On 2009-10-29 10:22:05 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-10-28 21:02:06 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-10-22 17:20:28 +0100, "Les Hemmings" said:

Ornata wrote:
I've not tried this before but many say that they make good
houseplants. We'll see! They only have to make it through till
spring...
Les
Watch out for red spider mite, though.
Oooh! The bain of my life! Had to move a Musa basjoo outside because of
those! Horrible things!
Check out biological controls!
But they don't work very well at low temperatures.

No but they can be used all through the season to help with control.
Ours get sent every couple of weeks.

I didn't realise you 'restocked' continuously ;-) That's a bit
expensive for the amateur with only a few chilli plants! I don't feel I
can justify the expense of more than at most two introductions a year
- that's why I need them to breed successfully once I've got them.

It's probably enough for you, Kay but I wouldn't know how many to what
area etc.. It's a question of number of houses, variety of plants and
numbers of plants here. But the best thing would be for people to look
at the suppliers' and their advice. We've just done the vine weevil
stuff here and just this morning one of the staff said someone had
given his grandmother a little cyclamen plant (not from here!) which
keeled over and died within two days. Sure enough - there was one vine
weevil grub at the bottom of the pot. ;-(
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon