Growing Chillies
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Good point! I assumed that previous flowers had been pollenated already. If they've not bee pollenated then they will die off like the yellow ones.
AH2 - awesome stuff. That large one looks healthy. Will probably give a good crop too if it continues like that.
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Well you missed my Nagas before I cut them back down because they got too large lol!
The wait for my chillies to grow and use them is killing me.
Just saw a great thing to do with em when there done tho. Maybe someone (dave) will try make this and do pics etc and post here.
Awesome.. I feel a task for today - Naga Cheesebread.
Ok, at that size over 27degC is going to be too hot. So lowering the temps to mid 20s is the first task as you've started.
Next stop is to look at the nutrients - it may be lacking in a particular nutrient such as calcium which can be be quite an issue.
I mixed a very small (and I mean small) amount of garden lime into the pot mix for the large pots to counter for this. I then started feeding them with very dilute chilli food (Chilli Focus).
So I would try a small bottle of Chilli Focus (Green's Horticulture's service has been great - so just a suggestion) and see if a dilute amount helps. Possibly with a very very very small amount of garden lime.
I also noted that you've got water on the leaves with the light on - this will burn the leaves. It's best to water the plants in the morning and that way they will not build up moisture in the atmosphere overnight.
Next stop is to look at the nutrients - it may be lacking in a particular nutrient such as calcium which can be be quite an issue.
I mixed a very small (and I mean small) amount of garden lime into the pot mix for the large pots to counter for this. I then started feeding them with very dilute chilli food (Chilli Focus).
So I would try a small bottle of Chilli Focus (Green's Horticulture's service has been great - so just a suggestion) and see if a dilute amount helps. Possibly with a very very very small amount of garden lime.
I also noted that you've got water on the leaves with the light on - this will burn the leaves. It's best to water the plants in the morning and that way they will not build up moisture in the atmosphere overnight.
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The stones are to stop the soil from compacting too hard. When that happens the roots suffocate which inturn causes rotting which will kill the plant (or at very least reduce it's growth). Basically you mix in Pearlite and Vermiculite.
They will grow quite happily given a few things. Too much water is a problem but too little and they'll never set fruit.
The problem is if you don't get enough light - I have one window that I can use but the plants are too big for it :/
Dorset Naga is large and there's no way around it.
My old system admin used to use abattoir pigs blood - get a pail over each row of chillis planted out in the garden.
He thought that it gave the best taste being 100% natural. Which I can believe although the species he grew would fit into the summer season we have here.
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In general scotch bonnet requires more light than the Jalapenos but it could be down to a number of reasons. Do you have a photo of the plant?
Don't forget each fruit ripens differently - some ripen from the inside out other top to bottom etc.
The stigma has done it's job once the fruit sets.
Basically a cellular tube breaks out of the pollen and quickly works it's way down a set of canals in the stigma. The tube then transfers the male cells from the pollen to the fruit. there's a multitude of these canals hence a good dusting of pollen is best if you want good fertile seeds from it.
Once fertilisation has started the flower sets fruit and the tubes, pollen and stigma are nolonger needed - hence a this stage if the stigma falls off it will have no impact on your ripening!
The stigma has done it's job once the fruit sets.
Basically a cellular tube breaks out of the pollen and quickly works it's way down a set of canals in the stigma. The tube then transfers the male cells from the pollen to the fruit. there's a multitude of these canals hence a good dusting of pollen is best if you want good fertile seeds from it.
Once fertilisation has started the flower sets fruit and the tubes, pollen and stigma are nolonger needed - hence a this stage if the stigma falls off it will have no impact on your ripening!
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I think I finally have maturing flowers producing pollen as I've had something dusty fall from them. The stamen also seems to be opening up for the first time.
The Dorset Naga seems to be a lot more picky about it's watering and feeding schedule than the Jalapeno.
The Dorset Naga seems to be a lot more picky about it's watering and feeding schedule than the Jalapeno.
Now it's twice a week but previously once a week.
Full bucket immersion?
The Naga when cooked in isn't as bad as people make out. Yes it's hot but not as bad as attempting to eat one raw!
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