Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[Small pumpkin]

Maybe bring them in when it starts to get cold (below 10 degrees at night regularly) and see if you can eek out a few more weeks inside before another whitefly infestation

I think you’ll find monkeyboy divorced if he tries to take the chillies back into the house

[dave_100]

I think you’ll find monkeyboy divorced if he tries to take the chillies back into the house

Haha! Worth it to get a few more fruits

[Mitzi]

So Jalapeno and Padron pepper plants this year were sent outside because of tiny white creepy crawlies all over the leaves that SWMBO didn't want in the house. Only now have I gotten any flower buds developing. Am I likely to get any chillies before the frost date?

There's a chance, if we have an Indian summer, but it's not certain.

On the bright side, both padrons and jalapenos are usually used green, so it's not like you have to wait for them to ripen fully before you can use them.

[Scarlet]

So Jalapeno and Padron pepper plants this year were sent outside because of tiny white creepy crawlies all over the leaves that SWMBO didn't want in the house. Only now have I gotten any flower buds developing. Am I likely to get any chillies before the frost date?

I think it's very unlikely that you will get anything if left outdoors. Daylight hours are shorter with much cooler nights.

Either chuck your Mrs out or go buy her something special

[Philthy]

Ditto. To have any chance now (if very favourable weather doesn't materialise) you need plants to be under cover somewhere. I'd remove the outer most flowers or any that are on thin or weak looking shoots; that'd concentrate the energy and nutrients into the remaining central flowers / coming pods. And if you thinned out the plants i.e. reduced some of the foliage it'd make it easier to identify and treat the bug issue. Plus it'd expose any developing pods to the now diminishing sun. Giving the plants a trim so they're less intrusive and treating the pest problem might even win a stay of execution with her indoors..

[dave_100]

On the subject of bringing the chillies indoors, when is best to do so to help ripening?

I have a Thai dragon with about 120 green fruits on it, slowly ripening but they are never all going to make it before the nights get too cold. Should I bring it indoors now to let them all ripen up, or wait till it is constantly regularly lower than 10 degrees at night?

https://imgur.com/AE8TVua

[Tripmeup]

On the subject of bringing the chillies indoors, when is best to do so to help ripening?

I have a Thai dragon with about 120 green fruits on it, slowly ripening but they are never all going to make it before the nights get too cold. Should I bring it indoors now to let them all ripen up, or wait till it is constantly regularly lower than 10 degrees at night?

https://imgur.com/AE8TVua

Presuming they are in a greenhouse or tunnel, then I personally would leave them for a while yet..September can often (hopefully) be quite a good month and even early October..

I don't bring mine in (if I intend to overwinter) until near end October, but I have loads of plants with ripe fruit so am not in a hurry on any to ripen... so everyone is different

[dave_100]

Presuming they are in a greenhouse or tunnel, then I personally would leave them for a while yet..September can often (hopefully) be quite a good month and even early October..

I don't bring mine in (if I intend to overwinter) until near end October, but I have loads of plants with ripe fruit so am not in a hurry on any to ripen... so everyone is different

Mine are unprotected outside not in a greenhouse. I'm SE England, do you reckon they will be okay for the time being even without a greenhouse?

What is the breaking point for everyone else when it comes to moving them indoors?

[Mitzi]

Just keep an eye on the forecast and when the night time temperatures are dropping into single figures for more than the odd night then I'd move them in then. Obviously if a frost is forecast at any time (even for a single night) bring them in before that. Also depends on what you're growing - rocotos and baccatums can usually tolerate it a bit colder than chinense and annuums (as established plants, not seedlings.)

Also depends on the position you've got for them and whether you're intending to overwinter them dormant or actively growing.

[stigs]

Mine are unprotected outside not in a greenhouse. I'm SE England, do you reckon they will be okay for the time being even without a greenhouse?

What is the breaking point for everyone else when it comes to moving them indoors?

Below 6c can be terminal even for one night, however if I am not going to overwinter I leave mine out as the plant diverts all its energy to the fruits, last year in my tunnel I had plants with viable fruit right into November.

[Small pumpkin]

How’s everyone’s chilli year going?
I’ve had better

[Scarlet]

Mines not been brill.... I've had my mind on other things!
But here's a couple of photos...


White hab....I've isolated two of these so fingers crossed there's plenty of seed!
( spy some lemon drops in the corner)


Choc hab


Pink hab

[Scarlet]

Sorry! I forgot to crop....you'll have to turn your head a bit

[Small pumpkin]

They’re looking cracking Scarlet. What’s the chocolate? Hab? Ghost?

[Small pumpkin]

Isolated Pumpkins are ripening nicely ready for the swap