The Space Chile Grow a Pepper Plant Challenge

We did our birthday fallowing Mexican tradition!!😃 definitely check out the video! 🚀🌶facebook.com/groups/SpaceCh…

Today was our birthday!! Watch the live celebration message from an excited space Chile challenge PI! It’s about the culture as much as the science! 🚀🌶facebook.com/groups/SpaceCh…

I just saw this Tweet!! Looks like new space farmers are getting something special in their envelopes!! How fun is that! 🤩 jtatnasa@aol.com to request yours!

It’s our birthday 🥳 join me on Facebook Live for a brief community celebration 🎉 Tuesday February 16th 8:30 PM EST fb.me/e/Xm3vhGvb

@Jacquelinedilo @HHSGreyhounds @NASAKennedy @GrowBeyondEarth @ISS_Research Awesome! I see pretty healthy color. I love the different treatments!! Come on peppers!!! 🌶😃

After 349 evenings of sitting at a desk to prepare and mail 1,728 envelopes, I have new helpers! The Bronx Sci 4 (4th graders) are helping me to send your seeds out!! Send an email to jtatnasa@aol.com to get yours! Happy space farming! 🚀😃

@mwilkinson3 Thank you so much for posting here Michael!! You’ve kept the message going! ✌🏼

Chile from @TheSpaceChileG1 #chimayo Remedy to a snow day.

@DowSpaceFarmers @JMSspacefarmers @MidlandPS @GrowBeyondEarth @FairchdChallnge @JacobIkaros @plantsinspace @NASA Wow! Your plant is looking great!! 😲Bugs are so pesky! I prefer natural solutions and occasional visits with a wet towel, soap and water keeps aphids in control. It is a regular battle for sure!

DAI 70: #DowHighspacefarmers have some growing peppers! 🌶️😀Also noticed some interesting bugs crawling on the plants. 🤔W9 Ave: Plant height: 25cm, Temp: 23.2C, Water added: 252 ml @JMSspaceFarmers @MidlandPS @GrowBeyondEarth @FairchdChallnge @JacobIkaros @plantsinspace @NASA

There is this thing I like to do It’s sending seeds to all of you They are mailed around the world packed tight to grow with you your kids pre flight Go and find a friend in need have them email jtatnasa to get their seeds Jtatnasa@aol.com

Yes! Farming on mars will be much harder than Matt Damon made it look in the movie.

So proud of the SEDS GOES Green team in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🤩🤩🤩

@KsSteve63 Awesome Steve!! Looking good! The blue cups are cool! 😃

Space Chiles are at 4-5 mm of height, today.

@OrbitalGardens OH WOW!!! Thank you for sharing this!! :)

@DrSalazariMater @GrowBeyondEarth @FairchdChallnge That is such a pretty plant!! I like the pie pan! It looks like it could help maximize available light!😀

Week 4 of @FairchdChallnge @GrowBeyondEarth and some plants are happy and healthy. Clear patterns are beginning to arise between treatment locations #imater #youthmatters #futureofscience

@CrcaGrowing @GrowBeyondEarth @FairchdChallnge So poetic and wonderful!

@MsRodrigzDty @GrowBeyondEarth @AWK8EXPLORERS @FairchdChallnge @STEMDesignation Yea!! They are pretty!! 😀

We @AWK8EXPLORERS are so excited to see our GBE Chili Peppers germinate during Week 1! 🌶🚀🤓 @GrowBeyondEarth @FairchdChallnge @STEMDesignation

@mwilkinson3 Wow! You have superseded the level of my ability before my eyes! That is a true marvel. What do you attribute your ability to keep the plant small while fruiting @mwilkinson3 ?

This has got to be the smallest plant to produce fruit! @TheSpaceChileG1

Oh!! The space Chile pen 🖊 blew up in my hand! It did good though! Wrote 1,382 addresses and countless notes, comments....over 9 months. You did great random pen!! Your ink graces envelopes sent around the world. You have quite a legacy! 🗺 🤨 Jtatnasa@aol.com

After visiting with @mwMathSci and his 4th graders, they made drawings of themselves grown up as engineers and astronauts!! There could not be a more awesome result from growing Chile in The classroom! Jtatnasa@aol.com to bring your students in too! 🚀🌶

One of the funnest things about the Space Chile Challenge is interacting and sharing plant growth with the little ones. Our hearts are warmed by these awesome works of art! 😊 Jtatnasa@aol.com to bring your little ones into the fun!