Chilli Plants Turning Yellow – How to Resolve
Why are your chilli plant leaves turning yellow? We cover all the causes — from overwatering and nutrient deficiency to magnesium shortage and root problems — with fixes for each.
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Making Compost – A Comprehensive Guide
Its getting to that time of year when plants start dying back and the garden starts to look a bit scruffy. I tend to grow a lot of potted plants, not just chillies so at this time of the year I have large quantities of dead plants, root balls and other garden waste to dispose…
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Avoiding Aphids – My 4 Point Plan
Over the last few years of growing chillies by far the most common pest my plants have faced have been aphids. Over the last few years I’ve posted about how to treat an aphid infestation so this year i thought it was about time i was a bit more proactive and attempted to take preventative…
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Best Potting Medium for Chillies
When buying regular potting compost the first decision you’ll face is whether to opt for peat free or not. Peat free has traditionally been the best kind however it is particularly bad for the environment as it is harvested from the natural environment, usually from areas with fragile and diverse eco-systems. While there are some…
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Growing Chillies | How To's | Lighting | Tips
The Easy Way to Double The Suns Light
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…
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Germinating Chilli Seeds
It’s that time of year when I start to think about germinating chilli seeds and planting up ready for the season ahead. I’ve had a few requests from readers to describe the best way to germinate chilli seeds so I thought i’d share the guide below. The Wet Tissue Method I have found this to…
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How To Freeze Peppers
Freezing peppers from the garden is one of the easiest and most effective ways to preserve your chillies, allowing you to enjoy your homegrown peppers throughout the winter, and if you are lucky right through until next years crop is ripe. All varieties of both sweet peppers and hot chillies freeze well so long as…
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Does Pot Size Matter for Chilli Plants? Our Experiment Results
We’ve had a lot of questions from readers about if and when they should pot on their chilli plants and what pot sizes to use. This is a hard question to answer as much will depend on the stage of development of your plants and the condition they are grown in. Many of our readers…
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Popular Chilli Growing Accessories
Now that the chilli growing season is well under way and we are all worrying about our young plants I thought i’d draw together a list of some of the accessories I have found useful for getting me through this next stage in the season. Chilli Focus Pepper Plant food – This is the only…
