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07.07.07
The Hot Cross Pollination God

I need a bigger window sill.

My garden is rocking like you wouldn't believe. This early. I have hundreds of tomatoes, of various types, in various stages of ripeness. I have more cucumbers and squash than I can possibly eat...the okra and eggplant are looking good. I've got more peppers than I know what to do with.

My Herb Garden is also on fire...unbelievable. Damn shrubs...those plants are.

Anyway, I'm talking about the reproduction of seed plants and cross pollination. I have cucumbers that are shaped like squash. I have squash shaped like cucumbers. I have peppers like I've never tasted before. Yellow peppers that are hotter than any I've ever had. Japeleno peppers that are hotter and have a different flavor than any I've ever eaten. My cayennes are so hot they are dangerous. The pobalanos are a different shade of green than usual. I have nuclear cherry peppers. I have some mystery peppers that are absolutely delicious.

My habaneros are just beginning to think about it. Can't wait to see what happens with them.

...and on and on and on...everything is different about this garden.

I've been visited by the Hot Cross Pollination God...which is good because I like hot stuff, but you must be very careful with her...she can, and will, make you break for cover.

She is full of surprises.

Posted: 17:14
Category: Food & Drink
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It isn't necessarily hybridization causing the increased stress in the Chiles'. Much more likely is that they're stressed. The hottest chiles' come from plants that are bordering on dying from lack of water..

Unfortunately, my own chile plants aren't doing so well.

Posted by: HTRN at July 8, 2007 09:06 PM

HTRN,

It is definitely not a lack of water. My garden looks like a "Holiday in Cambodia".

My chiles' are not stressed. They're quite happy.

I think my plants are laughing at Al Gore and his Global Warming bullshit.

Posted by: Sam at July 8, 2007 10:00 PM

If your using seed saved from last years crop, there is indeed a fairly good chance of crosspollinization..

Posted by: HTRN at July 9, 2007 01:16 AM

I love hot peppers! Can't get peppers worth a good shit up here. I am definitely growing my own next year.

Posted by: Braden at July 10, 2007 10:17 AM
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