Mine are coming along slowly but surely at the minute. I'll get a picture of them at the weekend.
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Originally posted by burnie View PostDo you pot your chillies on gradually increasing the size of the pot or can you go to the final size(8 inch terracotta ones)once the plants are 6 inch or so high?
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Great to hear that everyone's plants are doing well and SP congratulations on your first harvest of the year!
I haven't got any ripe pods from this season's seedlings, yet, only from the overwintered plants. The first NotScotch pod has turned red in the last few days, adding to the Superchilli and Gusto Purple which I've been picking for several weeks now.
My Reaper pods don't seem to be growing, they're staying really small (couple of cm diameter max.) Ah well, I wasn't expecting any sort of pods from them this early in the season. Maybe once I can pot them up into larger pots they'll produce some larger fruits?
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Originally posted by Tripmeup View PostMine are all romping away and a good few are now spending their nights in the greenhouse with some covering for colder nights...Have been pinching off flowers so far on many of them but might let an odd one stay now...
Should I be removing these flowers ??
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Originally posted by vixylix View PostIf they're big enough to support fruit Data Monkey they should be fine - I assume they are big enough if they've been overwintered?!
You'll need to hand pollinate to get fruit though!
I wouldn't know where to start !
I'm going to have to get onto YouTube and get busy tonight.
If my wife catches me though, I'm going to have some difficult questions to answer...
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Originally posted by DataMonkey View PostHand pollinate ?
I wouldn't know where to start !
I'm going to have to get onto YouTube and get busy tonight.
If my wife catches me though, I'm going to have some difficult questions to answer...I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....
...utterly nutterly
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Update with final growlist. Was kindly given four plants, but also lost the overwintered Golden Cayenne. It looked ok until recently but just didn't start growing, and the stem started to get brown patches.
Aji Pineapple
Akabare
Bahamian Goat
Barancio
Big Sun Habanero
Bishops Hat
Cayenne Large Red Thick (o/w from 2016)
Chenzo
Cheyenne F1
Chocolate Habanero
Congo Trinidad Yellow
Hungarian Black
Elysium Oxide F6
Elysium Oxide F7
Joe's Long Cayenne
MoA Scotch Bonnet Yellow
Numex Sandia
Numex Twilight x Cayenne F2
Orange Habanero (o/w from 2016)
Orange Habanero
Palermo Pointed Red
Piccante Calabrese
Pot Black
Ring Of Fire
Santa Fe Grande
Space HJ10 Afterglow
Sweet Banana
Thai Orange Large
TSM Medium Red
Turbo Alberto Cross (o/w from 2016)
Turbo Alberto Cross
7 Pot
Plus six seedlings that survived the feline related accident and are now small plants. Could be duplicates from the list above, or additional varieties that I didn't re-sow. Looking forward to trying to identify which ones they are
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Originally posted by DataMonkey View PostHand pollinate ?
I wouldn't know where to start !
I'm going to have to get onto YouTube and get busy tonight.
If my wife catches me though, I'm going to have some difficult questions to answer...
You can tickle the open flower centres with a cotton bud, soft paintbrush or your fingertip.
Alternatively, just give the plant a bit of a shake every time you're passing, tap the stems a few times, or stick your electric toothbrush on them (that's supposed to mimic a bee's vibrations quite well.)
Oh and pollen is supposed to be released most readily in the middle of the day, so bear that in mind. And an occasional mist of water is supposed to help them set.
In real life, if you're butterfingers like me, your attempts at pollination will likely result in half the flowers falling off. But then again, they would fall off anyway if they don't get pollinated, so it's got to be worth a try.
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