And here we are… The temperatures outside are starting to increase so I really start to think about getting my chili pepper plants outside. There was a one week period in February when the weather was really warm and the daily temperatures were about 15-18 degrees centigrade. I was happy because I thought it would be suitable if I put my plants outside, but the period was over pretty soon.
Now, as the night temperatures are not falling below 1-2 degrees it’s already possible to bring the plants outside and give them nice and needed sunlight.
Meanwhile, as I was waiting for some good outside conditions, one of the plants decided that it would start flowering. I don’t know how these flowers will develop and whether the plant is ready to carry some fruits, but time will tell. It’s still a relatively small plant and it needs a bigger pot, but as soon as I put them on the balcony, I will replace the container.
These are Cayenne pepper plants. I like a lot the amount of slickness this sort of pepper brings and the flavor of them is really sweet and smooth.
This is an orange habanero plant. It’s also among my favorite pepper varieties. It’s still not blooming, and I consider pruning it and stimulate more side branches growing.
The Carolina reaper also looks pretty healthy. Although the Carolina reaper fruits are among the hottest peppers in existence, their flavor is not so intense and fruitful.
Other than these more developed peppers, I have a bunch of younger ones which I think of planting in the garden of the house. It’s not a big garden, but there’s some place where the peppers would fit very well.
The four on the left are Cayenne peppers, while the four on the right are Orange habaneros. They all look pretty nice and ready to be planted outside.
And another Cayenne plant.
There was an accident where I broke the roots of one Cayenne pepper, but it showed signs of rooting on the upper part, which was outside the soil. It’s now in a jar and has developed a lot of roots. I think all of the Cayenne peppers have to be planted a bit deeper, because they tend to grow high and start rooting outside the soil. I remember last years plants were all the same. The Cayenne ones started bending over and resulted in some pretty strange plants.
That’s all for now. I’m very excited because the intensive gardening season is already here, as it seems.
See you soon!
