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Post by smokey on Sept 3, 2014 19:27:04 GMT 10
Wow they look really interesting Smokey! I've some seeds to plant very soon, am I too late for Perth? Don't have many seeds left can't remember what they are. I don't seem to have much luck with chilli plants, they seem to shrivel up and for just before or even after they get there first true set of leaves. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, don't think it's the heat, maybe too moist and they get rot of some sort. Nath I saved a few seeds for the stragglers, PM mail addy. Moist but not wet and for some reason chillies like to grow up against a fence or rock wall. A bit like coffee they like to live on the fringes of a Forrest, Dappled light is no problem. They should grow well in WA sand. they also like an acid soil so you might want to check that with a kit. Mine get fertilised with my daily tea bags as the tea leaves raise the acidity.
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Post by nath on Sept 3, 2014 21:19:57 GMT 10
Wow they look really interesting Smokey! I've some seeds to plant very soon, am I too late for Perth? Don't have many seeds left can't remember what they are. I don't seem to have much luck with chilli plants, they seem to shrivel up and for just before or even after they get there first true set of leaves. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, don't think it's the heat, maybe too moist and they get rot of some sort. Nath I saved a few seeds for the stragglers, PM mail addy. Moist but not wet and for some reason chillies like to grow up against a fence or rock wall. A bit like coffee they like to live on the fringes of a Forrest, Dappled light is no problem. They should grow well in WA sand. they also like an acid soil so you might want to check that with a kit. Mine get fertilised with my daily tea bags as the tea leaves raise the acidity. Thanks Mick your a good man. Swmbo drinks about a million cups of tea a day, so I'll be sure to keep some tea bags to sprinkle around. not much room in the garden in my unit. Front garden bed faces east and gets morning sun until about 12-1pm I guess, think that would be the best spot for them. When is best to transfer from seedling trays to the ground? Nath
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Post by chrisg on Sept 3, 2014 21:21:15 GMT 10
Don't think it is by any means too late Nath, especially with the curent weather I haven't grown much chili for a bit from seed, but my rule of thumb that has worked in the past is Bathurst weekend Smokey may disagree but I doubt over-watering, a friend in the UK grows chili, has for years and is a professional gardener, even she is often surprised how much water they need, even there. Cheers
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Post by nath on Sept 3, 2014 21:35:07 GMT 10
Don't think it is by any means too late Nath, especially with the curent weather I haven't grown much chili for a bit from seed, but my rule of thumb that has worked in the past is Bathurst weekend Smokey may disagree but I doubt over-watering, a friend in the UK grows chili, has for years and is a professional gardener, even she is often surprised how much water they need, even there. Cheers Thanks Chris, I should be able to find a spare minute this weekend to get them sowed. Straight into the soil or soaked in water prior?
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Post by smokey on Sept 3, 2014 21:37:31 GMT 10
Ahh, I starve mine, keeps them keen.,,,, and hot They are a fringe dweller and like lots of leaf litter and damp soil. My motto is treat them like crap and plant many as they are a throw away plant really
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Post by nath on Sept 3, 2014 23:41:56 GMT 10
Ahh, I starve mine, keeps them keen.,,,, and hot They are a fringe dweller and like lots of leaf litter and damp soil. My motto is treat them like crap and plant many as they are a throw away plant really Thanks for the advice lads.
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Post by 420kev on Sept 4, 2014 13:45:25 GMT 10
thanks Mick,
i await in antissipation for my by-weekly snail mail delivery
yeah last lot of chili i grew we basically left them to their own,
we forgot about them and left them on the plant, they dried naturally
and BOY were those some bum burners, sadly forgot to save seeds, they were used in the crushed and powdered.
had to get shop bought because my son in-law was running low on his stash.
so i am gunna let him grow this lot.
kevin
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Post by chrisg on Sept 4, 2014 19:26:48 GMT 10
I'm always a bit surprised how long they can hang ripening before they start to naturally dry. Didn't last year, new place new crop etc but had been in the habit of leaving a few to naturally dry, seed them out and be ready for next year. In the furore of moving house that was overlooked.... Nath, in my experience if you have some decent free-draining soil and an ok location its very difficult to over-water chili, but it is very easy to be over-fussy with them as Smokey says. I've always just sort of ignored them and let them do their thing, seems to work In that regard they are somewhat like roses. Mine just get watered when they need it, dead-headed in flower season and pruned back hard, every year back they come, more robust than ever By contrast and comparison my mother fusses over her roses constantly, gets a great show every year but I wonder if it is worth the effort she puts in sometimes. My mate with a jalapeno bush gives it tough love and every year it thrives Cheers
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Post by nath on Sept 4, 2014 21:29:01 GMT 10
Nice! I guess I just gotta get some to plant stage! I'm sure I'll be right this year.
Nath
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Post by captaincook on Sept 5, 2014 10:30:34 GMT 10
I am lucky, I get supplied with jars of dried chilli flakes from my italian mates parents. I have a large pepper grinder which I fill with the flakes and then grind onto any meal that needs a little kick, I also grind some onto steak, chops, chicken along with S&P before I grill them.
Cheers
Phil
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Post by gatsby on Sept 8, 2014 20:30:20 GMT 10
Hi Smokey. Guess what arrived today..... So happy - I've got a pot reserved for these, have to think about the watermelon - maybe my Mum's place.,
Thanks heaps
Cheers
Adam
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