I can't remember how far I got before everything went tits up in 2011, so I'll have to start again and explain as best I can.

Due to poor choices of chilli, I was pretty p****d off with 2011. The yields were fine but the flavour of 80% were not what I was expecting. I knew that the Big Jims were of an extremley low SHU but I really thought they'd add something to a summer salad but I have to be honest it was like eating an apple and the others were much the same.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this but towards the end of 2011 a driver that delivers to where I work turned up one day with a broken bag of clay balls and wanted to throw them in our skip but after he'd told me what they were I had them and took them home. As I'd already lost my car ( no car no growing provisions )I decided to try these clay balls.

I filled two 3" pots with them and sprinkled one with White Habs and the other with Fatalli seeds. I sprayed both with water twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening and after three weeks of this I had seedlings. I allowed them to grow to around 2 maybe 3 inches then took the strongest looking of each variety and re potted them in one pot, where they continued to grow but as winter was approaching I decided to cut them both back and try and overwinter them.

This weekend I re potted them into seperate pots, both 10" and so far so good but thats basically where I am this year, two plants living on the edge

Can anyone explain how these clay balls work, they obviously do work ( so far ) but how, I still don't understand.

Also, as these two plants didn't give any pods, just a couple of flowers before they were cut back. Will this year be the first or second yield? The second giving the higher

Aplogies for my absence but I should be back to normal soon ....... Normal as if.

All the best
Gray

Hi Mate,Get Them Into A 3 in 1 Mix Of Compost/perlite/vermiculite As Soon As Possible,Keep Them Moist,From The Top,not Bottom,Keep Them Warm,In Natural Sunlight,And Turn Every Day To Stop Them Leaning Towards The Light.Untill The Longer Days/Light Comes,Warmth Is The Key,Then When All Signs Of Frost/Minus Temps Have Passed,Put Them In Greenhouse,And Start To Give Feed. BUT Keep Them WARM. STEVE

Steve,
Thanks for your advice on this. I'll get them into a 3 in 1 this weekend. Sorry for the delay in my reply aswell, Richard Branson seems to have forgot that to enjoy faster broadband you have to be able to connect first.
Cheers
Gray