Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 3 AugustLong, slim peppers on 5 August shot from mulch level so the pods hang against clear blue, each swelling into a flat collar where its stalk meets the shoulder and some of them curled sharply at the tip, the largest elbow-curved, in low warm late-afternoon sun.Week of 21 SeptemberLong, slim peppers on 22 September, two pods hanging side by side from shouldered green calyces in the center: the left one glossy deep red and gently curved to a blunt point, the right still dark green. Flat overcast light, no hard shadows.
