Gardening Tips no. 7: Salsa!
if you‘re a ran of Mexican load, this colourful collection ofpots is perfect for you. it contains even/thing you need to make your own salsa.
Time to plant: mid to late spring
Chillies are best grown in pots so they can be easily moved indoors when the weather cools. Larger-fruited varieties are great to flavour stuffing as well as salsa. The keys to success with chillies are to feed once a week with tomato food as soon as the first fruits appear and to keep the compost moist -dry conditions will cause the flower buds to drop.
Tomatoes also do well in containers, as long as they’re big enough. Large-trotted tomato varieties ripen best in the greenhouse, but smaller types do well outdoors. Keep an eye out for dwarf varieties such as 'Tumbler’, which have been specially bred for growing in pots. Like the chillies, they also need regular feeding and watering.
Sowing a pinch of coriander seeds every few weeks during spring and summer will produce a regular supply of fresh leaves. if your plants do begin to flower, don't despair not only are the white blooms very attractive, but you'll also get coriander seeds, which are equally useful in cooking.
TIP There is an amazing number of varieties of chillies from which to choose, but one good piece of advice is to check how hot the fruits promise to be some can be absolutely scorching and you might and them inedible!
references: BBC 2011 gardeners book
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