hi i'm new to gardening and came across your show by accident. now i'm absolutely hooked. i am keen to know what the flowering tree in the foreground of the show is. It comes on in the 42 minute just after Toby visits Sara Cox. I think it might be a cherry blossom but I'm not sure. I used to live abroad so I'm not familiar with them. I see the all over the neighbourhood at the moment and love them. Hope you can help.
I set seeds for chillies and peppers on my kitchen windowsill and the seedlings have been ravaged by white fly. I have tried using spray (although I would prefer not to) and 'washing' them off by hand. If all else fails, using basil as a 'loss leader' should draw them off - those pesky creatures love basil more than anything else.
Thanks for bringing GW back to reality. The new series has good practical info about everyday gardening - not about vast herbacecous borders, orchards and wildflower meadows which the majority of people cannot relate to.
I am growing chillies for first time this year, 2 varieties, Lemon Drops and Pretty in Purple (http://www.realseeds.co.uk/hotpeppers.html). Into a heated propagator in late Jan at first, they bolted up...YIKES...out of the heat into the warm kitchen windowsill (SE facing) light. Now they are growing SOOOOO slowly I am not sure they'll be big enough to produce anything this year
I am potting them on into bigger pots (9x9cm) this w/e and continuing with a liquid feed (npk 777) weekly. Any other tips, other than patience and plenty of warmth an light?
This is my second year of growing chillies. I find that if you put them somewhere were they are not under direct sunlight they do well. I am growing two difeerent chillies. Cayenne and Big sun it like the scotch bonnet.
I started them off in February and I am hoping to get a better yield than last year.
I got a chilli growing set for Christmas and planted them (as per instructions) mid March using Jiffi pellets, growing food and in a propigator I bought online.
All the seeds have sprouted and grown ok, but they've all since wilted and died.
They get to about 2 inch high with 2 main leafs and 2 smaller leafs but after that they start flopping and there's no reviving them.
The propigator sits on an economy 7 heater set to low ( max temp overnight is 30 degrees, which reduces during the day).
I take them out of the propigator at about 2 weeks or just before they hit 2 inchs and place them into small plastic pots, put them on a tray on the heater.
I've tried placing them in sunny window sills for natural light, leaving them on the heater under fake light etc but nothing seems to work.
I've since bought a heater online and will keep this near to the window for natural light.
I do't think i'm over / under watering them, placing my knuckle into the soil it feels damp.
The seeds were a M&S set and i've also got some on ebay (from sellers with loads of seed feedback) and have also grown some from chillis and peppers i've used in cooking so i'm pretty sure its not a dodgy batch as they've all died.
My only thought is i that water them from the base. Could this be the cause? I'm worried about knocking them when watering so i place them into a bowl of previously boiled but now cold water.
as i was made redundant in dec 2008 and haven got a greenhouse yet due to no job still i grew some chillies on the windowsill in bedroom out of 4, 2 survived which are now in 9 inch pots in garden .However one has fell over and the leves are shrivilling up any ideas and is it to late to start planting some more seeds???? many thanks a chilli beginner
i had some chilli seeds in march theyve germinated but i cant see that they will fruit this year what do i do with them when the cold weather comes? thanks another chilli starter
Hi, I have a question, which I hope someone can answer for me please! Do I have to start with a new plant every year or will my chilli plant flower again next year? This is my 1st growing them, at the moment my plant has little white flowers all over it.
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If all else fails, using basil as a 'loss leader' should draw them off - those pesky creatures love basil more than anything else.
I am potting them on into bigger pots (9x9cm) this w/e and continuing with a liquid feed (npk 777) weekly. Any other tips, other than patience and plenty of warmth an light?
I started them off in February and I am hoping to get a better yield than last year.
I'm after a bit of advice if I may.
I got a chilli growing set for Christmas and planted them (as per instructions) mid March using Jiffi pellets, growing food and in a propigator I bought online.
All the seeds have sprouted and grown ok, but they've all since wilted and died.
They get to about 2 inch high with 2 main leafs and 2 smaller leafs but after that they start flopping and there's no reviving them.
The propigator sits on an economy 7 heater set to low ( max temp overnight is 30 degrees, which reduces during the day).
I take them out of the propigator at about 2 weeks or just before they hit 2 inchs and place them into small plastic pots, put them on a tray on the heater.
I've tried placing them in sunny window sills for natural light, leaving them on the heater under fake light etc but nothing seems to work.
I've since bought a heater online and will keep this near to the window for natural light.
I do't think i'm over / under watering them, placing my knuckle into the soil it feels damp.
The seeds were a M&S set and i've also got some on ebay (from sellers with loads of seed feedback) and have also grown some from chillis and peppers i've used in cooking so i'm pretty sure its not a dodgy batch as they've all died.
My only thought is i that water them from the base. Could this be the cause? I'm worried about knocking them when watering so i place them into a bowl of previously boiled but now cold water.
Thanks for your help and time.
i've noticed a white powder like substance (mould???) on the soil that all the chillis have died. could this be the cause of over watering?
thanks another chilli starter
Do I have to start with a new plant every year or will my chilli plant flower again next year? This is my 1st growing them, at the moment my plant has little white flowers all over it.