Chillies - what are you growing/overwintering?

[Small pumpkin]

Haha Jay22! Can see why you wouldn't appreciate the looks of your namesake..! It does look like a bit of a brute!

I hope so
Will let you know in a few months time. My little jays peach ghost scorpion is growing very nicely

[BertieFox]

I grew some of those upward pointing little yellow chillis last summer, collected seed and overwintered the plant.

Although I cut the plant back in spring and have removed the earliest flowers and embryo fruit, the plant looks pathetic and is just sitting there looking yellow. I even repotted it but it is still not happy.

At the same time, I sowed the seeds in February and have a whole tray of vigorous, dark green healthy chilli plants. Many of which have already set fruit.

What have I done wrong or is there little point in overwintering some varieties?

[cptncrackoff]

My seeds have arrived thanks ever so much allyby!!
Question is, should I plant now or wait til next year!?

[SusieG]

What a quandary Captn..!!! It's killing me not sowing the ones that arrived this week .............

[Ms-T]

I grew some of those upward pointing little yellow chillis last summer, collected seed and overwintered the plant.

Although I cut the plant back in spring and have removed the earliest flowers and embryo fruit, the plant looks pathetic and is just sitting there looking yellow. I even repotted it but it is still not happy.

At the same time, I sowed the seeds in February and have a whole tray of vigorous, dark green healthy chilli plants. Many of which have already set fruit.

What have I done wrong or is there little point in overwintering some varieties?

Have you given it a feed ...can you put a photo on here of it.it helps.

[allyby]

My seeds have arrived thanks ever so much allyby!!
Question is, should I plant now or wait til next year!?

What a quandary Captn..!!! It's killing me not sowing the ones that arrived this week .............

Me too but I'll wait!

[Scarlet]

Mine arrived to thank you very much Allyby...I'm waiting till Christmas to sow mine

[Scarlet]

What have I done wrong or is there little point in overwintering some varieties?

I'm surprised, the difficult part is often getting them through the winter. I would pot it on, slightly bigger pot and some diluted tomato feed as Ms T has suggested.

[Ms-T]

my seed are here and i'm going to sow one seed of Pasilla bajio and one of Goronong Yellow ..

[Jay22]

My Apache and Prairie Fire seem to have decided not to grow anymore...still in small pots, do you think if I repotted them into larger pots it may encourage them a bit?

[SusieG]

my seed are here and i'm going to sow one seed of Pasilla bajio and one of Goronong Yellow ..

Hahaha..!!!!! Ms-T - you just can't help yourself, can you..??!!
Will you be using heated prop to start them off? Then expect you'll overwinter them so they fruit next year....?

[Ms-T]

My Apache and Prairie Fire seem to have decided not to grow anymore...still in small pots, do you think if I repotted them into larger pots it may encourage them a bit?

Yes and give them a feed

[Jay22]

Thanks Ms-T, will get to it!

[Ms-T]

Hahaha..!!!!! Ms-T - you just can't help yourself, can you..??!!
Will you be using heated prop to start them off? Then expect you'll overwinter them so they fruit next year....?

No I can,t

Yes I will

And I hope so

lol

[Scarlet]

My Apache and Prairie Fire seem to have decided not to grow anymore...still in small pots, do you think if I repotted them into larger pots it may encourage them a bit?

I always follow the "rules" pot on only when the roots hit the bottom of the pot and into the next size up. This year I watched a YouTube video (it's in this thread somewhere ) where they were potting up small plants into their final big pots with some chicken manure pellets mixed in. I tried it with one plant, I really wish I'd tried it with several, it's grown so well.