Growing Chillies

NickK · 29 Oct 2009 at 12:24

krooton said:
OMG, I got my first flower!

Bit late in the year, but my room is warm.

2 other flowers will bud soon, hopefully before the first pegs it, and I can pollinate them, yay!

Hehe it's a good feeling to see your hard work blossom!

tom_e · 29 Oct 2009 at 12:32

Deluxe1 said:
Ive got a few bags of dried crushed / flaked nagas if anyone wants a bag?

First two people to reply i'll send some to.

I would mind some if theres any still going

Deluxe1 · 29 Oct 2009 at 12:34

tom_e said:
I would mind some if theres any still going

Drop me a email via my trust with your addy and i'll pop some in the post.

tom_e · 29 Oct 2009 at 12:39

Deluxe1 said:
Drop me a email via my trust with your addy and i'll pop some in the post.

All done, cheers for that very nice of you

Sp00n · 29 Oct 2009 at 12:41

Wow those chillies look amazing, so shiney!

Being a big girls blouse I would never attempt to eat one though, I bet they are hot hot hot!

randomshenans · 29 Oct 2009 at 13:39

I have about 4 buds that are very close to flowering on my Naga in my room, but I've just repotted it so it's taking a little bit longer at the moment. Some of mine have loads of buds on still! Nice warm room they're in though

tom_e · 29 Oct 2009 at 14:03

This thread reminded me I had a nice jar of dorset naga paste sat in the fridge, half a teaspoon in some tuna mayo made me nice and warm

Flukester · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:07

Well after following this thread for ages our chillis at work are doing well.

About 40 plants in all, big ones are Jalapeno, then some Scotch Bonnets and Cayennes (these seem really hard to grow). All done from seed using PC method and about 8-10 weeks since seeds were sown.

This is window ledge in our industrial unit, have a oil radiator constantly pumping warm air up under blind so it gets nice and toasty. Also put water in trays to keep it humid

It's our data center / garden center now lol... window is about 20ft from a microwave antenna, not sure how that effects them

edit: excuse the OCD layout of plant pots, my work mate is abit like that

NickK · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:20

Mine are destined to get the chop tomorrow - I need to get a couple of pot water saucer thingies then I'll sit them on the window. Going to see if they survive the winter without the HiD.

utajoker · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:22

i have binned all my chillie plants last week, after months of battling with green fly i decided to give up, when i get some spare cash im going to buy a little green house and try again.

DavidMarq · 31 Oct 2009 at 16:41

My keepers will be coming back from the greenhouse tomorrow as night time temperatures will drop beginning Sunday night. I still have a fair bit of fruit to harvest so I may not cut them back immediately.

garylouden · 2 Nov 2009 at 13:02

I started getting red chillies a few weeks back and the other day i had 1 full red chilli on each plant. I picked one for a stirfry the other day and already another chilli has went from green to red. Just wondering if a chilli plant will wait for 1 chilli to go fully red before starting on another.....just seemed a little wierd to me as i have never seen this in any other fruiting plants before.

randomshenans · 2 Nov 2009 at 13:24

One of my Nagas in particular is growing really well at the moment, it's flowering at the moment and only 2 of them are flowered but a further 15-20 buds there I can hopefully get a good amount of fruit from. They are still on my window sill at the moment and seems the already fairly large plants are doing well but the seedlings I have are a lot slower to grow now it's colder, it seems.

For some reason I was much more excited when I saw my nagas flowering! I need to get out more...

randomshenans · 2 Nov 2009 at 13:26

garylouden said:
I started getting red chillies a few weeks back and the other day i had 1 full red chilli on each plant. I picked one for a stirfry the other day and already another chilli has went from green to red. Just wondering if a chilli plant will wait for 1 chilli to go fully red before starting on another.....just seemed a little wierd to me as i have never seen this in any other fruiting plants before.

On mine I found that the most developed fruit would ripen the quickest, so whichever started to grow first would go red first. Normally anyway.

randomshenans · 7 Nov 2009 at 13:37

Sorry about the crap shots but this naga seems to be doing pretty well!

randomshenans · 19 Nov 2009 at 22:00

Everyone cut theirs back now??

I'm still flowering but some of them are dropping off at the stem of the root

whhhhy?

Updates people...

NickK · 20 Nov 2009 at 09:36

Hehe that plant is looking awesome.
Unfortunately, my plants are now sat on the windowsill after being cut back for over wintering. No more than a stump with a few leaves on.

krooton · 20 Nov 2009 at 09:41

I've got my first 2 chillies actually growing now, but my plants are tiny compared to most of yours, so |I'm not sure if they are even viable to use, lol.

NickK · 20 Nov 2009 at 11:02

Quicklink - that's dropping flowers. It's extremely annoying and if you read this thread I had the same problem for many months until I increased the watering frequency and start using Chilli focus more often. Temperature and the amount of light can also play a part.
Once you see the flowers remaining on the plant longer then you'll know you're going the right way. It's annoying because mine would flower but not mature enough to create pollen before dropping off (at the base of the flower stem is the normal point).

bhavv · 20 Nov 2009 at 11:30

My mum grows chillies, oregano, and garlic. Fresh green garlic leaves are the best =D

She somehow managed to grow a pineapple indoors a long long time ago, no idea how, everyone says that is impossible, but she went ahead and grew a pineapple lol.

If I had a plant it wouldnt even last week.