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2026-04-24 12:40 UTC

Thanks :) Ah, you mean this one? ![](https://awful.systems/pictrs/image/3da89b76-a80f-4427-a040-547f4bc70dbd.jpeg) I built that last year specifically for our paprika (capsicum? never sure what the English word is. Web search says "pointed peppers"? Not hot though). The previous years, every time around August the twigs would be full of large, heavy, but unripe fruit. Inevitably, we'd get windy weather and a third of the twigs would break off. The soil in those pots is not very deep (15cm, ca), so the trellis needed to be able to stand on its own. I really like the outcome, no breakage last year :) The original idea came from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWNV1V0x3o, adapted for our situation. The twigs end up kind of laying atop the supports. Oh, and throwing a plastic foil over it in February/March also worked quite nicely to create a make-shift coldframe!

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@evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 17:03

> paprika (capsicum? never sure what the English word is In US English, paprika usually refers to the spice made from dried, ground-up peppers. When in doubt, we usually just call anything in the *capsicum* genus a "pepper", or if it's spicy, "chili". Specific varieties might be called out, often named after the region they come from (e.g., Hatch peppers from the hatch valley, Anaheim peppers from anaheim). The US has a huge Latino influence for obvious reasons, and Latin America is where peppers are from, so we generally have a huge variety of peppers available in our stores, many of which we use the ~~spanish~~ Latino name for (names are often based on indigenous languages). In a normal supermarket, we might have a dozen fresh pepper varieties depending on time of year (bell, jalapeño, habanero, poblano, Serrano, wax, banana, shishito, Anaheim, fresno, birds eye, etc), a handful of pickled (peperoncini, jalapeño, etc), a handful of canned (hatch, Chipotle, etc.), and a handful or so dried chilis (pasilla, guajillo, arbol, cascabel, ancho, mulatto, etc). I think some English dialects use "capsicum" as a name, but here that would confuse most people.

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@gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 12:35

I’m so slow to reply. But yes! That is the structure I was asking about. It looks very sturdy and dependable. I might have to try something similar eventually. I’m in a climate where a cold frame is very useful as well. I hope you have a successful gardening season this year

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