Hey everyone, haven't updated my own glog for a long time, but that was more to do with the fact that everything kind of tapered off. We had lots and lots of rain with Cyclone Dylan, and that caused lots of havoc with the plants. Then Cyclone Gillian/Hati came close for a near miss and dumped lots of rain, slowing everything down yet again. The last cyclone, Cyclone Ita, was a category one when it passed by here out at sea, and again we got high winds and lots of rain. Net affect is that I haven't really had much in the way of exciting pods to show pictures of for quite some time!
An update is still in order, though, so here are a few pictures:
First, this is the pepper patch. The two plants in the back are getting quite tall, with a yellow bhut on the left and trinidad seven pot on the right. In front of those and slightly shorter is a red savina on the left and a mustard habanero on the right. These have been doing well throughout as far as healthy plants, but the pods have dropped off dramatically. The yellow bhut is closing in on 2 meters high.
Next photo is of some trinidad seven pods that are coming on, better late than never:
Next is the second red savina that I planted, and then topped and stripped. It is coming back quite nicely:
Next is my favorite plant of the year, the red Bhut:
What's that? You can't see it? Oh yeah, that is because the wet weather along with something else killed it. Whatever happened to my red bhut is also happening to my fatalii, which I have pics of next:
Here is a close up of the branches. They are discolored and turning yellow or brown, like the plant is dying from the inside out.
I am not sure what is going on. Anyway, on to happier things. It is fall in Queensland, which means you can plant again if you would like. Next if my tomatoes that we put in pots today. One is a beefsteak, the other a black russian. Also in the pic is a pot with some ginger and galangal.
ANd finally, I have a bunch of babies growing up right now. My favorite is this guy, a TS Moruga. It started with three cotyledons, then came out with three leaves as opposed to two in the first bunch. It is growing like a champ so far.
I probably wont have a lot to show for a while, but that is what is going on in my backyard!
One more update. The pot-n-all plants that I planted were for the most part extracted from their little pots as I don't really care for them. There was one plant that I didn't remove, which was a purple tiger. The plant never did do all that well, and it eventually kicked it. When I pulled it out of the ground, here is what I found. I will never leave a plant in the pot-and-all again!