Should I become a pepper farmer?

@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
September 27, 2020 12:56pm CST
As I was watering my plants I started to see a pepper here, a pepper there a pepper everywhere and after counting those I could see I poked around and before I knew it I counted 17 peppers!!! The amazing thing to me is that I started with a few seeds from one bell pepper thrown into a pot with some dirt in it and here I am with 7 plants all with peppers of different colors and sizes!! Now I am thinking of taking the 28 house plants I have and growing peppers in all of them and once a month having a 'pepper sale'! There are 0 expenses involved and as far as time goes I have plenty of that---free! I certainly can sell them at a much lower price than the supermarkets charge! Mmmmmm--I will have to give this some thought! Of course with extra income my rent would go up, I would have to pay taxes, would probably have to hire a lawyer to incorporate a business and then hire an accountant to take charge of my taxes which I would probably forget to declare and/or pay, get charged with avoiding taxes, sent to jail. On second thought I will just stick to the 7 pots of peppers and the pots of Geraniums, Begonias, miniature Norfolk Pine and various 'Christmas cactus' plants, giving away and/or cooking with whatever peppers I get each month!
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
27 Sep 20
Wow, that is quite the thought process for that question and here I was going to tell you yes, you should become a pepper farmer coz those are some good lookin peppers !!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
That's why I am going to eat/cook with them and/or give them to neighbors!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
@cintol I don't know--they never last long enough!!! I would think so as I have seen cut peppers in the frozen section of groceries.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
28 Sep 20
@GreatMartin Can you freeze those?
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Sep 20
Yes you should, you are very good at growing peppers.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Sep 20
Finally---something I am good at!!!! Only took 84 years!!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Sep 20
@GreatMartin Ha, I know that is not true.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
10 Oct 20
Bell pepper is beneficial to the health. Easy to grow. It's a yard plant that just sprout here and there. Leaves good with sauteed legumes.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
11 Oct 20
@GreatMartin I didn't understand that. Could you explain, please?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
11 Oct 20
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
11 Oct 20
Unless you take blood thinners and need to watch your Vitamin K intake-- I know--I do!
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
27 Sep 20
Give it a try Martin, you are great!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Sep 20
I gave it a lot of thought and decided not to--too much work--I have to water them every week!
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
28 Sep 20
You should, because your peppers look beautiful. I have enough to eat tomatoes, next year I am going to seed only 4 plants, no more than 4 plants, this is sure!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
I love to watch plants grow!
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
29 Sep 20
@GreatMartin I love too, autumn is sad here in cold countries, everything is dying in the garden.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
29 Sep 20
@LadyDuck Luckily we are 'green' most of the year but we get little signs now and then that seasons are changing like we only get highs of 83 degrees during the day or the leaves fall of the Queen Crepe trees in January, etc. And we may even get low 60s in February!!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 20
You are funny Martin - you're right - don't go commercial.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Sep 20
I don't wan to wind up in jail WHEN I get old so no pepper farm!
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@id_peace (17036)
• Singapore
28 Sep 20
Why not? Since spices are expensive.
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@id_peace (17036)
• Singapore
29 Sep 20
Indeed everything is expensive. Everything is growing except my salary.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
Everything is expensive!!
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
29 Sep 20
My new next-door-neighbors have a jalapeño plant.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
29 Sep 20
I used to love Jalapenos BUT my 84 year old stomach doesn't like them anymore!!
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Sep 20
Those are nice looking plants.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Sep 20
They have white blossoms and I love watching them turn into peppers!!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
28 Sep 20
I love peppers. My daddy grew them and shared with me and the family.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
I put peppers in everything--hey, they put bacon on ice cream, why not green peppers?!?!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
28 Sep 20
@GreatMartin they are good in and with many foods.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Sep 20
Definitely go for it your well on your way.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
28 Sep 20
I eat them too fast!!
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@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
29 Sep 20
That’s a lot of peppers! You’re smoking hot lolll
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
29 Sep 20
I am--even without the peppers!!!
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
28 Sep 20
Happy New Year.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
29 Sep 20
Thank you!
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
30 Sep 20
Can you upload pics of your peppers?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
30 Sep 20
There's a collage of them on top!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1 Oct 20
@db20747 Some are chili peppers, some are bell peppers--here is one growing
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
1 Oct 20
@GreatMartin I mean a single picture of them close up. These look like chili peppers!
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