Chillies 2019

Reaper and scotch bonnet looking better since I changed to watering once a week.

 

Shineyhybrid
The measure from the top of the pot is 23".

 

No. I followed your instructions. They are flowering so I'm supposed to dod that when they start fruiting?

 

Thank you @shiney for the heads up. I'll take the IV over to Canadian Shineyland and give them all a feeding later on.

I may do the pinching of my other peppers too. Never done that so I assume you just pick the topmost branch and behead it.

 

Ive never grown chilli plants before this yr,I had one of @shiney Naga's a few yr back but managed to kill that,sorry shiney x
Purple Cayenne..

And Dulce de espana..

Thought i had Thai dragon too but i cant find them and my wilkos patio sizzler are just tiny flowering plants

 

@joolz68 they look good to me, far better than I have at the moment.

 

Thanks,they are in 11cm square pots..do they need to go n bigger ones do you know or will it not matter?ive no idea how big chilli plants get x

 

I would imagine different varieties grow bigger, smaller etc and maybe if they have loads of roots popping out of the bottom they could go a pot size up, just guessing here, someone like @shiney or @CanadianLori will probably be able to tell you a lot more than me.

 

I normally grow mine in 20cm or 25cm round pots. They do grow as big as I want them in this size. I presume the chilli plant will size itself to the pot size?

 

Just saw this now. I grow mine in either pots that hold about a gallon or so. . And they seem happy. This is year 18 for me playing with them.

These are a variety of peppers including 1. Choc douglah, scotch bonnet, reaper, 7 pot yellow scorpion, red habs and a couple others. I have to keep a close eye on these so I can catch them in time to hand pollinate else they have orgies whilst I slumber and I get a variety of mutants. Naughty chillies! 2. Manzanos all by their lonesome except for a few herbs. For some reason manzanos like to be solitary.

I use these pots year after year but I am slowly replacing them all with colourful 3 liter pots. Just because I want colour right away. No waiting for summer. I'm on the hunt for collourfull hanging planters now.

 

Had a bit of a disaster with the chillies yesterday got back from my sisters and they were seriously shrivelled from the heat in the greenhouse , I watered them straight away and this morning I had quite a leaf fall from some of the chillies, I've put them outside in the rain for an hour and I think I've got away with it, still on the small side so looking to next year I think.