[CH] Heat
Andie Paysinger (asenji@earthlink.net)
Sat, 08 Aug 1998 15:07:18 -0700
Well, it is HOT here. Yet another day of triple digit temps during the
day. So far all my pepper plants seem to love it. they are fruiting
like mad and I have had to pick quite a few immature fruit because I was
worried the plants would fall over as the fruit increased in size. I
have all of them protected with tomato cages because otherwise the wind
would knock them over. (it is always windy here)
the habs are ripening nicely and have good heat. the Yatsafusa are
also quite hot but they vary from hot to xxxhot all on the same
plant. the ones at the top of the plant seem to be hotter than those
near the base. The Thai Dragon are not as hot as the ones I grew last
year.
For a while some of the leaves were turning a bit yellow but I dosed
them all with Epsom Salt and bone meal and they are now dark green
and putting out much more foliage which should protect the fruit from
sun scald.
the sweet peppers are also doing well but the fruit is smaller than it
usually is by this time. The cascabels which were late setting fruit
are now blooming heavily and there are a lot of marble-sized fruit.
The chiletepin are the size of peas and are alreadly beginning to
trun yellow. They also are xxxxhot.
I have a few "mystery" peppers which lost their identification when my
garden help did not replace the stakes with the info on them when they
were re-potted. Should be an adventure discovering which ones are hot
and which ones are sweet. but I do like to live dangerously.
--
Andie Paysinger & the PENDRAGON Basenjis,Teafer,Cheesy,Singer & Player
asenji@earthlink.net So. Calif. USA "In the face of adversity, be
patient, in the face of a basenji, be prudent, be canny, be on your
guard!"
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