The 2011 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!

Glaucus · 2 Jun 2011 at 11:21

Last time I got it online with seeds and a few other things, so postage was ok. Not sure where I'll get it this time. It was half strength once a week while growing. First sign of a flower bud, went upto full strength once a week.

topgun06 · 2 Jun 2011 at 11:49

So that's one feed, once a week... as in on one occasion when you water, it will have feed with it and on all other occasions it is just normal water? Sounds like a really reterded question I know.

Glaucus · 2 Jun 2011 at 14:39

Yep, that's right.

topgun06 · 2 Jun 2011 at 14:43

In which case I appear to have been feeding too much. Oops!

SkeeterUK · 2 Jun 2011 at 15:07

If anyone would like to catch up on what im growing and would like to see todays update (lots of pics) then pop over to myfolia and see my 2 journals for today.

http://myfolia.com/journals/105572-mega-update-part-1-pics-of-inhouse-stuff

http://myfolia.com/journals/105574-mega-update-part-2-greenhouse-filling-up-once-more

In short, all doing ok, peppers need repotting when i can get round to it, probs 8-9 in pots iirc.

Apaches doing super well and have loads of flowers coming out every few days and new chillis growing with 1 of em so far at 2inch ish long

. Feeding half strength tomatorite. Jalapenos or bells arnt fruiting yet, there still a little small maybe thats why or the potting issue. Look healthy tho.

Jumbo bell pepper has 5 or so flowers and loads of buds still to open and 2 or 3 jumbo bell peppers growing now, with a pic of the biggest so far.

cheets64 · 2 Jun 2011 at 15:26

No hope here, everyday its been cloudy

Street · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:18

Is it warm enough to put them outside yet? The 8 I kept are beginning to take over my room and they've over 2 feet tall now!

Mark A · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:37

I think it should be fine to put them out at night now. I have all mine in my greenhouse and they are growing really well. i did read that it should be above 10oc, but it has dropped to 7oc once or twice with no problems.

I didn't have much luck with the ones I put outside last year, they became infested with caterpillars, to the point that i couldn't be bothered to keep removing them. There were hundreds of them!

AcidHell2 said:
Last time I got it online with seeds and a few other things, so postage was ok. Not sure where I'll get it this time. It was half strength once a week while growing. First sign of a flower bud, went upto full strength once a week.

Let me know if you find any bargains

. Think i'll stick to tomorite for now, but might up the dosage to full strength on a fe and see what happens.

neilw · 3 Jun 2011 at 17:57

I have afew NuMex Twight this year. They are starting to flower but the plants are still fairly small. If I nip the flower heads off will the plants put more engery into growning, and yeald more fruit later in the season?

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2011 at 17:59

Mark A said:
Let me know if you find any bargains . Think i'll stick to tomorite for now, but might up the dosage to full strength on a fe and see what happens.

5litres for £21 on eBay seems the best, can match that price in some shops as well, but then can't use paypal.

Street · 4 Jun 2011 at 18:08

I put mine outside today for the first time, apart from the Jalapenos, they are all covered in flowers and flower buds so I figured its time to put them out. A few of them are over 30" tall from the soil to the top leaves! It also means I can see out of my computer room window again!

Excuse the dirt floor, my garden isn't normally like that.. I've had a busy day clearing the ground and digging down so I can build my new patio!

cheets64 · 4 Jun 2011 at 19:38

yes my Apache F1 Chilli has flowered

topgun06 · 4 Jun 2011 at 21:23

Put mine outside today for all of 30 seconds. Far far to windy, I didn't dare leave them.

Street · 5 Jun 2011 at 20:42

topgun06 said:
Put mine outside today for all of 30 seconds. Far far to windy, I didn't dare leave them.

Its typical, it was bright, sunny and hot all day yesterday so I figured I'd put my chillies outside. During the night we had torrential rain and heavy wind and it snapped one of my plants! :mad:

topgun06 · 5 Jun 2011 at 22:41

Woaaa you're joking! That's unlucky mate. Is it recoverable, got any chance of growing chillies still?

Mark A · 5 Jun 2011 at 23:28

You guys need a greenhouse

. Last year I was forever carting my tomato and chilli plants back and forth as soon as it started to get windy. Its great being able to just stick them all in the greenhouse and leave them.

Just have to make sure to open the door on a hot day so they dont fry.

topgun06 · 5 Jun 2011 at 23:31

I got one of the smaller Scotch Bonnets in the greenhouse but sadly there is no room for any of the others

Street · 6 Jun 2011 at 09:20

topgun06 said:
Woaaa you're joking! That's unlucky mate. Is it recoverable, got any chance of growing chillies still?

Its only one of the parts where its branched out at the top so its about half of it gone, still lots of flowers on the other half though!

Once my patio is sorted I'll look into some sort of mini green house..

SkeeterUK · 6 Jun 2011 at 09:28

Did you try to graft it back on as in put it back and use some special tape i think u can buy which helps heal snapped off parts of plants.

Not sure if it works with chilli plants mind u its just i heard you can do that with some types.

Also heres a good source of info regarding the weather for the UK.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html

Edit - Heres some pics of my apaches.

scruffeh · 8 Jun 2011 at 09:15

Am a bit worried about mine after looking at this thread, they are tiny! (Scotch Bonnets, Japapenos, Cherry Bombs and Cayene. I thought they were doing so well, but most of the others in this thread are 4x the size. Any thoughts? They were all grown from seed, and germinated in March: