Re: [CH] Mourning lost Chocolate Habs
The NorthEast ChileMan (thenortheastchileman@attbi.com)
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:11:09 -0400
Hi Dan,
Sniff, sorry for your loss. Will I see a post in the obits in the Lawrence
Eagle Tribune? If so, let me know the day it'll be there, OK? When's the
wake? I know I can't make the funeral....
On the other side of the coin, I wouldn't give up on them yet. You've been
growing enough years to have seen a miracle or 2 with El Grande. I've had
plant's that were leafless & suddenly sprang back to life... I had a tray of
sprouts fall over with the dreaded "damping off" & sprayed them with
Chamomile tea & they survived. Anything's possible & I always try to be
optimistic when it comes to my pepper plants.
And lastly, just received seeds from FL that are C. chinense but different
"shape" with chocolate color. Check it out!:
http://www.mastersbaitandtackle.com/Star/Pepper.JPG
You will be growing in your limited space next year, Right?!
A fellow New Englander, hoping the weatherperson is right & we'll have
sunshine next week as promised,,,,
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gillis" <DanGillis@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, 19 June, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: [CH] Mourning lost Chocolate Habs
> Helen and I had been growing a nice variety of peppers indoors this spring
> due to the HORRIBLE growing conditions up here in New England. One
variety
> we were really looking forward to was our Chocolate Habaneros, the first
> we've ever grown.
>
> After starting them from seed, babying them with some grow lights and
> capillary matting, we decided it was time to transplant them into some
pots
> and to give them a shot in the great outdoors. After a few days of dreary
> weather, the sun came out in full force a couple of days ago.. and our
> Chocolate Habs are no more. Sunburnt to a crisp. The irony of it is
beyond
> words.
>
> We still have the limp, yellow, crispy leaved plants in their pots...
hoping
> beyond hope that they will come back to life.
>
> So tonight I pay homage to our lost habs. Those wonderful brown pods of
> delight.
>
> Dan