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19 Mar 22, Elder (USA - Zone 7b climate)

Absolutely, the purpose of the grow bag is to weep the moisture from the ground. If you have the bags on a different surface than bare soil/(non-permeable) you're not using them the way they were intended to be used. You could actually use a bathroom scale and weigh the bag filled with soil/ and planting before watering. Get them all around the same weight, remember or record. Totally saturate the bags, wait until all water dissipates from around them/ excess water drains out and weigh them again, record. You will know exactly how much moisture/medium they hold (8lb/1gal). Over the course of the next days/weeks depending on your conditions, if you go so far as to monitor the weight via the scale or just pick them up to see how heavy they feel you will learn when they (??)

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10 Jan 22, Keith (Australia - temperate climate)

I am currently growing Carolina reaper plants. I also have ordered Scotch bonnet Ghost and chili x seeds. I live in warmer climes most of the year in Queensland.

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06 Nov 21, marco (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

i live on the gold coast my chillies are flowering now and have chillies .my chilli plants self seeded around august .i pickle my chillies .easy to do and has not got the zing as a fresh one ,yet nice to taste .

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10 Nov 21, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You chop up your chilli or quick blend and fill jar with olive oil.

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27 Sep 21, Peter Goodchild (Australia - temperate climate)

I want to grow some Biquinho Peppers. Can you suggest where I can buy some plants and/or seeds please and what is the optimum planting month. Tks and Rgds Peter

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28 Sep 21, (Australia - tropical climate)

Boondie seeds sells them but are out of stock. Contact them and see when they might have them back in stock. Or try others on the internet.

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27 Aug 21, Marie Blonde Jennings Paul (USA - Zone 13b climate)

Last year I had a great crop of Scotch bonnet peppers from a plant that was given to me and I saved some of the seeds. How do I start making seedlings and when do I start planting them for this year?

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01 Sep 21, (USA - Zone 13b climate)

Go by the planting guide here when to plant and read the planting instructions.

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04 Jul 21, Prakash Chandra (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

To get many fruit from chili plant you need to plant a new plant every year. Last years plant have excessive leaves and very less good sized fruit. In tropical climate chili plant produce fruits up to three or four years.

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05 Aug 22, Anthony (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I agree .best to plant a new one each year, fruit is bigger. Ive done lots of growing experiments with chillies in Auckland i had a jalapeno plant kept for 4 years in a pot which was babied the whole of its life .. only occasionally did it produce several good size fruit the smaller fruit i used in making sauce`s or cooking Another factor i found is dont grow different varieties close to one another as they can cross pollinate, If you are collecting seeds from the fruit for the next season. You may get smaller fruit

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