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Skriven 2015-11-21 19:34:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33404 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
Ärende: Bell Peppers
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Hi Dave,

 DD> conditions definitely have an effect on flavour.

 RH> We grew them in southeastern AZ. Soil was just a strip in between the
 RH> fencing and the concrete of the front patio area, maybe 18" wide at
 RH> most. We added no fertiliser or any other improvements.

 DD> According to Dr. Bosland's Chile Pepper Institute at UNM capsicums
 DD> will cross pollinate from as much as 75 to 100 feet away ....
 DD> depending on the vector.

This was nowhere near that distance, but we don't know if any of our
neighbors were growing peppers while we were either.


 DD> heat in a bell pepper - except some Mexi-bells that I crossed

 DD>  8<------ SNIP ------>B

 RH> Only other thing we had in that plot was tomatoes.

 DD> I don't think that 'maters and peppers will cross. But, being members
 DD> of the nightshade family, both are subject to the same plant diseases
 DD> like the tobacco mosaic virus, black root rot, and potato virus.

We had none of that in the plot. It was sheltered enough from the
elements that we were able to overwinter some habenero bushes that
produced again the second summer.


 DD>  8<------ EDIT ------>B

 DD> If I can do it before I snuff my candle I'd like to go to England,
 DD> rent a motorcycle and do Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany,
 DD> Switzerland, France and back to Blighty. Probably won't happen unless
 DD> I hit the lottery for substantial $$$$.

 RH> We'd like to go back to Germany and HI, go to Italy and do an Alaska
 RH> cruise. Won't finance it with lottery winnings because we don't play.

 DD> If I do go it will be the result of steady work and thrift give the
 DD> odds against hitting a big winner. And the current odds against
 DD> collecting the payoff in Illinois.

IOW, don't hold your breath you'll be aroound for all of the payoff.

 DD>   8<------ EDIT ------>B

 RH> Mom and Dad were teens in the 30's and 40s so JC and Elvis were
 RH> "modern RH> music" for them. They were quite settled down by the time
 RH> those guys RH> hit the big time.

 DD> IOW your parents were *very* conservative.

Quite so.

 DD> My grandmother was berating rock & roll and the "modern" music that
 DD> "kids" listen to in general when my mother reminded her of Marzy
 DD> Doats, Three Itty Fishies, Open The Door Richard and others that were
 DD> popular in the thirties and forties, especially the duo of Skim & Slam
 DD> .... and offered to go deeper into history.

 RH> We didn't know that much about what my folks listened to while growing
 RH> up except to know some of it was the big band era. Pop music, like what
 RH> you listed above, was known, but not really known what era it was from
 RH> (other than not ours), and we didn't really care. I do recall hearing
 RH> "Open the Door Richard" once; somehow a recording of it had gotten
 RH> mixed into the kid stuff we listened to when we were young. Don't
 RH> recall anything of what it was about tho.

 DD> My parents get hitched in '39, so grew up in the swing & big band era.
 DD> My mom was a pretty good piano picker. She ditched a scholarship to
 DD> Juilliard and a minor concert schedule to marry my ol' man. According
 DD> to the local busybodies I was supposed to be born about six months
 DD> after the wedding. But, I fooled 'em by waiting nearly three years to
 DD> enter the world.

Folks probably thought she'd thrown her life away but it sounds like she
did well.

 DD> My only external indication of service is visible when I wear short
 DD> sleeve T shirts. I have an anchor tattooed on my right bicep.

 RH> Steve didn't get any tatoos.

 DD> I sort of wish I hadn't. Especially the "babe" on my left arm. But,
 DD> mine are mild compared to some of the professionally done things I am
 DD> seeing on young people these days. Or the jailhouse tattoos.

 RH> They can be removed, if you want to got thru the pain and expense of
 RH> the process.

 DD> I got a price on that - at $100/sq in (then) I was looking at over 2K.
 DD> I decided I can buy a LOT of long sleeve shirts if it ever comes to

T'aint cheap, as you say, a lot of long sleeved shirts. Same as a lot of
gas can be bought for the price difference between a Prius and a
standerd gas guzzler.


 DD> that. Fortunately I was astute enough to not get neck, face or hand
 DD> tattoos.

Smart there, guess you were sober enough at the time to know those areas
were not good spots for tattoos.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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