I would like to know if I can plant more tomatoes in my windowboxes...They are 30 cm deep, 120 cm long and 30 cm wide...I currently grow three plants (along with straberries ) in each one. Last summer they did well, but really will love to be able to grow MORE...or something else!!! suggestions welcome!!

Ines

Below were 6 of the ones from the above picture that I kept inside last winter and grew again last summer (the plants with the orange peppers on them sitting with my plumies and oleanders and fig):

I now have 3 that survived of the ones aboe that are in 1 gallon pots growing inside under lights and that I will put outside again when it gets warmer.

( They look cute, also)

Thank you

Lubomir

Manda in Seattle

My real question, though, is can I get the seeds from habenero peppers that I buy in the grocery store? I've got some of those seeds sitting on a paper towel right now, wondering what to do next. I'm not a talented gardener. Will it work? Do the seeds have to be dried first? do I have time to start this now? or should I just buy plants at a nursery come planting time?

Kim

Habs like other peppers do like alot of sun, which is needed for flowering. That corner where I usually put them gets about 5 - 6 hours of morning sun and since I have one of the end balconies on the floor (my end being on the western side of the building), I get about 3 - 4 more hours of afternoon sun that cuts across that corner as the sun is setting. Because I am up on the 18th floor, I have no trees or other buildings blocking the sun, which helps since my balcony faces NE.

You could try growing from those seeds but chances are, they may turn out to have been pollinated by other peppers if you had any others and might not look like a habanero.

With respect to treating seeds, I know that the tomato people go through a "fermentation" process where they scoop out the seeds including the goop around the seeds and let that sit in a covered cup in warm conditions until it just starts to mold and then they'll rinse the seeds well and dry on paper towels or paper plates. The pepper people might do the same but I haven't checked the Hot Pepper forum in awhile to confirm. You might want to pop over there to see what they do with seeds.

Mine were bought as baby plants and the 3 that I have left are in 1 or 2 gallon black plastic nursery pots that I have kept inside under my lights in winter (a 500W halogen worklight). Soon as it gets consistently warm out, I will put them outside. They're all blooming right now and I have a fan blowing across the area, so hopefully a bunch will set before they even go outside since they take a long time to produce and ripen.

I have also grown eggplant in the past and tried it again last year. They could probably go in a trough that size too... Mine was in a 12" pot.

In answer to the original poster's question: I'm growing purple bush beans, tomatoes (beefsteak and a cherry variety)summer squash, bell peppers and jalepenos, as well as several herbs.

I hope you do better with the chayote. That is one strange plant but it tastes good!! :-P

I've got 12 Roma Tomato plants planted in 3 of those "Al's Flower Pouches" as well as 2 Pick-a-lot cucumbers (one grow-bag each), 2 Alwaha Melon plants (don't ask me, they were free seeds from Parks so I planted them out of curiousity) planted in a 16" planter and have about 6 good sized melons each, and a windowbox full of Strawberries :)

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Best Wishes
Amino-X