pepper update, Monday 9/12/16

[edenfalling]

twelve peppers, Monday, 12 September 2016



the Lazarus pepper lives :)



look, buds!


As you can see, all twelve plants are alive and healthy. Yay! The Lazarus pepper continues to grow... though I think I should give it a shot of fertilizer; it's not as deep a shade of green as I'd like. The poor beheaded pepper is preparing to bloom, and now the buds are large enough that I was able to get a clear photo of them.

Next up, when squirrels attack. *ominous music plays*



stems whose fruit got munched



one of the victims



but it's okay; there were survivors


As you can see, this poor plant was a little too close to the porch railing (aka, squirrel superhighway), and consequently the two peppers furthest along in development got munched. This is particularly annoying because squirrels don't even LIKE peppers; they never finish eating them and just leave the corpses of dismembered fruit at the scene of the crime. :(

Fortunately the plant had other itty-bitty baby fruit, and there are still several yet-to-bloom buds in case of further setbacks. I have also moved all the pots a few inches further away from the rail.

And now I'm just going to spam you with photos of tiny bell peppers, because they are adorable and because I can. :D


























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Comments

[edenfalling]

Narnian Squirrels are either really intense agriculturalists (gardens and orchards and so on), or they are devoted produce thieves who fancy themselves entitled to other people's work because of superior cleverness. Possibly both, actually -- I bet there are generations-long feuds between Squirrel farmers and Squirrel raiders, which larger Beasts find both kind of hilarious and also weirdly unsettling, because Squirrels will totally go berserker on you if you push the right buttons. :)

Ooh, you grow orchids? I have immense respect for that; I am quite sure I have neither the necessary patience or skill. Definitely post pictures!