Whitefly on Chilli Plants — How to Identify and Get Rid of Them
Whitefly on your chilli plants? Here’s how to identify them and get rid of them fast — including natural predators, neem oil, sticky traps and biological controls.
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Potters Plants
Back in 2012 we wrote an article about a new business Potters Plants that sell chilli plants online. We have always been impressed with the quality of the plugs we’ve received from them so we recently caught up with Rich & Holly (the owners) in search of some chilli growing tips! How many plants are…
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Harvesting Chillies In December
This year’s best performing plants have definitely been the Aji Lemons. The indoor plants haven’t stopped producing since June producing hundreds of pods each. Even the outdoor plants are still ripening pods despite the recent frosts we’ve been having… Meanwhile indoors the Spanish Naga is finally producing plenty of pods… In fact many of…
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Demon Red Chillies – Growing Guide, Heat Level and Harvest Tips
Demon Red chillies (Capsicum annuum) is one of the best compact chilli varieties available to UK growers. The plants are small enough to thrive on a sunny south-facing kitchen windowsill, ornamental enough to look attractive as a houseplant, and prolific enough to keep you in fresh chillies from July through to November. The small upright…
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Harvesting More Pods
Afer waiting an age all of those pods are now ripening thick and fast. I’ve just had a quick whip round and harvested this little lot. Roughly from left to right there are some Cayennes, Aji Lemon, littele Demon Reds, 1 x Moruga Scorpian, Chocolate Habanero, Orange Rocoto, F1 Medina and Super Chilli F1. …
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Dorset Naga Down
I had a bit of a disaster after getting back form holiday last night. While inspecting my plants and feeling rather pleased that all were in good health with lots of ripe pods to pick I noticed that the Dorset Naga plant had taken a bit of a battering in the wind. The wind combined…
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Chilli House Update
Inside the chilli house the plants are looking nice and healthy. On the left in a terracotta pot is an Orange Rocoto that is flowering but hasn’t set any pods yet. In the quadgrow from left to right is a Moruga Scorpian, Red Scotch Bonnet, Chocolate Habanero and Cayenne. All four plants have plenty of developed…
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Conservatory Grown Chillies- An Update
I’m long overdue an update on the blog so I think it’s fitting I start off with my 3 year old red scotch bonnet plant. I’ve overwintered this plant since I planted it back in 2010. The last couple of years i’ve kept it well trimmed with the idea of turning it onto a bonchi…
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Propagating Curry Leaf Plants from Cuttings
A simple guide to propagating curry leaf plants from cuttings. Here’s how to propagate them from cuttings, overwinter them successfully and keep them producing fresh leaves
