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hot stuff in the hot house

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The warm spell has somewhat spurred on the contents of the poly tunnel. With the one vent open, and a tray of water in the middle to help maintain the temperature; there are lots of little flower buds dotted around. A welcome sight, since many of the plants have suffered episodes of sun scorch. The poly tunnel gets extremely hot! The highest I have observed is 40 odd degrees when we have had very warm spells.

The Dorset nagas are the competition plants; the plants that we are willing on daily. The plants are still quite small, and I am wondering how to get some height onto them. They are sitting on clay soil, that may well be part of the problem. But they have heat, light, and regular feeding. It is a long way to October, granted, but these really need some. There is marked difference between the orange and chocolate habaneros. The orange habs, there are three of them, I think, there is luscious green foliage. The plants stand quite proudly, and for the moment, are flourishing. Stark contrast, to the waxy, bright green foliage of the chocolate habanero.

A vista of the polytunnel as a whole. There are sweet potatoes there and out of shot, there are some newly transplanted sweet peppers. These are two bell peppers, and a cone shaped one. The california wonder pepper has sadly died a death.

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Dorset and Bengle Naga

Nicely Naga: Dorset naga update

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We have four Dorset nagas there. El macho, stevie, Sybil and big al bidgy.

They have had a few turbulent weeks with nearly keeling over in the hot weather. There are new leaf buds forming though. The aim is to keep them going for the Dorset Naga competition.

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Poly tunnel contents

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A quick wander around the poly tunnel. My apologies for the weeds. We have the newly adopted black prince aubergines, settling in and flowering. At the back the happy for now habaneros are sat along the nagas. The dorset and bengle nagas are somewhat developmentally delayed having experienced some sun scorch and loosing their rather lush leaves. Nigel and the pretty purple are no more! I think the sweet pepper california wonder is going the same way. The crimson sweet watermelon is so far so good. I have attached to a cane, so that it can grow up, rather than out.

Dorset and Bengle Naga

Poor Dorset nagas

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These are my three very poorly looking Dorset Nagas. They were looking so lovely. And now not so much. I simply cannot get the growing conditions right. Too hot, too cold. Not sure if these will hang in much longer:(

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Pepper panic

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Had an God awful panic. Went into the poly tunnel and there were burned chillies. Drooping and nearly dying. Have had to soak them all with the heavy loads of water. The chocolate and orange habanero have both been doused and placed into the ground with fish blood and bone. Couple of the bengle and Dorset Naga leaves were nipped beyond repair, so have been taken off. Think the pretty purple is a write off, and possibly one of the California wonder sweet peppers.

Really quite devestating, in underestimating how hot the poly and Wendy can get. Jamaican jerk and scotch bonnets have also been stuck in lots of water.

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Poly progress

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Bit of a panorama of the poly tunnel. We have assorted aubergines; black beauty, dancer,diamond and tres hative de barbentane. The THB is the most developed with at least two fuzzy flowers amongst the velveteen leaves.

Most of the chillies are flowering. Nigel has a lots of little buds. The California wonder sweet pepper has actually flowered. There are three of these and the plants are actually quite short.

At the back we have the two habanero varieties and then the nagas. All quite leafy; and slowly getting taller.

Dorset and Bengle Naga, Superhots 2014

Dorset naga: Potting up

Was advised by Joy Michaud at seaspringseeds.co.uk to pot up the Dorse Naga immediately so that starts to flourish. I did assume it was the dorset that was nibbled earlier this week, but it was on second glance the bengle naga. I always feel that this is an oversight on my part! the fame goes to the dorset, with the bengle being somewhat overlooked.

Today, these were both potted up. Into morrisons flower buckets of all things. These have been drilled at the bottom, by pops for drainage. i am loathe to put them into the ground of the poly at the moment, as to me, they still look a bit small and perhaps need to be a little taller. To be honest, I’ve not had had bad success previously with the flower buckets and chillies/bells. There is some sand and sadly blue pellets of doom around the base. All being well, if they do shoot up, then yes; they will go into the ground.

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Nibbled on Naga: Dorset Naga

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Have not paid the chillies a visit for a few days. Anticipated that there may be slimers on the prowl; and there was. Above are the nibbled on Dorset nagas. These were in the Wendy house; by I’ve just moved them temporarily to the poly. Still haven’t planted them into the poly. They look a bit small still. There are three plants in that pot; and I probably should have separated them. But I will leave them be.

These have even entered into the Dorset naga growing challenge by seaspringseeds.co.uk. So that is why I want them to grow!

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Sweets and super hots

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Tootled down today to see if the waters had subsided. Easily four or five inches around the potato mounds. Stated to ebb away; but if there is more, there will be soggy spuds.

With the relative dry; temperatures in the Wendy and poly have crept towards 30-40 degrees. The California wonder sweet pepper has started to flower; though it is still quite tiny.

You can see the two nagas in the first pic in the Wendy. The second has the chocolate and orange habaneros.

Slightly slimed Dorset naga, so had to add a few more blue pellets of doom.

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Prayer to the chilli gods

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Ye chilli Gods, make my chillies grow!

These are my second more diminutive batch of chillies, bells and super hots. The bengle, Dorset nagas and choc habanero are in the left, assorted scotch bonnets and jamaican jerk in the middle.

These were a later sowing, and they are late maturing Superhots some of them. They sit by a sunny bay window, which helps the boost up when the sun is out. But the current growth seems painfully slow.