The Heat is on!!!! 2013 chilli growing thread

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quick update. i put only 2 seeds from my tepin chilli to compost 2 weeks ago.

i'd almost given up hope, but one of the seeds has finally sprouted through the compost :D

i know its a late starter, but i was just mainly seeing if i could get them to germinate/grow, as this species is apparently notoriously hard to get growing.

edit: upon further reading, it turns out this plant can be over wintered! :) excellent.

ideally i want to end up with something like this!

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Really not sure whether it is just down to the poor weather, but my chilli's are hardly growing this year. Their leaves also look a very unhealthy green. They should be really dark by now but they are very light in colour. Some are almost yellow :( Do I need to pot them on or feed them chilli focus more regularly? I only started feeding them chilli focus last week and I watered them once with it. Perhaps the old soil that I used totally lacks any nutrients?
 
My chilis are jsut tiny too! Barely growing and are in sun most of the day (when its not hidden behind the every present cloud!).

My pepper is a bit bigger, but still nowhere near big enough for this time of year.
 
CHokKA said:
Really not sure whether it is just down to the poor weather, but my chilli's are hardly growing this year. Their leaves also look a very unhealthy green. They should be really dark by now but they are very light in colour. Some are almost yellow :( Do I need to pot them on or feed them chilli focus more regularly? I only started feeding them chilli focus last week and I watered them once with it. Perhaps the old soil that I used totally lacks any nutrients?
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It could be lack of light, nutrients or over watering. I'd try and dry the soil out a bit and see if that helps. If you have just fed it then that will take care of the nutrients.

If there's no improvement after that then it could be the crappy weather. Mine were really struggling until i set my light up. Hopefully it'll improve soon..
 
It's been the coldest spring in 50 years apparently. Even the Bluebells failed to bloom around here this year.

It's warmed up a bit today though. Got my chilli plants on the windowsill today to get some real sun and save a bit of energy. A few flowers starting to open, so this warmth has come at the right time.
 
Mine are just stunted by laziness, only reported a couple, the rest are desperate for a repot.
The size difference and colour is staggering between the 3 in big pots and the rest.
 
Thanks for that video,
Why the hell would I pay them £40+

I can do that myself, In fact got a unopened roll of watering mat.
And I think I will do just that when they go into their final pots, won't be able to put the wick all the way up though.
 
Glaucus said:
Thanks for that video,
Why the hell would I pay them £40+

I can do that myself, In fact got a unopened roll of watering mat.
And I think I will do just that when they go into their final pots, won't be able to put the wick all the way up though.
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Yeah... I guess there are plenty of gullible people that will pay out for things like this. Not their fault that they haven't heard of the "tech" before but it's definitely worth reading up on things before you spend money :p
 
robfosters said:
Has anyone used these before: http://www.greenhousesensation.co.uk/planters/chilligrow.html

They look good, but are expensive. Was wondering whether it would be easy to make yourself using pots, a modified trough and capillary matting.
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This year my in-laws bought us one of these to do tomato plants - http://www.hozelock.com/growbag-waterer.html

So far I've had it going for about 3 weeks and the tomato plants that are in it look really healthy. I was actually thinking about buying another one and a growbag to put in a large amount of chilli plants into it to try that out. The tomato grow bags are suitable for most fruit and they obviously work really well given how healthy the tomatoes are looking.

These Hozelock water systems are only £20 and the growbag is quite large. I reckon I could easily fit in about 8 - 10 chilli plants into a single bag if I was to cut a large hole in the top of it.

That system above looks good but it is far too expensive.
 
What about this. Get a cheap trough with tray, turn tray over and glue to top of the trough. Cut out 1.5 holes in tray and pots for the wick. Cut 3 pieces of matting with a tapered end, roll up and feed through holes like in the actual version and sit pots on top. Cut another hole in the tray for a watering hole. You could even modify a container for a larger reservoir to feed into it.
 
Basically what I'm thinking.

Find a large container with lid, cut holes in lid for pots.
Find second container, flip up and cut small holes in for the pot to stand on.
The idea is brilliant, the price of £40+ is not, especially only for 3 pots. If it was like £15-20 it wouldn't be worth making your self.

The haze lock at £20 is how the chili one should be priced, for that price it's a steal and I think I'll get myself a couple for grow bags.
 
Glaucus said:
Basically what I'm thinking.

Find a large container with lid, cut holes in lid for pots.
Find second container, flip up and cut small holes in for the pot to stand on.
The idea is brilliant, the price of £40+ is not, especially only for 3 pots. If it was like £15-20 it wouldn't be worth making your self.

The haze lock at £20 is how the chili one should be priced, for that price it's a steal and I think I'll get myself a couple for grow bags.
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Well the grow bag fits perfectly and took me about 5 mins to set up and get ready. After that all I had to do was cut the holes for the tomatoes, stake the bag (there are holes in the Hozelock base for the stakes so they stand in that), and then plant them. I haven't watered them since, there's still well over half the amount of water in (with it being such poor weather) and the leaves on the tomato plants are so green and lush. I figured it'd work really well if I adapted it for chillies, plus given you just fill the reservoir at the bottom with water and it'll go for up to two weeks, there's no need to worry when away on holiday. They'll just take care of themselves :)
 
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