Cold nights

After getting rid of the aphids it was time to move my two Bolivian Rainbows indoors to the now roomy window sill. Now a week later I realise my timing was spot on since we've had a couple of 0°C nights this week with more to come. My Prairie Fire is still producing new pods while ripening the others and Chichen Itza currently has one orange pod & the other is about to change color soon. I'll get rid of the plant as soon as it does. My second Bonchi experiment is taking it's first steps with the other stem getting nice and bushy.

Here comes the fall

Early September has been reasonably warm but the weather type has clearly made a turn for Autumn with foggy mornings and high humidity. The two Bolivian Rainbows on the balcony have been cut down and sprayed twice with Spruzit RTU to take care of the aphids before bringing the plants indoors to act as a base for my 2nd Bonchi experiment.

The other two plants from my window sill joined the Trinidad Scorpion that I threw away earlier since it never produced any pods and stopped flowering. The remaining branches with yellow & orange pods now sit in a glass of water to make them ripe. Chichen Itza managed to barely avoid the same fate by secretly growing two pods amongst the foliage so it now shares the window with the Prairie Fire.