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Its 3.30am and I can't sleep (which happens a lot)
I've had an idea.
Its a good idea...but then, its half 3 in the morning and I'm on meds so it might be a terrible idea and I wouldn't know
The cape gooseberry plants I overwintered are doing SO well it got me thinking, If I sow some Aji sweet pepper seeds now, don't let them fruit, and then overwinter them...well I get a mega crop next year?
Aji sweets (in a good year) grow to about five feet tall and have literally hundreds of fruit. But I haven't had a good year for ages, there's dull weather, late frosts and deluges of rain every summer it seems.
So tell me, is there a reason why sowing peppers now in midsummerwon't work?
Will the shortening days affect root growth?
Because 18 months growth has got to be better than eight months right?
I've had an idea.
Its a good idea...but then, its half 3 in the morning and I'm on meds so it might be a terrible idea and I wouldn't know
The cape gooseberry plants I overwintered are doing SO well it got me thinking, If I sow some Aji sweet pepper seeds now, don't let them fruit, and then overwinter them...well I get a mega crop next year?
Aji sweets (in a good year) grow to about five feet tall and have literally hundreds of fruit. But I haven't had a good year for ages, there's dull weather, late frosts and deluges of rain every summer it seems.
So tell me, is there a reason why sowing peppers now in midsummerwon't work?
Will the shortening days affect root growth?
Because 18 months growth has got to be better than eight months right?
I know Thelma always overwinters a couple of peppers.
Besides it gives you some babies to pamper over the boring winter months in the greenhouse. 
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