Hamper Blog alex.walker on 29 Jul 2010 09:43 am
The Chilli Hamper – Growing Chillis (Part 4)
In our continuing series about growing Chillies that you’ll find in our Chilli Cube Hamper, we’re passing on advice from The Chilli King about the very best tried and tested methods for growing fiery chillis! Today’s post is about what you should feed to your chilli plants.
How often should you feed them and what with? In the early stages and while the weather is quite mild you can give them a bit of tap water every 2-3 days or whenever the soil is looking dry on top. As the summer temperatures increase, you can increase this to once a day.
Once the flowers start to flower you can introduce a few drops of liquid tomato food into their water during every other watering, using half the dilution strength recommended for tomato plants. Doing so gives the plants the extra energy required to keep producing fruit over the summer months.
