Chilli growing for 2013

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  1. shiney

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    If they've already got some reddish colour then they are unlikely to continue growing much at all - but new ones can still start.
     
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    Hi all

    I am new here :) and have never grown a thing but in the last 18 months have started to grow stuff including 2 chilli plants that I planted in a raised bed a few months ago just homebase plants called "Hot Banana " and "Hot carrot" both have thrived although one started later than the other , I will save some seeds to plant next year ....my question to the people in the know is , do I cut them back to about an inch when the season is over and will they be ok over winter ?
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      Hey ! Welcome !

      Chillis wont survive outside in this country - the frost will kill them. What I would suggest is save some seed & start some new plants off at the start of the year ; both of those two should be easy to germinate on a warm windowsill, & then be ready to plant out around May-June next year.

      Or you could just buy some more plants next year !
       
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        Has anyone else taken the plunge and moved their plants under cover? we have had overnight temperatures of 10 degrees here, so the plants are all happily tucked up indoors, next to the patio window.
         
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        All my plants have been in the greenhouse all season! Going to try overwintering for the last time (again) this year and try to start sowing earlier although light levels are an issue for me. Have also signed up for world of chillies newsletter to see what they have on offer in 2014
         
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        Ours won't be brought in from the greenhouse until end Oct/beginning Nov but I shall move them into the propagator in the greenhouse soon. That way they will have minimal heating required for the nightime but have lots of daylight. It should keep them happily producing until bringing in time and continue from there.
         
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        Mine are clearly the Poor Peters of the forum. They either sit on the patio, or inside. Having said that, they normally continue fruiting until late November, although we have not yet managed to keep one through the winter indoors. They go into hibernation, then deep hibernation, then, um, permenant hibernation! :heehee:
         
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          Noticed that the BBC have a rather scary 5'c nighttime temperature this weekend for me - so I guess Im going to have to get the heater setup somewhere in the greenhouse this week.

          Mind you - theres lots of time for them to change their mind yet..
           
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          Tided up in the greenhouse this morning - lots of chillies to come from the lemon drop:
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            Nice.
             
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            Nice harvest there Nick :dbgrtmb:
             
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            This time of the year the nights are still quite short, so if you shut up the greenhouse early (assuming it has been sunny, and the greenhouse is warm) then you can trap heat that will keep the greenhouse warm long after dusk ... and by the time they are falling it will be dawn and temperatures rising again. If it falls below 10C in the greenhouse it may not be for long / long enough to matter.

            There again, if you have a thermostatically controlled heater it can just not bother to come on if the temperature doesn't fall low enough - win-win :)
             
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            Nice looking plant, Nick!
             
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              Ours have been moved to the propagator now. This is a shot of the two younger plants shown earlier and they're beginning to ripen nicely.
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              The three year old plant that had been doing badly (until I had a talk to it :heehee:) is now really getting going. All through the spring and summer it had been producing leaves and no flowers. The leaves had been getting distorted and were curling up. I told it that it had a last chance to do something and it now must have well over 500 chillies forming.
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              It's about 3ft high with a spread of almost 3ft. The chillies don't get very big (those are it's babies above) but they certainly pack a punch! These won't be ripe until December to February.
               
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                Well done Shiney, those plants look great!
                 
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