Hello! and help :-) can anyone advise...I planted some inca berries seeds in a small pot on my south facing windowsill, covered the pot with clear plastic and now one seed has sprouted. What am I supposed to do? uncover the pot but leave it on the south facing windowsill, or keep it covered? I can't find any clear instructions anywhere for what to do after seeds have germinated. Thank you!
I have not grown them from seed, I'm afraid, but I do know they need warmth. What sort of plastic cover is it? Like a propagator? What sort of temperatures do you have on the windowsill? On balance I would have thought take the cover off, but can't say definitively. You are not going to kill them by taking it off (unless temperatures drop to zero on the windowsill). Worst case scenario is that the growth is slowed. This might be of interest: https://www.myallotmentgarden.co.uk/the-inca-berry-experiment/ Basically I would treat them like tomatoes. (But they will fruit much later than tomatoes, the first year, at least. Definitely worth keeping for a second year for an earlier and bigger crop.)
Thank you, sorry I'm responding so late. I have got two small plants now, (and I'm giving two away to a friend as I don't have space). They took their time to germinate and in the end I had four plants. I am growing them in pots in my balcony which gets sun in the hottest part of the day. I've read the previous comments about overwintering, I don't think I'll have space for them in my tiny little sun window indoors, so I'll try the horticultural fleece trick as you have done, put them against a wall & hope for the best. I look forward to some fruit.
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I can't find any clear instructions anywhere for what to do after seeds have germinated.
Thank you!
What sort of plastic cover is it? Like a propagator? What sort of temperatures do you have on the windowsill?
On balance I would have thought take the cover off, but can't say definitively. You are not going to kill them by taking it off (unless temperatures drop to zero on the windowsill). Worst case scenario is that the growth is slowed.
This might be of interest: https://www.myallotmentgarden.co.uk/the-inca-berry-experiment/
Basically I would treat them like tomatoes. (But they will fruit much later than tomatoes, the first year, at least. Definitely worth keeping for a second year for an earlier and bigger crop.)
I am growing them in pots in my balcony which gets sun in the hottest part of the day. I've read the previous comments about overwintering, I don't think I'll have space for them in my tiny little sun window indoors, so I'll try the horticultural fleece trick as you have done, put them against a wall & hope for the best. I look forward to some fruit.