The Chilli Challenge
Our success with chillies has been very mixed. Actually that might be an understatement. Up until last year we simply couldn’t grow them. Our attempts at growing from seed just failed and even when...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge February Update
Whilst it’s been quiet at the plot in the few weeks things are progressing at a pace with the chillies. They arrived in the post at the end of the first week of February and were sown a couple of days...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge March Update
A progress report from Derek today for the Chilli Challenge March Update. Hi, Derek here. Sowing For sowing the seeds I used John Innes No1 compost in individual fibre pots, with the seeds placed on...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge April Update
Here’s this month’s progress report from Derek for the April Chilli Challenge Update. Hi Derek here. Growing At the end of last month all the chillies were potted on and moved from the very moist,...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge May Update
I’m well aware that Derek was due to talk irrigation systems in this month’s update but I’m pushing all that aside because the big news is that we have flowers on some of the plants and that’s always...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge June Update
Here we are right at the end of June. How did that happen? As to be expected now we’re into mid Summer things have really taken off. We made a decision to empty the cold frames completely because of...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge July Update
We have chillies! Just one or two as they ripen, but chillies nonetheless. I’ve spent the last couple of days at the plot taking the photographs for this post and find my self utterly fascinated by...
View ArticleThe Chilli Challenge August Update
In the interests of continuity I always look back on the previous month’s update before I start to write this post. What’s changed since last month? I can’t lie; not a lot. Flicking through the...
View ArticleChilli Challenge September Update
Still playing a bit of catch up here is the September update on the chillies. I think I said in the last post that things were starting to look a bit frayed around the edges. Well I might have to back...
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