The Heat is on!!!! 2013 chilli growing thread
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First year attempting to grow some Apache F1's but may have an issue.
Have just put three plants into pots after reaching 3 inch's ish tall and the second set of leaves growing though. In the space of 2 hours the leaves have curled up and plants bent over double.
Anyone got any ideas what i've done wrong?
Have just put three plants into pots after reaching 3 inch's ish tall and the second set of leaves growing though. In the space of 2 hours the leaves have curled up and plants bent over double.
Anyone got any ideas what i've done wrong?
. Fine the next day though.
I've had this when moving chillies into a larger pot. They'll be fine after a few hours, just make sure you don't over-water them and also keep them as warm as possible
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It does indeed seem it may have been shock from moving them. I put a couple of plastic bags over the top of the new pots to keep the heat in a bit and overnight they have come back to life a bit. Could well have been the temp change that didn't help as they had come out of the propagator onto a windowsill
Had a bit of a hairy moment last night. I forgot to water them yesterday morning so the soil was bone dry, a few of them were wilting and looking really poorly. Fortunately, this morning after giving them a bit of water last night, they are all standing back up straight and they don't look thin and sick anymore! They really are resilient little plants. I love how awesome nature is
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Been away for a month and had to leave my babies in the care of my neighbour. I'd had to transplant them to the pots sooner than I would have liked as I was going away but most of them survived - except one of the Habaneros 
Two Cayennes on the left, the remaining Habanero in the middle and two Jalapenos on the right. I'm very pleased with the Cayennes as I took the seeds from one of last year's chillis which had been frozen so I wasn't sure if they'd germinate. Looking good so far. I'll have to plant another Habanero to replace the one that didn't make it.
All of the above were planted in seed trays and kept next to a radiator until they were transplanted and then moved to the windowsill. Just goes to prove that you don't necessarily need heated propagators or fancy growing media and fancy lights to grow chillis. Just some bog standard compost and a little care does the trick. I'm not knocking the above methods, I'm just trying to say that, if anyone can't afford these items or doesn't have the time or can't be bothered, it's not strictly required - they'll grow perfectly well just doing it the old fashioned way. The guys with the fancy equipment might get higher yields or bigger fruit but they can still be grown perfectly simply
Edit: Also, the two miniature plants I bought mature last year are flowering again, looks like I'll get more Apache F1s and whatever the mystery plant is.
Two Cayennes on the left, the remaining Habanero in the middle and two Jalapenos on the right. I'm very pleased with the Cayennes as I took the seeds from one of last year's chillis which had been frozen so I wasn't sure if they'd germinate. Looking good so far. I'll have to plant another Habanero to replace the one that didn't make it.
All of the above were planted in seed trays and kept next to a radiator until they were transplanted and then moved to the windowsill. Just goes to prove that you don't necessarily need heated propagators or fancy growing media and fancy lights to grow chillis. Just some bog standard compost and a little care does the trick. I'm not knocking the above methods, I'm just trying to say that, if anyone can't afford these items or doesn't have the time or can't be bothered, it's not strictly required - they'll grow perfectly well just doing it the old fashioned way. The guys with the fancy equipment might get higher yields or bigger fruit but they can still be grown perfectly simply
Edit: Also, the two miniature plants I bought mature last year are flowering again, looks like I'll get more Apache F1s and whatever the mystery plant is.
It depends where you live. I have had no luck growing the hotter chillis where I live and would need to use a grow light if i really wanted to grow them. There is just not enough sun for them to grow well here. The flowers just drop straight off and I get no chillies.
I have just got a couple of Cayenne plants on the go as I had great results with them when I tried a couple of years back.
I have just got a couple of Cayenne plants on the go as I had great results with them when I tried a couple of years back.
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Nonsense. You live about a hundred miles further south than me, there should be plenty of light. If you got flowers but no fruit it must be because the flowers weren't pollinated. If the plants are inside and there are no insects to pollinate them, you need to do it yourself. Some people use a small artist's paintbrush but I just use my finger because I'm kinky
Nope, I pollinated them all with a brush. Got loads of peppers, cayenne chillies, jalepenos, but anything that was hot and required a lot of sun wouldn't produce fruit.
I might live 100 miles from you, but I live in 'raindrop valley', they don't call it that for nothing. I can go a few miles into Bury and it is like a few degrees warmer and clear skies. If i wanted to get some scotch bonnets i'd have to use a grow lamp. But tbh I'm happy enough with cayennes and jalapeños.
I might live 100 miles from you, but I live in 'raindrop valley', they don't call it that for nothing
. I can go a few miles into Bury and it is like a few degrees warmer and clear skies. If i wanted to get some scotch bonnets i'd have to use a grow lamp. But tbh I'm happy enough with cayennes and jalapeños.Well mine have had their second set of leaves for about a week and a half, but with the weather being so cold, I haven't repotted them yet as I need the heat from the propagator to actually keep them going. I am really worried about how they're going to do this year with all this stupid weird weather that we've been having. I just hope the sun comes out loads later on in the year to make up for it and they fruit well.
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well, looks like my Scotch Bonnet seeds have died off. Were fine until today when a combination of propogator and sunlight seems to have burnt them to a crisp. Oops!
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Nope, I pollinated them all with a brush. Got loads of peppers, cayenne chillies, jalepenos, but anything that was hot and required a lot of sun wouldn't produce fruit.
I might live 100 miles from you, but I live in 'raindrop valley', they don't call it that for nothing
There might be something in this.
My Jalapenos and Cayennes are already about 4" tall but the Habanero is only about 1 1/2" tall. It has plenty of leaves and looks healthy but it is growing a lot slower than the others. I know they're slow growing, I'm just not sure how slow and if this is normal. It'll be interesting to see if they actually get anywhere. They're not short of heat as there is a Folding rig next to them blasting out heat from an i7 950 and and overclocked GTX 690 running full tilt
They're also in a South(ish) facing bay window so they get the maximum of what sun there is.
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My peppers and chilis have germinated but their rate of growth is pretty slow. I am holding back from planting them out yet though due to the cold and dark weather.
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