25 Capsicums Grown in a Wicking Bed!

25 tiny capsicums growing on 3 small plants in one corner of one of our self watering wicking bed! Watered one a week from below, simply by plugging in a hose, these beds have everything they need.

Capsicum and chilli can be hard to grow from seed, and take 2-3 weeks to germinate in the ground, with constant 20-25 degree temperature needed.

Best to give them a head start by throwing out any discoloured seed, soaking them in water for 30 mins then keeping on a wet tissue in a ziplock bag until germinated. As soon as they sprout, plant in a thin layer of cocopeat on top of potting mix.

And these plants will survive for a second year of fruit in Sydney climate with a bit of a prune.

Capsicums reward a bit of patience. The seeds are slow and need warmth — around 25-30 degrees C — to germinate, so start them indoors or in a warm spot from late winter and don’t give up if they take two to three weeks to appear.

Pot them on once they have a couple of true leaves and plant them out after the last cold snap, once nights are reliably mild.

Like their chilli cousins, capsicums hate drying out but resent waterlogged roots — exactly the steady, even moisture a wicking bed provides, which is how three plants can keep producing two dozen fruit at a time.

Give them full sun, stake taller varieties as the fruit gets heavy, and feed with a little potash once flowering starts to push fruiting rather than leaf. Pick the first few green to encourage more, then let later ones ripen to red, yellow or orange for the sweetest flavour.

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We build and install across Sydney — from the Sutherland Shire and St George to the Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Hills District and Western Sydney — and we travel for larger jobs in regional NSW, the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains. Tell us where you are and what you’d like to grow.

Contact info@urbanveg.com.au to find out how you can feed your family by getting one of our low maintenance veggie beds installed in your own backyard!