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What can cause the leaves to curl? I cannot see any insects but its stopping growth!
is it okay to have more than 1 plant in a pot? as in a very large pot? i think it was the way my kit was designed. 4 seeds in a bit of paper. then put into some compost which had a net around it. so they grey into each other.
of the 4 jalapeno seeds only 3 took to life and 1 is a runt.
of the 4 habanero only 2 did.
i then just moved them together as they were all joined up and they all seem to be doing rather well. grown leaps and bounds. however i'm now thinking they are now vying for each others light. it may restrict them some what. so i rotate the pots daily. so all of them get an equal amount of light.
Curled leaves is normally water, then aphids in that order
It can be ants as well. I have one plant in my poly that the ants are practically living in/under. I know they are trying to seed it with aphids but I haven't actually found any yet.
If ants live under the plant they eat the roots as well, so the plant will struggle with water. Its a tricky one to deal with, if the get the aphids seeded they will ignore ant bait as well.
Its worth looking under the pot (if its in one) for traces of ant activity. The white powder is the best for this scenario
I might ease up ont he water then, I didn't want them to dry out!
How much is too much? Is it specifically for chilli plants and therefore knows it is too much, or are you comparing an actual figure against some reference?I just got a moisture, pH level and light gauge off AliExpress for like £3 and its brilliant.
Says I got too much moisture ATM so not going to water for a week
Anyone able to offer any help please for a first year chilli grower?
The plants are fruiting and as you can see some of the chillis (on one plant in particular) have reached a decent size.
BUT also as you can see the leaves don't look particularly healthy. Normally a plant with curled up leaves means not enough water - but from reading here that seems to be the opposite on chilli plants? We've been watering every day but I've since stopped that after reading here. But I'd like to know what you all think please.
As a judge of the health of the plant, the chillis look decent but I have been pulling (perhaps unnecessarily but gently, it basically crumbles off) the crusty circled bit on the picture when the chillis start to show. I just went to do that to a couple now and with no force at all basically, the whole stem/bud just broke off the main plant totally - so something doesn't seem quite healthy somewhere.
Thoughts appreciated.
Thanks!
How much is too much? Is it specifically for chilli plants and therefore knows it is too much, or are you comparing an actual figure against some reference?
Ahh right! NiceNo idea. It's saying it's wet it is a gauge from left to right and it should be in the middle. Left is dry and right is wet.
Thanks! I assume it's fairly safe to repot them at this stage? Or not?@azibux1 It could be that those pots are a bit too small, especially if growing outside. Mine are in 5l pots and have quite a few chillies, but its reached a point where the plant can't handle any more and the newest chillies have stopped growing and the new buds are just falling off. If I'd have known we'd have had a decent bit of sun i'd have put them in the greenhouse in 10l or bigger pots.
I tried a few of the birdseye demon chillies in a stirfry earlier and they don't half pack a punch! My nose is still stinging from where i scratched it without washing my hands after cutting them up. Just glad I didn't scratch anywhere else...
Not the best picture...but any idea what the 3rd from left plant with the long green fruits is?
Left to right are 7-pot Burgundy, Red Habanero, Unknown, and Thai.
The mystery one is doing great. Habanero has fruited now, but the 7-pot and Thai are struggling to fruit. Think I need to get the paintbrush out and make sure they're getting fertilized as the flowers are mostly just dropping off em.
Looks a little like a cayenne, serrano, anaheim type chilli. There are lots of this sort of thing so its really tricky to narrow it down
Awesome. Just repotted and they came out very easily and like you say loosened them up a bit and then watered with tomato feed.Yeah you will be fine, just try to not disturb the roots too much
If they are badly rooted I would try to gently tease the outermost roots to loosen them
Saying that, I have grown chilies for years in pots like yours and my issue is normally that the plant gets soo big it becomes unbalanced
Last year i grew them in my poly for the first time. They had about 12 inches of peat they could go down into. They went about 3 inches, although I did water daily and the peat was highly nutrient rich (peat itself, plus blood and bone, and also tomatoe feed)