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| Author: | swanberg [ Jul 30th, '08, 10:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
I'm a newbie gardener, so two (three?) quick dumb questions... Are silverbeet and swiss chard the same thing? Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverbeet) says so, but someone here mentioned planting both. Are they just varieties? In a greenhouse, do capsicum need to be hand pollinated? I am hand pollinating mine, and I have a ton of flowers, but no fruiting yet. I'm not sure it's because I'm a pathetic bee  , or GB conditions (it could easily be too cold, or too dim).Thanks! |
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| Author: | Jaymie [ Jul 30th, '08, 10:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
chard, silverbeet and beetroot are all the same species, just different varieties. Don't know about the capsicum thing, sorry |
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| Author: | monya [ Jul 30th, '08, 11:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
You will need a little soft paintbrush and hand pollenate the capsicums. I was getting zero fruit, then once I strated doing that, it was near 100% 
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| Author: | psychochook [ Jul 30th, '08, 11:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
Hi Swanberg, When you hand-pollenating, you have to wear black and yellow striped clothing and make constant buzzing sounds.  Will that actually help? I hear you ask. If course not, but it will make your family and neighbours wonder if you have started to go a little crazy! 
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| Author: | monya [ Jul 30th, '08, 11:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
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| Author: | jlee [ Jul 30th, '08, 11:25 ] |
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| Author: | gnash06 [ Jul 30th, '08, 13:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
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| Author: | EllKayBee [ Jul 30th, '08, 18:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
I'm probably the culprit on the swiss chard/silverbeet dilemma  I have referred to silverbeet as being the green leafed stuff, got some red leafed and called in red chard to differentiate  (blame Les )
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| Author: | Hex [ Jul 30th, '08, 22:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
Its all the same thing, i think the red variety is known as rainbow chard over here. I had visions of silverbeet being something like sugarbeet  To hand pollinate i use a cotton bud (Q-Tip) with the ends pulled out a bit to fluff them up.. giving the plant a good shake seems quite effective too. |
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| Author: | aquamad [ Jul 30th, '08, 22:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
Quote: giving the plant a good shake seems quite effective too. Like it rough do they!  Quote: i think the red variety is known as rainbow chard Same in South Africa... |
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| Author: | swanberg [ Jul 30th, '08, 23:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swiss Chard, Silverbeet and Capsicum questions |
Thanks for the chard/silverbeet info! psychochook wrote: If course not, but it will make your family and neighbours wonder if you have started to go a little crazy! Way too late for that! I've been using a q-tip, but not all fluffed up. (oooh, bad choice of words!) |
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