The eight plants grown from this batch of seed are planted in the ground and are well-watered via drip. The fruit of the seven sweet peppers is very prone to sun scald. I have a layer of translucent plastic and a layer of aluminum screening on the south side of these plants and they still get sun scald. The single inadvertent hot pepper cross is not affected in the least. (I took a small taste of that one the other day and its sweet parent did nothing to mitigate the pungency of the hot parent. I have a very low threshhold for hot peppers. In addition to the burning sensation, I get the hiccups. This tiny nibble set had me hiccupping up and down the garden paths - ugh! But it is a pretty plant.
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