Chilli Growing (Merged Thread)

Paul_-C-

Is it too late for chili seedlings to grow any fruit this year? I've just moved them into bigger pots, but I dunno if I've left them too late.

Davesnave

Paul_-C- wrote: »

Is it too late for chili seedlings to grow any fruit this year? I've just moved them into bigger pots, but I dunno if I've left them too late.

Again, depends if you have a greenhouse. I brought a small one inside as a Christmas decoration. Outdoors they'll go down with the first real frost. In the greenhouse they may crop on till New Year, depending on variety.

You should get something, as you've 4 months left yet outside, maybe more

Paul_-C-

I should have said that I'm just growing them indoors on a windowsill

kingmonkey

Paul_-C- wrote: »

I should have said that I'm just growing them indoors on a windowsill

I had a plant fruiting all winter on the windowsill.

Paul_-C-

kingmonkey wrote: »

I had a plant fruiting all winter on the windowsill.

Ah that's good news then.

Dualcyclone

Hi all,

I've been wanting to grow chilli's for a while, and recently went a bit chilli crazy a bought a bunch of seeds from www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk.

I only got around to sowing them today; I work late most week days and have been doing lots of weekend overtime. Saw an hour or so to pop down to my local nursary and bought a propagator, some compost and cell trays etc.

Anyway, I am growing 15 varieties; varying from hot to extremely hot. Am I growing too late?

Some of these don't ripen for up to 120 days after potting on so I'm hoping they'll be ok!

If not, no worries; will have to try again next year.

If you wonder why so many varieties... I want to make my own sauces and jerk dressings; always been tempted and since a work mate is from the caribbean, we've been egging ourselves on for a while!

Cheers

SEE

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, but you'd have to decide if it was worth the hassle. Plants can easily succumb to bugs and botrytis. I'm trying this at the moment, but I'm not convinced that I'd always do it. I have fruit on my plants, but it isn't fully ripe yet. I suppose this is about a month ahead of normal

Would it be better to treat it like a houseplant, and keep it dry in winter and slightly shaded?

Davesnave

SEE wrote: »

Would it be better to treat it like a houseplant, and keep it dry in winter and slightly shaded?

TBH I only brought mine into the house around Christmas as a decoration, then I cut it back quite hard and put it in a fairly cold greenhouse. We had a mild winter, so this worked well. All the original leaves fell and were replaced, and I'd removed all the fruit.

In the past, when I've tried a plant on the kitchen windowsill over winter, it has picked up bugs, or if I've had one in the greenhouse it's been prone to botrytis and/or getting aphids early season. The wildly fluctuating temperatures in a winter greenhouse can stress even the most tolerant plants.

I think keeping one dryish in a light but cool spot in the house might be a good bet, changing the compost and encouraging it to change its leaves too as the day length increases. I don't think the 'old' leaves will stay on anyway in the spring, but someone else may know differently.

chilligirl

As the name suggests I've been growing chilies for a while! I think we have over 20 different varieties in our greenhouse.

Top tips - freeze your fruit, that way you'll have plenty to use all through the year. You can also leave them to dry for example in an airing cupboard and then make chilli powder by putting the dried chillies through a food processor, or liquidiser. Put them in a clean jar and they'll keep for ages.

Loads of information on https://www.thechileman.org - huge database of varieties, growing tips and lots more

d.o.o.g

I've been growing chillies and peppers for a few years now, some inside and some outside. I find a mild solution of washing up liquid and water sprayed onto the plants when the pick up aphids will get rid of the little blighters pretty sharp.