Red Stele Root Rot on Strawberries

One of the strawberries pot is suffering Red Stele root rot. The roots are reddish, pinkish as opposed to the healthy green seen in the bottom photo. This pot will eventually wither and die, fruit growth is stunted. I am not optimistic this can be fixed at all. Why did this happen? I am speculating the overly wet weather condition the whole week last week is the cause.

DIY Slow Watering

Another DIY idea. Buried a water bottle (with a hole poked in it)  in the pot and filled up the water bottle. Water slowly dripped out, keeping soil moisture throughout the day. A cheap way to achieve consistent moisture level in soil.

Scotch Bonnet Chill Progress 21 November

What can two and half weeks of full sun position and consistent watering do to Chilli? Quite a lot. Thanks to the heatwave in November, both Scotch Bonnet and Bird eye chilli are experiencing massive growth. Both are more lush and taller now, fruiting and flowering amazingly.

I have to say the self-watering pot takes a lot of credits in this amazing growth. Consistent moisture level in the soil is the key to this upcoming fruitful harvest.

The massive size of this scotch bonnet chilli..simply wow!

Splitting Chilli Plants, November 2015

Strong winds during the week caused lots of damages to the 2 seedlings in a shallow pot. I have moved them to bigger pots, added more soil, shall wait and see how they will fare in the new pots.

Balcony View, 21 November 2015

Balcony View, November 2015

Chilli Pots, 7 November 2015

I am starting a whole new batch of Chilli pots in Spring 2015 (November). None of these pots came from germinating own Chilli seeds. They were bought from Woden Magnet Mart for $15.00 for 5 Chilli seedlings. 

These 2 pots look like bird eye Chilli but I can't be sure as I have tossed out the label. They still very small and fragile, I am still keeping them in shaded area, avoiding direct sun light.

This pot is definitely bird eye Chilli which has just started fruiting.

In the self watering pot is Scotch Bonnet chilli, also known as Caribbean red pepper. This pot is growing really fast with the help of some high quality soil from decomposing bin containing mostly ground coffee.

Spring Strawberries, 7 November 2015

4 big pots of strawberries created from 2 small seedling pots. They are growing very, very well this spring in full sun position and been given daily watering. They have been given fertiliser about 6 weeks ago.

Fruiting generously

Marigold Flower Pot, 7 November 2015

6 weeks old Marigold Flower Pot