CAPSICUM

This capsicum makes me happy.

I wake up and think: "Oh, how much has the capsicum grown overnight?".

I get up and go for a visit, even when it's raining.

Look at the green, shiny surface. I just have to reach out and touch it!

The unripe fruit is the same colour as the leaves and stems.
So well camouflaged. I didn't see it when it was a tiny baby.

There are aphids.
 Can you spot them in the pix? I check daily and pluck the infected leaves.

But the ants that 'milk' the aphids also help pollinate the flowers.

 

I can't remember if I had planted yellow or red capsicum.

 Have to wait and see.

:-)

 

~Ema N~

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