From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Speeding Up Pepper Germination

March 29, 2010
Speeding Up Pepper Germination

If like me you don’t get round to planting your peppers early then there are a couple of ways you can speed up the germination and growth of your chilli plants in the early stages of their life.
In this post we’ll take a look at how you can speed up the germination of your chilli [...]

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Chillie Growers…Start Your Engines

March 20, 2010

Now that the New Year is upon us it is time to start thinking about the 2010 chillie growing season. Last year I made the mistake of planting my seeds too late, a mistake I am not going to make again this year.
Firstly I have been overwintering some of my plants in order to get [...]

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Overwintering Chillies – Update 3

March 20, 2010
Overwintering Failure

Disaster has struck my efforts to overwinter a number of chilli plants.
Before going away for a 3 week holiday in the new year I entrusted my overwintering plants top my fathers care as I didn’t want to leave them unwatered for about 3 and a half weeks. At my dads they were moved to a [...]

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5 Chilli Pepper Growing Tips

March 1, 2010

With the new years (and chilli growing season) ahead of us we thought we’d post some simply tips to help your chilli growing efforts this year.
Start Growing Early
Growing chillies in the relatively cool climate of the Europe (the same for North America) generally means that the time your plants have to fruit is much less [...]

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