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Old 22-07-2006, 08:07 AM
mattw mattw is offline
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Originally Posted by pigletwillie
Tomatoes are easy to grow from supermarket seed and generally stay true to type. Chillies however are very promiscuous and whilst you will get plants, what fruit you get will be to a certain extent a bit of a lottery. Still very useable but not necesarilly true to type
I can second that one Willie. A few years ago I successfully grew a couple of chili plants from 'fresh' seed. They were covered in fruits but they just tasted bitter with no heat whatsoever .

I do believe that it was a lack of correct feed that did it though.

Matt.
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