Hey Derek, Have you had any luck growing poblano peppers here? I get lots of peppers, but they are all about 3" long. For comparison, my mammoth jalapenos in the same soil with the same drip irrigation and same fertilization will be 4-5" long.

I have not grown Poblano's. But you shouldn't have any major issues doing so. You mention you're growing Mammoth. So are you buying Bonnie Poblano's as well? It so I would switch varieties and try some others and see what you think. On Bonnies website they say their Poblano is 4" x 2" so you're not far off from it's max growth potential. Look a Tiburon and Mosquetero. Both of those are pretty popular and I know a couple people growing them with success. Magnifico would be another one I would try. You will have to start all those by seeds but it's easy to do.

As long as we get some decent rain every now and then, tIme to turn off the yard sprinklers until March?

Yup. I haven't ran mine since like mid September. And shouldn't have to until like you say March, at least.

Ive got a few i have had for two or three years, just a tick I guess really. Ive got one tobasco pepper thats in a 30 gallon planter but i may have killed it moving it inside this time. Not looking good.

I would be very surprised if you killed it. Specially as tough as pepper plants are. I bet it's going through some shock. Probably disturbed/broke some of the roots manhandling a heavy 30 gallon pot. Keep an eye on it Give it some time and I think you will see it recover, even if you see a lot of it's leaves drop off.

You inspired me. Ordering some seeds online tonight on Reimer. Ancho popped in my head. Ordered Mosquetero and San Ardo. They are out of the Magnifico. I probably won't grow both. I'll research both and make a decision in the next couple weeks. Trying to cut down my potted plants and just stick with my raised beds, but y'all keep pulling me back in.

I really like the poblanos for cooking. They don't have quite as much heat as a jalapeno, but still add a lot of flavor.

Thanks for the earlier response, that was helpful.

Final pepper harvest of the year. RIP 2021 garden. See you next year.

Im running a little grocery store experiment.

Ive got 2 kinds of dragon fruit, kiwi, goji berries, poblano peppers and some aneheim? Peppers im trying to start. So far the goji berries and red dragon fruit have sprouted. I also did elephant garlic and regular garlic which have came up and are growing but I was pretty sure those would grow anyway.

The dragon fruit is a climbing cactus, looks kind of like christmas cactus but much bigger.

the back yard
on the creek
froze last night
lost a lot of tomato's

front yard plants
survived

Frost finally took mine out too. That was a heavy frost too. Which was good. I couldn't voluntarily take them out. They lived a good life. RIP

Nice! That's an interesting mix. Keep us updated. I started an Avocado seed tonight since I'm winter bored. Not looking for fruit production, just a house plant. We'll see how it goes. Love your fruit mix though.

The Anaheim peppers have sprouted. Also got my home saved texas red hibiscus have sprouted. Nothing else yet. Red ragon fruit growing slowy as well as goji berries. I seeded the red dragon fruit from one at the store and the goji berries came from a package of dried for eating at the store.

Do you have a grow light setup for winter?