Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[Small pumpkin]

I think I have a chili on the Fooled you!!

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You do, you do! It exciting isn't it

[veggiechicken]

No, its scarey.

[Small pumpkin]

Here's my Trinidad perfume. He's doing the crinkly leaf thing a bit. And he's not got the nice big leaves like yours, which I'd expect.



Jalapeño fooled you



Apple crisp



This is my red savina. Very crinkly leaves.

[Mitzi]

With a week of cloud and rain forecast this week I'm a little concerned my chillies won't be getting the sunlight they need, I know they need at least 4 hours plus of sunlight. I guess they will just stagnate for a week or so?

Hoping someone can just reassure me that I'm on track for a good harvest and they aren't getting too stretchy/leggy searching for light? Here they all are.

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I have quite a few flowers pollinated now with chillies coming through so I'm probably being silly, but I'm almost obsessing over the weather forecast at the moment, knowing how much sun they thrive with!

The plants in the second picture look fine. The plant on the right of the first picture does look a bit leggy but it also looks healthy. Realistically, is there anything you can do about it? Nope, so we just have to hope that the weather will improve and things will turn out OK.

Doesn't stop me having a moan about it though!

[veggiechicken]

My Trinidad Perfume may have bigger leaves but yours has flowers - mine just has tiddly llitle buds.
I've picked some of the curled leaves off the Apple Crisp as they worried me. Couldn't see any pests but they don't look right.

[dave_100]

The plants in the second picture look fine. The plant on the right of the first picture does look a bit leggy but it also looks healthy. Realistically, is there anything you can do about it? Nope, so we just have to hope that the weather will improve and things will turn out OK.

Doesn't stop me having a moan about it though!

Thanks! Yeah I think I have to see it as a positive...my first year growing chillies, this is a standard British summer, I can treat it as an expermient- those that don't fare so well I maybe wont do next year. Those that thrive in a slight lack of sun are probably ideal to do next year

[chillithyme]

My chillis and peppers are outside in two plastic mini greenhouses. I've not been able to pot them on yet, but they look happy, I already have some lovely long fat chillies from my shop bought chilli multipack. My Trinidad Perfume looks sweet, the Apache are full of flowers, and my home sown plants are coming along nicely too, they are a bit behind but will catch up soon.

[Scarlet]

Those Trinidad perfumes look fab....scarlet is feeling a little jealous

[Mitzi]

My chillis and peppers are outside in two plastic mini greenhouses. I've not been able to pot them on yet, but they look happy, I already have some lovely long fat chillies from my shop bought chilli multipack. My Trinidad Perfume looks sweet, the Apache are full of flowers, and my home sown plants are coming along nicely too, they are a bit behind but will catch up soon.

No need to make me jealous! Are you in a warm part of the country?

[chillithyme]

I am down south, and the plants are protected too under cover This time last year I had them outside as it was a hot summer, but it hasn't stopped raining and is very windy so I haven't dared yet.

[Scarlet]

A couple of pics from my Green house yesterday:


Chocolate hab flowering in earnest now



The pink hab is stunning!


Off the top of my head I think this is the sugar rush peach?SP?


Padron fruiting well already.

[chillithyme]

Is the pink hab, second photo one plant?really is a stunner

[Scarlet]

Yes pic 2 &3! From SP last year in the seedling swap

There's a few weeds in my pot I need to remove should have done that before taking photos!

[dave_100]

A couple of pics from my Green house yesterday:

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Chocolate hab flowering in earnest now

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The pink hab is stunning!

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Off the top of my head I think this is the sugar rush peach?SP?

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Padron fruiting well already.

Looks amazing! I'd love to have a chocolate habanero and sugar rush peach, I plan to do those next year.

[Scarlet]

Looks amazing! I'd love to have a chocolate habanero and sugar rush peach, I plan to do those next year.

Join the chilli seed swap ....and I'll try my best to get some fresh seed.