Hey folks, decided to try Overwintering my late 2017 starts, and so far its looking reasonably OK. Today is 24th July, and our minimum early-morning Temps in Pretoria East are still hovering between 0-4 Deg C. Daily Max temps go to around 21 deg C. I have 18 plants that sleep in the garage every night, and at around 9am get carried out into the direct sunlight for around 4-5hrs, and dappled for another 2hrs or so.......and then I carry them back into the garage. My daily exercise regime...... Anyway, there is a single Reaper, 2 x Peach Bhuts, 4 x Naga Kings, 2 x Pimiento de Padrons, 4 x Douglaghs, and 5 x Pusa Jwalas. In seed starter trays are 8 x Moruga Scorpions, 6 x Rocoto Reds (Manzano) and 6 x Pimiento de Padron from one of my late season pods. My success with Rocotos has been BLEAK to say the least.....I have 1 that had sprouted before our 9 day Power Outage, and on Saturday sowed my last 6 x seeds. Hope runs strong.....LOL.
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I digress, forgive me. Back to the OW's......they are already showing spurts of growth under this daily regime so hopefully we will see some earlier fruiting while I try and babysit the newbies. Another month before they will be living outside again....
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https://imgur.com/gallery/1vuTjk0
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Will post on progress - Cheers, Roy Â
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I digress, forgive me. Back to the OW's......they are already showing spurts of growth under this daily regime so hopefully we will see some earlier fruiting while I try and babysit the newbies. Another month before they will be living outside again....
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https://imgur.com/gallery/1vuTjk0
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Will post on progress - Cheers, Roy Â