Stockholm pictures

 Hi!

No chiles this time. Only some Stockholm pictures. (Maybe I should call this blog "Chiles or Stockholm" to set a broader theme. Anyway, I enjoy taking pictures of the city. Here are some from last weekend.

Skeppsholmen and Af Chapman.

Södermalm, and Engelbrekt (Stadshuset) watching over the lake

Riddarholmen 

Stadshuset

Sunset reflections at Södermalm / Högalidskyrkan

St. George and the dragon. I especially like the shadows in this picture. It's a lot of action in the shadows.

Wishing you a great day!

   Mats

Backlight and macro

Hi!

 A picture from last weekend. Chile pepper leaves in illuminated by backligt...

Not a Capsicum, but another flower, that Patricia got for her birthday. Very red and nice.. :-)

Flowery regards :-)
   Mats

Moving out

Hi!

A week ago, weather was like in November... Today it was more like July..

I checked the weather forecast, and it looks promising. So today, I moved the peppers outside. It's earlier than previous years, but I'm tired of having a jungle indoors... :-)




Here I am with the dedo de moca. I'm almost 2m tall, so it's a tall plant. Amazing. It's from seed that I started four months ago. Cool.

  

The shorter ones are under a protective net on the smaller balcony. The sun and the wind are the two forces that can break the plants before they are hardened.

My overwintered pequin from Ischia has some pods turning red already. And the dedo de moca from last year  has one pod that soon will be ripe too. Quite a luxury to harvest nice peppers in mid May :-)

Wishes for a hot week!
   Mats

Two chinense and an annuum

Hi!

It's getting more crowded for each day. Can't wait for the plants to move outside :-)

Some nice flowers on the new varieties. You can click on the image to see more pictures. It would be nice to see some pods soon, but I guess it is too early for that. Anyway, I'm enjoying the flowers.

Chocolate Scotch Bonnet

Orange chinense Brasil

This one is new for me. I got some seeds when we visited Brasil last year.

Brasilian small red hot

This one too is new for me. Not a chinense, but an annuum.

They said on the news that we can expect colder weather, so I guess they will stay inside for some more time...

Wishing you all a nice week!
   Mats

Easter pods

Hi!

I keep some of my overwintered plants in the kitchen window. Usually I don't keep plants over the winter, but this year I gave it a try. I even  cut the roots earlier this year, and repotted them in new soil. (http://chilesinstockholm.blogspot.se/2014/01/repotting-old-ones.html). The result has been over my expectations.

Here is the dedo de moça. I has some nice pods.

 In the foreground, there is the peru yellow. Also with some nice pods.

 

And finally, my pequin from Ischia. This one is full with pods, but they are hard to spot.

No pictures of my overwintered cumari and goatsweed, but there are some pods on them too. Nice, maybe we will have some fresh peppers for midsummer :-)

Wishing you a nice week to come.

Hot regards,
  Mats

First one to flower...

I don't know the name of this one. I labeled the envelope - Brazilian, small, red, hot. It's a very nice plant. Compact with strong stems. Hope it will set fruit!

Wishing you a nice hot week!
   Mats

"Semi jungle"

Hi!

Honestly, not much to "report". This year's plants are growing fine. And the over-wintered ones are producing fruits, making me wish for fresh ripe chiles peppers for midsummer. :-)

Sitting in my armchair, this is my view...

 

As Patricia says - this is a jungle. Can't wait until they move out on the balcony.

I agree.......

Wishing you a great weekend!
  Mats