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2011 – an epic year of chilli growing failure

Posted by on Nov 6, 2011 in business, Labels | 0 comments
thats it - my final crop from 80 plants in 2011...
  thats it – my final crop from 80 plants in 2011… Since I potted out all of my 80 chilli plants in May from the original batch, we have had a pretty cool summer, and it has not been a good year for chilli growing.  After a first small crop, the indian summer produced a second and final crop that I cut today before the frosts set in – its pictured above.  Compared to...
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chilli update – all 80 chilli plants potted out

Posted by on May 21, 2011 in business, Labels | 2 comments
I'm growing all of this year's chilli crop outside, and its all planted out together with tomoatoes, rasberrys, leeks, lettuce, spinich, opinions and sprouts
Just a quick update on this year’s chilli growing fest, as today I planed all 80 potted seedlings out ready for a super growing season.  If you arent aware of the history of this, you can see the 2011 seedlings post here, previous years crops here and here, and my inspiration from Alan at The Open Sourcerer blog here.  OK, its nothing to do with Mercian Labels business, but its a great...
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Chilli plant update

Posted by on Jun 13, 2010 in Open Source | 0 comments As I’ve been blogging here and here, I’ve been on a bit of a chilli growing mission this year after last years startup effort.  Here is the current state of play, and I think I’ll get about 150-200 chillis out of this lot which will make some excellent christmas presents once picked or dried, plus some curries for my family.  There is mix of hot and mild varieties, and...
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