George's 2015 - Yokohama Down In Flames

stickman · May 30, 2015

georgej said:
Got some more pictures after a bump.

You got da bump G!

georgej · May 30, 2015

Cheers! Game on!

Short beans. No idea what they specifically are thanks to a language barrier. My mother in law gave me seedlings and I took them. All I understood was they fruit well but don't get too tall. I need to stake them tomorrow.

Peter pepper!
I found a seedling for a hundred yen and thought, why not, it will make my wife laugh. It's looking good! 1 gallon pot so maybe won't be as big as others.

Vietnamese chilli. Store bought. Perhaps the busiest chilli I've had. Looking forward to it growing upwards.

Yellow habanero. (yes I know, needs some neem cause there's aphids, but it's Epsom salts day today)

I have 4 pots, 2 varieties of morning glory. Japanese and western style.

Friend of mine gave me an aleppo plant as mine died. It got munched by something the day before I picked it up. It's in the pot now, but it's dark so no photo other than before.

You can read what that is.

Yukari bakan

georgej · Jun 6, 2015

Rainy season just started. Combination of warm weather and plenty of rain water means plants grow noticeably fast.

First few cucumbers. Made pickles.

Cheery tomato 1 and pineapple ground cherry

Wife's eggplant and my erica d'australie

Aji habanero

Swiss cheese aleppo

Reaper

Beans

Mako akokosrade

Aji cito

Yukari bakan

Got more, just need a bump.

More Hotta · Jun 6, 2015

Plants look good. Might be late but ..... up!

georgej · Jun 6, 2015

Jalapeño

Peter pepper has a welcomed guest

Vietnamese chilli

Yellow habanero

Started training the morning glory. I have Western and Japanese varieties

Cucumbers

PaulS · Jun 7, 2015

Plants are looking sweet, why no hedgehog pics?

georgej · Jun 7, 2015

Hello!

PaulS · Jun 7, 2015

georgej said:
Hello!

Perfect

Does he hibernate in winter?

georgej · Jun 7, 2015

shes an African Pygmy. her body will tell her to hibernate, but in Africa it doesnt get cold enough to need to.

As a result they can't build up the fat reserves to hibernate.

so if it gets cold and instinct says hibernate, its almost certainly fatal.
so i have a temperature controller and heat mat under her cage, her sleeping area is a toasty 25 degrees constantly and so she doesnt need to hibernate.
but it is the opposite right now and im trying to stop her from getting heatstroke.

stickman · Jun 8, 2015

Plants are looking great G! Love the ladybug with the reverse color scheme! I forgot what part of Africa you said your hedgehog came from... must be one that doesn't have cold weather. Would (s)he normally escape from the heat of the sun by digging a burrow?

georgej · Jun 9, 2015

She's always burrowing. Trying to find small dark places to curl up in (hence I don't let her run free, cause no idea where she will get.

She has a hide in her cage which is like a dark fluffy igloo.
I recently put a metal plate in the bottom of it to wick away her heat.

georgej · Jun 10, 2015

Jalapeño is podding up

Peter pepper too

Morning glory climbing

Got beans.

Erica d'australie loving rainy season

Aji habanero forked and it flowering too.
Underneath is something to raise pots off the floor so fabric isn't soaking up surface water.

Pineapple ground cherry is trying to take over my garden

Yellow habanero has some nasty looking leaves. Top ones got pretty kicked by aphids too

georgej · Jun 13, 2015

Aji habanero flower. My first baccatum!

Ladybug larvae. Nice!

Wife papped me doing some maintenance.
Might not look much to some, but my veranda is huge by Tokyo standards.

Tipsy had her first run around outside today.

And her little nose was going doubletime trying to take in the new smells whilst feeling the textures of new territory.

pebbles · Jun 13, 2015

Very nice looking plants George! Tipsy is hella' cute!

Where are you getting your felt pots from? They look different from mine. Bought mine online through a hydro store, price itself wasn't that bad but the shipping was ridiculous (千円+). Don't want to go through that again.

georgej · Jun 14, 2015

nice to hear from a fellow japan based grower.

i got my pots off rakuten.

they boasted that the pots wont perish, but second year they are a bit brittle. still fine but ive teared a few by tryin to pick them up too fast.

but another option )which i might go for next year is that siyu is ownred by walmart and so sell fabric bags for a hundred yen a piece and are actually quite robust.

Peter S · Jun 14, 2015

Your plants are looking great. Good space utilization on the veranda too.

georgej · Jun 17, 2015

Carolina reaper

Aleppo

Beast mode ground cherry

Peter pepper

Yukari bakan

Mako akokosrade is a hell of a specimen. I remember I dropped and nearly killed it when it was a seedling. Now it's a blemishless beauty.

Aubergine

Cherry tomatoes ripening

The cavalry

Fresh cukes!

stickman · Jun 18, 2015

What a great shot of your balcony grow G! You've surely got a lot of stuff growing in pots and looking great too! Nice to see Jalapeno pods setting and ripe cucumbers for your efforts. Do you make any cold soups during the summer heat with the cukes?

georgej · Jun 19, 2015

Not yet. But I love hiyashi chuka in summer. Cold ramen noodles with soup and salad toppings (typically cucumber, ham, Crab and egg). It's my favourite food in summer.
Wife always gives me lots of cucumbers and tomato.
Looks like this

pebbles · Jun 19, 2015

Might just have to run down to seiyu to see check that out!

Your plants aren't getting a little bit bored of the cloudy skies and rain yet? Gimme some sun damnit!