Plethora of picking peppers!

@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
August 23, 2020 3:52pm CST
As usual, on a Sunday afternoon, I get the watering pot out and water the plants starting with the ones in the kitchen. As I water the pepper plants I sort of look through them to see if the ONE monthly pepper has started to sprout. I never know where I will find it as they could be anywhere in, outside of the plant. Imagine when I saw 2 peppers in that kitchen plant, which is the first pepper plant I started a few years ago and it never produced more than one pepper at a time let alone in one month. From that point on I started investigating all the plants and I don't think there was a single one that didn't have a pepper growing on it! There were all kinds, shapes and colors!! Some are hard to see/find as they seem to be just another green leaf. Where did that orange pepper come from? Right now I have 26 peppers growing so who knows what is ahead for me. A pepper pizza? Salsa? Stuffed peppers? Peppers and sausages pasta? I might even try a pepper cake instead of a carrot cake!! (I don't think so!) And it all started with some seeds from a pepper I bought and now when I use these peppers I'll throw the seeds in pots.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
24 Aug 20
If not picked, a green pepper can become yellow, orange, and red. Nice crop!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
The orange one is only about 2 days old!! But I'll take it--I love when Mother Nature surprises me!!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
24 Aug 20
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
24 Aug 20
I did the same and I am picking up peppers every day now. I made salsa yesterday evening and I love stuffed peppers too.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Aug 20
@GreatMartin I made hot pepper fritters, my goodness those were really HOT.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
I go through phases putting salsa on EVERYTHING!!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 Aug 20
@LadyDuck I love hot peppers but the stomach says "NO!"
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Aug 20
Stuffed peppers sounds very good. I really need to try and grow them myself, but we don't have a lot of places to put a plant where there is direct sunlight.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
I have them on east, south and north windows and they all grow!!
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Aug 20
@GreatMartin My problem is we have something in front of almost all of our windows. That's why I only have one plant in our apartment.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 Aug 20
@simone10 In front on most windows?? Like what?
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Aug 20
I've never grown peppers. I should give it a try. I do enjoy eating them.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 Aug 20
Seriously they are the easiest to grow--just throw the seeds into a pot with dirt and that's it!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 Aug 20
@TheHorse I started with seeds from 1 pepper I bought and now have 7 plants!!
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Aug 20
@GreatMartin That sounds about right for me.
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@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
24 Aug 20
Those seeds will create new plants and more peppers
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
As I said I started with the seeds from one plant--I just don't understand where the red and the orange peppers come from?!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
It all started with the seeds from one pepper!
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@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
24 Aug 20
@GreatMartin My dad also plants peppers and sometimes he also gets different ones.
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@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
Wow green papers. Where is the red one
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
@sophie09 The red one was photographed from the top--hard to see the red!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
There is a red one 2nd row second picture from the left --I got it at a bad angle--and there is an orange one on the bottom row third from the left.
@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 20
@GreatMartin oh yeah i see the orange one only
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
24 Aug 20
You must like peppers. I'd be excited about them too!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
I love food--any food!
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
23 Aug 20
Good afternoo.You have a green thumb there Mr.Martin
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Aug 20
Are you saying I am moldy?!?!?
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
26 Aug 20
I think I'll try growing peppers too! All you seggested meals sound delicious! I think I'll fix a red peppers and cucumber salad with ranch dressing
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Aug 20
I'll take blue cheese on mine!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Aug 20
Nice and green. Your watering has paid off. Enjoy!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
There is a red one 2nd row second picture from the left --I got it at a bad angle--and there is an orange one on the bottom row third from the left. I just don't understand how I got red and orange peppers from green pepper seeds---ah, Mother Nature!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
@CarolDM I love it--fun being surprised!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 Aug 20
@GreatMartin I remember this happening in our gardens growing up. Incidental seeds I suppose.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
23 Aug 20
Peppers look good.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 Aug 20
And they taste good!
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
24 Aug 20
@GreatMartin This is the most important.
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