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Hi Guy's A quick update............. I'd expected my Rocoto Long to be the first to flower to date I've found it the earliest.............😗 But no ! The Rocoto CAP 867 has pipped it to the post ! 😎 could prove to be an interesting Rocoto season 😁 The beauty of the Rocoto flower never fails...

Hi Guy's Doing a wee experiment this year 2025 re net pot comparison............... 🤔 Not exactly the most scientific study but two Dorset Nagas same age one in 3" net pot other in 5.5" net pot .......... I will probably run out of room and only be able to keep one long term but it will be...

Yes Marc 😋 I treat them the same way I use all my superhots........tea spoon of salt and pod into a pestle and mortar grind into paste and add to a curry 🙂 Personally not into munching raw pods ! 🤪😳🤯

Hi Guy's I really love this chilli 😋 sadly last weekend I eat the last one I had in the freezer 😭 My 2025 Reaper x Moruga f5 in 5 litre Kratky 🙂 Not taking any chances..........got another in a smaller Kratky set up 😊 of course both can be moved into a larger container if required. Sadly...

Hi Guy's Here's my Potted plant's in 3L pots which I'm planning to be their final pots to keep them small, force early fruiting and fit them in 🤞 The date's on each is when they were sown. Tiberius mauler red I grew one last season very late and ran out of year so no fruit but .....it was...

Hi Guy's We gave been blessed with clear sky and lots sunshine so far this season 😎 Everything is out in the unheated greenhouse and has been for probably a couple of months ! Currently greenhouse night temps are 4oC to 7oC and daytime temps 25oC to 28oC 🙂 Today my update will only cover...

Hi Guy's All this years spare Zims are in new homes all on window legdes I keep getting updates 🙂 The single Zim I kept and transferred into kratky hydroponics is a bit behind its brothers and sisters who are all indoors most have tons of buds a a few flowers ! However I'm not worried as...

Hi Guy's Quick pic of our wild garlic the river bank is carpeted in the stuff and in flower and producing bubils. You will note how long and thin the leaves are some 10 " ! Boy is this stuff prolific ! Flowers and bubils............the bubils fall off and root like crazy ! Nice mild...

Hi Guy's Approx a month since my last photo update all the Rocotos have been in the greenhouse for more 6 to 8 weeks. Currently we've been blessed with good weather and lots of sunshine every day 🙂 Greenhouse temperatures the last two weeks .......lows at night 4 oC to 8oC and daytime...

Yes "Wild garlic" I live next to a spate River, Salmon and Brown trout 😎 I cycle along the river bank to get to work the smell becomes over powering ! 🤢 But very tasty in a stir fry or indeed salad 😋 but no body seems to use it locally 🙄 there's tons of the stuff 😳

Hi Guy's Weather's been very kind to me this March only 5 day's dipped below zero oC and my horticultural fleece has prevented any damage 🙂 We're had alot more sun this March compared to 2024 :dance: hopefully a sign of the season to come. Most of my chillies and even my tomatoes have been...

Hi Guy's Weather's been kind last week or so night time lows in the Greenhouse have been 2.5oC to 9.8 oC but mostly 6oC/7oC bright shine 👍🙂 and day time highs of mid 20's 😎 All my Rocotos have been out in the greenhouse now for a number of weeks so far this March inside the greenhouse the...

Jooboo Your spot on 🙂 in our cool climate the longer you can keep outdoor varieties in the greenhouse to bring them on the better 👍 Last year I moved a Ring of fire cayenne that was in 10/15 litre kratky out of the greenhouse ( ran out of space 🤣) into a sheltered spot in the garden ......it...

Hi Guy's I'm playing with Asian food shop dried chillies..............again........such fun 🤓 Here's two im currently playing with the small pointy one was in a bag labeled "birds eye chilli" and the second labeled "Round chilli" I've grown the smaller one before it grows pointing upwards...

Hi Guy's I stumbled onto this post ...............I have 1.5" 3" and 5.5" net pots the latter seem HUGE 😳 I watched a YouTube video a while back a guy growing tomatoes in kratky.........he seemed to suggest a wider root width in both net pot and width of container the better the result's...