overwintering capsicums
- harvest
- prune back
- prune to around 3 nodes in a v-shape
- right at the node, trim above
- shorter in the north, taller in the south
- nything that crosses
- all the leaves
- clear around the base of the plants (perennial grasses & weeds)
- lightly chicken manure pellets
- sulfate of potash & superphosphate
- compost spread like a mulch
- (I'd add straw cover for mulch)
From the kiwi grower on YT
MELONS
- very rich soil for melons - put manures in the soil a few months before (winter)
- straight away: aged manure or worm compostings
- growing vertically
- seed: need a long time, started mid-spring (September) in greenhousing
- tie onto the trellis
- nutrient boost
- harvest in autumn
WATERMELONS
- planted on mounds (crater shaped)
- lightly forked
- compost to make mounds (large ones, 4 watermelons per mound)
- manure pellets into the soil to make very rich
- spreading across not up
- mulching 1 week after planting out
- 2.5 weeks later (plans have taken off) weeding, plus boost with organis liquid fertiliser (only time)
- watering every 2 days (where he is it was very dry)
- 1 week later, he has melons
- 3 months later
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