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Old 26-07-2010, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 'Donwill[_2_

The conservatory hasn't gone below approx 18deg C at night and I
usually open the vents when it goes above 25deg C in the day, on the
hottest days that we've had (28.5deg C), opening the bi fold doors holds
the temperature within a few degrees above ambient. With the vents
closed at night the temperature is approx 10 deg C above ambient.
As I thought, cooler than my greenhouse (at least by day) ;-)

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I may start feeding with a tomato feed to see if that will help, the
compost may be a little high on N perhaps.
That would explain your big healthy leaves ;-)

And from the plant's point of view, why bother putting all that energy into reproduction is you're getting that well fed?