Good time to move chilli plants outdoor?

[sall2009]

I’m new here so hello to everyone. This is my first year for growing vegetables and have a few questions which I hope you lot can help me with.

I have a few hot chilli, bell Pepper and patio chilli plants in small pots indoor. I’m just wondering is the current weather ok to move the plants to bigger pots outdoor? Do chilli plants need support (cane) or will they be ok on there own?

The hot chilli plants are around 6-8” tall. The patio chilli and bell pepper ones are 4”.

[mrbadexample]

Welcome to the Vine. If you put your location then people cleverer than me can advise you better.

I'd say it's ok to take them outdoors to start hardening them off, but they'll need bringing back in at night for a bit. Some parts are forecast to be cold tonight.

[Florence Fennel]

Hello Sall and welcome to the Vine. My chillies and peppers are in an unheated greenhouse (you'll find I call it a "stayput" usually, because all my plastic greenhouses "blowaways", blew away). They've graduated there from the windowsills in my house. I don't think it's warm enough where I am to put them outside yet (it would be a good idea to put your whereabouts in your profile so we can see where you are) and in any case I grow them to harvest under cover. I can't remember having to support chilli plants, but you may have to support the peppers when they fruit.

[sall2009]

Thanks guys. I have updated my location. I'll start hardening the plants off for now.

[chengjing]

hiya, welcome on board.

I'd say keep chilli peppers as warm as possible.

[mrbadexample]

Thanks guys. I have updated my location. I'll start hardening the plants off for now.

Oh look, just down the road.

We are looking at a cold night tonight, so if you've got anything out that could do with a bit of protection, now's the time.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?a...uk7dayx2;sess=

[chris]

I like this site: Birmingham Hourly Weather Forecasts - weather.co.uk for their hourly forecast, they seem to be pretty accurate.. as well as being clear and easy to read

I've used their data to write a quick app that prods me if the temp is forecast to drop below 5C. Huge great thumb comes through the roof like.. and for once it's not the wifes. It's almost like those old lotto adverts.. "Its youuuuuuuuuuu", except it says "It's 'effin freeeeeeeezin'"

[Jelliebabe]

WOW - thats excellent Chris! Is this an available app or just for you? How do you write apps anyhoo... clever old stick you!

[chris]

Perhaps I should rephrase 'app' - before it became popular with phones etc :P I meant application (web application.. basically web site). I did speak briefly to a user here, Crundy about this before (collaberating on a joint effort/venture in this sort of thing) but it seems interest in it dried up.

It's currently running off my home network, and to keep the techo-jargon to a minimum the setup of it (despite being v.basic - no real user interface etc) at home isn't ideal as my internet connection isn't always on, etc etc. I'm moving it to an online host shortly anyway, as along with other stuff, it's killing the machine that's running it.

Anyway, back to my point. I am planning on writing an iPhone application centred around push notifications (though annoying popup things like text message alerts).. then perhaps as my wife recently got an android phone writing a version of it for that too (although, I've not looked into that side of it yet).

If you really want to know, writing an application is done by using a tool (lets say for this case a windows application, like Microsoft Word) called an IDE (basically, a development environement/tool) - part of a SDK (software development kit). this allows you to program/write code, and then compile that code into an executable file, yada yada. I write mainly Windows .NET based applications (ZZZzz how many of you have I lost yet? ) using a software suite called Visual Studio.

Similar for phone apps - you need the SDKs, or some, which are capable of running some framework/software called Java you can just use a text editor - compile them via the java sdk and upload them to the phone. Wow, it's taken me that explaination there to realise my job is BORING.

Websites - same thing (I "mainly" do websites in work now (and far too many freelance)- web applications, etc).. which has driven me to the point of deciding to leave this industry [my 4 year plan- see my other post about carerr advice heh].

You don't really get a big hand coming through the roof though - my insurers wouldn't insure me when I was planning to roll that out as a business idea. Gutted!

Anyway.. erm once I move if you can have a play with it though if you like JB - at the moment it just really emails you (my phone supports email, so I get emailed whenever my threshold is triggered). I believe other websites do this, but I wrote this one as a) I found them unreliable, and b) I wanted to control the datastream (which just checking again, actually appears is sublet from the metoffice rather than some other 3rd party).

Flippin 'eck I can waffle, hey?

[Bren In Pots]

My Jalapeño and Cayenne chillis are outside during the day then go back in the greenhouse over night, most of them have flowers on so they're doing fairly well.

[Flummery]

I've never grown them outdoors 'up here' but a plot neighbour does, although he keeps them under a cloche all year round. My daughter grew some I'd passed on to her last year, in a sheltered courtyard garden, but she said that although they ripened outside, the skins were tough. I think you are really looking at an 'under glass' crop in the north of England.

[taff]

I didn't understand a word of what chris posted.

[Two_Sheds]

Me neither

[Two_Sheds]

I think you are really looking at an 'under glass' crop in the north of England.

I'd agree with that. I can usually get cayenne to ripen on the lotty during August, but last year they all failed: not a single chilli Too cool & wet all summer

If your patio is very sheltered and south-facing, you might be able to put them on it during the hottest months (they like at least 16c day & night, to ripen)

[LittleShamrock]

Hmm that could be where I went wrong... my chilli's have been outside for weeks, and they haven't grown at all the whole time, I kept hoping it would get warm enough for them whoops! I'll bring them inside to warm up a bit, they're only two inches high!