[CH] bonsai habs
Tara Deen (tara@es.usyd.edu.au)
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:43:13 +1000
Hi podders,
The plants I saved from the possum earlier in the year are starting to
produce ripe fruit. The anaheim produced a single pepper so big that it
has broken the one remaining stem and killed the plant (no great loss,
not sure what I'm going to do with an anaheim anyway). The really
interesting one is the hab. The plant I know is a hab for certain is
just under a foot tall, with small leaves. I figure all the pruning it
received from the possum convinced it that it is a bonsai! I now have
orange, ripening habs a bit smaller than a chickpea.
I have another plant with small, immature peppers that look like habs,
but the green pods are going black where the full sun is striking them.
The jals are doing this as well, which I expect, but the hab plant with
ripening fruit is not experiencing this. I've never seen habs blacken in
the sun. Has anyone else seen this?
Tara
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