Rachael Padilla

Mixing Colors

Added 2024-05-04 20:53:02 +0000 UTC

You’re probably wondering, wait why is this called mixing colors? I don’t see any paint.

Well, there isn’t. However, these are my pepper plants that I finally got into the ground today. One variety is a purple jalapeño, the other variety is a ghost pepper. My plan is to cross pollinate them.

Tasty peppers are amongst my favorite things to eat. I love a spicy jalapeño, and have grown them successfully for many years. It has been a long time intention for me to cross pollinate peppers to create my own varietal. If I can cross pollinate successfully!

I don’t know what the peppers will look like , but wouldn’t it be fantastic if they came out lavender? What with the purple jalapeños having their purple hue and the ghost peppers having their white hue.

At any rate, it was a perfect day for gardening. The plants had gotten a bit leggy in their little pots and the sky was overcast from intermittent rains. It was muddy, but the plants seem happy.