Water Shortage

The hot pepper plants, despite growing tall, have barely produced any peppers. A lot of them just started blooming 7-10 days ago. WS suggested placing the portable greenhouse over them to extend the season and maybe actually get peppers out (besides the 3 jalapenos and 4 habenaros I've picked). So, we did that yesterday. Last we had heard, it was supposed to get down to 40 last night.

It hasn't rained mor than an inch in the last month. I have had to water the garden all summer to keep it from drying up. Ironically, after placing the greenhouse over the peppers, the weather pattern changed and it is supposed to rain for the next 3 days. Oh yeah, and the low this morning is somewhere in the 50's. So, I still get to water even though Mother Nature is fianlly providing.

Yep, our luck in motion.

Comments

[Cop Car]

Sorry about your pepper shortage. As I recall, your shortage last year was tomatoes.

We have a lot of peppers (some are Hungarian hot, some are Hungarian yellow wax, and some look like tiny pumpkins, only red - I've forgotten what), but on 2 green bell peppers have set on this year. Like your hot pepper plants, our green bell plants are leggy. I attribute the legginess to the plants' being in partial shade.

Better luck next season, although we'll still hope that your greenhouse allows you some harvest this season.

[bogie]

The tiy pumpkins sounds almost like habaneros, but there are several in that particular part of the hot peper family that look somewhat alike.

Last year it was tomatoes because of the cold, wet summer we had. This year, it was hot and dry. Fortunately, even though the peppers haven't produced yet, I had plenty in the freezer from previous years to put in my salsa.

[Cop Car]

Bogie--Thanks for the suggestion, but I have grown habaneros and these don't look like them. (And...I don't think I would have bought habaneros, as I didn't find their taste appealing. Don't think this was any type that I had tried before.) If I ever figure out what they are, I'll let you know.