Ah! That's good to know. Thank you mate.There perfect, if not even at a better stage than mine was last year, dont forget we got until October, i was picking in November even.
Ah! That's good to know. Thank you mate.There perfect, if not even at a better stage than mine was last year, dont forget we got until October, i was picking in November even.
Wow they're a fantastic colour!First two chilli pods of the year for me, having them in my home made chilli tonight, Scotch bonnet.
Try one. Can eat from green although some won't taste of much if not meant to be their ripe colour I think. Probably those are meant to change colour. It can take a while but once a few start turning the rest will soon after.Should I wait for these chillies to turn red before picking them?
I can’t remember what variety they are.
They come off without much force atm.
aphids have killed all of mine even with regular spraying
aphids have killed all of mine even with regular spraying
Inside or outside ones?
Interestingly i've noticed that the ones i keep in the greenhouse don't seem to have any aphids on them, yet the ones i have indoors have been infested with them - maybe something to do with the warmth?
I gave up with spraying them, i can definitely confirm from experience that this method does not work. I've resorted to once a day brushing/pulling the aphids off the plant.
Gutted for you mate. All that effort to have everything eaten by aphids is really ****.
Mine have been kept in my tiny greenhouse and have no aphids. The one day I left them out on a wall to catch a bit more sun, i noticed a few under the leaves. Wiped them off and put them back in the greenhouse, none since.
I did find a ladybird in my garden as well, picked him up and put him on one of my chillis and he's been in there ever since - I wonder if he's hoovering up the strays
Inside or outside ones?
Interestingly i've noticed that the ones i keep in the greenhouse don't seem to have any aphids on them, yet the ones i have indoors have been infested with them - maybe something to do with the warmth?
I gave up with spraying them, i can definitely confirm from experience that this method does not work. I've resorted to once a day brushing/pulling the aphids off the plant.
I found aphids absolutely thrived on the windowsill, with window open or closed. But once I put the plants outside, there's been no issues at all
google seems to suggest there is saltess water softening systems thoughMost plants cannot tolerate high amounts of salt. The sodium in softened water actually interferes with the water balance in the plants and can kill plants by “fooling” them into thinking they have taken up more water than they have. Softened water essentially causes the plants in your garden to die of thirst.22 Jun 2020
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just checked my one and only tomato plant and gave some of the ripe looking tomatoes a slight twist and 3 of them came off in my hand
definitely easier to grow them peppers.
I've got 5 plants going great, 3 cayenne and 2 habaneros.
Of the cayennes, two of them have fruit that is quite shrivelled. It seems to be the fruit lower down the plant, do they dehydrate a bit as water gets directed further up the plant? I've let the plants get a bit too high I think (2ft at least) so maybe that's the reason? They look barely edible, just turning red now but they look more like dried chillies some of them! Will they still be ok to eat? Has made me think I might be under watering, maybe I'm under feeding though?
I've got 5 plants going great, 3 cayenne and 2 habaneros.
Of the cayennes, two of them have fruit that is quite shrivelled. It seems to be the fruit lower down the plant, do they dehydrate a bit as water gets directed further up the plant? I've let the plants get a bit too high I think (2ft at least) so maybe that's the reason? They look barely edible, just turning red now but they look more like dried chillies some of them! Will they still be ok to eat? Has made me think I might be under watering, maybe I'm under feeding though?