FOOD = SEEDS TO PLANT FOR NEXT YEAR!
Take seeds from your food and just put in some soil anywhere! (worth a try and see what happens!)
- Save Your Seeds (don't eat the seeds... plant them!)
- Seeds go in jar (cut then eat the rest)
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@blueplanetslittlehelper Super! Any tips on how many seeds per area line?
For the outside plants that are mobile they maybe could be brought in during the nights... but yeah I'm guessing they are not mobile so yes we'll see how they do!
@freeschool In the spring I let each seed grow in a little pot and put them outdoors into a bigger pot after a while. They have grown to 50 cm high, idk if they would grow bigger in a larger pot/on the field.
Idk how many per area line, I only tried 3 and all worked out. But I think they like to grow with enough space, so maybe a space of 10-15 cm between each one would be better (outdoors I put 2 too near together and they look like 1)
Pictures from now to compare outside Vs. inside.
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GARDEN PAPRIKA + STICKS IN GROUND
Mainly showing picture for the sticks.
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I tie the stems to stick as they grow up and they grow vertically which result in a lot more growth / easy management.
Quite simple / easy + used lots of crappy / frayed recycled plastic rope which I manage to twist to make decent string from and tie things (no buying expensive clips - better shitty recycling or twist anything similar to make string)
I did have 4 in a line which was packed and it still grew last year and surprisingly still gave lots of plants, but this year I did 3 in a line so they had more space (after planting 4 and realising 3 gives them more space and light between... so I risked after a week to take them out and reposition them all more spaced out and all were fine even after repositioning showing how easy you can replant them / move them after planting)
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Nice pic, some extra points:
- planting 2 together helps it pollinate or grow together (A few people mentioned to me / who knows) so I have had 2 in each spot in my patch from young every year (hard to see in picture but just imagine)
- these were nursed inside and then brought out
- these are all grown to the top of the sticks (picture is only about half way!) so overall inside a greenhouse in 1 season it can grow regularly around head height !
@freeschool Thanks for the tips. I will see if the single plant inside will be pollinated - there are no insects and no second plant, only myself and two chili pepper plants (would make an interesting hybrid, though). If not, it sports very nice flowers...
I'm glad that my plants don't reach such an height as yours - I don't have the room otherwise, neither inside nor on my balcony.
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Single is still ok by far.
As contrast I know someone that does near-0 work to paprika outside and too busy and still growing vibrant wonderful fruit!!
Their plant is overwight and lying down on it's side but paprika is growing lots.. seems they are also mostly waterproof I'm amazed by how it didn't spoil over many rains... so that and makes my effort frankly look aesthetic and idealist for much less reasoning (!)
Apart from the vertical growth and my time etc, both have grown well fruit!)
So I think no probs it seems either way.
@freeschool I did that this spring with a bell pepper I bought. It worked, and the fruits are big but sadly, not red yet. Idk if it will get to that stage in the autumn weather, but green peppers are tasty, too. I grow another plant indoors as a houseplant. That one has only just got flowers, but can grow during the winter and up to next year, so there is hope...
I can provide pictures tomorrow, now it is to dark outside.