Well, honestly, I’ve been harvesting for weeks now but haven’t taken the time to post about it. But we’ve been without rain for a while, a storm is predicted for this afternoon, and I just have a feeling the time is right to bring in everything that’s dark red. This morning Tricia came in with [...]
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Last week I was really impressed that the last full de arbol plant was looking really heavy with dark red fruit and I was tempted to harvest right then. But the weather forecast looked like another week of hot sunny days and I mentally savored the extra spicy flavor that might result from another week [...]
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We got back from the lake Saturday night before dark and I climbed up to the roof to see how things made it for two weeks unattended. Many plants look on the dry side, leaves a bit pale and droopy, definitely look like they are wanting fertilizer. But all still basically in good health. I [...]
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