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Ancient chilli peppers
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. -- Bob www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in Runnymede fighting for it's existence. |
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