2014 Chilli Growers Thread

randomshenans · 12 Jun 2014 at 21:02

How many fingers?

Zenduri · 12 Jun 2014 at 23:37

That makes you sound like hannibal combined with a french giggalo

randomshenans · 13 Jun 2014 at 08:16

Pretty much on the money then.

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 08:38

randomshenans said:
How many fingers?

I try to use one finger per stimulation, but I have 8 fingers, so if they are all positioned close enough you might get an opportunity for a mass orgy :eek:

Once they have shed their load all over the lady bits its time for a smoke/pizza/pint/shower etc...

neil_g · 13 Jun 2014 at 08:40

went out there this morning and one flower had browned up and shriveled and one all of the leaves had fallen off?

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 08:46

neil_g said:
went out there this morning and one flower had browned up and shriveled and one all of the leaves had fallen off?

pre or post coitus?

Sounds natural to me, is there any point to life after sexy procreation? Nature has a lot of 'healthy' death, so I wouldn't panic.

neil_g · 13 Jun 2014 at 09:13

post fingering.

(this conversation sounds so wrong)

i guess i just have to wait for the others to bloom before giving them a little tickle..

:eek:

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 10:15

neil_g said:
post fingering.

(this conversation sounds so wrong)

i guess i just have to wait for the others to bloom before giving them a little tickle..

Totally natural... you should have your first snake tongue chilli baby soon

Noxia · 13 Jun 2014 at 11:33

Not sure I'll end up with any this year, most my plants got annihilated yesterday, some are actually crispy, I forgot to open the greenhouse flap.

randomshenans · 13 Jun 2014 at 11:48

None of my plants have arrived... over a week and I'm worried if they were sent, they'll be dead now anyway!!

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:04

randomshenans said:
None of my plants have arrived... over a week and I'm worried if they were sent, they'll be dead now anyway!!

WOC's wasn't it? I used them for grown plants lat year and they were sent promptly. I always thought they were a good company, so suggest you call them?

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:06

Noxia said:
Not sure I'll end up with any this year, most my plants got annihilated yesterday, some are actually crispy, I forgot to open the greenhouse flap.

You might have damaged them beyond repair but plants are remarkably resilient. You might want to give them some shade / air / water and see if they recover. I would lay off the feed. Hopefully they will survive and kick out new leaves.

neil_g · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:10

Herman Gelmet said:
You might have damaged them beyond repair but plants are remarkably resilient. You might want to give them some shade / air / water and see if they recover. I would lay off the feed. Hopefully they will survive and kick out new leaves.

agreed. i wilted a load of seedlings on more than one occasion over the last few weeks. theyve all bounced back, apart from the 2 the slug got at (i found the little bugger too, was hiding under one of the pots).

Glaucus · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:17

I so need to grow some new chilies , with auto watering system. Watered my curry plant yesterday and it's already wilting.

neil_g · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:22

make up some of the DIY "ikea trofast" based self watering pots? hold about 3l of water.

e:

*take 1 of these as the res - http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00252578/
*take 1 of these as the res lid/pot stand - http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00091415/
*take 1 of these as your pot - https://www.hydroculture.co.uk/6-litre-square-pot
*take some of this as your wick - http://www.selections.com/gardman-capillary-matting-0-53m-per-meter.html

*punch a 20mm hole in the middle of your 6l pot for your wick.
*punch a couple of drainage holes in the trofast lid (i also used these to zip tie the pot to the lid) and if you like a fill hole in the lid (if you zip tied the pot its easy enough to lift and twist for fill access).
*feed your wick through the pot hole and trofast lid hole into the res (pre-wet it at this point to aid wicking).
*add gravel to the base of the pot (enough to cover the pot holes) to aid ventilation and prevent mould.
*fill pot with your medium making sure the wick runs upward through the medium.
*plant your chilli/pepper/tomato/etc.
*fill res.

work really well, in the space of a month you can see there is plenty of growth:

11/05/14

Chillis 11/05/14 by neilgates, on Flickr

Chillis 11/05/14 by neilgates, on Flickr

05/06/14

Chillies 5/6/14 by neilgates, on Flickr

randomshenans · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:38

Herman Gelmet said:
WOC's wasn't it? I used them for grown plants lat year and they were sent promptly. I always thought they were a good company, so suggest you call them?

Yea, I've dropped them a note. I don't think it's them, I think it's the bloody french.

Glaucus · 13 Jun 2014 at 13:51

I know and that's what I want to do, no good for existing plants fie to no wick.

neil_g · 13 Jun 2014 at 14:00

i transplanted my those 5 from compost to wicked coir and perlite. and more recently my 2 much more substantial root growth romanos. just have to break down some of the soil in the root ball before replanting.

Herman Gelmet · 13 Jun 2014 at 15:53

randomshenans said:
Yea, I've dropped them a note. I don't think it's them, I think it's the bloody french.

Derp! location! dropping penny etc...

Glaucus · 13 Jun 2014 at 17:28

neil_g said:
i transplanted my those 5 from compost to wicked coir and perlite. and more recently my 2 much more substantial root growth romanos. just have to break down some of the soil in the root ball before replanting.

Mine are fully established plants, in fact these are on their second season. They survived over wintering. Found out they aren't annual and can survive years, just need to keep them above 7c ideally. Mot sure such established plants would do well.