The 2010 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!

When was it repotted? Also have you given it's put a good dunking? Say 10 mins in a bucket where the water goes up to the top of the pot. Then drain and see if that makes a difference. If it does then it looks like it needs repotting with more soil as the soil is both not holding enough water and the plant is big enough to drain the water in the pot quickly.

Also if there's a cold draught it can cause that too oddly.. but can you show me the leaf close up - the one that looks a bit yellowing.

Do you or anyone in your house smoke or handle tobacco?
 
Just recently repotted to that bigger pot and it perked up after that and lots of buds appearing etc. I haven't done it the dunk method no, I'll give that a shot though and it could well be a little cold wind as the window was not fully shut last night I found this morning. Shall investigate and thanks for the tips, really want to get some successful naga's this year!!
 
seeds have been germinating for about a week now. no signs of life yet.. the air temp in the propagator is 20 degrees. the seeds need to be at 18 to 22 to germinate.
I'm wondering if i need to increase the heat on the aga because the soil wont be at 20 will it? just the air on top?

help please!!!
cheers
 
Just to say, in previous years I've found the best results with chilli growing is with soil, not peat, and with a thickish layer of John Innes soil on the top, because I find that they like to dry out between waterings, not sure about anybody else's findings?

What have you found?
 
I have a flower on my other Fuego chilli plant, is it OK to cross pollinate between them, as they are exactly the same plants?
 
Mark A said:
Everyone in my house smokes except me. How likely is it that this will affect my plants?
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Chilli plants are susceptible to the Tobacco Mosaic Virus which shows up as a mosaic mottling of light green and/or yellow on the leaves.

Info here: http://healthyhomegardening.com/Disease.php?pid=15

Now it may be just water and a cold draught but the leaves don't normally go yellow from the stem outwards.. so separate the plant away from the others and if it is looking like the above - in true OcUK style you'll need to "burn it with fire" and do not reuse the implements you may have used on the other plants.

another good photo
 
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My Naga's went a bit yellow at one point. Turned out they needed a nitrogen fertiliser which I got from the garden centre. Diluted it with water, and now they're growing fantastically.
 
xrs said:
My Naga's went a bit yellow at one point. Turned out they needed a nitrogen fertiliser which I got from the garden centre. Diluted it with water, and now they're growing fantastically.
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Hehe good point - get the fertiliser out before the kindling!
 
Well potted new ones uptoday. going to try the soak method and see how I get on. Maybe twice a week though. The plugs I have hold little soil, I think that's the main problem they just dry out far to fast in the conservatory.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Well potted new ones uptoday. going to try the soak method and see how I get on. Maybe twice a week though. The plugs I have hold little soil, I think that's the main problem they just dry out far to fast in the conservatory.
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Normal watering should be fine. What I would do if a seedling is in a dry pellet (ie the pellet is light in weight) is to give it water a bit at a time until the pellet has absorbed all the water - then give it a bit more and repeat until it stops absorbing. At this point the pellet is saturated which the plant will cope with for a short term (ie a day or two). Medium-longer term saturation would cause the roots to suffocate and rot. Oddly roots need air as well as moisture.

If they are growing quickly, it could be down to the plant or species. One of my Nagas grows extremely fast and has done since germinating - it was the tallest, the one that produced the chillis last year. The others have been slower and flowered later. Unsurprisingly that fast grower had the same issue as yours and I had to stake it and gently hold it with wire. The others weren't so bad. It's also the one that drinks like a fish - perhaps it's because it has a 1:1:2 ratio rather than the other's 1:1:3 but the others are just as strong this year in terms of producing foliage and flowers.

The dunking method is good when you have a plant that is established in a large amount of soil and top watering just runs through without being absorbed. My plants are mature, overwintered and have the same soil as last year so I'll combine a dunk with Chilli Focus to lock the nutrients into the soil.
I don't feed every watering - more like once every two or three weeks. Then I'll water as needed top down to keep the plant happy. In hot weather I may add another water-only dunk or daily watering top down.

There's no single right way for watering - in short it depends on the plant, the soil it's in, the environment. The important bit is to keep it in a happy medium without drowning or drying out. It can be a down to a bit of experimentation.
 
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Having a hell of a time germinating any pepper or chillis this year. First the propergator i had, that sucked, the soil stayed well all the time it would never dry out and so they just didnt germ and were mushy.

Then i started trying in pots and just still didnt germ.

Just now i put in fresh new compost from a new bag. Hope they germ this time.

Btw anyone got any jalapeno seeds they would like to pass on to me? Or is it not worth germing now (too late?).

Tom plants germed ok, and herbs, i just dont get why these arnt working. I tried last 2 jalapeno seeds from last year i got on ebay, all germed last year these didnt. Apache from dave from here didnt germ. Jumbo peppers from ebay didnt germ.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Having a hell of a time germinating any pepper or chillis this year. First the propergator i had, that sucked, the soil stayed well all the time it would never dry out and so they just didnt germ and were mushy.

Then i started trying in pots and just still didnt germ.

Just now i put in fresh new compost from a new bag. Hope they germ this time.

Btw anyone got any jalapeno seeds they would like to pass on to me? Or is it not worth germing now (too late?).
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Skeeter - shoot me your snailmail in trust. I still have Caldero Jalapenos seeds from last year (original ones that I didn't plant). They're heavy fruiters. I have to send a letter out with the last of the Naga seeds tomorrow so I can send them at the same time.

What temperature did you germinate them at?

You could soak the seed over night before putting in a sealed box with damp cottonwool. Then you can pick out the germinated ones when they're ready without wasting compost.
 
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Thx mate, thats great of you. Snail sent. :)

Not sure temps. I tried germing some in pc case, 30c ish in past last year everything that went in germed. Not sure whats wrong. Windowsill i duno, gets a little cold on nights around 15c i think maybe lowest is 13c.

Thx again mate. When i get em ill pop some pics up to show what i do with em maybe if im doing somit wrong u can spot it and help me out.
 
Sorry to keep asking this but Ive searched on google and cant seem to find an answer.

What sized plant pot will i need for the final pot? The Cayenne plant grows to about 2-4 feet tall if that helps.

The plants are in 9cm x 9cm pots now and the roots are starting to poke through the holes. I'm going to leave them in these pots as long as possible as there is only a small window ledge I can put them on to get sun. I could possibly go to the next step up which is 13cm pots. that would give them a bit more time to grow before i can pot them in the final big pots and put them outside. Is this a good idea or a waste of money/time to just move up in size by a few cm?

I'm going to give a few plants away to friends as ive read they produce a lot of fruit and i have 10 plants. Plus that will allow me to concentrate on getting a good crop on the plants i have.

TIA :)
 
All the Naga seeds have germinated already, so I've just planted them!

Is it normal for the seedling leaves to fall of my plants that are flowering? Both of them have done it.
 
blimey those were quick Justin (my seeds?).

Once the plant has it's first set of real leaves the seed leaves are redundant and never grow much larger.
 
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