Re: Re:[CH] container growing question
mike (bear1@videotron.ca)
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:08:49 -0400
Hi Folks,
Mike in Montreal, lurker extraordinaire.
Been growing in containers for 4/5 years.
I use an organic liquid fertilizer made by Wilson in a 6-6-6 strength.
I get devilishly hot peppers with this stuff.
Also use a granular organic from Crappy Tire for Tomatoes & Vegetables
in a 4-6-8 strength on the pods as well.
Had a great growing year, we had stretches of weeks of hot and sunny weather
without rain.
I had to water daily for a while there
Great weather right up to the first week of October and then rain and cold
since then.
Good harvest, too.
Yours in heat,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun aRe" <shaun_are@zenlunatics.co.uk>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 5:48 AM
Subject: Re:[CH] container growing question
>
> "Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:39:51 -0400
> From: Matt Evans <tmattevans@gmail.com>
>
>
> I don't use any chemical pesticides on any of my plants, but (as you
> can tell) I am pretty liberal with the chemical fertilizers. If you
> prefer to be fully organic (sounds like you might be already), I would
> recommend that you just up your fertilizer applications significantly.
> The problem, obviously, is that this gets expensive -- thus, I use
> chemical fertilizers. If you're already composting, use this compost
> as your mulch and use some to make a tea every time you water -- this
> is dilute fertilizer, but it's free.
>
> I'm not a horticulturalist, I just play one on the internets, but good
luck.
>
> Matt"
>
> Hi Matt/John!
>
> All I've ever done is container growing, and the plants seem to do juft
> fine - my only problem this year has been due to slow germination and poor
> rates, leaving the plants flowering late so they aren't going to have set
> many fruits before the flowers start dropping. However the plants are all
> looking very healthy and are full of flowers. This year I just used pots
of
> under 1gal, maybe down to about 1/2 gal. Ordinary potting compost, feed
with
> tomato feed, starting fairly early, quite dilute and ramping it up as the
> get bigger. The pots are buried with an inch above the dirt - I can pull
> them and move them should I need to (just pulled the biggest of the choc
hab
> plants and put it into the in-law's conservatory - it's COVERED in flowers
> but only one fruit - in that rather warm place it should produce well
> instead of drop all the blossoms), but the ground helps retain the
moisture.
>
> As far as organics, a good organic fert I've used (that costs virtually
> nothing) on chiles with success, is one my FIL makes up for tomatoes (but
> uses elsewhere too) - just made from comfry - there should be plenty of
> references in books/on the web (a lot of folk use it) - basically, he has
> one plot on the allotment, about 10 x 10' full of comfry plants - they
grow
> fast and with lots of bulk - when they get big he cuts them back quite
hard
> and puts the stuff into a big plastic barrel, wetted to rot down (best to
> have a mesh/grill layer near the base, with a drain tap below it) - as it
> rots he collects the liquid and bottles it. He's never had to re-plant the
> comfry nor feed that patch in years and years, so he has a steady supply.
>
> BE WARNED!
>
> This stuff >*STINKS*< to all hell. It is foul. It is so rank even satan
> would wrinkle his nose at it. One big whiff right up the nose can empty
the
> contents of even most cast iron of stomachs. Makes for bloody good
tomatoes
> and chiles though. <G!>
>
> Cheers folkses!
>
> ',;~}~
>
> Shaun aRe
>
> "Life is the dream you wake up to."
>
>