Hi thanks for the tips. Nin I hope you meant plants not PANTS!!!
I didn't know you could keep the plants - I always chuck mine out at the end of the year
Not sure about trying to make them hotter, I have a poor sense of smell and therefore taste - dust mite allergy ( at least I don't empty the hoover any more OH does it ) so always seem to make food too spicy anyway
I have a Numex Twilight which overwintered, but aphids are holding it back from really getting going again this year. I try to avoid chemicals, but the squishing is time-consuming and fiddly, especially because the aphids hide in the smallest leaves at the top, not just the easier to squish ones on the bigger leaves.
Just about keeping them in check though, and hopefully this years new chillies will not get too affected. But you have to be vigilante and deal with them regularly, on greenhouse plants in particular, they can reproduce very quickly!
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Hi thanks for the tips. Nin I hope you meant plants not PANTS!!!
I didn't know you could keep the plants - I always chuck mine out at the end of the year
Not sure about trying to make them hotter, I have a poor sense of smell and therefore taste - dust mite allergy ( at least I don't empty the hoover any more OH does it
) so always seem to make food too spicy anyway
Good advice from KevinM, and my experience is very similar.
Biggest problem for me in the greenhouse has been aphids, and I've found this very helpful:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problems/flowers/aphids/385.html
I have a Numex Twilight which overwintered, but aphids are holding it back from really getting going again this year. I try to avoid chemicals, but the squishing is time-consuming and fiddly, especially because the aphids hide in the smallest leaves at the top, not just the easier to squish ones on the bigger leaves.
Just about keeping them in check though, and hopefully this years new chillies will not get too affected. But you have to be vigilante and deal with them regularly, on greenhouse plants in particular, they can reproduce very quickly!
Foodie40 yes plants, but pants would be a painful giggle