Well, somebody in the house just decided to bump into that big “labuyo” pepper (labuyo means wild in the northen dialect) that grew out of nowhere. Now it’s half it’s size and is still surviving. Damn people at home can’t appreciate free freakin’ pepper plants from nature. Sheesh.
Here it is after getting “topped off” by some unappreciative people in the house:
I’ve been plagued with snails and ants sticking aphid eggs onto my plants lately. Sheesh. I hate this. This is why I don’t wanna grow on the ground. So many variables to contend with.
Some plant damage:
My purple jal lost a couple leaves and has holes on a few others
A mystery pepper that didn’t look so well already and then got attacked by a swarm of snails.
My second butternut squash plant that had its stem eaten up.
Here’s my quick fix as it still hasn’t wilted and might just live through the torture the snails had given it.
I used a thick plastic straw that I had lying around, cut it open then stuck the eaten up stem in between to keep the squash upright. Should be ok for now, til it decides to get larger and gets too big for my fix.
Here is half of the culprits in my garden, the other half i have already thrown out by the side of the road to fend for themselves and get roasted in the tropical heat.
I also had lost a serrano plant, damn it all. LOL. Good thing I grew extras. If it were something more valuable like a 7pot, I’d have to do more drastic measures to keep these damn pests out of my plants.
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