Easy to grow chilli plants in England?

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  1. Kristen

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    Even if not essential you will be supplementing "nature", so can only benefit I reckon. (Except on things where it is totally unnecessary ... self-pollinating plants, although off hand I can't think of any that I would suggest not hand pollinating if the plants are indoors & less likely to see the normal population of insect pollinating vectors.

    I don't bother to pollinate Chilli and Sweet Peppers, nor Aubergines, in my greenhouse, but if I had time I would.
     
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      I found a greenfly on my chilli plants the other day.. God knows how it got in.
       
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      You want to watch them, they're like Chard Girls, born pregnant.
       
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        May not be the best of sites to daly on Kyle , probably whatever town you type in will give the same results on that site . Chard girls is just a version of the Essex girls jokes , or whatever town name you care to put in for your area. :WINK1:
        Back to Chillis , an odd flower bud dropping off is not a problem. If you get lots dropping off this would need to be investigated !
         
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        The one which is getting fatter is getting a bit longer! I think it's a success story!

        My sister moves into her new house on the 2nd June, so I plan on getting her a nice pot and giving her one of my 6 chilli plants!
         
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          That would be a lovely gesture Kyle, if she keeps it indoors it'll last for years.
           
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            Update (and photo to follow as soon as I get the chance) - I bought a couple of trough things with a reservoir at the bottom and a wee tube that feeds the reservoir without getting the top of the compost wet.

            I've moved them over, taking a big handful of compost around the existing roots (hopefully I haven't disturbed them too much), and have planted them ever so slightly deeper so they have a wee bit more support.

            Best of it is, they are now in a row, so all I need to do is flip the trough round once a day to stop them leaning toward the window.

            Might get another couple of these wee troughs for growing my basil and parsley on the kitchen windowsill. :)
             
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              Good idea, fc :dbgrtmb:
               
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                Well, the move doesn't seem to have upset them too much, although admittedly I have only managed to do one pot :redface: - I definitely need a lottery win so I can heave this 'work' lark and get on with my garden :snork:

                Anyway, here they are in their new home:


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                Sorry the picture is a bit dark - its not actually that dark on that windowsill, quite the reverse - I can only assume that the light coming in the window confused the camera on my phone.

                The ones still in their original pot on the other windowsill are looking healthy though, and in fact all of them appear to be laden with little flower buds, so hopefully that means I am in for a good crop?

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                The one really interesting thing that I have noticed with these is that they sort of go to sleep at night, and the leaves flop a bit - come morning when the sun comes back up, they perk up again ready for another day; isn't mother nature brilliant?
                 
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                Is that because they drop the leaves to face the sun when it's low at sunset/sunrise or they're flopping because the plant feels knackered at the end of the day?
                 
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                No idea - they seem to do it once its gone dark, so I just assumed that they were having a wee rest :biggrin:
                 
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                Got two plants with chillis growing!!
                 
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                  Good job Kyle ! Very very roughly , when a Chilli forms it is about six weeks before they are ripe to pick . Some of them you can pick at different stages of ripening . I am growing Hungarian Hot wax , they start off lime green then change to yellow , when they can be picked , they then go on to red with a bit more heat. If you Google your Chilli type you can find the signs of when to pick them.:dbgrtmb:
                   
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                    Great news, it's taken me a couple of years to get the hang of growing them.
                     
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