For many years I have grown Apache from seed, they are sold as a chilli but very mild, lots of small fruit, very pretty when in flower, grown in greenhouse, treated like tomatos. Oddly I havent had any sucess with germinating the "sweet" peppers, no idea why
getting actual pics is a god send , they look disgustingly healthy, are these the same manure compost mix as before and what about feeding Pete ,please
This year I had to use my home-made compost which doesn't have the nutrients of rotted farmyard manure which I couldn't get due to lockdown. My compost is also full of seeds from nicotiana and there are hundreds of them growing in each pot!! So I used about 30% MPC (left over from last year) and 70% my compost. That aside they're doing ok apart from a few aphids. I've had blossom end rot on some as I've let the compost dry out, but most are fine. I treat them the same as tomatoes and feed weekly with Tomorite and seaweed extract every couple of weeks. There are about 10-12 almost fully grown peppers on each plant and plenty more on the way. I did grow them in bigger pots a couple of years ago and they got to nearly 5ft! but I didn't get more peppers.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Morning again, I think I have it now so many thanks for all the info from everybody, Pete's info was really well appreciated with the pics, and when Iv worked out how, I will hopefully post my pics next year who knows, Cheers all for now, still hot in Notts.
Morning Pete, may I ask I,v noticed many people cut the young peppers back, at what stage do you cut back, is it a leaf count or at a certain height or after so many nodes??
Hi Alan I've never pruned a pepper or chili in any way as I've not had the need. I leave them to do their own thing. If they get unbalanced due to the weight of fruits I just use small bamboo canes to prop up the branches. That's just the way I do it and it seems to work for me.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
getting actual pics is a god send , they look disgustingly healthy, are these the same manure compost mix as before and what about feeding Pete ,please
Alan
So I used about 30% MPC (left over from last year) and 70% my compost.
That aside they're doing ok apart from a few aphids.
I've had blossom end rot on some as I've let the compost dry out, but most are fine.
I treat them the same as tomatoes and feed weekly with Tomorite and seaweed extract every couple of weeks.
There are about 10-12 almost fully grown peppers on each plant and plenty more on the way.
I did grow them in bigger pots a couple of years ago and they got to nearly 5ft! but I didn't get more peppers.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Morning Pete, may I ask I,v noticed many people cut the young peppers back, at what stage do you cut back, is it a leaf count or at a certain height or after so many nodes??
Alan
I've never pruned a pepper or chili in any way as I've not had the need.
I leave them to do their own thing.
If they get unbalanced due to the weight of fruits I just use small bamboo canes to prop up the branches.
That's just the way I do it and it seems to work for me.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.