Evening sun, a half-full butt and a pocketful of peppers.
It would appear that the automatic irrigation system I set up is actually working. Wet patches in the tunnel and a half-full water but will attest to that. So 3 days, watering for 60 minutes 3 times a day depletes the butt by 50 litres. Interesting. It’s going to be tight in summer with no rain to top up the water butt, more plants to water and much MUCH higher temperatures and open ventilation flaps so everything doesn’t boil inside.
Now, I’ve always had a slight downer on my plot’s location next to the treeline. It shelters my plot from the sun for much of the morning. But going to the plot at 5.30 in October, it was revealed to me that the position has the opposite advantage - it gets the last of the sun, so swings and roundabouts, I suppose.
It’s worth noting that sometimes there is actually something to harvest, rather than weeding and maintenance. So here’s a modest pepper harvest.
I have the last of the peppers to shepherd from the autumn weather, so I’ll be bringing them into the polytunnel when the wet weather allows.
These are the last Padron peppers of the season. I’ll definitely be giving these a go in the p/t next year. Same with the bell peppers. I expect them to germinate earlier, grow and fruit quicker and for longer in a polytunnel’s temperate climate. We shall see.