Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Early flowering
I have to say I wasn't expecting this at all. The Chichen Itza I got pregrown in January has just opened its first flower bud. Unlike my sprouts that have been getting some help from my desks study light during the dark hours it has been growing completely with the help of daylight. It's nice to see it do so well when you look at the sorry excuse of a plant growing next to it. With that in mind I've now stopped watering the scorpion to see if there's any change in the droopy look of the plant.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Sprouts
Just a brief update on how the plants are doing. Bolivian Rainbow did really well and all 3 seeds planted have sprouted. First two have their second pair of leaves visible and the third isn't too far behind. Bird's Eye is doing only slightly worse with 2 sprouts so overall I'm happy with the results as the goal I set for myself was to grow two sprouts each.
The reason why I chose to grow them in yogurt cups is that they act as poor mans bluggbox and when it's time to move the plants to a bigger pot I figured I could just cut the cups open instead of causing possible root damage while trying to spoon or fork them out.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Season 2013
Bolivian Rainbow (C. annuum): Ornamental pepper with small pods ranging from purple when raw to yellow, orange and red when fully ripe earning its name "Rainbow".
Seeds planted January 29th, first sprout visible February 7th.
Bird's Eye Baby (C. annuum): Small, very pretty ornamental chili plant with tiny leaves and pods.
Seeds planted January 30th, first sprout visible February 9th.
Chichen Itza (C. chinense): Strong growing plant with fiery orange habanero -type pods.
Pre-grown sprout that seems to be doing well. It's the one in the white pot.
Trinidad Scorpion (C. chinense): Tall plant with pods with characteristic shape which sees a two or three inch pendant which tapers to a sharp point, "resembling a scorpions tail".
Pre-grown sprout that is clearly suffering from the dark nordic winter. If you compare the recent shot with the one in the previous post you'll notice it hasn't grown at all.
Seeds planted January 29th, first sprout visible February 7th.
Bird's Eye Baby (C. annuum): Small, very pretty ornamental chili plant with tiny leaves and pods.
Seeds planted January 30th, first sprout visible February 9th.
Chichen Itza (C. chinense): Strong growing plant with fiery orange habanero -type pods.
Pre-grown sprout that seems to be doing well. It's the one in the white pot.
Trinidad Scorpion (C. chinense): Tall plant with pods with characteristic shape which sees a two or three inch pendant which tapers to a sharp point, "resembling a scorpions tail".
Pre-grown sprout that is clearly suffering from the dark nordic winter. If you compare the recent shot with the one in the previous post you'll notice it hasn't grown at all.
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