Day 101: Alsalsa-Raine (The official salsa of the German Empire)

The plants have managed to survive the entirety of Thanksgiving break! Our Gatorade-bottle contraption proved effective. The harvested pepper appeared to be wilting as well, so we turned it into a salsa before it went bad. Ingredients include:

• 1 Trinidad Scorpion pepper
• 1 dried Ghost pepper
• 3 fresh, whole Jalapeno peppers
• 4 jarred Jalapeno cross-sections
• A dash of RedHot hot sauce
• 1 small onion
• 2 whole tomatoes
• Seasonings to taste
• A dash of olive oil

We plan to sacrifice a large group of willing participants to try it out in the upcoming week!

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Day 91: Idiocracy (couldn't find Brawndo, but still have the electrolytes!)

Tomorrow, I will be leaving the peppers for 10 days over Thanksgiving break. In order to provide them with what is required for their survival, I have devised a low budget self-sustaining setup. I filled a large Gatorade bottle with water and poked two small holes in the cap. This should allow water to seep out slowly over the next couple days. Hopefully, it will not get clogged and will effectively disperse water. Also, I have setup an outlet timer to provide the plants with 14 hours of the LED plant light per day. Aside from this, they should be able to survive on their own. We will check back in with the peppers in 10 days!

            

     

Day 89: A Fan's Fan Recommendation

A nice fellow Reddit suggested that, in order to decrease mold buildup, dry soil quicker, and increase chances of peppers coming to fruition, we might use a desk fan. As long as we keep the window closed, this should not bring the plants to dangerous temperatures. Being on top of the microwave and fridge provides has its advantages. The heat radiated from their backs hugs the wall and keeps the peppers at a relatively constant temperature. Hopefully, this addition of a fan will help in the long run!

Day 88: The Window is Open, So's that Door (The Cold is Bothersome)

We mistakenly left the window next to the peppers open the past two nights. It has dropped below freezing, and although our room has been above that temperature, it was still much too cold for the pepper plants. They have survived, but both buds and many leaves have perished.

             

Day 86: Round 2

We have just witnessed the budding of two additional pepper units! Our last second pepper bud was not sustained by the plant and died. Hopefully, we will be able to keep these two alive until they are maintainable and viable to live with minimal external support. These might be trickier, as they are in close proximity of one another. Their weight as they develop may become problematic, but we will find out. Here they are!

Enthralling Time Lapse Video

Taking the idiom "as exciting as watching grass grow" to a new level - it isn't exciting even time-lapsed over thirty days. 

Day 80: Decapsaicion by Robespepper (Let them eat hotcakes)

Our work has finally yielded results! Today, we harvested our first pepper. It was a nerve-racking and arduous process in which we nearly missed death countless times. We took various safety precautions including wearing our CDC-approved Venetian plague doctor masks -- they are currently being distributed to Ebola-ridden areas throughout the world. After cutting the pepper from its stem, we placed it in a small bag and froze it for future use. Comment what you think we should do with it!

 

                                

 

Day 77: Things are Capsicoming along

In the spirit of mid-terms and passing such mid-terms, I have refrained from posted for the past several days. However, much has happened. In the spirit of brevity, I will describe the events which have unfolded by describing each picture.


One of the smaller sprouts died, but the other, still living, happened to be too much of a burden to take care of. We planted it in the floor plant in our dorm lobby.

 

Also, this pepper bud, which appears to be thriving, is actually dead currently.

 On the bright side, our one live pepper is much more alive. WE PLAN TO HARVEST THIS WEEKEND! We're currently getting our salsa recipes ready.

 Lastly, this happened. I guess another supposedly dead seedling sprouted the other day. So, we're just going to roll with it for now.

That is all for this week. Hopefully, we will be more punctual with posting about the progress of the peppers in the coming weeks. Enjoy!