2014 Chilli Growers Thread

neil_g · 17 May 2014 at 23:30

That's pretty much what my ajis (also hermans) are doing at the moment. Everything has gone ballistic..

Largest aji:

New growth - Chillis - 17/05/14 by -neilgates-

Choc bhut:

New growth - Chillis - 17/05/14 by -neilgates-

The_Abyss · 18 May 2014 at 10:45

My Poinsettia chillies are doing well. 9 of 12 germinated, and I discarded 3 of the weaker ones to concentrate on these 6. The tallest is just over 12 inches now and they're starting to bug. I'm going to:

- remove buds from all at this stage, to encourage a little more growth
- pot on into bigger pots for more root growth and ability to hold more moisture
- take two into the office

- of the remaining four, leave two as is but top out two more and see if they really bunch up before starting to grow up again

Zenduri · 18 May 2014 at 16:28

The_Abyss said:
My Poinsettia chillies are doing well. 9 of 12 germinated, and I discarded 3 of the weaker ones to concentrate on these 6. The tallest is just over 12 inches now and they're starting to bug. I'm going to:

- remove buds from all at this stage, to encourage a little more growth
- pot on into bigger pots for more root growth and ability to hold more moisture
- take two into the office
- of the remaining four, leave two as is but top out two more and see if they really bunch up before starting to grow up again

Lol someone forgot about those and left them in the window for ages without turning them didnt they!

Bottom of those plants have almost a 70 degree bend before they obviously crept up the window!

Rotate my plants 90 degrees every day so they don't get lopsided lol

Zenduri · 18 May 2014 at 16:30

neil_g said:
That's pretty much what my ajis (also hermans) are doing at the moment. Everything has gone ballistic..
Choc bhut:

New growth - Chillis - 17/05/14 by -neilgates-

Thats ones gone a bit mental!

The_Abyss · 18 May 2014 at 23:04

HybridX said:
Lol someone forgot about those and left them in the window for ages without turning them didnt they! Bottom of those plants have almost a 70 degree bend before they obviously crept up the window!

Rotate my plants 90 degrees every day so they don't get lopsided lol

Yep - busted!

seanyc5 · 20 May 2014 at 19:31

Hi,

Update on my apache... from 31st of april it was like this. (not sure how to resize)

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To this now.. about 40+pods on it! most near full size, not a single one started to turn red though. I tried one yesterday and it was really hot hahah!

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Fruit has been on the plant a good 3 weeks + id say. Any reason why none have turned red?

Thanks.

Noxia · 20 May 2014 at 20:09

took quite a while for my Naga's t o turn red, about am onth if I recall.

Here are my tunnel ones:

Stan_Lite · 21 May 2014 at 07:33

While I've been fretting over the Naga, the Cayennes have been quietly just getting on with it. This is the one in the greenhouse.

Looks to be enough on there for a large batch of Thai Green Curry

The one in the living room is roughly the same.

Zenduri · 28 May 2014 at 15:23

Soooooo... went to visit the rents over the bank hol weekend.. came back and the Aji's have nearly tripled in size and the scotch bonnets are kicking in..... even little Angus the runt Scotch Bonnet plant.

Looks like I need to pot up now

And finally "Angus" The Scotch bonnet runt plant i've been trying to save since day 1 and it seems to have started to work

topgun06 · 29 May 2014 at 13:46

Good to see that all your chillies are looking good.

Mine are due a pot size upgrade. But growing well!

Gaspanic · 29 May 2014 at 15:04

Next year i'll have to get in on this, bit late now. I grew myself a fair simple birdseyes on the windowsill last year but forgot to do it again. Moving house soon though so next year I should have a nice outdoor setup.

Saying that, i'm quite jealous, I'd like to be doing it now!

CHokKA · 29 May 2014 at 15:22

World Of Chillies are selling off their left over stock at 1/2 price at the moment.

https://www.worldofchillies.com/chilli-plants/buy-chilli-plants.html

Glaucus · 29 May 2014 at 15:38

They're reviving.

neil_g · 29 May 2014 at 15:43

havent updated in here for a while.

plants have got a push on, aji's all have 5-6 buds getting larger each day. choc bhut is getting chunky but only one small bud. romanos have a tonne of buds. seedlings are getting fairly big.

and deployed some marigolds for attracting aphid eating bugs.

Greenhouse 26/05/14 by neilgates, on Flickr

Chillis 25/05/14 by neilgates, on Flickr

Noxia · 29 May 2014 at 17:15

Buds? I have nothing of the sort. I'm getting some 5ltr pots ordered ready though for the plants that are getting big.

Tuppy_Glossop · 3 Jun 2014 at 08:46

First post of the year in this thread. Last update was this:

Now we have this:

All have buds and the tall one has three open flowers which are not producing pollen.

randomshenans · 3 Jun 2014 at 09:22

Mint!

Anyone know where online would sell little naga/etc plants I can buy? Mine just weren't germinating, reckon my seeds haven't been cared for well.

Stan_Lite · 3 Jun 2014 at 11:09

Latest update on my indoor plants. Here's me sat just in front of them for scale:

On the far left, partly in shot, is a regular bell pepper; next is the Hotscotch; in the middle (behind/above my head) is the Scotch Bonnet; next is the Naga Bhut Jolokia and at the far right is a Cayenne I've been using as a pollen donor for the Chinenses.

The Hotscotch, I suspect, is some sort of Habanero. The pods are not very big - about the size of a 10p piece. There are currently 30+ pods at varying stages of development - quite a few appear to be full grown.

The Scotch Bonnets I'm a little suspicious about. They don't have the classic "Bonnet" shape. Also, all the articles I've read say the plant should be bushy and about 50cm tall - mine is not bushy at all (basically straight up) and is now over 1m tall. I have 7 pods, all pretty much full grown - about 1.5" in diameter and 2" long. All the pods developed quite a while ago but I've had no new ones since.

The Naga is doing quite well now. I'm still getting a fair bit of flower drop but, since I started hand pollinating with pollen from the donor Cayenne, I'm starting to see some promising progress. I now have 11 mature pods and another 8 that have recently started to develop. Pods are about 3/4" in diameter and close to 2" long. looking good.

Finally, a quick shot of the Cayenne. Pods are about 3"-3.5" long.

randomshenans · 3 Jun 2014 at 11:16

Epic growth!

NickK · 3 Jun 2014 at 12:25

Hehe way back I warned the nagas are more or a shrub/mini tree lol.

They're looking good - nice sized naga fruit on them. I found mine to give smaller fruit on the first year, larger initial fruit (more fruit less resources each has). The ferocious heat was the same for both years!

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