Mini greenhouse advice for chilli and peppers

[mrscurly]

Hello all,
I am very new to gardening and growing. I have grown peppers and chillis from seeds - the young plans vary in size and i was unable to keep them indoors any longer.

I got myself a mini greenhouse to house them to aid growth and fruit but am not sure where to place it in my garden. I have read lots of confusing advice some saying keep them out of full sun and then the opposite!

Where would be the best place to keep my mini greenhouse? I will open it in the day for ventilation - they got a scorching yesterday when I forgot and some are no crisp!

Any advice would be much appreciated - thanks in advance.

[Nicola_D]

We've got a green covered one and it was in full sun for the first half of the day last summer. Things grew like mad in there but earwigs and snails got in and stripped leaves of things :-( just remember to water one or more a day if in Full sun

[claire2965]

i also grew some peppers/chillis indoors then i transferred mine to larger pots and placed them in the greenhouse. they have now been outside on the decking and one is about to start producing some fruit. i do water them daily as the sun is in my garden all day sun up to sundown.

[Florence Fennel]

As my plastic greenhouses were in full sun most of the day last year, I draped net curtains over them, which provided shade so the plants didn't shrivel.

[DopeyAlex]

We're growing about 100 chilli plants this year (all from seed - about 15 species). We have them planted in the following places:
- in pots in the GH
- in the ground in the GH
- in pots outside
- in the ground outside

The whole allotment (including the GH) is in full sun about 70% of the day and all chilli plants are growing really well.

I've noticed the ones in the pots in the GH do the best!!!

Just watch out for slugs!

A couple of pics. Last years and this years chillis