Better late than never?
I did get a late start this year into the pepper growing. I have tons of seeds, but unfortunately I'm living with my wife's parents' pending a house purchase so I have little room for plants. I started two Jalepeno plants from seed around April and bought one seedling from B&Q (UK's Home Depot) that looked healthy. A couple of weeks ago I was at the garden center and saw a pitiful looking prarie fire plant and just had to take it home and see if I could nourish it back to health.
It's been a touch and go start after one of my seedlings sprouted very quickly and then dried up and died. I had an attack of aphids on my B&Q Jalepeno, but thanks to the Aphid Antidote I was able to fight them off. The Prarie Fire also had an outbreak of aphids and these were also irradicated after one dose! We've had cloud and rain non-stop since May here in the UK (the wettest summer I've ever experienced) so the plants haven't had much light to get them going. Also, my Father-in-law loves to water my plants when I leave them outside for the sun and he drenches them despite my warnings that he's going to kill them with mold. Even though my plants have had all this to contend with, they aren't doing too bad! I do have plans to overwinter all three and give them a better chance for a better summer next year in my new house.
Enough of the chatter! Pics!
This is the B&Q Jalepeno Plant. It's got four pods growing (the first is the largest). I believe I'm waiting for it to fully mature just in case I want some seeds from it. I'm in no hurry!
Here's the Prarie Fire. It had an aphid attack (probably at the garden center as it already had plenty of holes in the leaves and it was turning a yellowish tint). I've got it back up to mostly green now and I'm hoping to see the new growth start to pick up a bit more. It's had a bunch of sprouts everywhere, but they aren't doing anything so I pinched off some of the lower ones to give it a chance to focus on the top.
And last, but not least, the Jalepeno I started from seed. This one sprouted about a week after the first one that died, but it's starting to pick up in growth now since we've finally had some sun the last week! I've had to pot this one up from its original seed pot today. As I feared at the bottom of the soil it was very wet and I saw some bluish mold starting. I've gotten rid of as much of the moldy parts as I could and sprinkled some ash in for good measure (not that I know this is good for it, but it just seemed right to me). I'm planning on keeping these away from the Father-in-law and hoping the sun keeps up so I don't have soggy soil!
Thanks for the interest!
Binford
I did get a late start this year into the pepper growing. I have tons of seeds, but unfortunately I'm living with my wife's parents' pending a house purchase so I have little room for plants. I started two Jalepeno plants from seed around April and bought one seedling from B&Q (UK's Home Depot) that looked healthy. A couple of weeks ago I was at the garden center and saw a pitiful looking prarie fire plant and just had to take it home and see if I could nourish it back to health.
It's been a touch and go start after one of my seedlings sprouted very quickly and then dried up and died. I had an attack of aphids on my B&Q Jalepeno, but thanks to the Aphid Antidote I was able to fight them off. The Prarie Fire also had an outbreak of aphids and these were also irradicated after one dose! We've had cloud and rain non-stop since May here in the UK (the wettest summer I've ever experienced) so the plants haven't had much light to get them going. Also, my Father-in-law loves to water my plants when I leave them outside for the sun and he drenches them despite my warnings that he's going to kill them with mold. Even though my plants have had all this to contend with, they aren't doing too bad! I do have plans to overwinter all three and give them a better chance for a better summer next year in my new house.
Enough of the chatter! Pics!
This is the B&Q Jalepeno Plant. It's got four pods growing (the first is the largest). I believe I'm waiting for it to fully mature just in case I want some seeds from it. I'm in no hurry!
Here's the Prarie Fire. It had an aphid attack (probably at the garden center as it already had plenty of holes in the leaves and it was turning a yellowish tint). I've got it back up to mostly green now and I'm hoping to see the new growth start to pick up a bit more. It's had a bunch of sprouts everywhere, but they aren't doing anything so I pinched off some of the lower ones to give it a chance to focus on the top.
And last, but not least, the Jalepeno I started from seed. This one sprouted about a week after the first one that died, but it's starting to pick up in growth now since we've finally had some sun the last week! I've had to pot this one up from its original seed pot today. As I feared at the bottom of the soil it was very wet and I saw some bluish mold starting. I've gotten rid of as much of the moldy parts as I could and sprinkled some ash in for good measure (not that I know this is good for it, but it just seemed right to me). I'm planning on keeping these away from the Father-in-law and hoping the sun keeps up so I don't have soggy soil!
Thanks for the interest!
Binford
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