"Sue & Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Si wrote in message

. When would be a good
time to start them off indoors? About mid-Feb? March? I'm in Ramsgate,
Kent,
and it's not often *really* cold outdoors.


The problem is balancing the temperature with the available light. Even on
the S. coast I would not put chillies out until the end of May at the
earliest, and then only if the weather was warm and looked like staying
so.
So you don't want them getting too leggy by then, but you want them as big
as possible, preferably about to flower.
End of March sounds early enough and gives them 2 months to grow indoors
before you plant them out. Pinch them out to make them bushy just like you
would with your summer bedding plants.
We find that once growing they respond well to feeding with Seaweed
Extract
every couple of weeks and as much sun as possible.
Actually they make pretty plants with their little white flowers.


Lovely. Thanks again Bob.