My weekend was nearly ruined!
I had so many plans for what I was going to get done in my garden and my garage for the weekend and then I got called to come to work on the Saturday!
Hi all, Zak Ludick here form Cape Town, South Africa with another little gardening update. I had loads of plans, but ended up getting called in to do around 6 hours of work on Saturday which included me going to the harbour and conducting a survey and assessment aboard a diamond mining vessel.
I was not really impressed with the way this client has been dealing with us and I am not yet convinced that I would actually do any work for them IF it were my choice.
But anyway, enough about work. Let's look at that garden of mine!
Green Pepper plants inbound! I hope?
In the picture above you will see loads and loads of pots that 
I watered this soil ahead of this planting.
Some time ago I germinated some of these seeds, they came up alright and I planted them out, from about 15-20 little plants only about 3 of them did OK but even these withered finally and died.
I think I MAY have taken too long to plant them out.
Determined to not do this again, and to allow Nature to "do it's thing" I decided to lean into the natural law of things: germinate LOTS more and then plant them out a half a dozen different ways. Life will find a way to make it work!
I took my entire stock of Green Pepper seeds. Note these I harvested from the inside of green peppers we buy from the store. Bell Peppers, in other words.
I would then slightly wet the whole bowl of seeds and sure enough they sucked up the water and they went from dry flakes to slightly swelling seeds.
I then stuck these guys into some mustard mugs and they stuck this into the window sill and kept the toilet paper moist.
Look how many popped up!
So off I went, took the seeds out of the glasses, and began planting. Some I planted as groups of individuals, others I planted in clumps with their roots and the toilet paper still together. Some I buried deeper than others, thinking that IF these survive, they will have stronger roots and better hold on the soil.
I then just stuck the seedling pots into the growing pots and wet the soil again. Then again in the morning and again when I got home.
This planting box would give the seedlings a bit more protection from the wind which in Cape Town, has been EXEPTIONALLY hard on the plants. I have covered my other veggies with some boards and grids to cut the wind down some.
As for the Bell/Green Peppers, I covered some and others I left open inside the boxes.
It is now almost a day and a half later and a lot of them still look good so I am hopeful. If I keep tending them, I am sure I will get some good results!
Let's see what they look like by next week!
