Re: [CH] My Little Story
Marilyn Reese (plantphreak@hotmail.com)
Thu, 24 May 2001 19:09:18 -0700
Beau,
Not at all boring. I cheer for any young person who likes to grow things,
especially pepper plants. I hope your enthusism doesn't ever go away.
Marilyn
Women are not supposed to snore, burp, sweat or pass gas.
Therefore, we must bitch or we will blow up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Gamble Family" <kingfish@iprimus.com.au>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: [CH] My Little Story
> 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.
>
>