A place to post and chat about plant pics...

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  1. Blake09

    Blake09 Active Member

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    Thanks et2007, Katalina25, The Holly berry Lady :)
     
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    Speaking of peppers, here's my flowers. I believe they are the gypsy peppers followed by a lizard on my crate myrtle.
     

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    Very nice ShearMe
     
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    Oh, you're gonna like those Gypsy peppers, Zac - they're awesome. I forgot I sent ya them. So easy to grow and they give a pretty big crop on one plant. They're one of my most favorite varieties.

    The fruits will be a greenish/yellow color, but if you wait for them to turn red, they'll be extra sweet and delicious! So glad you will be enjoying them.

    : )

    P.S. Love the lizard pic.
     
  6. ShearMe

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    Thanks everyone, the peppers apparently love hydroponic systems; just look at the roots! :)

    I noticed the anoles last year first and this year there have been lots of young running amok.
     

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    Thanks Greerish, for the ID! I was gone for a few days and then slacked off on my forum responsibilities for a couple more! Four and a half whole pages since the last post I read on this thread alone! LoL

    I hope all goes well with the fish, Sherry! Btw, I've attached some pics of a pepper plant you sent me seeds for, although I have no idea which one as I put seeds for all of them in the same pot! Beautiful purple flowers. I can remind you of which seeds you sent if that would help.

    Before that is my basil flowering :) After that my full sized tomatoes starting to ripen, despite having planted them in my bin with an avocado tree and an apple tree...bad idea!

    And finally the sky over Irvine yesterday evening :)
     

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    Those all look great Joey!!
     
  9. The Hollyberry Lady

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    Hmmmmm..

    Could be Aurora Joey, but show a pic when the fruits appear and I'll tell ya for certain. Everything looks lush and healthy - keep up the great gardening.

    : )

    P.S. If you cut off the flowers on your basil plant, it will continue to live. Flowering to basil, indicates that it's time to die, as basil is an annual. Cutting off the flower too, will make the leaves more flavorful.
     
  10. Joey D

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    I will definitely post pics of all Capsicum fruits as they decide to show :)

    Hmm....decisions, decisions: to let flower and hope for seeds or to cut the flowers and grow a bushier plant? Any opinions?
     
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    Cut the flowers this year, and don't next year?
     
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    Hmm....good call! :)
     
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    It is personal preference, but I don't usually 'top' my pepper plants. Have in the past though, and it does bring about bushier plants with more fruits.

    Can't wait to see shots, Joey...

    : )
     
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    Oh, sorry I was actually talking about the basil! I probably wouldn't top my peppers, they look so beautiful when they get tall :)
     
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    Nice plants Joey

    If you copy then paste it will save any confusion for you and others, then highlight the copied text with the quote icon (last icon).
     
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    It also helps when HBL isn't looking at a million different threads. :P
     
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    My goodness yes, cut your basil!

    Herbs love to be snipped and it only makes them grow all the more. If you want your basil to continue to grow - cut that flower off.

    : )
     
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    Thank'm :)

    Yes, that would have been a good idea in two or three of my last posts! LoL, oh well, live and learn I suppose :)
     
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    Here is my new Bay Laurel plant I just got today. I already have it transplanted into a big pot and I've put it outside. I can't wait to harvest some bay leaves - maybe tomorrow...

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    Blake that is a beutiful sweer potato I hadnt seen the flowers on the black form before.

    ShearMe those pepers look really healthy, how large do they get under hydroponics? or do they stay a similar size?

    Joey even if you cut them back you can use the flowers in food as you would the leaves, there's also a beutiful purple one called dark opel

    HBL Glad to hear the fish are surviving. you could put some oxegenating plants in with them?
     
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    Lol we must've been typing at the same time again sherry, i really have to speed up my typing
    bet that bay smells wonderful, hope it does well for you.
     
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    Thanks, Greerish. I am hoping the Bay Laurel grows well too - this plant is so important to me.

    Yup the fish are still alive - all 5 of them. I would take a picture but it is nearly impossible to get a shot of them before they head to the bottom where you can't see them. They even hide under the soil a bit! Poor things are so scared when they see someone coming.

    No room in my container pond for any other plants, other than my nelumbo, but there is plenty of oxygen in the water because you can see the air bubbles.

    So happy they are surviving!

    : )
     
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    That plant looks great Sherry..
     
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    Thanks, Penny!

    : )
     
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    I think they get to a similar size, but the roots can get massive. If compared to a same sized plant in soil, the hydroponically grown plant's roots can take up just as much space as the soil in the other's pot!

    I've never grown peppers in regular conditions other than the smaller plants I have, but in hydroponics they grow fast as ever.
     

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