Green Peppers and Cactus

@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
June 20, 2020 4:46pm CST
Mother Nature pulled a quick one on me!! I've been boasting about my crazy "Christmas" cactus for some time now as it blooms every month besides Christmas and I thought it was letting me down this month when I spotted the single bloom in the picture!! It is the only bloom and there isn't a single bud on any of the other 'branches'--are they called branches? Now, for the last time for awhile unless Mother Nature pulls another trick, I am talking about my pepper plants! I have 5 plants and each one gave me a single pepper!! I was going to take the seeds from these peppers and start a few more plants but aside from the 5 plants I already have I think either The Dollar Tree or Mother Nature is playing games with me as some of the seeds I planted from the packages I bought a couple of months ago don't look like the Daisies and Coneflowers blooms they are supposed to be!! They look like more pepper blooms! Aside from too many pepper plants because I take Warfarin as a blood thinner I have to watch my intake of green color veggies and I already eat a lot of salad greens so if you want pepper seeds--or plants--just tell em and they are yours!
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jun 20
I found out our one Christmas cactus is not that . . . it's actually a Thanksgiving cactus (it's leaf/branch thingies are wider). The other day I cleaned it up . . . and hopefully the leaf/branch thingies I twisted off will root so I can propagate some more! Maybe you will have Daisy Peppers or Coneflower Peppers . Your peppers are indoor? Those look pretty big!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Jun 20
Yes, they are indoors and really taste great!
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jun 20
@GreatMartin Just how tall are your indoor pepper plants?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Jun 20
@much2say not so much tall as they get horizontal after basic growth!! The tallest one is 12 inches while it juts out horizontally 20 inches so far.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
20 Jun 20
With Warfarin, that is a given that you have to watch certain foods.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
27 Jun 20
@GreatMartin Same here, exactly since 1996,
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Jun 20
@marlina And I am blcka nd blue all over with bandages here and there!! I have to tell people I am NOT into S&M!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 Jun 20
Been taking it for 20 years!!
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
21 Jun 20
Your peppers are already bigger than mine, but you have warmer weather in Florida.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
22 Jun 20
@GreatMartin I am growing a cherry tomato plant indoor, it is the only one that is already giving tomatoes.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Jun 20
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Jun 20
But they are grown indoors with the air conditioning!!
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Jun 20
What kind of peppers are they? Are they hot?
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
27 Jun 20
@GreatMartin I know what you mean! Mine doesn't like it either.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Jun 20
No--mild green bell peppers! At my age the stomach doesn't appreciate anything hot!!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
21 Jun 20
Your peppers are amazing! You can give those you can't eat to your neighbors. Nice green thumb you have!!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Jun 20
"You can give those you can't eat to your neighbors." I needed a good laugh!!!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Jun 20
You are doing great with your blooms and peppers. Good for you.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 Jun 20
Mother Nature gets most of the credit!!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jun 20
@GreatMartin She should always get most of the credit.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Jun 20
@CarolDM I LOVE her!!
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
21 Jun 20
I had no idea you had to watch certain vegetables for different health problems.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Jun 20
You'll learn as you get older!!!
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
21 Jun 20
Even if you don“t eat the peppers, the plants are beautiful!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 Jun 20
Yes, the leaves have a beautiful shape and color!
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jun 20
What lovely peppers. How nice of the plants to produce one pepper each for you, Lovely blooms too.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 Jun 20
What's funny is that these are pretty big pepper plants and only ONE pepper per plant?!?!
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