Nick's 2025 Glog

Englander · Feb 15, 2025

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" Growing chillies: Effect of pot size " by Joy at Seaspring seeds the Dorset naga lady very interesting.............

I've grown some big chilli plant's that took up alot of "precious" greenhouse space only to find them so mild to be pointless

or superhots that were hotter than you could ask for :dance:

but the after taste was horrible

again wasted "precious" greenhouse space

I've "finally" learnt :banghead:

to try and keep "trial" varieties that I don't know if I like in smaller containers be it pot or Kratky to save space speed up fruiting and........fit more in

Once you've found favourites that you adore by all means grow a Nigel

Marturo · Feb 15, 2025

nickde said:
. After reading @Marturo 's glog, I also was interested in the B. subtilis based biostimulants. I ended up buying a bag of TNC Bactorr S13 . I'd really love to do a A-B experiment and see its effect

Hey Nick, I will be happy to compare notes with you on the Bio Fungicides.
So far so good. Last season I watered all my Overwintering pepper plants with BF, just to see if the Fungus Gnats made it through.
Hope they all died over the winter .

nickde · Feb 15, 2025

Englander said:
Search YouTube for

" Growing chillies: Effect of pot size " by Joy at Seaspring seeds the Dorset naga lady very interesting.............

I've grown some big chilli plant's that took up alot of "precious" greenhouse space only to find them so mild to be pointless or superhots that were hotter than you could ask for but the after taste was horrible again wasted "precious" greenhouse space

I've "finally" learnt to try and keep "trial" varieties that I don't know if I like in smaller containers be it pot or Kratky to save space speed up fruiting and........fit more in

Once you've found favourites that you adore by all means grow a Nigel

Thanks for the recommendation, Englander! The main disadvantage of small pots besides smaller plants (which I don't mind) is more frequent watering which will be an issue during summer. As Marc suggested, maybe starting smaller for some varieties and potting up again would be a good strategy!

Marturo said:
Hey Nick, I will be happy to compare notes with you on the Bio Fungicides.
So far so good. Last season I watered all my Overwintering pepper plants with BF, just to see if the Fungus Gnats made it through.
Hope they all died over the winter .

That would be great, Marturo! For this first watering, I watered from the top a bit to get the soil wet and some bacteria there. The rest I bottom watered. Does it work the same with bottom watering as well, or how do you water your potted plants? Also, how often would you mist/spray the plants with this solution? Thanks!

Marturo · Feb 15, 2025

nickde said:
Thanks for the recommendation, Englander! The main disadvantage of small pots besides smaller plants (which I don't mind) is more frequent watering which will be an issue during summer. As Marc suggested, maybe starting smaller for some varieties and potting up again would be a good strategy!

That would be great, Marturo! For this first watering, I watered from the top a bit to get the soil wet and some bacteria there. The rest I bottom watered. Does it work the same with bottom watering as well, or how do you water your potted plants? Also, how often would you mist/spray the plants with this solution? Thanks!

I use it from the beginning from soaking the Coco coir pellets, then the small 4 inch pots they go in mostly bottom watering. Misting everytime
from the beginning all the way through. Unlike misting things like Seaweed/fish fertilizer the Bio Fungicide does not build up on the leaves over time. Like acidophilus bacteria in yogurt these living organisms must be present & alive to work their magic.