Chilli Fiesta 2006 - Growing Tips

This lady from West Dean Gardens gave a 20 minute brief on how to grow chillies from seed. For the most part i had been doing the right thing. However, she recommended covering the sown seeds with vermiculite, which i had not done. She also suggested that i fertilise the plants from the very infant stages. Using Maxicrop at first, a balanced fertiliser during the middle stages and then regular tomato feed once the first flowers appear. Finally, as i had suspected she might say, the woman suggested that the growing tips are pinched out to create a bushier plant with more branches. This should also help the plant produce more and stronger fruit.