returning fruit

Sambucus_Nigra

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Just don't do what I have done.

I like spicy food but I object paying £1-£2 for a small handfull of chillies from my local supermarket, (no market or Indian store near me) so earlier this year I decided to try growing some of my own.
I bought 6 seedlings from a local nursery (3 Scotch Bonnet and 3 "Green Gusto") and also 4 different varieties from an online seller.
I purchased so many because going by my previous growing escapades, I only expected 1 or 2 to survive.

How wrong I was.
I now have a conservatory full of very large, heavily laden chilli plants and probably have enough of a crop to take care of half of the chilliheads in Surrey.

I have about 40 in the greenhouse and am offloading 77 at a chilli day in a week or so. If I had more space I'd have kept them!

You can never have enough chillis.

If you have too many, either dry them on a rista [as below] or make Nigella's Chilli Jelly and use it to give away to friends and family for C*mas pressies.

naf123

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

In what way? You take the money you would spend on buying blueberries, and spend it on a blueberry plant. This will give you fresh blueberries next year, which will taste fantastic.

I mean where is the best place to buy a blueberry plant and how to grow it properly. Can you grow indoors in a pot?

Guardsman

naf123 wrote: »

I mean where is the best place to buy a blueberry plant and how to grow it properly. Can you grow indoors in a pot?

http://www.gardenguides.com/91107-raise-blueberry-plants-indoors.html

Taadaa

I am fed up with dry, tasteless oranges. And hard, tasteless peaches.

I will sodding well take them back to store next time and see what happens.

Hintza

Taadaa wrote: »

And hard, tasteless peaches.

Do the supermarkets ever have soft peaches (or for that matter plums?

I can never find them!

cherie1122

I get my Tesco shopping delivered and once ordered satsumas and they sent me clementines which were small, difficult to peel and extremely bitter.

I phoned up to complain and they gave me a full refund and told me to throw away the unwanted clementines. I wouldn't make a habit of it but those little oranges were just awful and cost me nearly £5

naf123

Guardsman wrote: »

http://www.gardenguides.com/91107-raise-blueberry-plants-indoors.html

Looks amazing but my flat too small for a big plant pot.

Oh well....

dacouch

Got a lovey punnet of strawberrys from Tesco Metro today, only a quid well in date and for once were not on the "Half Price" always the same price cost.

There were some miss shaped ones as well which is nice as they normally throw those away.

Lovely strawberrys

Taadaa

Hintza wrote: »

Do the supermarkets ever have soft peaches (or for that matter plums?

I can never find them!

They do if you are willing to pay a pound each for them :eek: I have had some nice peaches recently from Sainsburys, no luck with plums this year though.

Sambucus_Nigra

naf123 wrote: »

Looks amazing but my flat too small for a big plant pot.

Oh well....

Mine are in pots the size of large saucepans. They do not have to be whiskey barrel sized!