pepper update, Monday 7/18/16
Jul. 18th, 2016 03:02 pm
twelve peppers, Monday, 18 July 2016

the funny leaves, one week on

the one that got mauled by squirrels. AGAIN

the pepper with fusarium wilt

mulberry seedlings. SHUN THE EVIL!
As you can see, all twelve are still alive. One (the second from the left in the windowboxes in the first photo) is even taller than its stake! The funny-looking leaves with probable chemical damage did indeed grow in weird, but the newer leaves on that plant seem fine so apparently it was one-off damage rather than a continuing thing. The leftmost windowbox pepper got squirrel-mauled yet again, losing two leaves in the process, but its stake kept it mostly upright and I was able to fill in the holes the damn animal dug around its roots.
My little fungal victim is still not dead, but not really recovering either. It is caught in a sort of zombie limbo. :/ I continue to apply fungicide around its roots.
Lastly, a picture of The Enemy (well, the other enemy. squirrels will always be the main enemy). Mulberry seedlings! They're not as prevalent as last year, for various reasons, but they are a persistent minor annoyance. I pull them out periodically and chuck them off the side of the porch.
I saw what I think are tiny buds developing at the growing tips of several peppers, but they may only be leaf-buds rather than flower-buds, and they are in any case too small for me to effectively photograph with my phone. Maybe next week!
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