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Here’s what I sowed, grew and harvested in July. July 2024 Weather Statistics in East England, UK Daylight Hours in UK:   15 & a half hours a day.  To find your daylight hours, visit:  TimeandDateUK and TimeandDateUSA No of Rainy Days:  8 No of Sunny/cloudy Days:   23 Average Temperature:  21 degrees Centigrade high and 13 average Low temperature. Here is what I sowed, growed and harvested in July: Sowings Timeline – July Weekend 1 – 7 July 24  Mini Melon  ‘Minnesota Midget’ flowering in the unheated greenhouse. Courgette  ‘Summer Holiday F1’ (a yellow stripy ball courgette) forming tiny yellow courgette balls.  Tomatoes  ‘Cherrola F1’ started to change colour in the unheated greenhouse.  Broad Beans  ‘Eleonora’ last of pods Harvested. Plants removed from soil.  Onions  ‘Hercules F1’ started to fatten up and stand above the ground. Still Harvesting –  Cucumber  ‘Piccolino F1 ...

This year I’ve grown a great Early variety of Sweet Pepper called ‘Napia’ and some of my early potted plants have already turned red. The rest are still green and they are weighing the plants down. I’ve had about 5 of these rams horn type sweet peppers on each plant. How do I know when my Sweet Peppers are ready to Harvest? They are the same final colour all the way round the fruit. In this case mine are red. It is quite a slow process from green to dark reddy brown to Red and takes between 7-14 days. How to Harvest Sweet Peppers (rams horn type) Quick Video. How to Harvest Sweet Peppers You will need: Sturdy scissors. 1. When your peppers are red , harvest them as soon as possible otherwise pests may attack the skin. 2. Cut the green stem joining to the top of the pepper with a pair of sturdy scissors. 3. Congratulations ! You have grown your own Sweet Peppers, enjoy raw in a salad, dip or Stirfry or warm through in a pasta dish. You can even stuff them with your fav...