The 2010 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!
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tell her to do one the wind would probably tear that a new one unless you have a wind shaded area.
my wife doesnt get it either "its not normal to be bringing plants in and out all of the time and moving them around the house"
ive bought a tomato growhouse 8.99 from wilko to stick on our balcony. shes like "how am i suposed to use the balcony when thats outside"
er yea your not love now STFU
she did actually say "why dont we goto BNQ on sunday to have a look around because you like plants" lol im wondering if theres some expensive clothing shop next to it or what
my wife doesnt get it either "its not normal to be bringing plants in and out all of the time and moving them around the house"
ive bought a tomato growhouse 8.99 from wilko to stick on our balcony. shes like "how am i suposed to use the balcony when thats outside"
er yea your not love now STFU
she did actually say "why dont we goto BNQ on sunday to have a look around because you like plants" lol im wondering if theres some expensive clothing shop next to it or what
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Thought I'd join in and post what I've been growing too. I know nadda about this really, so much so I've actually forgotten what types I'm growing (apart from a couple where I've not lost the labels yet...) - But it's fun none the less!
Got some seeds for Xmas, planted in small pots around late Jan / early Feb time, no idea if that was way to early or not, but pft, they are growing none the less.
When can I expect to harvest? I grew a single plant last year, got some big chilli's off it (green) but they weren't even slightly hot. A few that I left on the plant then started to turn red, so I thought whoops I'd harvested too early...
Also, should I be snipping some of the smaller leaves off from lower down the plant? Or just leave it alone and carry on as I'm going, watering and feeding with a special chilli food ('Chilli Focus')?
Pics:
These are upstairs on my office window sill, need to do some transferring to larger pots as some pots have a couple of plants growing and I think it is obviously affecting the growth.
These are on the bay window downstairs. Again, transferring is going to be needed asap.
Upstairs again, just with a 30cm ruler to compare how big they are getting (not sure if this is good or not!?)
Got some seeds for Xmas, planted in small pots around late Jan / early Feb time, no idea if that was way to early or not, but pft, they are growing none the less.
When can I expect to harvest? I grew a single plant last year, got some big chilli's off it (green) but they weren't even slightly hot. A few that I left on the plant then started to turn red, so I thought whoops I'd harvested too early...
Also, should I be snipping some of the smaller leaves off from lower down the plant? Or just leave it alone and carry on as I'm going, watering and feeding with a special chilli food ('Chilli Focus')?
Pics:
These are upstairs on my office window sill, need to do some transferring to larger pots as some pots have a couple of plants growing and I think it is obviously affecting the growth.
These are on the bay window downstairs. Again, transferring is going to be needed asap.
Upstairs again, just with a 30cm ruler to compare how big they are getting (not sure if this is good or not!?)
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These guys have been growing for a little while now. Transplanting is needed soon. Anaheims are refusing to grow, though after a poke I saw that a few seeds had germinated, so I'll wait and see with them.
The misses is getting a bit furious with chilis all over the house so i was looking to get one of these for the garden.
Is this a good option or should i just tell her to do one.
I think the plastic would probably rip after a while as its really thin. Plus its not even clear plastic, I'd be worried about it blocking out sun. I'm no expert though.
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Seed-T...cDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB tDs76aYYKg==
I got a couple of these, they are nice and tall, so will house 3 fully grown tomato or chilli plants. They don't come with shelves though.
I bought the shelving separate so that I can stack loads of plants in there while they're small enough. Then when they get bigger i'll put the other greenhouse up and put 3 plants in each.
I may have to get something like that together... would i be right in assuming this is the shelving you are using?
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Seed-T...cDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB tDs76aYYKg==
Yep they're the shelves I got. Works out at £17 but these are taller and wider than the £12 version. Plus the £12 version was out of stock for ages and I needed them soon as they plants were overtaking my house.
22oc here until Sunday
(think its about time i changed my sig lmao). My chillies are doing great since iv'e repotted them into the 3 litre pots. Loads of buds appearing on all the plants now 
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Yep they're the shelves I got. Works out at £17 but these are taller and wider than the £12 version. Plus the £12 version was out of stock for ages and I needed them soon as they plants were overtaking my house.
22oc here until Sunday
Its about that time of year for a change lol.
21c here today and to remain that way for a few days. BRAW
Chillies are loving it
6-9inch pots depending on type aparently, ive got some cayenne in 7inch pots and a 4inch long root sticking out the bottom lol, the plants not all that big though i think its just the main root the one thats suposed to tunnel down thats managed to escape because it doesnt have the hairs on it that suck up nutrients and water
I'd leave them to ripen first, then once you know the heat, you can work backwards for green chillies. Just means you don't harvest too early and have the chilli sap taste with no heat rather than the fruity taste.
Personally I'd leave them be with the leaves and just continue watering/feeding as needed. Only if they don't set flower/fruit would I be tempted to change the watering/feeding habits.
My Naga's, I call the one on the left Brutus!
Brutus reminds me of Brutus Gold and the Soul Train (a 70's night at uni). 
I may have to crop mine back like last year. They've grown ok but due to the cold weather they've just dropped flowers like nobody's business.
I'll sort it all out at the weekend.
I have got my first seedling (sorry for pics being a bit late, keep meaning to upload but forgetting )
He's (Gerald) starting to grow a third leaf (few days later)
Thanks again NickK for the seeds
Sorry for rubbish image quality.. mother has lost my camera -.-
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He's (Gerald) starting to grow a third leaf (few days later)
Thanks again NickK for the seeds
Sorry for rubbish image quality.. mother has lost my camera -.-
Slow growth, according to thechileman.org, "likely to be caused by inadequate light, poor soil, low temperatures. Note some Chile species particularly the Chinese are notoriously slow growing".
The Naga my seeds came from was a quick grower, which didn't exhibit this pattern. So it may be that it has issues from the seed (pathogen or mutation) that has caused it. This was parent of all the seedlings I sent out, as a seedling (from the previous thread):
(actually these may be Jalapenos but both Naga and the jalapenos were the same in terms of colouring)
Later after it had started wooding the stem, then it had some purple to it:
In my limited experience I wouldn't say that's a Naga (which doesn't have a dark stem) but googling "dark stem slow growing" returns a few varieties such as Riot, Thai Hot, Tri-colour Varigata, Vietnamese along with one slightly worrying - Marijuana! (To ease people's minds - I don't do drugs nor have I been growing or sending out illegal plant seeds).
Although it could be all down to the slow growth making the stem purple streaks appear close together but it just seems too different.
The Naga my seeds came from was a quick grower, which didn't exhibit this pattern. So it may be that it has issues from the seed (pathogen or mutation) that has caused it. This was parent of all the seedlings I sent out, as a seedling (from the previous thread):
(actually these may be Jalapenos but both Naga and the jalapenos were the same in terms of colouring)
Later after it had started wooding the stem, then it had some purple to it:
In my limited experience I wouldn't say that's a Naga (which doesn't have a dark stem) but googling "dark stem slow growing" returns a few varieties such as Riot, Thai Hot, Tri-colour Varigata, Vietnamese along with one slightly worrying - Marijuana! (To ease people's minds - I don't do drugs nor have I been growing or sending out illegal plant seeds).
Although it could be all down to the slow growth making the stem purple streaks appear close together but it just seems too different.
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