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27 Jul 12, wayne (Australia - temperate climate)

I solved the problem of the wildlife eating my vegies by buildin a large cage, it's 8m by 3m and looks like a bird cage it's 2.5m high. Yep now I get to eat my veg. cost was about $400. The wire was the most expensive bit because it was a small hole which kept the sparrows out and away from the lettuce and silverbeet. A cage is the way to go

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18 Jul 12, Andrew (Australia - temperate climate)

Do u have to cut back chillis plant back in winter?

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04 Aug 12, frosty (Australia - temperate climate)

Cant hurt them and I find that it improves growth of plant and bigger harvest.

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15 Jul 12, Betty Devonshire (Australia - temperate climate)

I have several chilli bushes and everything was looking good. The chillis developed beautifully and were ready to start picking. The I noticed they chillis started disappearing. I couldn't see any that may have dropped of on the ground !!! The I noticed a bird swooping down and taking off with the chillis. Has any one ever had this problem? I also noticed that the ducks love them too !! Help

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25 Jul 12, Westy (Australia - temperate climate)

hey I find with chilli plants they produce hotter chillies when they are not watered too much, receive a lot of sunshine, and are left to fully mature on the plant. also try a hotter chili variety such as the 'diablo' or 'red hot'. these chilies aren't overly hot, and are ideal for asian and mexican cooking, and they produce amazing amounts of chillies per plant

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30 Apr 12, Lani (Australia - temperate climate)

Ive transplanted a chilli plant into a new garden bed recently. I cut back a lot of the outer steams off the plant. I've applied dynamic lifter and it's well watered. But it's looking a little worse for ware :( any advice on how I can bring it back to its glory days?

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08 Jun 12, Brent (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Realising the comment was written late April: I also did this myself, and thought I had killed the plant. The thing to keep in mind is they are a fairly hardy, yet slow-growing, plant so those leaves will grow back and you might find it will fruit like crazy. Dynamic lifter is good, but only when fruiting. Not sure what you have done since your post, but try using something high in nitrogen (this encourages leaf growth) like 'blood and bone' and do it sparingly as it is that time of year the plant grows even slower due to the soil temperatures (unless you live in a tropical climate).

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21 Apr 12, Brad Davies (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I live in Brisbane Qld and have planted Jelapenos a few weeks ago & now have black on some of the leaves. Does anyone know what this is and how I can fix it? Thanks

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19 Apr 12, tony (Australia - temperate climate)

I placed some chilli pepper seeds about 3 weeks ago which I bought from a local store in my garden.Then I realized that I read the instuction wrong regarding the right time to plant them.Well I said to myself seeing we're having this Indian summer in Victoria maybe they"ll germinate. Check today 19th April and to my suprise they're sprouting up.Ok all you experts what is my chances of getting chilles in winter time ? I say nil .What do you think.?

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24 Feb 13, Chris (Australia - temperate climate)

Planting out of season will cause your plants to "rush to seed", you will notice very very slow growth and it will flower a lot quicker, thats if it survives some winter frost. Planting out of season sometimes might get you results, if you can but the plants in behind glass or in a greenhouse, or a enviornment that protects from elements, you may get better results. The change of times, i.e switch to day light savings means shorter light in the days, plants react to this also.

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