Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[Baldy]

Presume this has been asked before - but I've got a couple of nice looking plants - Trinidad Perfume and Bhut Jolakia - I've seen a few threads that indicate that cuttings from chillies should work - anyone do cuttings at this time of year to see if you can get new plants that will fruit this season? If so - any tips/advice as how best to do it. (I cam e across some rooting hormone during a clear up and this idea popped into my head...)

[Mitzi]

I've not had any success with chilli cuttings (tried a couple of years ago) but in theory it should work so give it a go. They're certainly not as easy as tomatoes.

[Scarlet]

There should be a photo here but I can't select it. It's not too big.

What do you mean by can't select it?

[Scarlet]

I've tried taking cuttings before and not had any luck either

[Mitzi]

What do you mean by can't select it?

I typed the words, then clicked on the Insert Image icon, and my screen greyed out but I didn't get the Insert Image pop-up box where you can select an image to insert.

[Scarlet]

It's working fine for me in both iPhone and computer?

Can you try again?
You say you file is small enough?
Did you click on from computer?


SPs giant white hab - the white stuff is paint

[Small pumpkin]

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It's working fine for me in both iPhone and computer?

Can you try again?
You say you file is small enough?
Did you click on from computer?


SPs giant white hab - the white stuff is paint

It's only the pods that are supposed to be white

[Scarlet]

I had it on my desk under my "daylight lamp" that I use for art work and he got splashed

[dave_100]

I'm away for 2 weeks of July, and growing Prairie fire, Thai dragon chilli and Ring of Fire indoors. I feel like that will be the time of year that they will be producing flowers and need a bit of help pollinating either with a shake or a small brush.

If I'm not there for that period of time I'm worried that the flowers might come and go/drop off? Or will 2 weeks in the grand scheme of things not make much or any difference?

It would be a pain to nurture these for months and then fail due to be being away for 2 weeks!

Thanks all

[Small pumpkin]

I'd be surprised if you didn't have flowers to pollinat in June. Especially on those varieties.
I'd be more concerned about how they were going to be watered for 2 weeks in July.

[dave_100]

I'd be surprised if you didn't have flowers to pollinat in June. Especially on those varieties.
I'd be more concerned about how they were going to be watered for 2 weeks in July.

Thanks, I plan to use watering globes unless there is a better option you would recommend?

If I do get flowers in June presumably more will come in July? And do you think 2 weeks of neglect of the flowers will be an issue at all?

[Mitzi]

Try out the watering globes before you go - you might find they empty in a couple of days and then the plants will dry out. There are various things you can do e.g. stand the pots on capillary matting (or even an old towel) with the other end of the matting going into a water container of some sort (e.g. kitchen sink, if your plug is quite water tight). Or make a self-watering pot by threading a wick through the bottom of the pot then sitting the pot on something like an Ikea Trofast box with lid - the lid has a hole in it that you can thread the wick through. Or get someone to come in and water them! Or stick them outside and get someone to water them there.

Like SP, I wouldn't worry too much about the flowers. They might self-pollinate without your intervention or they might have already set loads of pods by then. I've often found that a certain number of pods set and then even though more flowers may open, they just keep dropping off (even with hand pollinating) because the plant is at capacity. So hopefully you will have lots of pods set before you go away and the plants can just concentrate on growing and ripening them while you are gone.

If they have only just started flowering then if none of them set while you're away, it will keep producing more flowers after you get back and will set a crop then. You'd only lose two weeks. It's really not an issue with those varieties which are relatively quick to ripen.

[dave_100]

Try out the watering globes before you go - you might find they empty in a couple of days and then the plants will dry out. There are various things you can do e.g. stand the pots on capillary matting (or even an old towel) with the other end of the matting going into a water container of some sort (e.g. kitchen sink, if your plug is quite water tight). Or make a self-watering pot by threading a wick through the bottom of the pot then sitting the pot on something like an Ikea Trofast box with lid - the lid has a hole in it that you can thread the wick through. Or get someone to come in and water them! Or stick them outside and get someone to water them there.

Like SP, I wouldn't worry too much about the flowers. They might self-pollinate without your intervention or they might have already set loads of pods by then. I've often found that a certain number of pods set and then even though more flowers may open, they just keep dropping off (even with hand pollinating) because the plant is at capacity. So hopefully you will have lots of pods set before you go away and the plants can just concentrate on growing and ripening them while you are gone.

If they have only just started flowering then if none of them set while you're away, it will keep producing more flowers after you get back and will set a crop then. You'd only lose two weeks. It's really not an issue with those varieties which are relatively quick to ripen.

That's a great help and puts my mind at ease thank you.

[Scarlet]

Yay!! My first chocolate hab has arrived

Look at that baby

[Scarlet]

S'cuse the dirty hand

Dave - no paintbrush used