10-25-2019
It has been raining sporadically since
last night and still I found a passed out impatiens. Fortunately
they recover quickly. Just to give you an idea of how it is down
here, I went into Publix for some of those special grapes and it was
sunny and hot. I came out to a drenched parking lot and it was again,
sunny and hot. No wonder the plants are confused.
I lost another mustard which leads me
to believe they just can't take the heat. It is in the high 80's and
low 90's every day. I must admit to being puzzled as to how some of
the tomatoes are setting fruit. I did buy a tray of red Romaine
lettuce. The red leaf veggies tend to take more heat than the pale
green ones. If it doesn't need to set a head, it takes more heat.
All the peppers are going crazy,
growing and setting peppers but you have to remember, peppers are
perennials. Yes, even those regular bell peppers are perennial in
hot climates with no frost. My Big Bertha is celebrating her second
birthday. I almost lost her to mealybugs but she threw them off.
Plants are capable of defending themselves and even communicating
with nearby plants. Not a mealybug was found on any other pepper so
they upped their chemical defenses, too. I have to pick some of the
Loco Peppers. They are a cute little lavender round pepper which I
bet they will make you sorry you tried to eat them. Although cute,
the breeders say they are as hot as a cayenne pepper and not very
tasty. We shall see. It seems all ornamental peppers are really hot
they have little flavor. They are hottest when red rather than
lavender. I have Scotch Bonnets in case anyone is suicidal. They have
a heat rating of 80,000 to 400,000 Scoville units or very hot. It is
one of the hottest peppers in the world. I will cage it as soon as it
starts bearing because we all know George is going to accidentally
pop one in his mouth like he did the habanero pepper.
Yes, I got my “witches finger”
grapes and they are delicious. They aren't calling them that but
Publix has them for 1.99 a pound. I got two bags. It is the best
grape you can find. So far, not a seed.
The rain and heat is keeping me from
working like I would like to. Danged diabetes and its messing with
your internal thermostat. We can actually overheat and start sweating
so badly, we dehydrate, sort of like the impatiens.
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