This year I have successfully grown tomatoes & herbs in hanging baskets and tubs, I have also grown sweet peppers, cucumbers, carrots and runner beans, garlic, and spring onions in large tubs in my small urban garden front and back. I have now cleared a small patch at the bottom of the garden evicting my five year old as she has out grown her little play house to turn into our very own veg plot. But what can I do with all the used compost? Is it safe to reuse in the raise beds I am planning to build or should I spread it around the flower borders or add it to the compost bin? Help I am having sleepless nights as to what to do?
first time grower of peppers all going well three /four peppers on each plant feed once a week with "tomato food" some of the fruits have gone brown near the stem and gone rotten down one side of the fruit same removed what is causing this
My chilli plants are growing well, however whenever a flower appears it seems to die off and the shoot dies with it. Can any advise me? is this the norm?
I have started to grow peppers & chillies for the first time this year, they have grown well and have a large amount, however a couple of the plants that are next to each other have developed black or dark marks on the fruit that spread from the top. any advice would be very welcome. Many thanks, Mark
If the flowers fall off / die without producing any fruit, this usually means that the flowers haven't been pollenated. Stick em outside on a sunny day and the active flowers should be pollenated by passing bees etc, or you can pollenate yourself with a fine paint brush.
I'm growing chillies and peppers at the moment and whilst having lots of fruit on them, I also have the problem of them turning black after a while. Does anyone know what this means?
can someone tell me why my pepper plants went straight from flowering to seed. I can't tell you what the variety was but they had very dark purple flowers -flute shaped...growing in greenhouse! help
I have successfully grown the sweet basil, salad leaves, tomatoes and chillies from the free seed packet earlier this year. But I have one question - with the chillies and tomatoes, do you leave them on the plant until they have completely turned red or can we harvest them when they've been a good size for a couple of weeks? I'm concerned the plants won't support new growth if I don't harvest them soon.
Its a month since I added my last comment and my chilli's are still not red! Does anyone know whether they will turn? Also now all the leaves are covered in holes but I can't see any bugs - any ideas what this could be?
Am growing chillies outside in a container. Plant is loaded with green ones but I have only got 3 that have ripened so far(a few weeks ago) there has not been much sunshine since. Will the green ones ripen if I cover the plant and container in fleece now (29 August). I am in the South of the country.
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I'm growing chillies and peppers at the moment and whilst having lots of fruit on them, I also have the problem of them turning black after a while. Does anyone know what this means?