Farms: CHILLI FARM IN THE UK - UPTON CHEYNEY - JUNE 2009
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Based in the South West of England on the edge of the Cotswolds, in the idyllic village of Upton Cheyney you will find a small chilli farm! This is our first year of cultivating chilli's so we are still learning, however we seem to be doing OK and are currently harvesting a variety of chilli fruits including Hungarian Hot Wax, Serrano, Jalepeno, Cherry Bomb, Caldero, Cayenne, Super Chilli, Twillight and many more... The chillies are sold via our existing farm shop (Manor Farm - Upton Cheyney) where you can buy plants, seeds, sauces, salsas, chutneys and relishes as well as various pork and beef produce reared here on our organic farm. The chilli farm is open to the public, so please feel free to visit us should you wish to sample the delights of UK grown chilli produce. Cheers - Alex Duck and Dave Hawking.
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Some fine examples there my friend.
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Hi. Thanks for the video. It is our first year of growing chillis, most of the plants are looking healthy with good fruits, however our finger chillis are going black in places...any ideas. Many thanks Mark
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beautiful chilis
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@duckboy1973 Thanks mate, my chillis seem to have been growing good without the feed. I shall see how the harvest goes and maybe use some next season.
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@MrRanger112 Hi! We do ot feed our chillies at all. Tney are grown organically and are currnetly relying on the nutrients that were already present in the soil Imainly supplied by a host of Gloster Old Spot Pigs!). Next yar however we will be adding nitrogen rich organic fertilliser to the soil that we hope will replenish supplies. For home use I would suggest either "Chilli Focus" or standard tomato feed. Cheers, Duckboy.
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Hey duckboy! Little question here. Do you feed your chilis? If so when should i start feeding mine? I have a few chilis on them now and i don't know when to feed them? P.S- The chilis are cayenne chilis.
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so nice plants!!! do they cross because all these sorts stand so close together?
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I bought some of the hot habanero sauce from these guys' first year as growers. It was at the farmers market at Dyrham Park near Bath. As a chilli connoisseur, and always on the lookout for good, tasty chilli sauce - this one really hit the spot. I will be ordering more when they get their website up. They've managed to add some good zesty tang to what is already a scoville heat bomb in the habanero sauce market. I think these guys are going to go far!
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Hi JD - welcome to the forum and thanks for your comments. I do use a leaky hose irrigation system - you quite simply lay it on the top of the raised beds, attach a hose and turn the water on. The water slowly leaks out of the hose over a period of time. To be honest though I rarely have to water the plants in the poly tunnel raised beds as there must be sufficient moisture in the soil. Any help you need mate I will do my best to help.
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Hi Duckboy JD from the chillies galore forum (new member). Toleman suggested I check out your polytunnel, glad I did, that isw some very nice plants in there. I've got a polytunnel aswell, my first, (posted some piccies on CG forum. Do you have an irrigation system in yours ? I might need some advice. Cheers John
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Thanks mate. All where planted from seed. I started the 1st batch beggining of December 2008 and grew them under 250w grow lights. I had the 1st ripe fruit off of a cherry bomb in March. The rest of the plants were germinated between Jan and Feb. I think a major difference to growth is the fact that they are growing in soil - the pot plants are much much smaller! I would advise that you put your plants in the very largest pot available for a larger more productive plant.