Ok, I may have exaggerated recycling, but I have my reasons for this. Due to the height of the garden wall and the adjacent building, the soil on the ground does not get enough sun. When I plant any plant on the ground, I cannot get the yield I want because of the lack of sun. For several years now, instead of planting in the ground, I have been planting in pots made of burlap, which I obtained with the soil I filled in some fertilizer sacks. Thus, I found a partial solution to the problem of not seeing enough sun.
This year I tried a new way for peppers. I got a mini field by filling my old bath tub, which has been sitting idle for a while, with a mixture of soil and animal manure. Since the height of the tub is high enough above the ground, I got a new angle to catch the sun's rays.
After filling the soil, the only problem was the pepper seedlings. I planted pepper seedlings that I bought from a reliable nursery in my field consisting of tubs. Since I am a chili lover my preference was for chili peppers, the seller assured me enough that the peppers would be hot. I hope he's not wrong!
In the past years, I have been growing my own pepper seedlings. I was watching the growth of pepper seeds, which I had moistened the day before, in a small greenhouse that I created right after the weather warmed up in the spring, by adding a little soil to it. I had no doubts about what the seedlings would look like because I used the seeds of whatever peppers I wanted.
This year, instead of growing pepper seedlings, I preferred ready-grown seedlings. These are the images from April 27, the saplings were planted a week ago and continued to grow quite healthy. It displays an ideal view for peppers to grow in the soil in the pot I created from the tub.
Since the soil in the pot I made from the tub is quite cool and soft, I ran into an unexpected problem. Taking advantage of the softness of the soil, the cats began to scratch the ground at night. This caused me to lose some pepper seedlings. With a simple precaution, I prevented the cats from scratching the soil. I supported the dry tree branches and plastic stick that I stretched on the soil with cobblestone. So when the cats had trouble digging the soil, they had to find another area for themselves. These images are from May 30. It is enough to give a clear idea about the development of peppers. The problem that the seedlings I mentioned at first could not get sunlight has been overcome thanks to the pot I made from the tub. The liveliness of the green color in the leaves of the peppers and the beginning of the flowers that will enable the pepper to form show that everything is in order.
This is yesterday, June 15, in the pictures. The pepper seedlings have grown completely and the peppers have reached the size to be plucked. And the peppers are just as hot as I want them to be. Since I did not use any chemical pesticides in their cultivation, they are within the scope of organic products. When you smell it, you can feel the smell of more pepper, and you can get the extra flavor of pepper in your taste. Hot pepper has a special place in our food culture. We consume this type of pepper mostly raw alongside meals. The bathtub, which served for a while in the bathroom, was successful in serving a different purpose in its first year. I'm thinking of growing different greens in the tub for the winter after the peppers. I will try to grow salad ingredients such as lettuce, parsley, green onions in the tub. The performance of the peppers will influence my decision about the crops I will continue to grow in the tub.
Thank you very much everyone, see you in my next post!
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