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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: sally_cinnamon on July 21, 2006, 15:43:20

Title: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: sally_cinnamon on July 21, 2006, 15:43:20
I know it's only a piddly tiddler, but I was sooooo pleased!  I didn't expect any to grow cos I thought they were hard...  Obviously not that hard then!!

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/sally_cinnamon_photos/DSC00068.jpg)
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: amphibian on July 21, 2006, 15:47:22
Congratulations, they'll be a lot more to follow.
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: jennym on July 21, 2006, 16:49:27
Hey that's great! Remember feeling so chuffed last year when my first pepper came, well done!
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: Georgie on July 21, 2006, 21:02:39
Awww, I love ickle veggies.   ;D  Well done you!

G x
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: Mrs Ava on July 21, 2006, 22:47:43
Yippee!  And tonite whilst watering, I spotted my first chillis of the year.  Hoorah!  ;D
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: lorna on July 21, 2006, 22:53:27
Sally well done, exciting isn't it to see a "first" of anything you have grown.
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: MikeB on July 22, 2006, 11:51:32
Well done Sally, what next?
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: amphibian on July 22, 2006, 13:08:07
I have lost a load of pods to BER this morning  :'(
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: nittynora on July 22, 2006, 20:50:09
We grew two plants on the kitchen windowsill (right next to each other)

All the leaves fell off one. ???  This has been binned.

The other has three peppers on it (max 4 cm long) ;D.  Has now moved outside 'cos it got too tall.

Wonder what happend to the first one?
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: supersprout on July 23, 2006, 06:38:02
Aww he is a real cute piddly tiddler sally ;) hope you are real proud ;D
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: tim on July 23, 2006, 11:30:28
Dear little chap. What are you calling him, Sally??
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: saddad on July 23, 2006, 13:30:04
The first one probably got a foot rot, roots or stem get attacked by fungi and plant shrivels and dies...

Don't eat it all at once will you!

Sorry to hear about the BER Amphibian.

;D
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: STHLMgreen on July 23, 2006, 14:51:50
congratulations Sally!

I have my first ever tiny peppers too!
one looks like yours (almost exactly) and the ohers is even smaller. but they change every day.

very rewarding!
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: amphibian on July 23, 2006, 19:46:12
Quote from: saddad on July 23, 2006, 13:30:04
Sorry to hear about the BER Amphibian.

;D

It's what happens when you ask a friend to water while you are away. I just hope my plants survive the fortnight I am away soon.  :o
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: pye on July 24, 2006, 16:18:56
BER = blossom end rot?  :o

I didn't know peppers were prone. It's my first year and I'm treating them the same as I do my chillies ie a little water only when they beg for it. Should I be watering the sweet peppers more frequently/regularly?
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: amphibian on July 24, 2006, 16:25:30
Quote from: pye on July 24, 2006, 16:18:56
BER = blossom end rot?  :o

I didn't know peppers were prone. It's my first year and I'm treating them the same as I do my chillies ie a little water only when they beg for it. Should I be watering the sweet peppers more frequently/regularly?

They are not particularly prone, but do get it. Overwatering is more likely to be the issue with peppers.
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: Biscombe on July 24, 2006, 17:42:12
Awwww! lovely! congratulations!
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: sally_cinnamon on July 26, 2006, 14:48:05
Thanks everyone! I am proud, it's great to see him grow (Tim, I think I might call him Arthur, do you think he suits it?!).  Here's a photo update from Monday 24th... See how he's grown!
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/sally_cinnamon_photos/Sweetpepper240706.jpg)

PS. I have been watering mine everyday, but they are in pots so perhaps they need it?   ???  Sorry to hear some peoples haven't made it. :(
Title: Re: My first EVER pepper!!!
Post by: amphibian on July 27, 2006, 23:40:24
I'm not that bothered by those I have lost, I have hundreds more on other plants, I literally have a pepper farm this year.

I only water when they are dry, in pots.