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Hello community, I will share my garden activities... I hope you enjoy my posts...
This afternoon in our village, the air is clear, with a warm breeze occasionally stifling. However, the air is generally cool, as our village is located in the mountainous region of the Gayo Highlands. Some areas are also covered in dark clouds, perhaps overcast. This is the climate in our area; sometimes, even when the weather looks hot, a light drizzle can suddenly appear.
As the old saying goes, that's the weather in the highlands: it's difficult to predict. This is especially true when the transitional season arrives, as the change in seasons can sometimes leave farmers confused about what crops to plant. However, if we enter September or October, this is the ideal season for planting. Since it's the rainy season, the natural supply of rainwater can water the plants.
Just like our family, since last August, we have been preparing the land for planting chilies. This afternoon, my wife and I went to the chili garden located next to the village, not far from my in-laws' house. The chili garden is spacious, about 20x80 square meters, and can accommodate hundreds of chili seedlings. These chilies have been planted since August, and they're now starting to bear fruit and will soon be harvested.
We came to the garden to pick some chilies that were starting to turn red, which we'll use for cooking spices. However, if picking them for sale, it's best to pick them when they're still green, or slightly red, not completely red. Chilies picked when they're not red will last longer and be easier to sell at the market. The chilies grown in this garden also include nano chilies and panca chilies.
These two types of chilies are varieties of cayenne pepper, a type of chili with a spicy flavor. They are often processed to add heat to spices, such as sauces. Nano chilies are white with wide stems and tall stalks. When ripe, the chilies turn orange and deep red.
Nano chilies are oval and long, and white in color, with a wider base. Meanwhile, panca chilies are green, almost the same color as cayenne peppers. The five-leaf chili has a shorter stem and a stem that isn't very wide. It grows with spreading leaves, and each stem grows flowers and fruit that branch out.
Some chili plants appear curly, due to irregular fertilization. As you can see, the area where the chili plants are planted has mounds, each covered with plastic. This plastic prevents weeds from growing, which can interfere with the chili plants' growth. Therefore, the plastic is very effective in maintaining the chili plants' growth and eliminating the growth of weeds.
Meanwhile, each mound has a groove in the soil. This allows water to drain, preventing water from pooling in the chili plants even during the rainy season. Prolonged exposure to rainwater can cause the chili plants to rot and die. Meanwhile, poles made from split bamboo are embedded in each chili plant's trunk. These poles support the chili plants so they don't fall over. Once they have fruited and grown tall, the chili plants can become brittle and easily fall over or break in the wind.
Several plastic ropes were also tied to the tree trunks to strengthen them and prevent them from breaking easily. This garden uses organic fertilizer, coffee husks, for fertilization. Coffee husks, or cascara, are readily available from coffee farmers and coffee processing warehouses. According to ancients, coffee husk waste is excellent for soil fertility, moisture, and the development of beneficial microorganisms for plants.
By midday, we had been picking red chilies, sorting them from several trees. We specifically selected the red ones, as they can be directly processed into cooking spices.
Indonesia
Siang ini di desa kami udaranya tampak cerah, hawa hangat terasa sesekali menyegat. Meskipun pada dasarnya, udaranya masih tetap sejuk, karena desa kami berada di wilayah pegunungan dataran tinggi Gayo. Sebagian wilayah juga tampak sedang berawan hitam, mungkin tampak mendung. Beginilah suasana di wilayah kami, bahkan terkadang, meskipun cuaca sedang terlihat panas, tak lama berselang hujan gerimis pun bisa datang dengan tiba-tiba.
Kata orang dahulu, memang seperti itulah cuaca di wilayah dataran tinggi, sulit untuk kita menerka. Terlebih lagi jika musim pancaroba tiba, peralihan musim terkadang membuat petani bingung dalam menyimpulkan jenis tanaman yang akan mereka tanam. Namun jika emasuki bulan September - Oktober, ini adalah musim yang cocok untuk menanam. Karena ini memasuki musim hujan, pasokan air hujan secara alami dapat menyirami tanaman.
Seperti halnya yang dilakukan oleh keluarga kami, semenjak bulan Agustus kemarin, kita telah menyiapkan lahan untuk menanam cabai. Siang ini saya dan istri pergi ke kebun cabai yang terletak di sebelah kampung, tidak begitu jauh dari rumah mertua saya. Kebun cabai ini luas, memiliki ukuran sekitar 20x80 Meter persegi, dapat ditanami ratusan bibit cabai. Cabai ini telah ditanam sejak Agustus yang laku, sekarang sudah mulai berbuah dan akan segera panen.
