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18 Mar 18, hain (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

you could use the chilly itself to deter the pests .............you take the fruit pulp it and pour warm water over the pulp let it stew for a few minutes ......one cup to one fruit ...........and use a bottle sprayer to spray the whole plant making sure o spray the underside of the leaves too............that should hold the pests at bay for a while if not working the up your ratio of fruit to water.... hopefully that works well

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12 Oct 17, mberegeni (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

i need to know if habenaro can grow well in my area at levubu in limpopo

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07 Oct 17, Tshifhiwa (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I stay in Limpopo Thohoyandou and have an interest of growing chilli peppers. Any idea where to purchase the seedlings?

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21 Aug 16, Freeman (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Hi plz give me the following information.I can i plant chilie during summer and winter? And chilies are on markets.

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16 Jul 16, Mark Rogers (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

What is the preffered time to sow Habenero seeds

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01 Oct 16, May (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Hot chillies need a long growing season, so as early as possible in spring would be good, although soil temperature may be too cool still for them to germinate. So best, I think, is to start them indoors, in seed trays, at the very start of spring, using heating if possible to get them going and then planting outside as soon as they are strong enough and it is warm enough. You can sow seeds later during the growing season also if you have a plan to pull them through winter, because they're perennial and that way you'll have strong plants that can start producing asap when the next growing season starts.

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26 Jun 16, Julie (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I have Bischops Crown, Jalapeño, Hungarian Hot Wax and Zim Birds Eye chilies growing in my veggie garden. They grow well and bear a lot of chilies, however the birds seems to love nipping at all of them except the Birds Eyes. Is there anything I can do to deter them, they take a bite out of every chili and leave the bushes looking terrible.

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17 Jul 16, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Birds, the feathered variety, are a big problem in my area of Centurion. I brought the winter surviving plants into the north facing patio and in pots this year and the birds are waiting at the front door already in mid-July as I begin to plant out the August plantings, but this year, I am blesseed with glass houses. Last season,, when birds became a major nuisance, I found some old CD discs and hung these up on strings from the surrounding trees just above the vegetable garden. It worked just as well as shade/ frost cloth that I removed. Secondly, my wife and I adopted a cat, this worked even better!. Good luck!

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18 May 16, David (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I am in Harare Zimbabwe and wonder if there are any local suppliers of Hot Chilli seeds?

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02 Jul 16, Nestor (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

contact me for more details on hot chiilli seeds supplier in South Africa. Thanks

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