Damn it seems I am a victim of tomater gate. Got some chocolate stripes seeds from Texas hot peppers with my other seeds and they have potato leaves…
Today is pepper seed planting day. Looks like may 10-15 varieties will be sown. Of those maybe twelve will be placed in the raised bed garden reserved for peppers. All are sweet but maybe three or four hot ones for my grandson who loves making salsa.
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those are sam marz, the ceylon are still tiny up front.
my over winter peppers are all dead. no luck
hot peppers are sprouting finally. sweets are putting on second leaf. the greenhouse is full swing now
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I did a test to see how well pepinos root in water. I don’t remember exactly when I started it, but at the earliest it was last Saturday (2/28) but it was more like Monday (3/2). So in at most 5 days, this what the roots look like (from a non-ground touching branch).
Safe to say they root pretty damn easily. Since they have pepper like stems, I was worried they would root more like peppers. But they seem to lean more towards tomato for rooting prowess.
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Great to hear, just ordered some
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Here’s what I’m growing (attempting with varying degrees of success in some cases) right now:
Cossack Pineapple Ground Cherry (Physalis pruinosa) - One pot has 3 plants that are only 5 or 6 inches tall and are fruiting already. Another pot of them is growing with bigger leaves, thicker stems and bushier but not fruiting.
Everglades Tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) - both the red and yellow type
Dwarf Tamarillo (Cyphomandra abutiloides) - Second attempt. They sprout after a few weeks and grow about an inch then seem to stall out. Not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Coastal Ground Cherry (Physalis angustifolia) - Planted these last year, they did great at first then got infested with mealybugs. In an attempt to control the mealybugs I tried to remove the coastal ground cherry. It is apparently nearly impossible to completely remove haha. I dug out every last bit of plant/root I could find and now it looks like I never did anything. It is growing well and starting to fruit.
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