It's been interesting to me, to see how the different varieties respond to the weather. We've had a fair bit of rain here - too much for some of the plants, which are starting to seriously yellow. I'm going to move these into the garage for the next couple of days, as we are supposed to have - yep, you guessed it - more rain. Other varieties are sucking up water like they haven't had anything to drink in weeks - if I don't give these water nearly every other day, I come home to find them drooping VERY badly. The 7-pot types and my aji habanero are all in this category. Other varieties are more flexible - they have been able to deal with whatever amount of water comes their way.
The plants I put in the bed in the front yard have been interesting to watch, too. These 6 plants were all hit pretty hard by broad mites while they were pretty small, but they didn't die off. They stopped growing for quite a while, but then very slowly started rebounding - VERY slowly. So I thought "what the heck", and stuck them in the dirt up front. If they grew, great, but no harm, no foul if they didn't. Well, a couple of them are now quite large, especially considering how small they were. The other 4 have stayed fairly small, although they have continued to grow a bit. All are budding and flowering, and some have pods. It should still be a couple months before we get frost, so I'm hoping these have a chance to produce some more and ripen before then.
The plants I put in the bed in the front yard have been interesting to watch, too. These 6 plants were all hit pretty hard by broad mites while they were pretty small, but they didn't die off. They stopped growing for quite a while, but then very slowly started rebounding - VERY slowly. So I thought "what the heck", and stuck them in the dirt up front. If they grew, great, but no harm, no foul if they didn't. Well, a couple of them are now quite large, especially considering how small they were. The other 4 have stayed fairly small, although they have continued to grow a bit. All are budding and flowering, and some have pods. It should still be a couple months before we get frost, so I'm hoping these have a chance to produce some more and ripen before then.
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