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    I learned a lot from my first real gardening season. For starters, I hate and want to murder all squirrels and rabbits.

    -Poblanos were all smaller than I would have liked but tasted delicious.
    -Green onions are thin and lanky but very strong in flavor and scent.
    -The two or three good-sized zucchini I got were okay but not worth the space and effort.
    -Tomatoes were Chocolate Sprinkle cherry tomato and Early Girls. These unfortunately were eaten daily by squirrels but OMG were they all so good! Really is true how much sweeter a homegrown tomato is compared to a store-bought one!
    -I'm also growing Carolina Reapers which I have absolutely no idea what to do with lol. They took forever, and this huge plant has only yielded four peppers in total.

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    • Nice!
      when I grew Reapers from seeds I got on Amazon they weren't spicy at all for some reason      YakuZoku
    • ayeee green onions!pango
    • Welcome to O.C.G. -> Obsessive Compulsive Gardening.

      : )      ideaist
    • Those poblanos look amazing! Stuff them with meat and cheese and update.garbage
    • Char reaper on the grill, slice, then to a giant pot of slow cooker chilli. You won't be sorry. In a vat that big, it wont burn anymore but it will taste great!shellie
    • DAMN, that would make a great salsa! I suck at gardening, tried and it all died.hydro74
    • I made three salsas already with my tomatoes and all came out very good. I stored them in pickling jars in the fridge.HijoDMaite
    • Garbage the poblanos were seriously too small to stuff, I've just been roasting them. maybe I need me some hormonesHijoDMaite
    • shellie that's a great idea!HijoDMaite
    • dumb question, do you stove roast them or fire up the grill and do it that way? been meaning to give grilling jalapeños and poblanos a go.hydro74
    • hydro you can do both. i cut them into long strips without seeds n roast them in pan with potatoes, onion, evoo n spicesHijoDMaite
    • sorry, meant to say oven roast! like on a cookie sheet. 425F for about 30 minHijoDMaite
    • perfect! thanks friend!hydro74
    • More gardening content on QBN please.thumb_screws
    • well done!instrmntl
    • Tomatoes are what I would call advanced gardening. Everything in nature likes to eat tomatoes, not just humans. You can try spraying neem oil to fight pests,cherub
    • and of course insecticidal soap(it drowns spider mites). Peppers are beginner friendly, and drought tolerant and if u forget to water, it makes them hotter.cherub
    • Alliums are fun bcuz u can chop the stem off the ones u buy at shop, they will regenerate from the bulb in water, then put in dirt to plant.cherub
    • Curcubits(squash,cuc... get attacked by lots of stuff, plain yellow squash will get attacked by the vine borer bug if u dont prespray with B.T. (a bacteriacherub
    • based non-chemical insecticide). Once the vine borer eats the BT it loses appetite and dies of starvation. Squash blossoms can be eaten, FYI. Stuff the freshcherub
    • blossoms with ricotta cheese, drop in hot oil... its called fried squash blossoms, a delicacy.cherub
    • Look at how glossy those poblanos are! I should try growing some on my balcony, since they're impossible to buy in supermarkets here.Continuity
    • You can stuff them with cheese and roast them, slice them up and apply to tortilla. Also: salsa city.garbage
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