Another year.... Last year I used garden beds for the first time, growth was phenomenal, not so good with the pods. I'm going to put this down to having too much chicken manure and also having the plants too close together. This year, I am aiming for 10 plants per bed versus the 18 I went with last year, so we'll see how it all turns out.
A bed full of TS Butch T's, started first week of July, been in the beds for about a month now.
A bed of overwintered Asian Birdseye. I think I lost 6 of the 18 plants to the cold, but most have sprouted. I will replace the dead plants with replacement Asian Birdseye when they are ready to go.
The row closest to the footpath are all Bhut's, all Assam Bhut's I think. All but 1 survived the winter, the one on the left is a new plant from this year. The second row will be misc plants of various kinds.
Here's a closer pic of one of the overwintered Assam Bhuts. I just completely left them alone over winter, then it got to the start of October and I chopped them all back.
A bed full of TS Butch T's, started first week of July, been in the beds for about a month now.
A bed of overwintered Asian Birdseye. I think I lost 6 of the 18 plants to the cold, but most have sprouted. I will replace the dead plants with replacement Asian Birdseye when they are ready to go.
The row closest to the footpath are all Bhut's, all Assam Bhut's I think. All but 1 survived the winter, the one on the left is a new plant from this year. The second row will be misc plants of various kinds.
Here's a closer pic of one of the overwintered Assam Bhuts. I just completely left them alone over winter, then it got to the start of October and I chopped them all back.
