Posted by Craig | Posted in allotment, wahaca | Posted on 02-08-2010
Tags: chilli, chillies, experiment, greenhouse, polytunnel
As you know, I like my chillies. This year I’ve decided not only to grow twice the amount of varieties this year (19), but also to come over all Heston and experiment with different ways of growing them.
I had a tip from @VolcanoChilli at the start of the season about growing chillies in square pots and lying the on their side to encourage side shoots, and this seems to be doing the trick so far.
Some of the varieties I’ve potted on into larger pots as they’ve grown on, while keeping some of the same variety in smaller pots.
I’ve also been feeding some of the plants with tomato feed and some with ‘Chilli Focus,’ to see if that makes a difference, and the chilli food definitely wins!
I’ll decide at the end of the year if any of this makes any difference, but with all the experimenting, I’m sure to end up with another huge crop this year, both in my greenhouse and in my new polytunnel!
Achiltibuie Garden – Hydroponic Growing Kits
Dartmoor Chilli Farm
Greenhouse Sensation
i’ve been running a few similar experiments, especially regarding different pot sizes. it’ll be interesting to see if we get the same results!
Hi there, any tips on how long I should be expecting to wait for my chillies to turn red? I’ve got six fabulous serrano chilli plants out of my Wahaca matchbook that I planted up back in February. Some of the chillies have now been on the plant for ages and stopped getting larger 3 or 4 weeks ago but they still aren’t showing any signs of turning red. Having never grown chillies before I have no idea how long it takes for them to turn from green to red… As you say about leaving them in small pots, I left three of my plants in the tiny pots that I originally potted them into when they came out of the seed tray simply because I didn’t have any space for them to go in bigger pots but amazingly they are going just as strong as the ones that were put into bigger pots…