Jack Rouse
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For years I had been trying to grow chillies and peppers, with very little or no success, and had almost got to the point where I had given up.
Recently we had a visit from an old friend who took an interest in our plot, when she saw the chillies and peppers in the plot she looked alarmed and told us that they are like cousins, and should never be put close to each other, as the chillies will not set, and the peppers will just die off. I had to admit that the peppers did look a bit sickly, I had put it down to not enough water, with noting to lose, we set about putting some distance between them, a good couple of metres.
Now three weeks on, we have flowers on both plants, fruit has set, and they are thriving, !
Recently we had a visit from an old friend who took an interest in our plot, when she saw the chillies and peppers in the plot she looked alarmed and told us that they are like cousins, and should never be put close to each other, as the chillies will not set, and the peppers will just die off. I had to admit that the peppers did look a bit sickly, I had put it down to not enough water, with noting to lose, we set about putting some distance between them, a good couple of metres.
Now three weeks on, we have flowers on both plants, fruit has set, and they are thriving, !