Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[Mitzi]

I've been putting some of my plants out in the day recently, hardening them off. Yesterday they got quite badly sunburnt - lots of leaves turned white or white patches. I've stuck them outside again today - hope they don't get much worse. Kill or cure.

[fluffybunnyuk]

Not sure about other peoples chillis. But i've noticed mine have taken off in the last week, and have started growing rapidly. Going to repot them this weekend into 15cm pots. Thats usually good enough for me to see them through until just before flowering. Water usage is climbing steadily. I'll stick a support cane in too , to get ahead of tieing them close to the cane. Looking good so long as the weather stays decent.

[annie8]

Have put mine outside in the greenhouse and left them overnight last night and tonight. Looking ok so far despite it being over 40 degrees during the day

[toomanytommytoes]

I've been putting some of my plants out in the day recently, hardening them off. Yesterday they got quite badly sunburnt - lots of leaves turned white or white patches. I've stuck them outside again today - hope they don't get much worse. Kill or cure.

A few of mine have done this too. Not their first exposure to sunlight, but they were back under lights for a week or two during the colder spell, so it was probably the higher intensity of the recent sun that did it.

They'll be staying in the greenhouse overnight once I get these triffid tomatoes off the staging and into their big pots on the ground.

[Mitzi]

My poor plants - the same ones that got sunburn - today has been sunnier than the forecast suggested. Got home to find them wilted with thirst. Not just droopy leaves but whole branches had drooped right over. They’ve perked up with lots of water but most of the sunburnt leaves have dropped off.

[Scarlet]

That's so strange. Have they been well watered? The pots may be too small....

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

So far so good!

Not massive and a little behind, but after stable duties in the morning I'll repot these Babies as this little selection I want to breed from



Garage over duly cleared of rubbish, and hopfully the little wooden greenhouse which as been sat in there for several years will be arrected now I can get to it!

Thats the plan!

[Mitzi]

Apache - is it an F1 or is it worth bagging some flowers?

Edit: Ignore question. A quick search reveals it is an F1.

[The Pepper Man]

Mitzi, in my experience Apache is the hardiest chilli I have ever grown. I have known them to survive numerous frosts late on in the season and keep producing well into November. They do exceptionally well in the UK climate.

They don't get very big at all though. Definitely one of the most diminutive chilli plants I have ever grown, if not the smallest. But they produce a lot of fiery pods still, compared to other bigger varieties. It's probably the most reliable chilli that I can recommend for a cool climate. A solid 9/10.

[Mitzi]

It's probably the most reliable chilli that I can recommend for a cool climate. A solid 9/10.

That’s very good to know. I’ve not grown it before but I was under the impression that it’s easy and productive. I didn’t end up sowing all the annuums I wanted to, so I bought an Apache from the garden centre to fill a possible gap.

[Small pumpkin]

Here's a little update on my (pound shop seeds) scotch bonnet.



Don't think it's a cayenne the leaves are much too small.
Here's my still baby cayenne.



It's closer to the ring of fire, but again the leaves are still noticeably smaller.

[Mitzi]

It looks extremely productive, even though it’s not a bonnet.

[burnie]

I know it's a bit of a weed, but this is my first over wintered cayenne, not far from a first harvest...……

[Small pumpkin]

That looks great burnie. I was about to get very jealous until you said it has over wintered.

[burnie]

This years are just flowering