Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

Lotus-eater

annie123 wrote: »

6 is too cold for them, that's your reason for the leaves.
They will recover but maybe sow a little later next year, just being cold can check the plant growth.

No, sorry, this is not true.
My chillies went down to 1.5c last night and they look nothing like that.
Mine are fine and they are smaller than that.
I'm not sure I know the precise reason, but it's not cold.
Fluctuations, maybe, but then mine have all sorts of temps and still live through it.

emiff6

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

by the way whats a truss with regards to tomatoes, sorry for being so dim

mrbadexample wrote: »

A bunch of flowers.

Funny how a word can have such different meanings in different applications, isn't it?

emiff6

MKS - one of my veg growing books says whitening or scorching of leaves can be caused by root damage which is caused by too much liquid fertiliser being applied to the roots. have you been overfeeding them?

annie123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

No, sorry, this is not true.
My chillies went down to 1.5c last night and they look nothing like that.
Mine are fine and they are smaller than that.
I'm not sure I know the precise reason, but it's not cold.
Fluctuations, maybe, but then mine have all sorts of temps and still live through it.

My chillies are fine too if they get a bit nippy but it's cucumbers with the leaf problem you were looking at the wrong pic/post:D

Lotus-eater

annie123 wrote: »

My chillies are fine too if they get a bit nippy but it's cucumbers with the leaf problem you were looking at the wrong pic/post:D

Eh? speak up lass, I can't hear you through this trumpet.

My cucs were outside last night which went down to -0.5c, they are fine. Look somewhere else

emiff6

I also read somewhere that peppers benefit from a jolt of cold after they have germinated, so you start them at 21 degrees C, then when they have 5 or 6 leaves, lower the temp to 13 degrees for 4 weeks, then grow them on at 21 degrees again. Apparently it makes them produce more flowers and fruit.

Has anyone tried this? My peppers are only a couple of inches high as I'm all behind with them, but I might try it with a few and see how it goes.

Sambucus_Nigra

That's pretty much what I do to be honest, although there is no control over it...I put them into the unheated greenhouse once they have a few leaves, and there they stay. However my best tip is to pinch out the very first flower. It just kicks them on and they throw about 6 more flowers out as they think they are dying.

annie123

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Eh? speak up lass, I can't hear you through this trumpet.

My cucs were outside last night which went down to -0.5c, they are fine. Look somewhere else

:rotfl:

Cucumbers are tender plants and do not like cold chilly nights.
White edges are usually too much water or cold temps.
Thats what the RHS taught me but it was many many years ago so maybe verities have improved since then that can cope with your -0.5c :eek:

Come down south much warmer;)

mrbadexample

Lotus-eater wrote: »

No, sorry, this is not true.
My chillies went down to 1.5c last night and they look nothing like that.
Mine are fine and they are smaller than that.
I'm not sure I know the precise reason, but it's not cold.
Fluctuations, maybe, but then mine have all sorts of temps and still live through it.

Keep up Lotus. That one was about cucumbers, not chillies.

Although I had to go back 3 pages to make sure. :rotfl:

Where's Bob Flowerdew when you need him?

mrbadexample

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

well potted on my chillies and im worried 1st year of growing and my suave red looks like hell have watered from bottom will it be ok ?

Where are you keeping it? I'd like to think it will recover - somewhere warm, light and sheltered is the best bet, I think. I try to keep chillies on the dry side, so easy on the watering for the time being, I think. :undecided

witchwoopiggy wrote: »

and heres my collection of some i know what they are but also some unknowns :rotfl::rotfl:

That one at the back's bread flower.