Chilli growing for 2013

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  1. shiney

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    Harry, they should produce more flowers. Have you been feeding them?

    Freddy, looks good to me :dbgrtmb:. Just seems to be a dwarf variety.
     
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    Shiney , yes I feed them once a week . I understand that when the plant gets fully laden with fruit the flowers can stop. But flower production seems to have slowed right down on all the three varieties I am growing. I suppose I 'll just have to wait and see.
     
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    Hiya shiney

    I was wondering whether I should have pruned it at some stage?
     
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    I wouldn't have done so -except, maybe, to thin it out a little. I can't really tell from the photo but, if the branches seem to be getting jammed together too much, the flowers may drop off from not having enough room to grow.

    I don't normally prune any of mine except at the end of the season (Dec-Feb depending on variety) if I want to try and overwinter them. The varieties that grow very tall can usually do with some pruning early in the season.

    Pick some of your chillies (even if they're a variety that turns red) and use them to eat or cook. This may encourage the plant to produce more flowers. :blue thumb:
     
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    Hiya shiney

    Yes, that's what I meant, to thin it out a bit. It has a very tight/compact habit...
     
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    Don't thin out any branches that appear to have flower buds coming as it's a waste of good chillies. :biggrin:

    Also, at this time of year, you don't want prune too much as it might put too much stress on the plant.
     
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    Hiya shiney

    Following what you said, my thoughts were to leave it alone for now, and giving it a trim when it starts to go dormant, ready for next year (year 3). Sounds like a plan?:)
     
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    Sounds good to me. :blue thumb:
     
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      The Chillies have started to flower again :blue thumb: It was probably just me with a touch of premature flapping again !:biggrin:
       
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        Quick update:
        Cooking chillis (long cayenne, jalapeno) coming on nicely, will have some ripe pods shortly:
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        "Hotties" - Lemondrop, yellow devils tounge, 7 pot brain catching up but no fruit set yet:
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        Worried that its getting a bit hot in the greenhouse on the one day of sun a month we have been allocated this year - they were a bit wilty yesterday when it hit 42'c ; might have to take a panel out of the door to improve ventilation.
         
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          Quick question: Does pot size have an influence on the amount of fruit that will be produced?

          I've seen a lot of theorizing on the internet but no actual evidence. Some say that giving them too big a pot will mean they will exert too much energy on putting roots out instead of fruits out.

          Any one got any real proof of this? I've just repotted mine to fairly large pots but they were becoming root bound.
           
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          I've never been convinced that a larger pot will slow down the growth of the fruit but too small a pot will definitely put the plant under pressure. I just pot on when I feel it's necessary. I don't put them in too big a pot as it seems a waste of compost. The biggest pots that I've had chillies in were 24", but they held my five year old plants!
           
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          hmmm...interesting. If they are under pressure will they not think 'I better get some flowers and fruit going sharpish!'?
           
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          I have pods set on a jalapeño that I havent moved on from a 5" pot, whilst the one that Ive put in the chilligrow has just started flowering - it is, however, 3 times the size & getting bigger by the day so I think that theres something in it.
           
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          Maybe quicker fruits in the short term then.
           
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