Overwintered Peppa

A history - going back in time....

So, I have three plants this year that are being “overwintered” - Last year I had two.

One of the three plants this year is the same as one of the ones from last year. (It is in the record - check back if you doubt this….)

Tis the “ghost mama” going on three years now - and look at her - she still is making some fine progeny. Look how red and HOT they must be!

That is what I call “a fine momma proper” peppa plant - knows how to make fruit. She is the “apple of my eye” - being we been together now a long time.

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But, notwithstanding that, I’d like to focus on the “first” plant in the image above - the 2nd one mind ya was planted in a pot to start the season and so it was easy to keep as such for overwintering - she is the daughter of the other plant overwintered last year - but the first one in the image above per the viewer’s perspective - that is a special plant no doubt.

So let me share some history on it - and you decide how it looks “now”.

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Tis is an image of it when I literally had pulled from the ground as documented in “Update 27”:

I realized the next day that pepper plant was “special” - and so I put back in the dirt with high hopes.

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This is what it looked like when I found it again:

(It is 1405 of the same day - and I’m just waiting now - for the message to get delivered - it has three images on it showing the history of the plant above - I’m still waiting - tis 1406 now about to be 1407……tic toc - oh it just arrived…)

This was a few weeks ago - same plant - earlier in time…

I think this was a week or two after when there could be no doubt - this pepper plant is still alive!

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Oh - this is a little “baby doll” showed up in the yard - there are tons of them around here - I think she was nibbling on something just before I took this picture “digitally zoomed” - and really I concur with an acquaintance of mine who says “optical zoom” is the only way to go to get the clearest of images.

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At the end of the day - I’m pretty pleased that pepper plant I ought not have ripped out of the ground the way I did is still alive - cause I realized this is a fine pepper plant and so I made the effort to put it in soil after it had been ripped out of the ground roots and all and left exposed for about 18 hours - but then I put it in some moist soil and it rained hard after that - and that plant evidently is still alive.

This a Golden P plant I saved - along with many of the peppers it had on it - seeds in particular. Just goes to show - maybe when it comes to “overwintering” a stout plant doesn’t mind getting trimmed a bit…..

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I plan on putting that plant in a special place - and I hope it lasts as long as the Ghost (Bhut Jolokia) “momma” has - she is most impressive - her seed came from a friend in the neighborhood - and that is a fact.

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So now all you readers here - all 101 of you or so - now you know more about me and the kind of gardener I am. I am very ambitious!

Ha, ha.

Go Bills!

Ken = tis 1417 now - I don’t foresee any edits to this post….

~~ oh sorry - just one edit - fore Pluto heads to Aquarius - not kidding 3:33 pm EST ~~

I enjoy going back and reading articles - I enjoy it more when they have music - so this music resonates with me - being I’m Gen-X!

BK

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