Whilst away working in the Midlands I was introduced to my chilli’s plants northern cousins …
And by-gum these guys are monsters ! Each plant is over 14 inches tall which compared to my guys (of which the largest is now finally 4 inches high).
It would appear that the secret of this speedy growth is the [...]
After a long weekend away I arrived home to see the delivery of my BioGrow and BioBloom.
To cut a long story short I discovered that a work colleague of mine has been growing chilli’s for some time. The secret to his success is the feed he uses. Bio-Grow and Bio-Bloom. So I just had to [...]
As a result of humidity mk2 there is insufficient room in the outside planter. So I thought it might be an idea to bring one of the plants in doors. In this way I can observe the differences and see if one improves over the other. For this reason my laptop webcam has been deployed [...]
Read the rest of this entry »After yet more reading up on what makes a chilli plant happy. I noted that as they normally frequent hot countries they like humid environments.
To achieve this there are a number of recommendations:
1. Only water the plants with luke warm tap water.
2. Add stones to the saucer the plant pot is standing in. In this [...]
I have been struggling since the begining of this project to find a reliable way to secure the Logitec eyeball camera I’m using in the greenhouse. The big issue is that it’s an eyeball so securing it with cable ties and gaffa tape has proven to be unreliable.
Mk1
Mk1 of the mount was a piece of [...]
Major chilli plant news:
After being advised that plants can stop growing if they run out of room in the pot. I checked the bottom of the pot and yes it was almost white with roots.
I am pleased to say that I have transplanted these three guys from one small pot to three larger ones – [...]
After no success growing chilli plants on my window ledge I decided to get serious. The plants needed to move outside and to guarentee their best possible chance. An icubator style home (plastic green house), and tomatoe feed (in two plastic bottles LHS).
To keep track of these guys I have installed a video camera in [...]