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Hallow Stem

December 31, 2010

Having selected a few plants to over winter a few weeks ago i trimmed them back to help them preserve their energy over the cold months and moved them inside to keep them away from the very cold temperatures.
Unfortunately we ran out of heating oil for about 1 week just before Christmas and as a [...]

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Chilly Chillies

December 20, 2010

Unfortunately I left this poor plant outside a few weeks ago when i began to over winter my plants. I went outside at the weekend to discover it sitting in about 5 inches of snow.

In order to give the plants I moved inside the best chance I am using my trusty greenhouse heater to keep the [...]

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Time to Over Winter

December 2, 2010

Here in the UK the snow is falling and winter is most definitely here. As i mentioned a few weeks ago while i was having a tidy of the chilli house, over wintering some of my best plants is very much on my mind.

On our main over wintering article we discuss how to over winter [...]

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Time for a Tidy Up

November 7, 2010

Well winter is well and truly approaching as the temperatures are falling and we are in danger of having our first frost. Its about this time of the year that there are a few jobs I’ve been putting off and the garden needs a bit of a tidy up before winter fully sets in.

Many of [...]

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Shop Bought Chilli Plants

October 15, 2010

Earlier in the year (back in June i think) i had a bit of a slow start to the growing season as we moved house back in the late spring. As a result i hedged my bets slightly and bought a scotch bonnet plant from B&Q as an insurance policy to my home grown orange [...]

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The Chilli House

June 29, 2010

I’ve mentioned a few times that i’ve recently moved house. In my old place I only had a small yeard, surrounded by tall houses and a large tree which meant that it was shaded for most of the day. As a result the growth rates of my chillies was slow and I relied on gro [...]

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Chilli Growing Update

June 24, 2010

It’s been a few weeks since I last posed and update on my chillies. After re-potting last time (to 6″ pots) in mid May many of the plants were suffering from drooping leaves. I put this down to a combination of hot daytime temperatures and the shock from re-potting. The Cayenne’s are all now [...]

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Drooping Chilli Plant Leaves

June 4, 2010

Last week I came back form work and found that virtually all of my chilli plants leaves were drooping. This can’t have been due to lack of light as the weather has been gloriously sunny recently.

Potential Causes of Drooping Leaves
1. Excess heat
The plants have been spending their days in a conservatory and with the very [...]

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Chilli Plants Rapid Growth

May 27, 2010

Having moved house 3 weeks ago i now have a conservatory/summerhouse that I am able to use as a chilli house. At my previous place the garden was very small and for the most part of the day, shaded. While I expected the extra heat and light of a conservatory to help speed up growth [...]

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What Chilli Varieties Are Your Growing? [Reader Survey]

May 25, 2010

We’ve been receiving lots of emails from readers lately asking all sorts of questions about the chillies they are growing. What has struck me is the vast variety of chillies that everyone is growing. I thought it would be interesting to conduct a little survey of our readers to try and establish what the most [...]

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