Pepper Blog: Week 9

Time for the Week 9 update. I think the peppers got angry when I pinched off those buds, because they are absolutely churning out new buds now, and this time I'm letting them all form peppers. At the moment, I probably have 8-12 peppers between 1 and 3 inches long (still green of course), and 50-70 that are somewhere between flowering and small pepper phase. The longest peppers seem to be growing about 1/2 inch per day, so at this rate they will be what I expect will be full-size before we go on vacation next week! Of note, despite the massive push toward flowering/fruiting, the plants are STILL growing about 3 inches vertically per week. I just don't know where they are getting all this energy!

The herbs are starting to really take off....especially the Sage and Cilantro. Basil is, of course, still growing aggressively, and we had the 3rd and largest harvest so far this week (see picture below). In addition, shortly after this picture was taken, I added two new residents to the garden....I am going to try to grow a single Onion, and a single Garlic plant...each in one of the small black pots. I think that should be enough room.

So much green. The peppers are still the most aromatic...and now you can even smell peppers by simply walking into the garage...you don't even have to get down near the plants anymore!

A little hard to see, but here is one of the longer peppers...almost 2 inches long. It's hard to see it in this picture...it looks just like a branch.

Rosemary does seem to be accelerating growth. I read online that sometimes they like to be "neglected" and not watered so carefully...so I'm trying to give it less water, and I think it is responding!