[strath76]

Hi Ken, thanks. I grow them in a small glass house. This is about six foot long, about 2 foot deep and has a pitched roof that is a bit over 6 foot high (comfortable to stand up in. It has no heating or cooling so the temperature is very similar to those outside. Through the winters day time temp is usually around the mid teens but can be in single figures with the occasional frost. In the summer the temp is usually around 30 degrees with many days above 40. I try to water the plants twice a day (morning and evening) but sometimes it is once a day or once every two days.

The glass house backs onto my shed and receives direct sunlight all morning until mid afternoon. To try and offset some of the heat I am now growing my plants in open sided pots (you can sort of see this in the pics above) with a mix of sphagnum, perlite and small pine bark. The evaporation helps to cool the roots in hot weather.