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igenlodeI finally gave up and ditched the remaining three spare Red Demon chilli seedlings, which were tiny, wizened and pallid -- the last straw was when I discovered some kind of insect larvae wriggling around in the pot, which may or may not have been related to their total failure to thrive :-( They had not only not grown properly, but their leaves had gone almost white. The single 'adult' seedling has now made quite a nice bushy little plant by comparison... it's just that it's still only the height of my thumb!
I still have two dark-leaf chilli seedlings in the mini-greenhouse, having discarded the other seedling some time ago likewise; the older of the two is dark-leaved and about the same size as the Demon Red, although without the side-shoots, and the other one is more green than dark.
I also have my first mesembryanthemum, about ten days later than last year. (I note that the Demon Red chillies were reported as being still only a couple of inches high on June 6th last year, and four inches high on July 11th, before reaching 8-9 inches at the start of August and a triumphant twelve inches and fruiting by August 17th...)
I still have two dark-leaf chilli seedlings in the mini-greenhouse, having discarded the other seedling some time ago likewise; the older of the two is dark-leaved and about the same size as the Demon Red, although without the side-shoots, and the other one is more green than dark.
I also have my first mesembryanthemum, about ten days later than last year. (I note that the Demon Red chillies were reported as being still only a couple of inches high on June 6th last year, and four inches high on July 11th, before reaching 8-9 inches at the start of August and a triumphant twelve inches and fruiting by August 17th...)