Recent content by ahayastani

Yes. I wanted to add the PDF but the board software complains the file is too large. Ants at Plant Wounds: A Little-Known Trophic Interaction with Evolutionary Implications for Ant-Plant Interactions The American Naturalist, Volume 190, Number 3, September 2017 Michael Staab, Felix Fornoff...

An orange version of those grows wild here, very impressive bushes.

Nice, they remind me of chile mazateco, a type of chile de agua that is popular here. The pods are also soft and squishy, while Oaxacan varieties are usually crunchier.

I checked your weather forecast. What you call "heat" for them is "standard", so no worries. Peppers looking good, though I envy your figs the most.

Congratulations, you can name your own pepper variety ☺️

Vermiculite can hold onto cations (Na+, K+, ammonium, ... - Boss @The Hot Pepper , how to add super/subscript?). Preventing salt build-up begins with not adding more vermiculite to the mix than recommended (10 to 20%?), but if you are afraid there is too much salt in your soil, you can leach it...

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and Italian women over the centuries seem to have understood that very well. What I like about Italy is that in even in touristy places, the food is quite acceptible. @SatanicFlatIron , I want those sweets...

Your peppers surely look as if they were pollinated by Aiken wasps ☢️

That was my mindset yesterday 😅 . And I couldn't find it either, because some spell it tao and others tiao.

CD documented the whole process of obtaining the seeds 🙃 . It's worth the read (IMO at least).

I checked on my ruler what to expect from 3" - quite impressive.

At least it's not snowing...