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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wilbur the Pepper Plant

Good things come in small packages. This is true in the case of one of my pepper plants. I have named him Wilbur, as in Wilbur the pig from Charlotte's Web. Wilbur is the runt of the family but is quite the pepper producer. My theory is that since Wilbur isn't expending energy on growing tall, the energy is spent on producing the peppers. As of today, the count is 7 peppers on Wilbur.  The size difference between Wilbur and the other plant, as yet unnamed (I'm open to suggestions) can be seen in the photo below. It's a big difference! 

The larger pepper plant has produced 2 peppers so far. More are clearly coming, but it's not nearly as productive as Wilbur. Good ol' Wilbur. 
Wilbur the pepper plant is on the left, obviously.
6 of Wilbur's peppers can be seen here. It's a bit of a 'Where's Waldo' to find the 6th one in this pic.
The larger pepper plant has fewer peppers, but they are bigger, as seen here.

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