Garden Pictures Chat Corner

Just don’t mix the colors red and green :)

Do you mean because it then becomes brown? Or do you mean something else (bio)-chemical that I don’t know yet?

The peppers are really mild

Mine are quite mild too. That’s why a jar was also eaten up at my Indian evening. It goes well with chilis added. In the end, you can taste it and add another bell pepper or something like that. And then bring it to a boil again.

You mean because it turns brown then?

Yes, the strong color is gone then. That would be a pity.

Mine are growing outdoors and not in a sheltered spot.

It would be quite simple, for example, to stick a stake into the soil by each plant and pull a garbage bag over it, possibly tying it at the top.
This creates a slightly milder microclimate around the plant overnight.

For this reason, I always grow all peppers and chillies as potted plants, and they come inside when it gets really cold. We often still have fresh peppers well into January. I have even been able to overwinter some chillies this way, and they actually had a second season!

However, my peppers have benefited so far from the beautiful September this year. During the unsettled summer, they didn’t want to turn red for ages, which they have partly made up for in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, the days are now shorter and the sunlight yield isn’t that high even on nice days...
Honestly: climate change or not – I personally quite liked the recent Mediterranean summers *confess*. I had almost stopped worrying about blight and was rudely reminded of it again this year. I could have done without that...

Except for the poor harvest, I found the summer quite pleasantly tempered. I don’t like heat. Did it catch you now too?

All the time - I'm just crazy about pinching off the infested leaves and fruits. I still have a good harvest, but it's annoying and somehow disgusting. I now have a bag where I collect the infested parts, because they do not go into my compost. The fungus is relatively persistent and since I have no way to steam the compost before use, it goes to the composting facility. They can do that there and then the pest will surely be defeated.

Progress is being made! At the end of the week, 400 more groundcover plants for the slope (thyme, isotoma, vinca minor,... so blue/purple) and 150 hedge plants (photinia, Portuguese laurel cherry, and cornelian cherry, so rather reddish) will arrive, then that will be done for now. For the intermediate level, we are still looking for a tree, let’s see what it will be.

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