couple of simple chili questions...
 

hi all

can i grow from start to finish indoors?

I sowed them in a general houseplant soil (Homebase)
I am now pricking out my seedlings.
I have innes2, is that better for growing on?
Do i feed with a tomato feed now or when it fruits?

Many thanks

niall

Niall Smyth wrote:
hi all

can i grow from start to finish indoors?

Certainly: if you've got a south-facing window you'll get better
results than growing them outdoors.

I sowed them in a general houseplant soil (Homebase)
I am now pricking out my seedlings.
I have innes2, is that better for growing on?

No need to be too particular: use whichever you like.

Do i feed with a tomato feed now or when it fruits?

Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A tomato
feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually ends up with
too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck in a bag and into
the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.

--
Mike.

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hi all

can i grow from start to finish indoors?

Yes. Choose a nice light place, though. They will do better if you stand
the pots outside in a sunny position when all danger of frost is gone.

I sowed them in a general houseplant soil (Homebase)
I am now pricking out my seedlings.
I have innes2, is that better for growing on?
Do i feed with a tomato feed now or when it fruits?

When the plants are established, feed them. I grow mine in 5" pots.

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Mike Lyle wrote:
Niall Smyth wrote:

Do i feed with a tomato feed now or when it fruits?

Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A tomato
feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually ends up with
too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck in a bag and into
the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.

I don't - not even with several plants! But I make hell-fire sauce,
and am very fond of using that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
:: In article ,
:: Mike Lyle wrote:
::: Niall Smyth wrote:
:::
:::: Do i feed with a tomato feed now or when it fruits?
:::
::: Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A
::: tomato feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually
::: ends up with too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck
::: in a bag and into the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.
::
:: I don't - not even with several plants! But I make hell-fire
:: sauce, and am very fond of using that.

I may have to make some of this myself - I've got about a dozen chilli
plants all about a foot high


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Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A tomato
feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually ends up with
too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck in a bag and into
the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.

I don't - not even with several plants! But I make hell-fire sauce,
and am very fond of using that.

If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could spare half
a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A tomato
feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually ends up with
too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck in a bag and into
the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.

I don't - not even with several plants! But I make hell-fire sauce,
and am very fond of using that.

If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could spare half
a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

Thanks very much. Do they taste any better than habaneros, which
I don't like much? I grow Thai dragon, which has a good flavour.
I am trying lemon drop for amusement.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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:: from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
::
:::: Once a week, if you remember, after the first flowers open. A
:::: tomato feed is best, but they really aren't fussy: one usually
:::: ends up with too many, anyhow. To freeze the surplus, just chuck
:::: in a bag and into the freezer -- no need for any other treatment.
::
::: I don't - not even with several plants! But I make hell-fire
::: sauce, and am very fond of using that.
::
:: If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could
:: spare half a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

Ay caramba! - only had those once and they was toooo hot!


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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could spare half
a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

Thanks very much. Do they taste any better than habaneros, which
I don't like much? I grow Thai dragon, which has a good flavour.
I am trying lemon drop for amusement.

I don't know what the flavour's like, they're so hot that by the time
you get round to thinking about flavour, it's long gone.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could spare half
a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

Thanks very much. Do they taste any better than habaneros, which
I don't like much? I grow Thai dragon, which has a good flavour.
I am trying lemon drop for amusement.

I don't know what the flavour's like, they're so hot that by the time
you get round to thinking about flavour, it's long gone.

Hmm. Not in my experience, but I do quite like hot chillis.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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In article ,
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

If ever I come to Cambridge, or you are near Norwich, I could spare half
a kilo or so of frozen Scotch Bonnets...

Thanks very much. Do they taste any better than habaneros, which
I don't like much? I grow Thai dragon, which has a good flavour.
I am trying lemon drop for amusement.

I don't know what the flavour's like, they're so hot that by the time
you get round to thinking about flavour, it's long gone.

Hmm. Not in my experience, but I do quite like hot chillis.

We used to mill them to powder. First they were frozen in liquid
nitrogen, then they were passed through the mill.

During this operation, everyone in the factory had to wear respirators,
and even then some of the oil particles got in your eyes.

And it was quite a large factory...

I was thinking about making some chilli vodka with some of them.

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