Re: [CH] Longevity of chile plants
danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:48:55 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Anthony delonga wrote:
> im in massachusetts so its harder to have our chile freinds as
> perenials... what do older chile plants look like? the same as the
> new?
I've got a 4 year old habenero at my office setting right up against a
window with a full southern exposure. The plant is woody-stemmed and
since it hasn't been outside to harden off since I brought it in to miss
its first frost it is an increibly large vine-like plant with snaking
branches over a meter long. They go every-which way and I had to yell at
the cleaning woman because she was so rough with it she broke sme of the
limbs.
Since my wife and I have a record for executing plants when we re-pot
them, it's in the same soil it was in when we planted it. I just thow it
some generic-type 15-30-15 fake Miracle, um, plant food every now and then
and occasionally toss it some epsoms salt to get it to blossom.
I pollinate it by rubbing a finger on the blossoms and cooing to it. The
fruits are gradually getting smaller and are now a little larger than a
standard marble. But we're talking HOT: I can still hear her moan when
I'm pollinating.
Or is it me I hear?
Never mind.
carp