Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyA Pumpkin Jalapeno pepper on 16 July with a single flower fully out, its six narrow lobes flared and curled back from the tube, while the one behind has collapsed to a limp green rag — no fruit set anywhere on it yet, in soft warm light.Week of 27 JulyPumpkin Jalapeno peppers on 30 July, two short blunt pods hanging off sharply hooked stalks under calyx lobes that flare into a collar over each shoulder, the stem behind them knuckled purple-black at every node, dry pasture going soft beyond.