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I have tried to grow these for three years. Each time, I get nothing, nada, niente, zip. Start them off with chillies and bells, on the window sill, all the same. has anyone tried them, or have any insights?
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I have tried to grow these for three years. Each time, I get nothing, nada, niente, zip. Start them off with chillies and bells, on the window sill, all the same. has anyone tried them, or have any insights? -
Nope, no takers? Hmm. It seems so sad to abandon them... -
Hiya, HH. I currently have some nicely developing "Picante" which are supposed to be "spicy" rather that hot. and some "Mini Bell" which hve also got plenty of fruits on them. Oddly ,though, some of the fruits seem to be getting a lot bigger and more elongated than others on the same plant! I'm not particularly worried as I don't usually have much success with peppers in general. Chillies, yes. Peppers, no. So anything is a bonus. I'm a big fan of the jars of "Pepperdew" peppers you get in supermarkets and am hoping that these will be suitable to make my own!
As far as insights are concerned, I believe capiscums in general like it hot and humid. Mine are in the green house with my cukes and chillies and they seem to be getting along fine. They were started back in February on a warm window sill. I've got them in bottomless buckets which are then inserted into grow bags - three to a bag. I didn't pot them on until they were pretty root bound and were flowering like crazy.
They get water every day - a litre or so per plant and a Tomato feed once a week.
Hope yours buck up they're ideas. If they're indoors I'm not sure how you can increase humidity - apart from putting them on the bathroom window sill. Perhaps misting them with water would help.
I'm sure someone will be along soon with further advice! Good luck!When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!
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Never thought about the pepperdews, yeah, they live in our fridge too
I always start the chillies and peppers side by side on a window sill in January. These for each of the last three years have always failed to get off their marks. Just didn't get out of their boxes. Bell peppers and cayenne were no problem, germinated.
Since I have them outside the bells are always quite small. They don't tend to go red either; have had one pepper get a smudge of red on it. The cayenne are the most productive, not so much this year as I didn't sow til very late. Again, they were green and quite long. Sadly, they didn't pass the Bollywood parent test as they had diddly squat heat.
Will definitely give them another shot next year. Never say never when it comes to experimenting. This is a Robert the Bruce type situation
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