growing pepper
in a green house in pots any advice please ;)
water daily and mist the plant daily feed once a week is all i do
I pinch out the main growing point when the plants are about 2 feet high for a bushier plant.
As above, I treat like tomato's when watering and feeding
:) Thanks i grow toms ok so never tried peppers so will give a go ta folks :D
I'm afraid I am not as fussy as the other I tend to allow them to get on with it themselves to a large extent.
What I would say is; keep the atmosphere around them a bit humid up to fruiting time to keep white fly away.
Then when the fruit sets keep the atmosphere drier to prevent botrytis forming on the fruit.
At the transition from moist to dry I give the plants a high potash feed then leave them to get on with ripening!
I only give them a drop of water as required from then on as I say I want to keep the humidity low.
This is how I grow them in beds; http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Peppers/Peppers/peppers.html (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Peppers/Peppers/peppers.html)
This is them just after planting out this year;
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/May%202010/P1120728.jpg)
I alternate pots/beds to fit in with my greenhouse rotation system. This year they are in my 8x6 which has a concrete flor hence the 'ring culture'
thank -you will see how i get on :)
Can never understand the pinching out bit. They take up enough room as it is.
All I can add is do whatever is needed to keep fly away-of all the crops I grow peppers seem the ones most prone to fly-especially the green so and sos.
I always have a soft soap spray handy
Thanks Making some soap liquid up now :)
Second that, Cleo.
Quote from: cleo on June 02, 2010, 17:20:32I always have a soft soap spray handy
Hi Cleo - what kind of mix do you have for your soap spray? Need to do something for greenhouse this year - growing peppers.
Meg
Unless you have a lot of plants, finger & thumb from day one works quite well.
Quote from: tim on June 03, 2010, 08:04:51
Unless you have a lot of plants, finger & thumb from day one works quite well.
I know this is a bit girlie Tim, but I am a bit squeamish about squishing bugs! :(
Meg
Just look the other way!!
yes....and do it with muddy fingers and you won't feel a thing... ;D
I don`t make my own anymore-I use `Savona` but I`m not sure how available it is now as regulations change so quickly
Quote from: tim on June 03, 2010, 08:20:17
Just look the other way!!
Managed to kill quite a few today - muddy fingers work a treat!
Big girl's blouse - aka Meg
Pinching out delays fruiting, so I avoid doing that.
I soap-sprayed mine yesterday but wondered- does it do the flower buds any harm if they get sprayed?
How do you make your own soft soap for whitefly?
I put a small amount of washing up liquid in water. Hope that's right!
Quote from: caroline7758 on June 13, 2010, 21:14:39
I put a small amount of washing up liquid in water. Hope that's right!
Read somewhere on here that washing up liquid is too strong...... :-\
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Quote from: Fork on June 13, 2010, 21:15:55
Read somewhere on here that washing up liquid is too strong...... :-\
Oh dear! Mine is Ecover so maybe it's ok!
I use the cheep stuff from Wilkinsons not as strong as Fairy Liquid
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