The Heat is on!!!! 2013 chilli growing thread
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Just look at the difference with the three in the centre that where repotted ~2 weeks ago.
Had to kick the tomatoes and aubergine plants out.
Still have 4 chilli plants with no home.
Pretty sure the yellowing is lack of nutrients.
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Just look at the difference with the three in the centre that where repotted ~2 weeks ago.
Had to kick the tomatoes and aubergine plants out.
Still have 4 chilli plants with no home.
Pretty sure the yellowing is lack of nutrients.
They're going for £22.30 on Amazon so that one on eBay is a decent price unless you're a Prime customer.
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I have just 1 chilli plant this year and it seems to be doing quite well:
Very nice. Looks like a Jalapeno to me.
Really looking to get back into this now. Was doing well last year, then my health problems struck and it all went to pot.
Am getting an aerogarden for a winter grow. I will try to pick up a few easy outdoor annum (no chinense) plants in June for this summer. Think we will have a long season this year.
Next year will start again properly under lights.
Start again properly next year.
I'm sure your chillies will love that! I keep mine in pots but use the bags for Tomatoes.
I've moved away from using "grow bags" in recent years. I've opted for a bag of compost. Gives the plant much more room for growing, some grow bags are actually tiny!
Hey all, got my first ever chili plants about a month ago, 2 Apache f1 .. got them as seedlings from a market stall, they look pretty healthy.
Could anyone answer a few questions,
I'm planning on leaving them outside and have started putting them out a few days a week.
Do they need to be potted up, they are starting to get quite big I have some seedling/JI compost which I can use?
I've not fed them at all yet, I have some tomato feed, should I start feeding a weak solution?
Is now the time to top them, as I want to bush them out a bit, where do you recommend I cut them?
How many years will they fruit for assuming I care for them properly, or is it better to start fresh each season?
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Could anyone answer a few questions,
I'm planning on leaving them outside and have started putting them out a few days a week.
Do they need to be potted up, they are starting to get quite big I have some seedling/JI compost which I can use?
I've not fed them at all yet, I have some tomato feed, should I start feeding a weak solution?
Is now the time to top them, as I want to bush them out a bit, where do you recommend I cut them?
How many years will they fruit for assuming I care for them properly, or is it better to start fresh each season?
Thanks
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My first chilli is pushing through, wahoo! (Bottom flower, starting to die off now)
Cant remember what type this plant is, think this is one of the ones that is missing its label. Very pleased anyhow!
is your plant at a right angle? might be a little young to produce, I have a couple of plants producing flowers but so far cutting them off to allow the plant to mature a little.
Get that potted up asap as it looks like the pot size is holding it back. You want a decent sized plant for when it starts to flower as this affects the size of the chillis. The bigger the plant the bigger the chillies and the more it'll produce.
I'd say put it n a 5 litre or bigger for outside.
I wouldn't feed them yet. The new compost you use when potting will give the plant more nutrients. I'd start to feed once you have a few chillis growing. Feeding too soon can make the plant drop its flowers.
Not sure on the cutting as I never cut mine. It looks good though, should grow taller and bush out a bit once its re-potted.
Just chop off the main steam just above a leaf. It looks like its quite bushy already so it should really encourage it to bush out further.
They can be okay for multiple years if you overwinter them. I tried overwintering one of my chillies from last year. It has given it a head start in terms of size for this year. It has just started developing buds, but so have some of my chillies which I have sown fresh this year. I don't think ill bother in the future, ill just sow fresh.
Yes the base of it is
It fell over when i watered the seedling one day, and it swapped directions, then when i rotated it in the sun it turned into a right angle. Only plant that's like it though so not too fussed.Will cutting them off make much difference? May do that with some of my others if so.
Thanks for the advice Topgun and Mark.
Re-potted them this eve, the pots might be a little big but they are all I had laying around..
Put them in some verve seedling compost, so I guess we'll see how they go.
Both plants look pretty much exactly the same so no point putting pictures of both.
I've read that Apache are quite short & bushy anyway so I might see how they go on their own first, let them settle in the new pots for a few weeks..
EDIT: roots were clearly visible through the draining holes in the seedling pots, so yes I thing they were defiantly ready for a new house!
Re-potted them this eve, the pots might be a little big but they are all I had laying around..
Put them in some verve seedling compost, so I guess we'll see how they go.
Both plants look pretty much exactly the same so no point putting pictures of both.
I've read that Apache are quite short & bushy anyway so I might see how they go on their own first, let them settle in the new pots for a few weeks..
EDIT: roots were clearly visible through the draining holes in the seedling pots, so yes I thing they were defiantly ready for a new house!
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Coming along nicely, top quote is 31st of may, compared to now.
In fact another week and I recon some will have to go out in the garden.
In fact another week and I recon some will have to go out in the garden.
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Looking good! Looks like you have a nice big cupboard there for growing in. My plants are now too tall to fit in mine . Will have to sort something else out for next year.
Got a few peppers starting to grow, so hopefully we get some more sun soon.
. Will have to sort something else out for next year. Got a few peppers starting to grow, so hopefully we get some more sun soon.
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