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Plant Height
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Trailer
(approx 30cm/12-inches) |
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Time between sowing
and harvesting
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12-14 weeks
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Sowing time
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Indoors-
late April - temperature +
Outdoors
- Late May - Early June - temperature +19C/66F |
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Where to Sow
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Indoors
in pots of compost
Outdoors
in containers or open ground Requires
very rich, well drained soil/compost |
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How to Sow
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Indoors
- 12mm/1/2"
deep on its side -1 per 7.5cm/3" pot Outdoors
in containers - 2.5cm/1"
deep on its side in large containers (at least 30cm/12inches
wide) or 2 per growbag Outdoors in open ground -
5cm/1"
deep on its side at least 45cm/18 inches apart on all sides. |
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After Germination
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Keep well watered. |
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Growing on -
in Containers
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Harden
off indoor sown plants then transplant to large containers or growbags,
spacing as above. |
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Growing on -
in
open ground
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As
above |
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Aftercare
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Pinch out growing tips
after 6 or 7 leaves have developed. This will produce side shoots. These
can be left to trail on the ground or trained up netting. Keep very well
watered but only water around the plants and feed with liquid fertiliser once the flowers have faded and
the fruits begin to form.
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Harvesting
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Cut
fruit at 15-20cm/6-8". Cropping only continues until 1st frosts
(about 6 weeks). |
