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overwintering Winter-Summer in OZ "Comparison" / Aussie Blabberers

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Pablo_h said:
To everyone else, if I was going to plant in the ground, what's the best place to do it bearing in mind the 40C hot suns we get here in Perth? I have the option of one patch that gets afternoon sun and is near a tin shed wall (that was my winter planting spot), or I have a patch cleared 4m from a tree. It gets morning direct sun, then shaded afternoon sun by the tree.
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I'd go the morning sun (plants that get early morning sun seem to produce more flowers here)
 
My idea was to get a long board and cut some notches in it to correspond to the spacing of the chilli stems in pots. Then I can slide it into place over the pots so the stems emerge through the hole and the plant gets full light whilst the pot is shaded underneath. I was going to mount it at either end and not have it sitting directly on the pots themselves so I can move pots in and out easily, and give the soil top some air flow. I was also going to fix the drip irrigation lines to the underside of the board so they don't get in the way and move about.

It sounds a bit labour intensive but I think once its done and in place it should make the rest of the season easy. I've got some materials that will do the job.

In autumn I had my pots set up in a line parallel to a wall so the pots were shaded and the leaves got sun. But in summer the angle is too steep for that to work. Plus the shade line changes as the sun arcs and you also have to gradually move them through the season. If there were any tall trees around I could use them but my back yard is open and exposed. I've had to put up some shadecloth screen to protect my plants from wind gusts.

Anyone see any potential problems to the board shade plan?
 
So whilst my 3rd batch of chillies wait to germinate and grow I decided to move one of the hydro setups outside and stck some tomatoes in. Lets hope these do better. Will have to stake them soon.
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lets hope those seeds germinate quickly for you candice and we see more then tomatoes in the setup. Nice little set up candice what type of nutes do you usually use?
 
I am having a real P&%%&K of a time getting any seeds to germinate at the moment. Hopefully they all start coming up at once. Trip to Bunnings tomorrow to grab some more little plastic pots and some buckets for another weekend pot up
 
Just been looking at these Anti-Spiral Pots from garden city plastics. They are a similar premise to rocket pots except that they come in 20litre size in a minimum of 10 rather then 50 rocket pots. I have just wrote an email to ask how much they are.
 
Trippa said:
lets hope those seeds germinate quickly for you candice and we see more then tomatoes in the setup. Nice little set up candice what type of nutes do you usually use?
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Germination is going good so far. 39/40 choc scorpions sprouted. These are non iso seed though so fingers crossed they produce true. My Butch T's are going good too.Limo blanco 100% germ. Others just starting to pop npw from the 18th.
Usually Chilli Focus in my soileless mediums. Then good potting mix, slow release fert, seaweed ever couple weeks. Have a new nutrient to try on the hydro as it came with the kit. using that on the tomatoes atm. I will also be looking into something with a higher calcium % if i get some chillies going hydro.The last lot seemed a bit deficient.
Decided and i guess forced by bad luck that i wont be growing much this season, well at my property anyway.
 
Instead of spring cleaning i decided to make beer. On the brew list tonight is a lovely sparkling ale using goo and crystal, saaz and honey maybe some fuggles too. :lol:
 
Novacastrian said:
Instead of spring cleaning i decided to make beer. On the brew list tonight is a lovely sparkling ale using goo and crystal, saaz and honey maybe some fuggles too. :lol:
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Is yours like a half/full mash? Adam just put our keg in the fridge. Will be ready soon. In the meantime have been drinking the new James Squire One Fifty Lashes Pale Ale. Quite nice!
 
gasificada said:
Welcome to my world.... it's been like that all winter for me. :lol:
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It's been on and off for me. Some things are easy to germinate, some things really hard. Fatalii, all yellow 7 pots, trinidad scorp, congo black and choc bhut were hard. Heaps of no germination, or tiny weak seedlings, I maybe only have one viable seedling from each.
Some others just take a few weeks to give me 50%, so I have a lot of HHW and jalapenos and habs, but they took a damn long time and wasted a lot of seeds that never popped.

But some have been easy, bih jolokia, red 7 pot, PRF's brain strain and choc TS just come up on their own.

edit: Geeze they grow slow though these chillies, I have huge capsicums and basils that just shot up in comparison.
 
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