Chillies 2023

I think you can get nematodes for them, probably too late once the damage is done? The general advice is to water from the bottom. I don’t understand that though, surely the top will still become wet? I have tried ordinary fly spray when I’ve seen them flying around, but that didn’t seem to work. I suppose the best bet is to put on a layer of grit when potting up, I think that’s what I would do.

 

Just been doing a bit of reading…the life cycle suggests that in a couple of weeks, any infestation should subside, provided you can keep the adults away. I also noted that they can transfer fungal diseases, such as botrytis.
One of the methods used to control included a mulch of grit, about 1 cm

 

I always see them as a pest of house plants that are overwatered.
I've never come across them in the greenhouse.
Maybe its the cold spring where the surface of the compost is not drying out.

 

I have. I guess the problem comes when you move pots around. I also think that open bags of compost can attract them.

 

Hello all,

I use Mosquito Bits and it seems to work well.
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Regards

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Transplanted all my remaining chillis into a pop up greenhouse yesterday, 11 in pots. 2 each of aji mochero, aji limon, aji mochero, jalapeno m, curry f1 and a ring of fire.

 

They seem to have settled in ok, it's extremely humid in there though

 

@Hanglow
Why is there the small pot on top of the soil of the larger pot ??

 

I wrote the variety on the previous pot they were in, so have just kept them there to remind me which is which

 

Most people use a label.

 

Same seed packet, same compost same conditions, Aleppo chilli.
So natural variation.