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Well done Lizzy!
I do this every October, usually find the plants are too big even by February, underwater them deliberately, then take more sideshoots to have more new plants, all from one or two originals.
They grow tall in windowsills too, so its not exactly easy, but fun to do and saves buying seed.Hi Charles, Lizzie
I’ve tried this loads of times and can never manage to get them through the winter. I usually keep them in the conservatory but I’ve always kept them as cuttings rooted in water, maybe this is where I’ve been going wrong. Do you think it’s better to pot them up in compost and where would you recommend keeping them? Also do the fruits ripen earlier than ones sown from seed as normal? ThanksI have always put my sideshoots into pots of compost, mid October.
They are now 4in (10cm) plants and flowering, I pinch off the flower trusses. I have them in an unheated greenhouse and if it gets really frosty I keep them on the conservatory windowsill.
Then by late winter they are too tall and I make new plants by putting new sideshoots into pots of compost. etc.
So yes they are ready early but fruiting is perhaps only 10 days ahead.
I like it for independence from buying F1 seeds.
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