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Pinocchio Chilli Peppers

August 14, 2011 at 3:20 pmCategory:chilli plants | photography

A quick update on my Pinocchio chilli plants. The plant took a long time to get to the flowering stage but as soon as it got there it’s been throwing out chillis like there’s no tomorrow! When I planted the Pinocchios I knew they’d be nice, long fruits but I wasn’t expecting them to grow as much as they have – I’m impressed.

Two of my other plants (from random nameless seeds) are much smaller in comparison, but they have a lot of little flowers and a couple of young chillis. I’m hoping they’ll be small but fiery.

My pepper plants have grown nice and tall and have some very large flower buds but no fruits yet. I also randomly planted some chilli seeds from a supermarket chilli a month ago – very late I know, but the seedlings are growing really well. If I can keep them warm and looked after, I’m hoping to get some late season chillis. Not sure how it will turn out, but worth a go!

In the garden

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May 19, 2011 at 7:01 pmCategory:chilli plants | photography

Seeing as the sun decided to show itself this afternoon, I took advantage by grabbing the camera and having a look around the garden.

Below are some of my chilli plants. They’re growing quite slowly (but I was late at planting them in early April) so we probably won’t get much use out of them for a long while, but fingers crossed they’ll grow up nice and healthy. I can’t for the life of me remember which type of chillis I planted. I really must remember to label things up next year!

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Below are my potato plants. They are unbelievably easy to grow and after doing so well last year, I thought I’d have another crack at it. So far so good – fingers crossed for a good harvest later in the year. Again – can’t remember what type of potato this is, but I’m sure it’ll be tasty (it better!). As we don’t have much space in our garden, I’m growing the potatoes in bags.

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And here’s one of my hanging baskets with tomato plants, again a space-saving idea (also helps keep the slugs and snails at bay). I’ve got seven plants in various baskets at the moment. The trick is to make sure they’re well watered and to make sure they get a nice sunny spot in the garden.

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And here’s a happy French Marigold. My marigolds also live in hanging baskets, close to the tomatoes. Apparently it distracts aphids from the tomato plants, but they’re also hardy, easy to care for and kind of pretty!