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Your Very Own Ripening Box

In Gardening, Stories by Dave DeWitt1 Comment

Every wonder how it’s possible to have at least semi-ripe tomatoes in the middle of winter? It’s because they are picked green for shipping and then gassed with ethylene to cause them to ripen. You can use the same trick at home with a ripening box.

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Sex, Lies, & Capsicum: Debunking Pepper Gardening Myths

In Gardening, Stories by Lois Manno1 Comment

The weather is warming, and chile pepper gardeners all over are plotting their plantings for the season. In the April issue of Burn! Magazine, we introduced Cap Farmer, a former marijuana grower who has switched to chiles to prevent his house and property from being seized by the Feds. This is the first installment of his chile gardening wisdom. We …