I have been erstwhile distracted from the blog by the bane of postgraduate studies:
The dissertation project.
I am running an online survey on my project, which I need to have since my interviewing skills are rubbish.
I should have known this from ages ago, since my Role Playing skills are equally inept. This is a warning to all of you: If you RP and can't for the sake of you get information from the Gnome Pineapple salesman being played by your friend who knows you are awful at the game and is giving you all the help possible to help you find the +2 Enchanted Suppository of Regularity, you haven't got a prayer for getting accurate information regarding a complex regeneration scheme from Government Officials...
So ask the public what they think. You'll be surprised how refreshing and helpful they will be.
As for the chillies, well what can I say? So far so good. I've taken more photos which I've uploaded to my photobucket account:
http://s611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/ajichombo/
The Nagas should be changing colour soon. I can feel it. The Chocolate Habs are doing great, as are the Orange Habs (they are just AMAZING). Pretty much the only plants disappointing me are the Fatalii twins. A lot of growth, a lot of growth, a LOT of growth.
But not pods....
Grrrrrrrrrr!
The White Habanero is doing splendid, as is the Caribbean Red Hab (finally). Even the Red Savina has a pod growing!
I have FINALLY moved the Jamaican Hot and the second Paper Lantern from the glass jars to terracotta 15cm pots. I feel really bad about it, but I have decided these two shall be overwintered to provide the spearhead of the 2010 growing season.
August temperatures in Liverpool are predicted to be 14.5C on the average (yes, global warming...I can see it making a difference) AFTER the meteorology office in the UK gave a long range forecast of a heat wave for August. This is why weather forecasting is a great job. You MAKE THINGS UP! and you get paid a handsome fee to boot! I will definitely apply to be one. Stick my head out the window, or better still, my bionic leg, and say 'Hmmmm...leg is tingling. I predict rain!' and bingo-bango! Money!
I am sorely tempted to use the heat lamps from the reception to keep the plants fooled into producing more...
Showing posts with label Red Savina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Savina. Show all posts
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Pigeons and wings...
I am going to start a petition to send to whatever 'higher authority' was in charge of giving city pigeons wings to have them taken from them.
Silly things just will not move when you walk towards them.
I know they see life in such a manner that their brain analyses our movement as we would the slow crawl of a snail, but I have had enough.
I want some other animal to get the wings if the pigeons are just going to waffle about not using them.
I want monkeys to have them.
And don't say 'Oh, come on!'
You know you want that too.
Not the higher order apes.
Nah.
No...flying orang-utans. No winged Chimpanzees.
The 'lesser apes'
Flying Squirrel Monkeys!
Dive Bombing Tamarinds!
Horrah!
I am 'chuffed', as the locals say, with the progress of the plants. There are now 14 Chocolate Habanero pods on the plant, as well as three White Habanero pods! Weeeeeeee! There are also flowers on the Paper Lantern and Red Savina. The Chocolate Sweet Pepper is now producing more flowers, so a second harvest is under way!
I have started harvesting the Esplendors as well as the Piri-Piris, but loaded with plenty of little pods.
The Orange Habanero is packed! I know there could be more pods if I did a few more things, but I'll settle for 20 pods from it.
Heck, even the Caribbean Red Habanero, now in separate accommodation (after I liberally sprayed it to control the aphids) is carrying a pod!
:-)
Now, if only I could get the Fataliis to actually set a pod, I'd be the happiest pepper on the Internet!
Silly things just will not move when you walk towards them.
I know they see life in such a manner that their brain analyses our movement as we would the slow crawl of a snail, but I have had enough.
I want some other animal to get the wings if the pigeons are just going to waffle about not using them.
I want monkeys to have them.
And don't say 'Oh, come on!'
You know you want that too.
Not the higher order apes.
Nah.
No...flying orang-utans. No winged Chimpanzees.
The 'lesser apes'
Flying Squirrel Monkeys!
Dive Bombing Tamarinds!
Horrah!
I am 'chuffed', as the locals say, with the progress of the plants. There are now 14 Chocolate Habanero pods on the plant, as well as three White Habanero pods! Weeeeeeee! There are also flowers on the Paper Lantern and Red Savina. The Chocolate Sweet Pepper is now producing more flowers, so a second harvest is under way!
I have started harvesting the Esplendors as well as the Piri-Piris, but loaded with plenty of little pods.
The Orange Habanero is packed! I know there could be more pods if I did a few more things, but I'll settle for 20 pods from it.
Heck, even the Caribbean Red Habanero, now in separate accommodation (after I liberally sprayed it to control the aphids) is carrying a pod!
:-)
Now, if only I could get the Fataliis to actually set a pod, I'd be the happiest pepper on the Internet!
Friday, 5 June 2009
TGIF? Not if your chillies are at work...
I dread weekends.
Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of goofing off for hours on end, just like the next pepper.
But all my plants are at work now. So that means I need to water them well enough Friday afternoon, and hope we don't get a mystery heatwave over the weekend (though in this neck of the woods that's about as likely to happen as Elvis riding the Loch Ness monster down the street in hot pursuit of Bigfoot).
