Finally getting caught up.....these pictures are being posted the same day they were taken, amazing!! First I'll start with the herbs (for once). The Cilantro is going crazy....this is the 2nd major harvest, and as you can see things are still growing like gangbusters.
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| Sage....almost ready for a 2nd harvest....just waiting for the right recipe :) |
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| Still haven't had a need to harvest the Parsley yet, but it looks AWESOME, and is ready to be cut if needed. Kind of slow growing compared to Cilantro, but steady progress nonetheless. |
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| Not sure when the top of the stalk got browned, but nothing seems to have happened to this garlic in the last week. Hmmm... |
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| Tiny onion growing from seed....still pondering ripping this out and planting the "core" of a full grown onion to speed things along (much like the Garlic) |
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| Developing a strong emotional connection to this Rosemary plant (well, not really). But I am very proud of how its really taking off lately...the key has definitely been to basically neglect it and give it much less water than I think it needs. |
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| Thyme...also still waiting for a recipe/harvest....it seems to be just kind of hanging out, waiting for something to happen. I think I need to harvest it, even if it needs to go in the fridge. |
OK, now on to the Cayenne's. So last week I cut off basically all the peppers and turned them into hot flakes. I continued with a very minimalist approach of watering (compared to before vacation) to see what happens, since I am basically prepared to junk these plants and start over, anyway. Well, as I wait for the 1 original pepper per plant to turn red, and without doing any manual pollination this time, whadya know peppers are forming again! There are probably 3-5 new peppers per plant in the last 10 days, and have grown out to 1-2 inches long already. Pretty cool!
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| Rapidly-growing new peppers!!! |
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| 1 of the original's is turning RED!!!! It first turned black at the end, and I was wondering if it was rotting, then suddenly it started to change to red. Obviously it's now spreading up toward the base of the pepper. This has all happened in about 4-5 days, and the rate of color change is really accelerating in the last 24 hours. So cool!! |
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| The whole plant (with red Cayenne). Looking pretty thin in terms of leaves these days. |
The good news is that the rate of leaf drop has slowed quite a bit (but then again, there are much fewer leaves to drop now!) And, in fact, tiny new leaves are forming at the base of the plant again. This is a new development!
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| Tiny new leaves!! |
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| Here's the whole garden...I love seeing the green when I come into and out of the garage each time. It's exactly as I'd planned on it being. |
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| Tallest plant....not growing too much anymore....maybe another inch or so this week. |
You need to put a thermometer in your garage to see how your temp(and max/min) compares with mine. Do you still have leaves with spots? I still tend to think if you had left more pepers on the plant they would have eventually turned red.
ReplyDeleteGood idea. And, as for the other peppers turning red, I think you're probably right. And yes, I do still have plenty of leaves with spots on them. The plants are clearly still sick, and while they are fighting back lately with less watering, the fate will be the same, unfortunately :(
DeleteLook in those books I loned you for suggestions on using the herbs.
ReplyDeleteI've been reading them all day...such great books. I think I need to buy them myself, otherwise you'll never get them back!
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