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• 09/03/2012 06:02 PM

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  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact Hi everyone.  Glad you enjoyed your meal last night Richard, they must do nice food if you have booked for xmas already. I have gone a bit mad with my chillies this year, so far I have got 62 seedlings, no way will I be keeping them all. Love Nicola's butterfly cakes, they are very pretty and well done Cheryl too. No I never did get that book Sue. Glad your car is OK and you are happy with it. How big do you let your chillies get before you pot them on, mine are about an inch high but only have their 'seed' leaves. We haven't had any wind here and although it has stayed cloudy it has been quite mild.  Did you get the poly finished Susiq. What about OH's dessert, have you tried it yet. Hmmmm, about GS's biscuits, lets just say Maisie Khan and I had a good sample of them lol

• 09/03/2012 09:25 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,498

  Reply | Contact  Hi lillyrose, I potted my chilli seedlings up at their seed leaf stage. I started them off in a pot. Last year I had far too many of them like you have. I have been looking for the rainbow coloured chillies they look nice but haven't found any...I will see if I can find the link for them to show you. :- found it:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdlcvm2G2NM&list=UUoCl54yLw8AqbvRLCYcqhlw&index=2&feature=plcp -Richard

• 09/03/2012 10:15 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,466

  Reply | Contact  I haven't actually counted the chillies yet Richard, all I know is that five or six different varieties have come up and there are a few of each.  I pot mine on at the seed leaf stage too (they are currently about an inch and a half tall) as I find if I leave them too much longer, the roots get tangled around each other and they are more difficult to separate  I'll send you a couple of my Bolivian Rainbow seedings as they are very much like the ones shown in the link you provided. That's a shame you haven't got your book yet lillyrose, have you been given another delivery date yet? sue1002

• 10/03/2012 09:24 AM

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  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact  Morning all, cloudy and mild here.  We are supposed to have a sunny and warm weekend so I hope they are right. Thanks Sue and Richard re the chillies, I will make a start on potting them on today.  I grew some of Sue's Bolivian Rainbows last year Richard and they are very pretty, I gave my Mum some of the plants and she put one in her kitchen in the Autumn and it was still full of chillies at xmas. No delivery date for my book Sue, it just says out of stock, will inform you when it comes back in stock. It is Khan's birthday today, he is10, he had steak for breakfast and is now munching his way through a huge chew bone Hope you have a good shop Sue

• 10/03/2012 12:29 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,466	Reply | Contact  Morning all, lovely and mild here too with some sunshine Happy birthday Khan did Maisie try and get at your steak? We've got a very good copier at work lillyrose and the boss has always said I can use it for whatever, so if you haven't got your book by the time I'm in work again, I'll copy the book for you sue1002

• 10/03/2012 12:34 PM	In reply to
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact  Awwwww thankyou Sue, wicked. Maisie had steak too, couldn't leave her out, OH looked most upset though when he realised it wasn't for dinner tonight. The sun is just starting to peek through so it looks like it will be a nice afternoon

• 10/03/2012 02:00 PM

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  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,498

  Reply | Contact  Afternoon all, Oh thank you Sue for going to send me some rainbow chilli seeds I didn't know you had any so wasn't hinting for some ...but they will be much appreciated my friend. Khan is a lucky lad on his 10th birthday to have some steak-Happy Birthday Khan my lad!. ..........HAHAHA I had a chuckle about your poor OH lillyrose, you will have to ask him to bark a bit louder if he wants some steak.......lol -Richard

• 10/03/2012 02:54 PM

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  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125

  Reply | Contact Hi all And a BIG happy birthday to Khan (need a pic of a nice juicy bone here!) Hee hee hee, Richard is right - your poor OH, whats he got - mince and tatties I'm laughing but thats what we're having tonight, mince that is, not steak! Crikey I thought I had a lot of chillies through, but 62 think you will be scoring lots of brownie points with friends if you are going to give some away. I started my chillies off individually this year Sue, in those really small pots, will post a pic of my seedlings, I had them all in the lodge conservatory as it actually gets more sunlight than the GH, but I've had to move them out today as we've got guests coming. They are sitting in the kitchen, until the heater has had a chance to warm the GH up. I set off that fumagator this morning in the GH PHEWEEEE did it stink I've sent you a reply Richard, wish I could book that for Christmas! Nicola's cakes are absolutely beautiful, how professional to have those new boxes for them too - pity OH couldn't borrow her for the pudding comp tomorrow!

• 10/03/2012 03:28 PM	In reply to
  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125	Reply | Contact Some of my new growth for this season!

• 10/03/2012 04:12 PM

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  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,466

  Reply | Contact  It was lovely and hot in the greenhouse today and I've potted on 53 chilli seedlings, 5 tree tomato seedlings and some Zinnias.  Then I went outside and planted the onion sets so quite a bit done out there today I'll wait for the chilli seedlings to get a good root system Richard and will then send you a couple of plants of those Haha lillyrose, something tells me your OH was not impressed giving the steak to the dogs after reading about the steak though, I've just put a steak pie in the oven for our dinner tonight. Wowee Susiq, your plants are coming along really well are the ones in the pots with the sticks, the show leeks? they look a lovely size. Good luck to your OH tomorrow with the pudding comp. sue1002

• 10/03/2012 05:16 PM	In reply to
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact  I showed OH your post Richard and it really made him laugh.  Snap Sue, we have got pie tonight but ours is chicken and leek. Your seedlings are looking good Susiq, lovely and healthy and way ahead of anything of mine. You have been busy today Sue, sounds like you went a bit mad with your chillis too. How many of them will you be keeping.  Good luck to your OH tomorrow Susiq

• 10/03/2012 05:47 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,466	Reply | Contact  Yes, it does seem like I went mad with the chillies but I only sowed a few of each variety (and I'm still waiting for one variety to make a show as none of them have come up yet).  I will probably keep two or three of each one and will have the others to swap/give away or sell (I could put a sign in my front garden like I did last year with the toms) sue1002

• 10/03/2012 05:54 PM

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  Susiq Location: Northumberland Joined on: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 3,125

  Reply | Contact Thanx Ladies for the good luck wishes for OH - er the air has been blue in the kitchen this afternoon - I just had to poke my nose in where it wasn't wanted, but er it was needed at times I have to say Yes Sue, the 'fat ones' at the back with canes are the 'pot' leeks, and the others with canes are the Pendle ones. Enjoy your pies both of you, mince and mash for us, once I can get anywhere near the kitchen after this afternoon's cookathon! Getting a bit worried about our guests though, no calls or sign of them as yet We haven't been able to walk the dogs or anything, just in case they just turn up without calling first! Have a good evening one and all, chat tomorrow.

• 11/03/2012 08:42 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,466	Reply | Contact  Morning all, it's another lovely day here and I'm definitely going to be making the most of being outside and my first job will be to sow some parsnip seeds. Good luck today with your OH's competition entry Susiq, and well done for poking your nose in, it sounds like it was definitely needed sue1002

• 11/03/2012 10:35 AM	In reply to
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact  Morning all, another lovely day here too Sue. I shall be spending most of the day in the garden and GH, bliss. My parsnips haven't come through yet but if I remember from last year they took ages to sprout. Roast duck today Richard. Good luck Susiq's OH