Chilli Growing (Merged Thread)

giftbouquets

Hi,
Mine grew really quickly at first and needed staking as they were a bit floppy. The stalks have thickened now and no longer need the stakes. Hope this makes sense.

mrsyorkie

Hi, i'm new to this board, normally only go in Freebies and Comps but i've ventured out of them because of DH's nagging. He wants to grow his own chilli's, but hasn't got a clue how to and neither have I. I don't even like the bloomin' things! :rolleyes:

Does anyone know of how to do without it costing a fortune? Is that possible?

Thanks for taking the time to read this

Caz x

spalding

Chilli's easyest thing in the world apart form maybe weeds!! Just get some seeds shop brought or scrapped out of a chilli you've used for cooking. Then place them in some compost on a windowsill and watch them grow. they canbe started in an airing cupboard but have never needed to do this myself have good windowsills for the sun. Be warned once you start growing chilli's you just want to add to the varities you grow!

Farway

Very easy to grow, the only thing I would add to spalding's post is to make sure the chilli you buy is ripe, that is red or yellow not green.

Green ones are unripe red ones, and the seed may not be mature enough to be viable

There are reduced price seeds in Wilkinson & Woollies at the moment, so if you fancy a browse there may some there that could be a quick start and you would also know the name / variety / shape etc to be expected [seeds gathered from shop ones may not give same result due to hybridising]

niccy

i grow my own even up here in the far north,And i am still stupid enough to pick a fresh one and eat it :eek: hothothot:rotfl:

absfabs

I agree, it's easy. Started last year with a garden centre bought plant, it provided lots of chilis right into the winter, the last ones I dried and have resown with seeds from them this spring. Healthy little plants so far, just getting their flower buds.

Quite decorative too, if you are growing it indoors on a window sill.

jimbo_the_jetset

Quick question for those experienced chilli pepper growers. Should I be pollinating the flowers with a v. small paint brush to get fruit? Most of my plants are inside and so probably won't get pollinated by insects? I've had quite a few flowers so far but no sign of fruit.

Would this be the case for other sweet peppers too? Only 1 fruit currently on plant which is in the greenhouse?

Thanks

alanobrien

jimbo_the_jetset wrote: »

Quick question for those experienced chilli pepper growers. Should I be pollinating the flowers with a v. small paint brush to get fruit? Most of my plants are inside and so probably won't get pollinated by insects? I've had quite a few flowers so far but no sign of fruit.

Would this be the case for other sweet peppers too? Only 1 fruit currently on plant which is in the greenhouse?

Thanks

No need i have both chilli peppers and sweet peppers growing indoors and both have just started ripening this week. The sweet pepper particularly seems to have gone a bit mad in the sun and is sprouting new peppers all over. I do grow them on a south facing window cill though..

Mozart321

Somebody gave my wife a small chilli plant, which was on the kitchen windowsill in a pot. It started getting big 4/5 weeks ago, I replanted it into a bigger pot and put outside, haven't polinated the fruit and it have 3/4 massive ones already.

Moz.

nnik

Haven't pollinated my chillies and have already removed and used two lots of about 8. Now have more that will be picked at the weekend.
Once flowers start drooping and turning brown you should notice little chillies growing in their place.