Solstice post

Well here we are on the shortest day of the year, in the middle of the long Alaskan winter, growing warm weather crops :) Nothing like it... the satisfaction just keeps on coming with this nearly 1 year old experiment!!

This week, the tomatoes have continued to erupt. I am starting to see why they are considered a vine, as they grow FAST. They are now over the edges of the pot on 3 sides, and I need to think about when I am going to transplant them into their final pots.

The biggest development of the week is definitely the fact that the peppers are forming buds! If you recall, I pinched off the first wave of buds on the Cayenne's near this stage, so that the plant would grow bigger and more productive. I kind of wonder if that "wound" perhaps contributed to the bacterial spot, so I'm still undecided whether or not to do that this time. I may just let them AU NATURAL and see what happens.