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quixoticgeek
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nettie
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Pilsbury
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quixoticgeek
Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 296 Location: Canterbury
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Pilsbury
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6531 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 10 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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quixoticgeek wrote: |
nettie wrote: |
You should do, there's plenty of time, just feed them What varieties are they and what size pots are they in? |
I am not sure about varieties, they were 78p in B&Q (impulse buy ( )
They are in Tomato pots, not sure the actual capacity of them.
J |
If they're potted up, then there's a good chance they've exhausted the nutrition available to them. Re-pot into some new soil/compost mix and maybe a larger pot or plant them into a garden.
I personally don't pinch growth tips off of any of mine, as bigger plants mean more nodes to flower & fruit from. Peppers grow to be woody shrubs in the tropical environments that they evolved in, so as long as you've got frost free days ahead of you, and the plants have adequate nutrition, you'll keep getting growth and peppers! |
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nettie
Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 5888 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 12:56 am Post subject: |
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Slim wrote: |
quixoticgeek wrote: |
nettie wrote: |
You should do, there's plenty of time, just feed them What varieties are they and what size pots are they in? |
I am not sure about varieties, they were 78p in B&Q (impulse buy ( )
They are in Tomato pots, not sure the actual capacity of them.
J |
If they're potted up, then there's a good chance they've exhausted the nutrition available to them. Re-pot into some new soil/compost mix and maybe a larger pot or plant them into a garden.
I personally don't pinch growth tips off of any of mine, as bigger plants mean more nodes to flower & fruit from. Peppers grow to be woody shrubs in the tropical environments that they evolved in, so as long as you've got frost free days ahead of you, and the plants have adequate nutrition, you'll keep getting growth and peppers! |
Completely agree.
Get them in pots at least 8" across if you can, or 3 plants to a grow bag, and give them tomato feed once a week when they start flowering.
Chillis will, if brought indoors, go on producing all winter (that is, if the spider mite doesn't get them first!!) If you get it really right you can treat them as perennials. Mind you I've tried this, and in this climate TBH it's more aggro than it's worth!! |
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nettie
Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 5888 Location: Suffolk
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