Re: [CH] bonsai habs
Akiva Kotler (akiva@barak-online.net)
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:22:48 +0300
Dear Tara
Many strange things can happen with cross pollination.
Akiva Kotler
Ashdod Israel
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From: "Tara Deen" <tara@es.usyd.edu.au>
To: "Chile Heads mailing list" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:43 AM
Subject: [CH] bonsai habs
> Hi podders,
>
> The plants I saved from the possum earlier in the year are starting to
> produce ripe fruit. The anaheim produced a single pepper so big that it
> has broken the one remaining stem and killed the plant (no great loss,
> not sure what I'm going to do with an anaheim anyway). The really
> interesting one is the hab. The plant I know is a hab for certain is
> just under a foot tall, with small leaves. I figure all the pruning it
> received from the possum convinced it that it is a bonsai! I now have
> orange, ripening habs a bit smaller than a chickpea.
>
> I have another plant with small, immature peppers that look like habs,
> but the green pods are going black where the full sun is striking them.
> The jals are doing this as well, which I expect, but the hab plant with
> ripening fruit is not experiencing this. I've never seen habs blacken in
> the sun. Has anyone else seen this?
>
> Tara
>
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