Monday, August 2, 2010

Peppers

Bell Pepper (from seed, approx 2.5 mos old)
Our bell pepper plants produced several wondrous fruits, and then two that had rotten-thin walls on one side, and then one that was very small. They all ripened to chocolate and then full bright red without issue, and tasted fine.

We recently transplanted all of our container peppers, all of the bells from the seedling area, and three rows of eggplants (black and white cultivars) to a new half-raised bed. Pics of that coming as soon as I can find the USB cable for the cam.

So far, we've had Costa Rican Sweet, our 'generic' Habanero, Fresno Sweet, Red Bell, some seasoning peppers and tons of jalapenos. Then came the heat, and the containers stopped. The bells in the seedling area were too close together to fruit, so we dug the new bed. We expect fantastic results from the fifty peppers and thirty eggplants before frost, at which point we'll probably dig the rare ones and bring them in if they're doing well and have wooded their stems completely.


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