Chillies - what are you growing/overwintering?

[dru`s haven]

hello ,i hope its ok to pop this question here as its about chillis but if not sorry i didnt mean to hijack your post
so i shall make it quick ,i have some chillis growing they are hungarian ,in a bucket,they were a gift but there are too many in the bucket therefore i need to thin out most have nearly 6 leaves on now ,do i re pot these into say a 9cm pot or can they go into a larger pot as im not sure thank you for any advice much appreciated

[jackarmy]

Yes Dru, deffinatley need to go into at least a 3 inch pot with 6 leaves. Naybe bigger, difficult to tell without fotos.

[Small pumpkin]

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Hmm, not the best of pics

He looks fine to me jack. He's still bigger than most of my chilli's. I would just scrape off the White mouldy stuff from your compost.

[jackarmy]

Thats dandruff SP

[Scarlet]

hello ,i hope its ok to pop this question here as its about chillis

Welcome to the vine Dru, please ask away . I agree with Jack, photos help but it's generally best to grow one chilli per pot.

Jack, that padron doesnt look bad, similar size to all my chillies I'd scrape that dandruff off too

[dru`s haven]

Yes Dru, deffinatley need to go into at least a 3 inch pot with 6 leaves. Naybe bigger, difficult to tell without fotos.

ok hopefully i will be able to up load a couple of photos to show you ,now i know i put far too many seeds in this pot
1 i never thought they would all germinate
2 didnt think i put that many in lol
so i know i really need to re pot these now, can you tell me how many can i leave in this tin pot to grow??
i have measured one in the tin pot and its 5" now

[Scarlet]

I would take them all out and repot in single pots. I would just grow one in that tin pot. What variety of chilli is it?

[jackarmy]

The ones in the trays look nice Dru, as Scarlet says though, id do the same with the rest.
Are the ones in the trays the same as in the pot ?

Thats good to hear about the Padron Scarlot/Sp, just off to get some head and shoulders

[vixylix]

They look great Dru! I'd definitely only leave one in the tin pot though. I wouldn't go too big with your next potting stage - they like to be slightly pot bound so I think you'd slow them down if you go too big

[Philthy]

Overcrowding aside, Dru, they look good
Another issue to be aware of if you increase pot size by too much of a leap is that an adequate measure of water for the pot is still way more than the little plant within can hope to absorb, so it sits in permanently damp compost, which'll make it unwell and not grow properly. Older plants not so much of a problem, but your plants are still vulnerable at this point. And of course bigger pots require more of everything to maintain; time, space, compost, feed etc.

[dru`s haven]

I would take them all out and repot in single pots. I would just grow one in that tin pot. What variety of chilli is it?

Thank you scarlet they are hungarian wax ,so it says on the cover,as you can tell this is a first for me with these chilli`s looks like im going to be be busy potting lol

[dru`s haven]

The ones in the trays look nice Dru, as Scarlet says though, id do the same with the rest.
Are the ones in the trays the same as in the pot ?

Thats good to hear about the Padron Scarlot/Sp, just off to get some head and shoulders

yes jackarmy the ones in the tray are the same as what is in the tin,at an earlier stage i took 12 out to make room not really thinking they would survive lol ,thank you for your reply ,i think i shall just move the ones in the tin into trays now as i think maybe 9cm pots could be too big?? im just abit worried that in the tray they will go leggy or fall over?
but i will try this as its my first year with these so its trial and error

[dru`s haven]

They look great Dru! I'd definitely only leave one in the tin pot though. I wouldn't go too big with your next potting stage - they like to be slightly pot bound so I think you'd slow them down if you go too big

thank you vixylix, yes i think they probably are pot bound now and i did take 12 out at an earlier stage to make room lol , ive learnt one thing though you really only need one seed to germinate for a chilli plant but of course thats not saying it will produce ,
so im thinking im going to re pot these all of these into trays so its not such a shock hopefully for them and see how they go this is a new one for me this year ,so next year i shall only sow 6 i will let you know as time goes on ok thank you again

[vixylix]

You might find the root system a bit unwieldy to get into a module tray now - you'd be better with 3 inch pots if you have any. If not, the tray will work for now, but they'll need re-potting again fairly soon

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Scarlet, probably 250 give or take, over a number of weeks.

Cheers Deano You had quite a tidy arrangement in your GH last year as I recall.
What's on the cards for this year then?

Philthy! You really don't want to know!

Again just weighing it up tonight! Seems a feasible plan! I'll keep ya updated!

Really enjoying everybody's" Chilli Antics" this year!