ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

ypg schrieb:

Just don’t mix red and green colors 🙂

Do you mean because it turns brown? Or are you referring to some (bio)chemical reaction that I’m not aware of yet?

haydee schrieb:

The peppers are really mild

Mine are also quite mild. That’s why a jar was finished during my Indian dinner. It goes well with some chili added. In the end, you can adjust the taste and add another bell pepper or so. Then bring it to a boil again.

Tolentino schrieb:

You mean because it turns brown then?

Yes, the vibrant color disappears. That would be a shame.

haydee schrieb:

Mine are planted outdoors and not in a sheltered spot.

A simple method is to stick a stake into the ground by each plant and cover it with a garbage bag, tying it at the top if needed. This creates a slightly milder microclimate around the plant overnight.

For this reason, I always grow peppers and chili plants in containers and bring them inside when it gets really cold. Often, we have fresh peppers well into January. I have even been able to overwinter some chili plants this way, and they produced a second season!

My pepper plants have benefited from the nice September this year. During the unsettled summer, they took a long time to ripen, but they have made up for it somewhat in recent weeks. Unfortunately, the days are now shorter and the sunlight, even on sunny days, is less intense.
Honestly, climate change aside – I personally quite liked the recent Mediterranean-like summers *admit*. I hardly thought about late blight anymore, but this year I was harshly reminded of it again. I could have done without that...

Apart from the poor harvest, I found the summer to be quite pleasantly mild. I don’t like heat.
Has it hit you as well now?

All this time, I have been constantly picking off the infected leaves and fruits like crazy. I still have a good harvest, but it’s frustrating and kind of unpleasant. I now have a sack where I collect the infected parts because I don’t want them in my compost. The fungus is quite persistent, and since I have no way to steam the compost before using it, I take it to a composting facility. They can treat it there, and then the pest is definitely eliminated.

Progress is being made! By the end of the week, 400 ground cover plants will be planted on the slope (thyme, isotoma, vinca minor—mainly blue/purple) and 150 hedge plants (photinia, Portuguese laurel, and cornelian cherry—mostly reddish). That will complete this phase for now. We are still looking for a tree for the intermediate level; we’ll see what we decide.

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