CHILLIES 2020

The shops here get all their exotic veg very expensively from the colonies, then add 200%

 

Can't sell anything, shiney....I give a lot away . Whatever would I do with a yacht? I've got a yellow rubber duck on the frog pond that gets a poke with a cane now and then....that's quite nautical enough for me

 

This year is certainly proving to be the longest season ever for 'summer' crops. Straying a bit from the topic, the aubergine plants have finally decided to produce fruit, ditto the sweet peppers, and the chilli plants don't show any sign of giving up yet Ratatouille for Christmas dinner?

 

i stopped growing chillies due to the white fly infestations if someone can tell me how to grow chillies without the white fly problems i might start growing them again
regards Sandy

 

Marigolds (Tagetes) do seem very effective in combatting white fly on tomato plants, so no reason it wouldn't work with chillies. You do need quite a few plants, though. I only had a couple of self-sown Tagetes in the tunnel this year and the first white fly infestation since I can remember.

 

i used to use Tagetes in the greenhouse but find interplanting with onions and garlic works for me on tomatoes, however i have never found anything the deters white fly from peppers, sprayed with various concoctions (garlic spray, etc) interplanted Tagetes, garlic, onions but white fly seems oblivious to deterents
Regds Sandy

 

That's a shame! Have you tried the predatory insects? IIRC they're called Encarsia formosa. Not sure if they require a minimum temperature to be effective?

 

Not tried those, thought about it but not worth the bother as i give 95% of chilies away,
tried various sprays based on seaweed and other organic ingredients, both home made and professional. Garlic smoke bombs etc.
I use nematodes every year for slugs so not adverse to biological controls. would rather concentrate on toms and cucs of which we eat loads. thanks for the input.
regards Sandy