any gfy gardeners?

[Chris]

this past weekend i put a bunch of pepper plants in and last night we had a major storm come in and dumped 6 inches of rain on us

did i just drown out my peppers? Are they pretty good at recovering or should i just take em out and start over? ;/

[cherrylula]

I haven't done much gardening since I had kid, who is now 2. lol

If the plants are still intact, and the dirt dries out they should be fine.

I grew up gardening in Southern Cali, and yeah moving to the south gardening is way different. With seasons and tropical storms, things like pretty flowers and tomatoes just rot when the summer comes.

[Fletch XXX]

pepper plants dont like a lot of water though so could go anyway depending really... but prolly alright.

[PR_Glen]

not sure about texas but around here we generally don't plant our vegetables until the long weekend in may (which is I'm sure you must have in the US for a different reason).

too much rain in the spring will almost guarantee it will be washed out, if not after the first rain the 5th one will for sure ;)

[DamianJ]

It's quite early to be planting out at all. My 10 varieties of chilli are all still inside, I usually put them out end of April.

[Chris]

hmm i may of started too early

if it helps at all i didnt put them in the ground they are in pots

[RebelR]

You should be fine, depends on what the make up of your soil is? Does it drain well, is it a raised bed? If you are worried about it being really wet, you can always build a hoop house (depending on how big your garden is) I made one out of PVC conduit and 5mil Poly. The Peppers really liked it because it retained heat. That way you control how much water it gets.

[brassmonkey]

i would have put them in 5 gallon buckets. got any pics?

[Chris]

Originally Posted by RebelR

You should be fine, depends on what the make up of your soil is? Does it drain well, is it a raised bed? If you are worried about it being really wet, you can always build a hoop house (depending on how big your garden is) I made one out of PVC conduit and 5mil Poly. The Peppers really liked it because it retained heat. That way you control how much water it gets.

miracle grow and i put them in pots with a drainage system in it.

its a small garden just a few pepper plants right now

[Tom_PM]

Since they're in pots with drainage then no problemo unless physically damaged by hard rain or wind, and even then probably will recover.

[nm_]

what kind of peppers are you growing? i grew banana peppers and jalapenos while learning hydroponics and they were really forgiving. fucked up nutrients, had air pumps die on me (roots were drowning in water w/o o2), etc. plants were seriously wilted every other week haha, and they still ended up yielding about 3.5 freezer bags of peppers. i'd say if the soil is drenched and not drying out after a couple days re-pot them w/ dry soil.

[shake]

Little cold where I live for peppers, but we grow a bunch of greens in the summer. Easier to pick from the garden when you want a salad or something .