The yellow habeneros actually produced red fruit. I’m wondering if all habeneros sold in this city are the same despite what their tag says. Photo taken on 10/21/2011.
Category Archives: Main Roof
Main Roof status
Cosmos in debris clump
Cosmos grow amongst two year old debris clump occupying the western edge of main roof. These clumps are going through drought periods. I haven’t been diligent watering since the tomatoes died. The wildflowers are still popping up however and blooming. I cheated and seeded these. The grass and most all other plants in these clumps comes from whatever seeds make it and survive.
Blight Observation
This is container #12, a Celebrity tomato planted in a smaller container as an experiment. It was more or less healthy throughout the summer albeit a little smaller (most likely due to container size). It caught blight from container #11 which supported another variety that struggled all summer and should have been pulled and replaced after the first week. Celebrity tomatoes have been hardy as demonstrated with this plant. Even though the bottom half is devastated by blight, it has second growth and may produce a second crop of tomatoes. Celebrity tomatoes are a nice size too. It is important to figure out what types of tomatoes can grow in a rooftop environment. So far, Celebrity tomatoes top my list. More on Early Girls and Brandywine, the other two main types planted later.
Blight
This doesn’t look good.