[CH] News from the garden ... and a bug question

Jim Graham (spooky130@cox.net)
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:16:20 -0500 

Ok, first, news from my pepper garden.  As I mentioned before, I spread
out the pots a lot more this year (first time I had the room to do so),
and the plants are considerably larger (even moreso than I expected
they'd be).  Ok, I already said all that...but here's the news:  I just
picked a bunch of cayennes (no ripe habs, of course---too early, but
lots of green ones).  A few of the cayennes (most not ready to pick, one
sitting in the kitchen now) are absolutely HUGE.  We're talking cayennes
as big (diameter) as a smallish jalapeno or a decent-sized serrano.
Strange....

Also, a bug question.  I noticed, hanging out on one of the cayenne
plants, some funky bugs.  They're shaped like ants, but the color is
different---they're orange with a reddish tint.  I've never seen any
like that before.  Does anyone know what those are?

Later,
   --jim

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