Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Roots

My Chuquisac was the next in line to be repotted. I keep the small plants in my mini-greenhouse, under extra lights, so I don't look at them every day. But this morning a green "shadow" caught my attention. It was the Chuquisac that knocked on the plastic ceiling telling me it needed more space.

As you see here, I had four seedlings in a small pot. After repotting I only keep two in a larger pot.

What amazed me again, was the strong roots that it had developed. As always, when I have tall plants, I repotted it deep. So I covered all the visible roots, and a couple of extra centimeters of the stem.


More about this strong rooted Capsicum baccatum later.

Hot regards from a cold Sweden
   Mats
Upplagd av habanero kl. 17:30
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5 comments:

  1. http://lunken.wordpress.com15 February 2011 at 23:11

    is that sort from Chuquisaca (Sucre) Bolivia?

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  2. habanero16 February 2011 at 07:30

    Hi! I got the seeds from USDA some years ago, and they say it's from Bolivia. So it's a good guess.

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  3. Patrik22 February 2011 at 20:30

    Looks great Mats! Amazing roots!

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  4. Bastiaan15 March 2011 at 23:35

    And nice Macro lens you have :)
    What medium ar you using btw?
    Greetings!

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  5. habanero16 March 2011 at 13:57

    Hi Bas! Thanks. The camera I used for these picturs is a Canon Powershot G10. My old companion.

    I am no advanced soil specialist :-) So the medium is standard soil with perlite on top.

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