trap. Easy returns but you're still going to pay! I have the stuff rolling around in the back of my truck. I'm hiding it from you-know-who. :)

Just to keep things straight, I really am not a hoarder. I just tend to get a little carried away periodically.

Many, many thanks to those in the military past and present.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday. It looks like its going to be great gardening/BBQ weather here today.

@ farmerdill: your eggplants look great! These are my two eggplant and I wish they can bear fruits like yours!

They look great at this point. By harvest you should be able to post some great pics. My photos were from prior years. This is what this years crop appear right now. A trial variety of Japanese eggplant (Black Shine)

Sorry, I meant paygep had the likely answer. Pot size or feed isn't an issue at this stage of development, I would think.

I have never had much luck with sweet corn between it's very finicky growing habits (as compared to dent and flint cultivars) and animal pests eating the ears as they begin to ripen. Sweet-corn regions tend to have very good ground, ideal climate and extirpation of pests. No doubt though we will all continue to try.

The cutest is the young Black Beauty eggplant, hands down.

Fairy Tale eggplant. Actually, any minature eggplant that is not a single shade of purple.

Yeah, my lettuce has been great this year, too. So satisfying not to have to go out and buy a bag of the organic gourmet mix for $$$.

Your lettuce beds look prolific rayinpenn! Wish you have the same success with your other cucurbit plants too.

I usually keep new plants that I have BOUGHT under a tree, or something shaded or protected for a day or so. Nancy

Don't forget to harden them "gradually", it is the most important thing before they go outside for good. I see some Cucurbitaceae plants that you should give a bit of shade in the first few days they were put out.

PN, read these

Western Diseases: Their Emergence and Prevention, by Drs. Trowell and Burkitt
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Dr. Weston Price
Health and the Rise of Civilization, by Dr. Mark Cohen
Food and Western Disease, by Dr. Staffan Lindeberg
Gun, germs, and steel, by Jared Diamond

If you want a shorter list, Diamond (brief history of the last 13,000 years) describes the transition to agriculture. Cohen does the best job of reviewing the archeological record. Lindenberg is of interest to you because he describes the lack of all diseases of civilization in a near vegetarian island (heavy smokers too, but they eat fish every day, and pork rarely).

Actually, if you do not want to fork the money, most of the work of Lindenberg is discussed in many older posts at Whole Health Source (tag: kitava). I have two copies of the Diamond book, which does not discuss diet directly, I consider it the most illuminating book I have ever read.

Cohen's work is the foundation of many websites discussing the paleo diet, although Dr Cordain is much more quoted. You can find Cordain on youtube nicely summarizing the evidence for humans as top predators. I am also very fond of the work of Weston Price, a dentist, his foundation has collected a lot of articles.

http://www.westonaprice.org

Sorry to disagree but properly grown pepper plants have a root system that is at least as big as the diameter of the top growth and usually as much as 2x the size of the top. The primary reason for using proper spacing is nutrient and moisture availability. Overly close plants are competing for both. The competition leads to stressed plants, increased BER, lower production, leaf drop, and disease and pest susceptibility.

Dave

I don't know what zone you're in, but my tabascos in containers get about 4' tall by 3' wide.