'Grafted' peppers

I've read some reviews - I think the RHS did a side-by-side test in The Garden mag, or somesuch.

My recollection is : measurable increases in vigour and cropping, but not hugely significant.

However, if you are growing in greenhouse soil and get grafted varieties for disease-resistance / soil-sickness avoidance, you can avoid changing the soil, which will no doubt suit some people.

Do your own grafting next year? Seed for rootstock is available,, as are little plastic collars to hold the "join" in place.

Half of my Pepper seedlings snuffed it (and the early Melons). I let them get too cold in the early stages (when we also had very low light levels) - I'm going to work on that next year - a little fan-heater in a blow-away in the conservatory. But I managed to spy a block of 6 peppers in modules as replacements at the garden centre, and put the outrageously priced one-per-pot ones back on the shelf!

 

I have Peppers about 4ins high in pots at the moment ,never grown them before .. Are they best in pots inside /outside or planted direct outside .??
Dave

 

Pots inside would be better than any form of "outside" I reckon, although you should be OK outside if you have an early maturing variety.

 

Cheers Kristen i will check the varieties ..
Dave

 

Indeed. How many peppers are you going to get off that one plant? 3 or 4 maybe? That's over a quid a fruit!

 

John,
i have brought one of these recently!
mine was from homebase and cost £5.99
when i got it there were 2 red peppers, 1 yellow and 2 green.
it seemed to look in good shape, but the sense i got from them sitting on there shelf.
it just felt like i shouldnt buy one, however my mother persuaded me to purchase one,
so i did and im devastated, the leaves are now being taken over by diease, and it has spread to my chillis, cayennes, and other sweet peppers.
i've never had this problem before, but i wont buy the grafted veg plants anymore!

 

Will try and get a picture up, thanks