This is a gorgeous pepper plant with spicy little peppers, and beautiful purple flowers. It clocks in at 50,000 Scoville, the same as Cayenne Peppers. The colorful flowers are a nice change from the standard white pepper flowers, and when the sun shines through the leaves you can clearly make out the drops of nectar…
Month: May 2016
Outdoor Lettuce in Containers & Sweet Alyssum for Aphid Control
I have grown hydroponic lettuce successfully and really enjoyed it, but that was all indoors, and while I found the lettuce acceptable, it was a not as crisp as I would like from not having the normal stresses of outdoor life to toughen the leaves up. I had a fan blowing over them once an…
Onions grown in small, individual containers
In my latest new venture of San Francisco urban gardening I’ve decided to try growing onions; specifically Cortland and Ruby Ring. I’m intentionally growing them in very small containers as a trial run to see what’s possible. Onions are shallow rooted vegetables, so as long as they get adequate water & nutrients I expect them…