Anyone got any chillis yet?

[terrier]

My greenhouse reached the grand temperature of 60 deg. today. I think it was warmer outside. I've brought half my chilli plants into the house and left the other half in the GH to see which grow better. They're looking healthy but still only a few inches high.

[smallblueplanet]

Well I'm happier growing my chillies in temperatures and light that are close as possible to the conditions they normally grow in. My chillies are out in the unheated g/h tonight but then they're between 6" and 15" high, a lot with flower buds, and I'm hardening them off. When they were a couple of inches high they were indoors keeping warm!

[deezyb]

my chillies, several different varieties look pathetic...2nd year in a row! I don't think I'll be putting any photos on here...too embarassed!

[Mac]

Repotted both the cheyenne's last night and they are still looking pretty healthy this morning. Lots of flowers on both, so "interfickering" with them with a paint brush as suggested! First flower has now gone and a teenie tiny chilli like thing popping through in it's place! I got so excited the dog thought I was having a fit!

[hsthst]

Growing chillis in the UK

It can be quite disconcerting growing chillis here in the UK. When I worked on Mount Elgon in Uganda, the birdseye chilli "plants" were 10 to 15 feet tall and everywhere, the farmers would just let me hack off a few branches when I needed to replenish my stock. In Peru, the habs were the size of a fist and rocotos the same size as large peppers from the supermarket. In contrast my home grown versions are puny by comparision. When you have been brought up on, and lived with the real mcoy.............it's difficult to get excited

[teakdesk]

When you have been brought up on, and lived with the real mcoy.............it's difficult to get excited

...and when you have been brought up on sloppy mashed potato and over-boiled cabbage it is very easy to get excited !!!!

[Mac]

.............it's difficult to get excited[/QUOTE]


I'm finding it a bit too easy to get very excited by what my chilli plants are doing. Growing them in my own house, in the north east of Scotland just amazes me Simple things for simple folk I suppose

[cupcake]

I must admit I cluck over my chilli babies, and the sight of a flower bud fills me with joy! The thought that we can grow things that usually grow in hot climates gives me a great deal of satisfaction. But I bet over there the gardeners are pining to grow things that we find easy!