Growin' chillies by the window....in scotland

Dinosaur Bone

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Your Rainy climate is pretty much the exact opposite that Peppers thrive in. The soil, PH and nutrients as well.

To address the wet feet issue, I would plant them in sand. Dig a 6" - 8" diameter hole x about 1 ft deep. Fill it with partway sand, and when planting them just fill sand around the plants. This will make the soil drain better, in the directly effected area.... It beats making the entire garden area drain better. I do this in my heavy clay soil for everything, in holes dug with a pluggy bulb digger tool. Once your "sand traps" are established.... just plant stuff in the same spot next year.

Tomato's are fairly easy, although you might be a touch late getting them going. I grow all Hierlooms..... why bother growing the same bland, average and hideous "Red Things" from the grocery store... when you can just walk into a store and buy one of those??? Tomato's should be black, purple, pink or green and most of all UGLY.

Another thing to consider for next year, peppers & tomato's.. get a few plants going early. Grow big mother plants, then take clones a month or so before putting them out.

Bhut Jolokia or Ghost Peppers are neat... but you are looking at taking them inside at the end of season and growing for another month before they even set fruit. Thats been my experience... and I live in a high wasteland desert climate.. but I never tried cloning them before.

The strangest looking pepper, quite the converasation piece is "Federal Agent Peppers" They look exactly like a federal agent. OR if you prefer.. "Scotsman Peppers" Just like the song about the drunken Scotsman.. "Lad I don't know where youve been, but I see youve won first prize!!". The seed packet will actually say "Peter Pepper".

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PinchedNerve

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Your Rainy climate is pretty much the exact opposite that Peppers thrive in. The soil, PH and nutrients as well.

To address the wet feet issue, I would plant them in sand. Dig a 6" - 8" diameter hole x about 1 ft deep. Fill it with partway sand, and when planting them just fill sand around the plants. This will make the soil drain better, in the directly effected area.... It beats making the entire garden area drain better. I do this in my heavy clay soil for everything, in holes dug with a pluggy bulb digger tool. Once your "sand traps" are established.... just plant stuff in the same spot next year.

Tomato's are fairly easy, although you might be a touch late getting them going. I grow all Hierlooms..... why bother growing the same bland, average and hideous "Red Things" from the grocery store... when you can just walk into a store and buy one of those??? Tomato's should be black, purple, pink or green and most of all UGLY.

Another thing to consider for next year, peppers & tomato's.. get a few plants going early. Grow big mother plants, then take clones a month or so before putting them out.

Bhut Jolokia or Ghost Peppers are neat... but you are looking at taking them inside at the end of season and growing for another month before they even set fruit. Thats been my experience... and I live in a high wasteland desert climate.. but I never tried cloning them before.

The strangest looking pepper, quite the converasation piece is "Federal Agent Peppers" They look exactly like a federal agent. OR if you prefer.. "Scotsman Peppers" Just like the song about the drunken Scotsman.. "Lad I don't know where youve been, but I see youve won first prize!!". The seed packet will actually say "Peter Pepper".

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thedaz

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Your Rainy climate is pretty much the exact opposite that Peppers thrive in. The soil, PH and nutrients as well.

To address the wet feet issue, I would plant them in sand. Dig a 6" - 8" diameter hole x about 1 ft deep. Fill it with partway sand, and when planting them just fill sand around the plants. This will make the soil drain better, in the directly effected area.... It beats making the entire garden area drain better. I do this in my heavy clay soil for everything, in holes dug with a pluggy bulb digger tool. Once your "sand traps" are established.... just plant stuff in the same spot next year.

Tomato's are fairly easy, although you might be a touch late getting them going. I grow all Hierlooms..... why bother growing the same bland, average and hideous "Red Things" from the grocery store... when you can just walk into a store and buy one of those??? Tomato's should be black, purple, pink or green and most of all UGLY.

Another thing to consider for next year, peppers & tomato's.. get a few plants going early. Grow big mother plants, then take clones a month or so before putting them out.

Bhut Jolokia or Ghost Peppers are neat... but you are looking at taking them inside at the end of season and growing for another month before they even set fruit. Thats been my experience... and I live in a high wasteland desert climate.. but I never tried cloning them before.

