Haven't got the answer to your mold problem. But a little tip I was given here when I grew some Habeneros, was when you pick them leave the stalk on, they last longer.
Sorry I missed this post, and thanks for your concern.
This past week has been a nightmare, goat kid born, preparing for the hurricane, hubby coming down with a case of posionwood.
Richard struck Belize last Sunday, as at Cat 1, 92 mph winds, about 20 miles south of Belize City. Belize City...
Beavis - you are correct.
In my experience that is exactly what a 'prayer plant' does, it leaves come up (like hands coming together in prayer) and then open back out again.
Quite normal behaviour.
Sorry I can't help you withe the bindweed, but thanks for posting that link, the site looks very interesting and I have bookmarked it for further reading.
Congratulations Steve, you are doing so well. :celebrate
Just as a note, many years ago when I was in my Doctor's surgery, they had a chart on the wall showing pictures of various exercises and listing the calories that exercise burnt per hour. Exercises like gym, rowing, tennis, jogging etc...
I have been extremely lucky with hibiscus from cuttings. I currently have 15, which I will be potting up in the next week or so.
All I do is when I prune them, I take pieces about 12 inches long, remove all leaves except the top pair of leaves, remove the growing tip and cut the stem just...
You might be able to imagine the land I am working on which has not be touched for 90 years is abundant in weed growth.
I have been trying to identify some of these, because there are no books here that cover flora or fauna in Belize, so I regularly search the internet, it is absolutely amazing...