[CH] PEPPERS AND SHADE
Dave Anderson (chilehead@tough-love.com)
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:00:44 -0800
There was a 7' tall bird pepper that Dave had his picture taken
> with- it also had quite a bit of shade fro the overhead natural canopy.
> I believe that in the 'natural' setting, these chiles would have shade
> as well. We're talking near tropics here folks and that means DENSE
> natural overhead canopy. Jamaica is a lush island. Birds don't also
> normally sit on the ground to poop. This means that any droppigns that
> contain seeds are already going to fall near shade
Gotta agree with the knuckle dragger about shading plants. I think the ideal would
be some combination of shade and sun. The shade cloth on my greenhouse is
about 50% and the plants seem to be pretty happy. Unfortunately I have to share
the greenhouse with Celeste so I don't have nearly enough room:-) That 7' bird
produced some seriously hot stuff. I thought it was almost as hot as the habs and
bonneys and the burn lasted longer. Fortunately there was ususally a guy with a
machete nearby to whack up a coconut and give us something to drink. Almost as
good as the Red Stripe back at the hotel and a whole lot cheaper.
If the Jamaica images are still on Jim's site, they are worth a look. I was going to
suggest the bird pic for the Rogue's gallery but Jeff already has me there looking
like an ancient hippie in my "Peace through Pain" Habanero tee.