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Six Weeks on the Towers

Young chilli plants in the net pots of a grey vertical tower inside the carport

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The plants went onto the towers at the end of May looking a bit sorry for themselves. Six weeks later you could barely see the pipes.

Young chilli plants in the net pots of a grey vertical tower inside the carport
Day one on the towers, 31 May.
Two towers with young plants growing out of their net pots
Two weeks in, 12 June.
The towers covered in dense green chilli plants under the carport roof
Six weeks in, 12 July.

Then, on 13 July, the first pods. An orange one hanging off one tower, a little green Scotch Bonnet on another, purple ones a couple of days later.

A single orange chilli pod hanging under a leaf
First pod, 13 July.
A small green Scotch Bonnet among the leaves
A Scotch Bonnet, still green.
Small dark purple chilli pods on a plant
Purple pods, 15 July.

Nowhere near ripe. But after five months of building, that first orange pod was the moment I believed this might actually work.

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