The strangest looking pepper, quite the converasation piece is "Federal Agent Peppers" They look exactly like a federal agent. OR if you prefer.. "Scotsman Peppers" Just like the song about the drunken Scotsman.. "Lad I don't know where youve been, but I see youve won first prize!!". The seed packet will actually say "Peter Pepper".

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Cheers for the info man, but my chillies are thriving in this weather and they've been grown by the window all they way through:) I've had a few handfull of harvests of the pants already and they're still producing chillies :P
 

Dinosaur Bone

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:? I didnt notice that there were 85 pages on this thread.... likely you have been growing this plant for a couple years now...
 

PinchedNerve

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Went and checked 41 pages of "Gardening" its a tie for second with 16 pages and first place to thedaz with 85, congrats.
 

DST

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The strangest looking pepper, quite the converasation piece is "Federal Agent Peppers" They look exactly like a federal agent. OR if you prefer.. "Scotsman Peppers" Just like the song about the drunken Scotsman.. "Lad I don't know where youve been, but I see youve won first prize!!". The seed packet will actually say "Peter Pepper".

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Never heard of that song before....perhaps Youtube will help me out. When you say Scotsmans Peppers, are you talking about Scotch Bonnets? which are effectively one of thee, if not thee Hottest peppers available....sheesh they blow yer brains out if you have one. My Spanish Red Pepper plant got infected with bugs and is now just a shell with one pepper hanging off of it and about 3 leaves,,,,,sad sight!
 

thedaz

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nice one man :) yeah, sorry ive not really been about on here much:( been really really busy and ive had alot of family stuff happening:(

i transplanted the oldest and largest plants into a massive pot in my garden outside and put the younger ones into the window box :)

harvested abot 28~ chillies 2 weeks ago and just waiting on more from the youngerones :)

they go great in chicken madras curry btw :P

and ive also got some cyane and birds eye chillies in my fridge, can i use the seeds in them for growing?
 

ElectricPineapple

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so i kind of took over my moms jalapeno chili plant haha. its in really bad shape, but i gave it a good dose of nutes, and i have 3 ok sized peppers on it and about 5 or so more starting to bud. maybe i can get some out of it. when i took over it, there was one gross dead jalapeno and ill take pics of it later. its looking somewhat better now.
 

ElectricPineapple

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actually i yielded lower than i thought. but i still had a bountiful and potent harvest. i got about 12.5 ounces total dry. out of the 5 plants. i only got a half out of my white widow, but it is crazy potent. if your not careful itll put you right to sleep. haha. but the kaya is amazing smoke. i kind of screwed up the plant in early flowering by giving it too much jacks and burned it. i think it would of had tripled the yield if i t wouldnt have burned. i also think i had too much canopy and plant for my one 600 to cover, and i think if i would of had a 1000 watter, i could of gotten way more out of her and the rest of them. but as you can see in my avatar, i got many beer bottle sized colas. thats a full size fat tire bottle.
 

PinchedNerve

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My Green o matic was pretty much a dub on a stick, Have a red dwarf coming to life at the moment. Hopefully I don't mess this one up. The Yellow pair tomato is a wonderful plant, every five days or so I collect 30-40, I beleive thats tiger bloom in action.
 

thedaz

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My Green o matic was pretty much a dub on a stick, Have a red dwarf coming to life at the moment. Hopefully I don't mess this one up. The Yellow pair tomato is a wonderful plant, every five days or so I collect 30-40, I beleive thats tiger bloom in action.
haha nice one man :) well my chillies are doing goooood :) not smoked much lately, had alot on my mind... not even started my grow with the seeds i bought back in may :( Might do an auto outdoor grow next year, mabey try the GOM's :)
 

PinchedNerve

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Both my pepper plants disagree with the soil here. The GOM's I recomend I just waited for a more milky than amber and the high was intense yet I could be completely social. Doin 20 for the auto patch next summer among others. (Largest thread in the gardening section: Belongs to thedaz.)
 

thedaz

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nice one, ill give them a try next year :) im gonna get those polly tunnels aswell mabey have about 10-20 plants outside , all autos like :)haha yeah cant believe this is still the longest :P
 

PinchedNerve

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Chillin in portland oregon and it is the shit to get drunk with family, and it is also great when its a female member getting married cuz its all women.
 
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