Kami datang kekebun untuk mengambil beberapa cabai yang telah mulai berwarna merah, akan digunakan untuk bumbu masak. Tapi, jika memetik untuk dijual, cabai sebaiknya dipetik pada saat kondisi buat masih hijau, atau sedikit mulai memerah, tidak semua bagian merah. Cabai yang dipetik dalam kondisi yang tidak merah, akan dapat bertahan lebih lama dan mudah untuk di jual ke pasar. Cabai yang ditanam di kebun ini ada jua jenis cabai, yaitu cabai nano dan cabai panca.
Kedua jenis cabai ini termasuk ke dalam varies cabai rawit, salah satu jenis cabai yang memiliki rasa yang pedas. Cabai ini sering diolah untuk menambah rasa pedas pada olahan bumbu, semisal dijadikan sebagai saus. Cabai nano berwarna putih dengan batang yag lebar dan pokok yang tinggi. Jika sudah matang warna cabai akan berubah warna orange dan kemerahan pekat.
Buah cabai nano memiliki bentuk lonjong dan panjang serta berwarna putih, ukurannya lebih lebar. Sementara itu, cabai panca berwarna hijau, hampir sama dengan warna cabai rawit. Cabai panca memiliki pokok yang lebih pendek, dan batang yang tidak telalu lebar. Tumbuh dengan daun yang menyebar, disetiap batang tumbuh bunga dan buah cabai yang bercabang-cabang.
Sebagian tanaman cabai tampak keriting, karena proses pemupukan yang tidak teratur pada waktu sebelumnya. Jika anda lihat, tempat ditanami pohon cabai memiliki gundukan, setiap gundukan dibalut/dilapisi dengan plastik. Plastik tersebut mencegah untuk pertumbuhan rumput liar, rumput liar dapat mengganggu pertumbuhan cabai. Jadi, plastik tersebut sangat berfungsi untuk menjaga pertumbuhan cabai dan membasmi pertumbuhan rumput liat.
Sementara itu setiap selang gundukan tanah terdapat seperti lekukan tanah, ini berfungsi untuk aliran air, bahkan jika musim hujan, air tidak mengenangi pohon cabai. Jika terendam air hujan secara langsung dalam waktu lama dapat menyebabkan pembusukan/pelapukan batang cabai dan cabai akan mati sewaktu-waktu. Sementara itu, tiang-tiang dari belahan pohon bambu ditancap disetiap batang pohon cabai. Tiang ini untuk menopang cabai agar tidak rebah, jika sudah berbuah dan tumbuh tinggi terkadang batang cabai akan rapuh dan mudah rebah atau patah jika ditiup angin.
Beberapa tali plastik juga diikat kebatang pohon agar mereka kuat dan tidak mudah patah. Untuk pemupukan, dikebun ini digunakan pupuk organik yaitu kulit kopi. Kulit kopi atau cascara sangat mudah didapati dari para petani kopi dan gudang pengolahan kopi. Sampah kulit kopi menurut orang dahulu katanya sangat cocok untuk kesuburan tanah, kelembapan tanah dan perkembangan mikroorganisme yang baik untuk tumbuhan.
Hingga menjelang siang, kami telah memetik cabai merah yang dipilah-pilah dari beberapa batang pohon. Di ambil khusus warna merah, karena untuk langsung dapat di olah menjadi bumbu masakan.
Scientifically, the type of chili is: Capsicum frutescens L
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Wow! what a wide plantation of chili. Here we called that "bulkan chili" and the price range from 200.00-250.00 per kilo in Philippine peso.
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I imagine the cool highland breeze and the sudden drizzles, weather in the mountains is unpredictable. Your chili is very nice. Harvesting red chilies for cooking while keeping the green ones for selling in practical farmers wisdom.
Wow, your chili garden looks amazing. I love how detailed you shared the planting and harvesting process.
Thank you for your feedback. I hope it will be useful for our insight...
Used in cooking or you just sell it. Chili's are not also for food but a life saver. When you sell it, it can buy your other needs. People are incomplete without Chili's.