Chillies - what are you growing/overwintering?

[Scarlet]

Can you take a photo Ms T? The over wintered ones do fruit earlier, ive two lemon drops Tha t overwintered one that is fruiting, the other no where near ready but I'm letting the early one fruit as ive got a replacement if he packs in half way.

[Scarlet]

Aah, yes Jackarmy, hope so ...!
I felt bloomin' terrible composting all their smaller brothers and sisters tho! All that time struggling to grow, then I come along and bin 'em.....

I composted a load of Habs it broke my heart.

[Ms-T]

It looks much the same as the last one I took, i will take another one at the end of the month. I left a few flower buds on it to see how they do.

[Small pumpkin]

Scarlet & susie I've been putting that off! I'll probably leave it till mid October!

[1Bee]

1Bee is our plot number.

[Wendie]

Scarlet. I'm growing habaneros this year, they're about 4 inches tall so far. Hopefully I could try to overwinter again 🌶🌶 they're still in the heated propogator and doing really well. There isn't enough heat out on their own yet

[Scarlet]

I think Habs overwinter very well ive done very well with habaneros in the past. Ive got a few growing in the hope of overwintering them too, just hope ive got enough windowsill space.

[SusieG]

Thankfully, the orange habs and ancho that I re potted yesterday, seem to be very happy indeed today. Looking very perky, I must say

[SusieG]

Oh forgot to ask, I want to buy some feed for my chillis, have seen on here Chilli Focus mentioned. Have priced some up on Amazon about £10 for 1litre. Is this a decent price or are there any alternate (cheaper???!!!) feed suitable??
And when do I start 'feeding' the chilli plants? Ta!

[Chris11]

I think the jury is still out whether Chilli Focus is really better than a decent tomato feed. I grow tomatoes as much as chillis, and find the shared tomato feed is ok.

And especially if the tomato feed is NPK+ not just NPK.The main plus difference will be in magnesium, although possibly other micro-nutrients. If there's a mention of seaweed, it usually means there will be magnesium as well, not just basic NPK, but as always, read the label.

If you want the NPK+ specs for Chilli Focus, follow the link for UK Instructions PDF download from here:
http://www.growthtechnology.com/product/chilli-focus/

[Scarlet]

I think the jury is still out whether Chilli Focus is really better than a decent tomato feed. I grow tomatoes as much as chillis, and find the shared tomato feed is ok.

I grow toms and chillies too . I don't buy any feed as a rule, always home made. Wormery,nettle and comfrey but this year I thought I'd give some feed a go as ive a few chillies that are looking a little yellow ;esp, Jacks satans kiss
Philthy and chilli grower both use the chilli focus and have fantastic results, though I couldn't find it when I went looking yesterday so I've used my worm feed again I think the chillies have different requirements to toms - the chilli focus has higher levels of nitrogen not just the magnesium? I haven't read the specs but I think I'm going for the chilli specific feed.
I think it maybe cheaper on eb@y?

[Scarlet]

A bit cheaper here Susie CHILLI FOCUS (1 LITRE) LIQUID NUTRIENT FEED FOR CHILLIES AND PEPPERS | eBay

[Small pumpkin]

That's very helpful scarlet thank you, because the lorbex I'm using ( brought at the EGS) is only a small bottle and I've had a quick search for it on interweb tonight and can't find it anywhere. Not even on lorbex own site!?!
I must read the small print on the back tomorrow and compare it to chilli focus. Probably exactly the same.

[Scarlet]

There's a 10L on Amazon for £20...wish I knew had a friend nearby that grew chillies

[jackarmy]

1Bee is our plot number.

10 bee is a town near me ( tenby