Help with chili plant

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    Hi all, I am wondering would anyone know a bit about chili plants. I have had my chilies on fish blood n bone from the start of spring but one of the plants is thriving its starting to fruit but the others foliage has started to wrinkle. There are no spots or brown tips on the foliage but the soil was a bit compact but i broke it up thoroughly and they have only been getting watered when the top part of the soil is dry. Could someone please help. Thanks
     
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    Wrinkly foliage is too little calcium or too many aphids/bugs. Usually....
     
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    This time of year it's mainly aphids. :sad:
     
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    Thank, is it possible for aphids to get on the plant if they have been on the windowsill from they germinated though? I will examine the plant further and see if i can see any. If not and it is a calcium deficiency what is the best source to give them?
     
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    Any chance of a little picture ?

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    Yes, quite easily. :sad: They seem to appear from out of nowhere.
     
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      Here are two pictures of the plant, the plants foliage is brighter because i had to enhance the image because of light levels in that room they are a darker green than this lol.
       

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      I'm no expert but it looks alright to me. Has it got aphids under the leaves ? I'm sure when it's ready it will flower.

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      Looks OK to me as well . Whats the problem with light levels in the Chilli room ? They do need light.
       
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      The plant are in the attic i had to take it to another room beside a socket where i could put the charger on for camera. The light levels in the attic arr good though
       
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      What about the heat level in the attic ?

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      It gets hot during the day up there i would say maybe 20 degrees and at night maybe 5 or so. These are rough guesses
       
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      5 degrees is rather low and will certainly stress the plants. :sad: I would consider 10 degrees as absolute minimum to avoid stress and prefer to keep them above 16 degrees.

      When they are in the fruiting and ripening stage then some stress is supposed to be of help but then it's supposed to be done by occasionally keeping them underwatered.
       
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      5 degrees is just a guess but that would be the bare minimum of heat in the attic. I am fairly new to Horticulture and these are the first ever plants i have grown from seed i just panicked when i seen the wrinkly foliage on one since the other never went that way. If it looks fine then i will just leave it i was only seeing what precautions i might of needed to take with it. Thanks folks
       
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