[CH] My Little Story
The Gamble Family (kingfish@iprimus.com.au)
Fri, 25 May 2001 07:52:16 +0800
Hey everyone,
I don't know if anyone really cares at all, but I thought I would just tell
everyone what I have done regarding chilli growing. I am 12 years old and I
live in Australia. About 1.5 months ago I suddenly wanted to go and start
growing a chilli garden. I went to the nursery and bought five chilli
plants, NuMex Centennial, Oriental Hot, Hungarian Wax, Thai Hot and Serrano.
They are all doing very nicely except for the Thai Hot, it seems to be
getting eaten and shrinking. I had also bought some Cayenne Pepper Seeds. I
planted them wrongly (too deep and things like that) so nothing came up. I
planted some more correctly, but still they haven't come up and its been
about 20 days.
About half a month ago I bought five more plants. One I am not sure of the
type, the others are Ancho, Cherry Bomb Hydrid, Habenero Red and Hot Wax. My
Ancho and Cherry Bomb plant are getting curled leaves. Can someone please
tell me what this means and how to fix it?
Even though its the wrong time of year, I am trying to germinate lots of
different chillies. I'm Experimenting with lots of different techniques,
from lots of different people.
I record every chilli I pick and write about what I have done with the
seeds. Growing chillies is one of the most fun things I have done. I love
watching the buds turning to flowers and in the next few days the chilli
starts to appear. I love watching the chillies ripening to a dark red. And
most of all I love eating them. I am not quite onto the Habs yet. Maybe in a
few years.
Anyway, that sort of my little story about me gardening. I hope you haven't
started yawning or fallen asleep yet from boredom.
Thanks for reading,
Cheers, Beau.