Hi Hivers ♥️
As I continue to explore sustainable means to expand my garden and plants, then have decided to transplant my scotch bonnet peppers that share in my post in to a recycling pipe. Giving up on gardening is not an option for me as want to make sure it works out so I can get fresh veggies and others right from my door step.
For the scotch bonnet peppers transplanting, I'm making used of a sturdy recycling pipe I collected as the container for my plants. This pipe will serve as the perfect vessel to hold the soil, wate and nutrients while keeping everything contained in a manageable, compact space. After I have already the pipe to a suitable size and filled it up with loamy soil. Loamy soil is one of the best when it's comes to gardening or agriculture in general and it's known for balanced and rich in organic material and minerals which is perfect for plants like scotch bonnet that need a well drained and feetile soil to survive.
To enhance the soil nutrients content and make sure my plants get a good start, I mixed the soil with broiler feces gotten from my bird. Broiler feces is a natural fertilizer is a great source of nitrogen and other essential nutrients needed in promoting healthy plant growth. I watered the soil to help activate the nutrients in the soil and ehance healthy root development when the plants are finally transplanted. Since the scotch bonnet pepper is a heat loving plant, so it's very important to provide it with a suitable environment.
The recycling pipe I set up will not only helps in moisture retain but also allow good drainage to prevent water from sitting around the roots which is harmful to the plant. I'm also thinking of transplanting my tomato plant into the recycling pipe but it's in flowering stage already and I'm still contemplating on whether to go ahead with the transplant or not. I might as well grow jute mallow and spinach because it's becoming scarce of the current dry season.
I believe that by time I'm ready to transplant, the soil will be nutrient packed and rich while making sure that the scotch bonnet pepper and other plants will have everything they need to strive. I'm so happy to see my garden plan taking shape and most importantly I'm looking forward to this pipe recycling growing hope it's all go well. I believe that with the combination of loamy soil, broiler feces and sustainable gardening practices will leads ti healthy and good end product. Stay tuned for more updates on the scotch bonnet pepper and my gardening progress generally.