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Posted by ClaireWillis35 (U14367964) on Thursday, 27th May 2010
In March I sowed Rocotto Yellow, Numex Bailey and Scotch Bonnet....the latter two are small, low in the pot and look a little bushy (but still ony 8-10 leaves each).
By contrast the Rocotto Yellow has grown one, long 20 cm stem with leaves and shows no signs of side shoots.....is this what I should expect?
Thanks
Hi
It could be that all is well.
Depending on variety, some are tall, some are small & stocky.
My cherry bell, gold cayenne & bishops crown, a few others, are about 20cm or so tall & just begining to branch.
My Dorset naga, naga morich & habeneros are much smaller, no branches, 8 or so leaves & no flowers, yet all planted at the sme time.
Some chillies are tall growing, fast growing and flower young, the habs & Naga's are slower growing & take time to grow flowers in my experience.
Tall varieties may need staking.
Same here with my Naga. Very low (and slow)
I started mine over a month ago I'd guess.
My thai dragons are tallish (10cm or so) the apaches the next tallest & the demon chillis tiny still, although with nice leaves.
I think this probably follows with how big they are as grown plants as the demons were tiny plants anyway last year, with loads of small chillis on. Can't remember how big the others should be.
My peppers are only a bit bigger, I think as they're heat loving they all had a slow start this year.
Hi,
In March I sowed anaheim, red cherry hot, serrano, fresno and thai hot, it was a chilli mix of seeds from moreveg.com(15 seeds) so I'm not sure which is which variety (next year I'll be getting seperate seeds)
9 came up and they are all growing at different rates, the tallest are about 20cm the smallest about 10cm, they all have strong stems and are now outside all day.
My peppers are all bigger, it probably does depend on the variety and heat, they've all grown with the recent warm weather we've had.
Thanks everyone.
What I don't understand is whether I should keep them in pots on the balcony or whether I should plant them on the allotment. At the moment they are acting as houseplants....
If we knew what the summer was going to be like it would be easier to decide where to keep them.
I had demon chillis (very small plant) in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill & they did brilliantly, loads of chillis that ripened well, until they became so plagued with whitefly I gave up on them.
The ones on the patio were useless, no chillis at all. The taller varieties in the plastic greenhouse were great, but produced & ripened very late, as it only got sun in the afternoon & evening.
This year mine are all in a new greenhouse I have.
I think chillis & probably peppers too just want to be where they'll get the most heat & sun.
So I reckon my south east facing window sill followed by the balcony would be good....what do you do about pollination if they are indoors?
Off on holiday so if anyone replies sorry if I don't respond....but I'll be keen to read your thoughts on pollination. Thanks
My chillies seem to get pollinated indoors OK.
I have on occasion dabbled a paintbrush around the flowers, but they had already been setting before that, bu always a good idea
to go over them with a brush, a minute of ones time!
I used a paintbrush last year too. Although with the patio doors open we had enough bees in probably anyway.
Thank you for your responses....they have shot up since I have been on holiday. Fingers crossed for successful fruits.
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