A lot to cover here. First off, perhaps a sign of good luck? Below is a bug that I allow to LIVE in my garden. This is a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. It's eating my dill, which is fine, as herbs grow super easily. Hopefully, he'll turn into a beautiful butterfly! Now, on with the peppers!
First off, an update on how this stuff is growing. A few weeks ago, I had but a few super hots and a slew of habanero's/fatalis, but not much changing color. Suddenly, I have DOZENS of carolina reapers and trinidad scorpions, as well as a ton of Bhuts... but I'll talk more about the bhuts in a minute. Below are pictures of just a handful of the scorptions and reapers.
I also have finally had some of my Jamaican Hot Yellows start turning color (side note, the day after taking these pictures, they turned the rest of the way yellow)
First picking!
Now for the bad times:
We've been struck by bad luck and heartache. Many of my ghosts, and now finally a reaper, have been mauled! Bored by some demonic creature. See pic below!
After much research, I believe I've discovered the culprit; it seems to be a corn earworm, which is a close relation to the tomato hornworm. Just look at the damage they do to the inside of these peppers! What's killing me is that they've already wiped out almost an entire Bhut Jolokia plant's yield. I was "okay" with that, kind of, because they weren't eating anything else, but now?! I've started to find holes in peppers on various plants. I'm going to try desperately to find a way to destroy them all....
After dissecting, I found this little bugger. His time in this world shall be short and painful.
That's all for now. I'll post more pictures when I have them, and perhaps put up a picture of the first sauce if I get time to make it!
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