tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post5122926093080896296..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: One man went to mow...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-86326958485595301522012-10-26T19:14:55.433+11:002012-10-26T19:14:55.433+11:00No wonder I do so badly at them!No wonder I do so badly at them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-32690512326386150682012-10-26T19:14:09.241+11:002012-10-26T19:14:09.241+11:00I've been lucky enough to bring quite a lot of...I've been lucky enough to bring quite a lot of the capsicums in big pots through winter - they're flowering already in the 'greenhouse'(which is too full for more plants, or a seed tray - i have pots standing in other pots. I was pretty sure it was temperature - in the last house I kept them indoors with lots of sun (and the heat from the house) Here they've been exiled to the shed! Anyway, I'll contrive another plastic home with a wooden floor (ground temp is low) and maybe a black bag for them, this weekend. Oddly I had really great tomato germination 90% + in the same place 2 weeks earlier - just no room for the capsicums, and I thought the tomatoes were a gamble.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-60143803154777472432012-10-26T06:01:50.248+11:002012-10-26T06:01:50.248+11:00Also, and you may know this, never plant peppers a...Also, and you may know this, never plant peppers and tomatoes in the same bed as they, being cousins, share and attract the same diseases. If you get stem blight or root rot in a bed neither plant can go back there for three years. However, cucumbers and peppers play very well together. They're water hogs and will keep the surrounding soil from getting over wet. Both do very well with drip irrigation as they both prefer to have their leaves dry.Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-61194144462095230822012-10-26T05:42:53.520+11:002012-10-26T05:42:53.520+11:00You'll get your best germination if you can ke...You'll get your best germination if you can keep the sir temp between 70 and 80 Fahrenheit(21 to 25?) so the pots keep a soil temperature of 65. If your air temp goes below 55 and your soil temp below 60 they won't germinate. Your soil needs to be loose and slightly moist. Too wet and they, even more so them their cousin the tomato, will develop stem blight. This can happen even if the leaves haven't popped the soil and they die before seeing the light of day. <br /><br />Many people around here try to get their peppers in the ground as early as possible so they have a well developed root system before the heat hits. To do this we lay out sheets of black plastic. This has two effects, it kills the weeds and warms up the soil. Turn your soil with mulch in it, then cover.Quilly_Mammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233071648647457818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-89075875867945257412012-10-26T00:09:10.219+11:002012-10-26T00:09:10.219+11:00My recollection from my Mum, capsicum need hot and...My recollection from my Mum, capsicum need hot and dry - cracked clay style hot and dry, then warm and moist, almost rice paddy wet, then just keep the soil slightly moist.<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br /><br />I've never grown them myself.<br /><br />Ianianrclark99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17816816848295728149noreply@blogger.com