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Went to see the greenhouse on Saturday. It’s tiny, just 6x4 with the door in the long side. It has staging but the shelves can be removed so I’ll put the chillies on the floor. There’s room for a Chilligrow at each end and two or three of the Stewart pots between them.   In the Chilligrow pots...

I'm still in the game.  My plants have been badly hit by aphids but they are now under control.  The little gits ate out the growing tip, effectively stopping or fim'ing the plants.  My main plant (of only two) has since shot out several very long shoots and is getting ridiculously tall.  It's...

  I know this glog would be much better with more photos but I don't find it easy posting them.  I have come to the conclusion that the overwinters needed more nitrogen feed to get their growth going.  This year's plants were really hammered by the aphids but now that those are almost gone, the...

Haven't been on here for a while, sorry, but my grow is continuing. More adult ladybirds have appeared - I think they were pupating when I wrote that the larvae had all disappeared. D'oh! So the aphids are not 100% gone but definitely under control.   I've continued to feed with Miracle Gro...

Still haven't done the potting up and the few aphids I'd spotted on the seedlings seem to be increasing. This morning I took all the seedlings from downstairs, put them in the bath, and gave them a good spray with SB Invigorator. I hope it will do the job - the plants weren't overrun by any...

Second generation of ladybird larvae is starting to make itself known. The aphids are still really bad but maybe just starting to get under control. Unfortunately one or two of the seedlings downstairs now seem to have a few aphids on them. I suspect they may have hitched a ride on me / my...

Bought an Apache seedling at the garden centre today, which completes my grow list for the year. I wanted something relatively bomb-proof. Hopefully it will produce early and prolifically while Im waiting for the more interesting varieties to do something. Speaking of early, first flower of the...

That Candy Cane looks quite similar to Fish Pepper - I would put money on Fish being one of the parents of the F1 hybrid.  I'd love to see how it grows for you to know whether it's worth paying for the expensive hybrid versus the freely available Fish.

Yesterday I finally shifted the remaining overwinters from the grow room windowsill to the back bedroom.  It took ages to clean all the sticky aphid residue from the window and windowsill but now I can put my 2019 plants on there to get a bit of sunlight.  Unfortunately they don't all fit so I...

I haven't got round to sowing more Lemon Spice but the existing one seems to be trying to make the effort to stand upright, so maybe I won't need to.  That's good.   Ladybird larvae making headway - some plants look almost cleared although others are still heavily infested.  They (the larvae)...

All the seedlings I pricked out on Friday are still alive.  Some look healthy (Purple Tiger particularly) but some look sick (Lemon Spice and Monkey Face.)  BOC (the one I'm most concerned about) is somewhere in between.   Fingers crossed for them.     Edit 12/3/19*: The Lemon Spice has keeled...

  You must have missed my post about grapes:     It probably depends on the species of ladybird.  Mine definitely don't like grapes.   Still have a lot of aphids but some plants now seem to be getting clearer so I'm leaving the ladybirds to it.  They've done the job for me before so this new...

This morning I pricked out what is probably my last batch of seedlings into Jiffy 7s. They have spent weeks (since germinating) on tissue in plastic takeaway boxes so they might not adjust to life in the outside world. I damaged some of the roots even though I tried to tear the tissue and leave...

Ladybird larvae arrived yesterday and have been spread out amongst the seedlings.  They are so tiny I could hardly see them even against the white paper they come in.  This morning, after they had a night on the plants, I could only spot a couple (out of the hundred I'm supposed to have...

My experience is that if you want big crops then one plant per (large) pot is the way to go.  However, if you want quick crops then a smaller pot which restricts the roots encourages them to flower and fruit quicker.  I have a short growing season (in UK) so plan to have most things in fairly...

Does the light go off at night?  As they are in the cabinet, could they have their "night" during the day and vice versa?  That way the light would help to keep them warm in the wee small hours.

Hi!  You know me from t'other place.  Assuming you're the same person.  Brum isn't northern though????

Merhaba!

Ok so these are the plants with the mixed up labels. From left to right, as labelled: Guyana Rush Guyana Rush Havana Gold Bhut Jolokia White   I'm assuming the second one is the Bhut but I can't tell the other three apart although 1 and 3 have forked and 4 hasn't yet.  I really hope that I...

Mid to late May hopefully but there could be the odd late frost until June.