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Birds Eye Chillis
Hi All,
Does anyone have any tips for growing the small Thai chillies. I'm normally pretty successful at growing the regular chillies, usually from seeds harvested from supermarket bought ones. I know this probably isn't the best policy but I've done alright so far until last year when I tried it with the bird's eye variety. I usually germinate them in a propagator and plant them out late May to early June time in compost in a mini-greenhouse. Last years attempt germinated ok but were really slow to grow in the compost and only really started to take off in September. Are there any varieties I should be trying or this of chilli a bit adventurous for the London area? Cheers |
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Birds Eye Chillis
In article , "Fredrick Skoog" writes: | | Does anyone have any tips for growing the small Thai chillies. I'm normally | pretty successful at growing the regular chillies, usually from seeds | harvested from supermarket bought ones. I know this probably isn't the best | policy but I've done alright so far until last year when I tried it with the | bird's eye variety. I usually germinate them in a propagator and plant them | out late May to early June time in compost in a mini-greenhouse. Last years | attempt germinated ok but were really slow to grow in the compost and only | really started to take off in September. | | Are there any varieties I should be trying or this of chilli a bit | adventurous for the London area? Perhaps. Many bird's eye chillis (and there are many varieties called that) are grown in the true tropics, so a UK summer is pretty feeble. It's not just the temperature, but low light levels. I failed with habanero, which likes highish temperatures and (even) highish humidity. Not a problem, as I don't think much of it, anyway. Thai dragon seems to do well, and has a good taste as well as heat. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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