I almost forgot to do a mouseketeer roll call for the chillies being grown at work:
1-Naga Morich x 2
2-Orange Habanero x 2
3-Fatalii x 2
4-Black Cuban x 2
5-White Habanero x 2
6- Esplendor x 2
7-Chocolate Habanero x 1
8-Caribbean Reb Habanero x 1
9-Rocoto Rojo x 1
10-Red Savina x 1
11-Paper Lantern x 1
12-Stromboli x 1
13-Ring of Fire Cayenne x 1
14-Etna x 1
15-Chocolate Sweet Pepper x 1
And, of course, the two butternut squash.
Fingers crossed for another weekend of them fending for themselves.
I might have some photos to upload soon! Took them today, but need access to the computer at home.
Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of goofing off for hours on end, just like the next pepper.
But all my plants are at work now. So that means I need to water them well enough Friday afternoon, and hope we don't get a mystery heatwave over the weekend (though in this neck of the woods that's about as likely to happen as Elvis riding the Loch Ness monster down the street in hot pursuit of Bigfoot).
I almost forgot to do a mouseketeer roll call for the chillies being grown at work:
1-Naga Morich x 2
2-Orange Habanero x 2
3-Fatalii x 2
4-Black Cuban x 2
5-White Habanero x 2
6- Esplendor x 2
7-Chocolate Habanero x 1
8-Caribbean Reb Habanero x 1
9-Rocoto Rojo x 1
10-Red Savina x 1
11-Paper Lantern x 1
12-Stromboli x 1
13-Ring of Fire Cayenne x 1
14-Etna x 1
15-Chocolate Sweet Pepper x 1
And, of course, the two butternut squash.
Fingers crossed for another weekend of them fending for themselves.
I might have some photos to upload soon! Took them today, but need access to the computer at home.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Moving Violations
Almapaprika and I have finished our move to the new flat. Her parents and younger brother were here for the weekend and helped us get everything across from one place to the other. Very grateful for all their help, since we both discovered that we have quite a collection of clutter. The new place is lovely, although there isn't a great deal of direct sunlight (well, the balcony does get direct sunlight...at either end of a large building immediately in front of it. And there are plans to build two equally large apartment complexes at either side, so I can kiss the sunlight goodbye in about 8 months time...), so that means I can't keep all the chillies there. I have kept some, though. I want to try and grow some chillies at home. The flowers on the Belpicens at home have finally opened! Yeeeeeehaw! Got plenty of chillies growing at the office, but none so far at home (fruits that is). So looking forward to getting some growing at the flat.
There were some unfortunate casualties in the move. The Jamaican Hot Scotch Bonnet was kind of trampled inside its own little glass jar. But the little plant and the root all seem intact, so I will try to see if I can maybe attempt a miniature hydroponic system to see what I can get from it. a New summer experiment.
But the good news came from upon my return to the office. I was amazed by how well the chillies are doing there. The Chocolate Habanero has leaves the size of my hand, and the Naga Morich is not far from that either!
Gadzooks!
The Orange Habanero and the Caribbean Red Habanero are also flowering, and quite profusely! I am really looking forward to seeing the chillies grow.
The Piri-Piri has grown so many side shoots thanks to it not being able to stand up correctly that the main stem has now created side roots. I'll be transplanting it to another pot soon, since it is also starting to show flowers.
The Black Cuban has also started to sprout vigorous side shoots.
I brought some more plants over, and have convinced the second floor offices (the ones directly above where I have the plants now) to accept some more 'guests'. I brought with me the lone White Habanero, the other Orange Habanero (the difference in height is staggering), a Red Savina Habanero, another Black Cuban, another Esplendor and one of the Paper Lanterns.
I still have not gotten the photos I took from the camera to the computer at the new flat, and with all the unpacking that needs to take place, it might be a while (grumble-grumble). But rest assured I shall get the photos up and running as soon as I can.
There were some unfortunate casualties in the move. The Jamaican Hot Scotch Bonnet was kind of trampled inside its own little glass jar. But the little plant and the root all seem intact, so I will try to see if I can maybe attempt a miniature hydroponic system to see what I can get from it. a New summer experiment.
But the good news came from upon my return to the office. I was amazed by how well the chillies are doing there. The Chocolate Habanero has leaves the size of my hand, and the Naga Morich is not far from that either!
Gadzooks!
The Orange Habanero and the Caribbean Red Habanero are also flowering, and quite profusely! I am really looking forward to seeing the chillies grow.
The Piri-Piri has grown so many side shoots thanks to it not being able to stand up correctly that the main stem has now created side roots. I'll be transplanting it to another pot soon, since it is also starting to show flowers.
The Black Cuban has also started to sprout vigorous side shoots.
I brought some more plants over, and have convinced the second floor offices (the ones directly above where I have the plants now) to accept some more 'guests'. I brought with me the lone White Habanero, the other Orange Habanero (the difference in height is staggering), a Red Savina Habanero, another Black Cuban, another Esplendor and one of the Paper Lanterns.
I still have not gotten the photos I took from the camera to the computer at the new flat, and with all the unpacking that needs to take place, it might be a while (grumble-grumble). But rest assured I shall get the photos up and running as soon as I can.
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