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Sometime you don’t need words….
image by eye.contact!
image by Fabrice Rose
image by wstryder
image by Ivan Cabrera
image by Stuart Hamilton
I was watering the seedlings today and as the light shone through the window i realised just how hairy some of them are. Both the lemon drops (top) and rocoto red (middle and bottom) are pretty hairy looking when you get up close! Since moving them under my CFL grow light their growth has sped…
One of the most important things you need to do to maximize the growth of your chilli plants, particularly in early spring when the days are short, is to maximize the amount of light they are getting. Without large amounts of light growth rates slow down and the number of ripe chillies you can harvest…
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…
Potting on is simply the process of moving a chilli plant into a progressively larger pot as it grows. It is one of the most important things you can do to maximise your chilli harvest. Get the timing right and your plants grow steadily and healthily throughout the season. Pot on too late and you…
So here’s a quick update on the chilli plants I’m currently over wintering. Most of the plants are kept in the chilli house which is a detached conservatory on the garden. They were all trimmed back in late November and re-potted into slightly smaller pots. I keep a greenhouse heater in in there during cold…
We receive so many questions from eager chilli growers we thought it is a shame to waste all of the replies we send back. So….from now on we’ll start posting questions sent in by readers along with the replies we send back. Hopefully by doing this we’ll share the love a bit and help other…