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Grand daughter

in sweet corn
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In okra
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Next to flowers
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DGD is lovely! She likes the flowers...:love

I've pretty much given up on my garden. Between work & too much rain, I have a pasture again. :D Will till and plant for Fall stuff. NEXT year I want/plan to be home more & do better.

So, what's wrong with a few stripes in the peppers? If the taste good & do what you want, color isn't important.

You know, I've had people buy mini horses from me BECAUSE of the color, alone. Another with better conformation was passed because of color. $$in my pocket but, their loss. :D So consider if all else with those peppers is "ok".
 

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Lovely garden and lovely DGD!
 

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DGD is lovely! She likes the flowers...:love

So, what's wrong with a few stripes in the peppers? If the taste good & do what you want, color isn't important.

You know, I've had people buy mini horses from me BECAUSE of the color, alone. Another with better conformation was passed because of color. $$in my pocket but, their loss. :D So consider if all else with those peppers is "ok".

What's wrong with them? Nothing really just look a little off I reckon. I mean who would want to eat a stripped pepper? Maybe lots of people?

You just gave me an idea. What if I could pull off crossing a red bell and Ivory bell and call it candy striper?
 

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Peppers, a few of them are for my evil crossing experiments. But most of them are for eating.
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More peppers and tomatoes. I'm pretty much done with tomato crossing. I'm happy with them for now. I only put in 6 - 1/2 rows od tomatoes this year since last year we were over run with tomatoes but I doubled down on the peppers.
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A lot of people buy different veggies because of the color variations! Think about it -- you buy green peppers @ 50-75 cents each at the store....look at the red, yellow & orange they are at least double the price. Basically, same with fancy color. Tomatoes -- all colors, sizes, shapes -- yes, some even obviously striped. Eggplant, okra, green beans, cauliflower, carrots -- all have varieties with COLOR.

I believe a "candy striper" would be lovely! Go for it.
 

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Ole corn / bachelor button flowers sure are pretty this year. My daughter in-law was just admiring them and labled me "Mr. Green Thumb" because I can grow pretty flowers. Boy is she easily fooled... Little does she know these flowers are a cake walk to grow, I don't do hard to grow and I only plant them for japanese beatle control.
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