I agree with Edd, don't give up on the chillies. They are very slow at the beginning, but they take off beautifully in summer and even a small plant can carry a fairly good crop. Cover them with fleece in autumn to prolong the season a bit, and of course, you can pot up a few plants to get an earlier start next year, if you have a place for them inside for the winter
Hi Ciaran 4. I too have a Jalapino which is only about 4 inches tall but I am going to place it in my poly tunnel tomorrow just to see how it does. Should be OK.
Mel it will love the poly tunnel ..... Just watch the om temps if they drop below 10??? c it tends to slow growth down.... Ciaran 4 you could always buy a meta boost feed for them buddahs tree do an excellent one as do plagaron
Hi Stacey. I have grown chilli plants in my poly tunnel last year and had excellent results. The temp in my poly tunnel already gets to 80 degrees on sunny days requiring ventilation, so down here I feel I should get good results once more. Certainly, my two tomato plants - a Tonedose De Conores and an Urbikany - are loving it. Flowers already!
They like the heat but beware of scorching if you have a green tunnel this shouldn't be a problem... Still ventilate as this also allows predatory insects in to get this pesky problem bugs..... Mine are in final pots ( morrisons 10l flower buckets 99p for 10 big pots they are ace... Choose your food wisely about now I would start with chilli focus or if small buddahs tree meta boost and shortly a flower promoting feed! Have you bitten the bullet and grown some verd?
I've grown mine in those little "trays" which have plant plugs in them. The plants are a few cm tall now but seem to have stopped getting any taller. They have nice root systems but don't look pot bound.
Should I be potting on / feeding , both?
Bought a Zimbabwe Black yesterday for 10p as the label had fallen off and I think nobody else knew what it was.
Nice hosts Zimbabwe black is a lovely plant.... Pot up the plug ones into cups paper or polystrene or even plastic they are deep enough and concentrate heat wonderfully.... And they are cheap!
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I agree with Edd, don't give up on the chillies. They are very slow at the beginning, but they take off beautifully in summer and even a small plant can carry a fairly good crop. Cover them with fleece in autumn to prolong the season a bit, and of course, you can pot up a few plants to get an earlier start next year, if you have a place for them inside for the winter
Hi Ciaran 4. I too have a Jalapino which is only about 4 inches tall but I am going to place it in my poly tunnel tomorrow just to see how it does. Should be OK.
Hi Stacey. I have grown chilli plants in my poly tunnel last year and had excellent results. The temp in my poly tunnel already gets to 80 degrees on sunny days requiring ventilation, so down here I feel I should get good results once more. Certainly, my two tomato plants - a Tonedose De Conores and an Urbikany - are loving it. Flowers already!
I've grown mine in those little "trays" which have plant plugs in them. The plants are a few cm tall now but seem to have stopped getting any taller. They have nice root systems but don't look pot bound.
Should I be potting on / feeding , both?
Bought a Zimbabwe Black yesterday for 10p as the label had fallen off and I think nobody else knew what it was.