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Message 1.Â
Posted by ClaireWillis35 (U14367964) on Thursday, 15th July 2010
I posted ages ago about chilli seed germination - a few months down the line I have numex bailey and rocotto yellow over a foot high and a smaller scotch bonnet.
But, where oh where are the flowers? Any thoughts? -
Message 2
Posted by springfieldbean (U14520014) on Thursday, 15th July 2010
I've got one flower on one of my 4 chilli plants. Disappointing. Don't know what I've done wrong, or maybe they just need more time? I'd be glad to hear some advice too!
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Message 3
Posted by Calendula (U2331338) on Thursday, 15th July 2010
I always expect flowers to appear before they do, but abolutely no sign on mine yet either.
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Message 4
Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Thursday, 15th July 2010
When did you sow them Clair ?
I only ask because in past years of sowing them at about the same time as say tomatoes (early April). I sowed mine in February this year because they take so long to reach fruiting then ripening. They have been in flower and fruiting for some few weeks now. I picked my first one today too green and too early to be really hot but it was not 'mild'.
It might depend on variety too none of mine are the varieties you mention. -
Message 5
Posted by ClaireWillis35 (U14367964) on Friday, 16th July 2010
The seeds were sown in March so they've had nearly 5 months...all this time on a sunny south east facing window sill
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Message 6
Posted by martingodliman (U13761957) on Friday, 16th July 2010
Should be enough Clair some of mine were recommended sown in March too, all mine are outside in pots.
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Message 7
Posted by Lokelani (U8896212) on Friday, 16th July 2010
Mine were sown earlier than recommended as indoors, then went in the greenhouse.
One variety of pepper (Mowhawk) flowered very recently & now has a few tiny peppers at the base, all the other peppers & chillis (lots of different varieties) have no sign of flowers yet.
It was such a cold spring I think they got a very slow start this year.
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Message 8
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Friday, 16th July 2010
Last year my chillies germinated well - and then were eaten by mice! So I resorted to GC plants - labelled as patio chillies, so no idea of the variety. But they performed extraordinarily well, and I still have a string of dried chillies in the kitchen which will keep me going until the new ones are ready.
I took seed from the dried chillies, and this year set them on the window sill (rather than in the GH) to beat the mice.
I now have several plants in large pots in the GH that are flowering prolifically and setting well. Looks like an embarrassment of chillies - certainly far more than I will be able to use!
I had so many plants that I have planted some outside - well, it was hot and sunny at the time and I thought they would do well. It instantly started to rain! But it will be interesting, nevertheless, to see how they perform by the end of the summer.
Incidentally, I froze some as well as drying most on threads in the kitchen. The frozen ones don't seem as hot. Or is it just my imagination?
PHJ -
Message 9
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 16th July 2010
My chillies and peppers are at different stages, there are 14 plants in the GH and some outside.
Most apart from 4 have flowered in the GH,the 4 that haven't, have huge leaves and only a few buds. One chilli plant has the tiniest of leaves and is still flowering with lots of tiny green chillies. The peppers which are showing are only the size of conkers though.
The pepper plants outside have buds but haven't yet flowered, thsy are quite small only 1 ft high. The ones in the GH are between 1 and 2 feet high.
I don't know what varities mine are or which are chillies and peppers until they produce fruit. The cat knocked all my seedlings of the window sill when the were germinating and mixed them up
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Message 10
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 16th July 2010
poshHebeJeebie. How do you dry chillies, looks like there will be loads off just one plant I have which is currently producing them and I confess that was the only plant bought from the GC all the others were grown from seed.
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Message 11
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Friday, 16th July 2010
Zoomer: all I do is wait until the chillies are nice and red and then cut them off the plant. Then, with a darning needle and strong thread, I pierce them at the thickest part, just below the stem, and push them all up into a long thread. Then I hang it up in a warm, dry place and leave the chillies to dry.
That's it! They gradually dry, and I just pull one off from the bottom as I require!
These ones are pretty hot, and even though they're dried, crumbling them with bare fingers can result in the tingling burning sensation.
Having learnt the hard way - I simply cut the top off, use a sharp pointed knife to extract the seed and whizz in a food processor to chop finely. Works very well if making a spicy barbecue sauce (or for a stir fry): use one or two chillies, a bit of peeled root ginger, a couple of cloves of garlic, Worcester sauce, honey and lemon or orange juice - process until it's a smooth sauce and taste (carefully!). Add a little tomato puree, soy sauce or any other store cupboard ingredient that takes your fancy!
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Message 12
Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Friday, 16th July 2010
Thanks for that Posh. I've been growing my chillies on a sunny windowsill upstairs and they have all got fruit now. One plant has got two enormous chilles but has stopped producing any other flowers. If I take those two off to use green, will the plant flower again?
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Message 13
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Friday, 16th July 2010
I expect that it will, Koala. All plants need to set seed. When we dead-head/remove the seed from the plant, it often tries again (and again!) to set more seed.
I can't guarantee that this will work with your particular plant - but I'd place an odds-on bet that it will probably decide that its mission in life has not been accomplished and will flower again - and give you some more chillies as a result!
PHJ
btw you will note that I personalise plants and assume emotions/actions as if they were sentient beings! And I talk to them! Prince Charles eat your heart out!
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Message 14
Posted by juststartingoff (U11189730) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
I have several chilli and pepper plants in the polytunnel. They have loads of large fruit but all are green. How long do they take to ripen?
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Message 15
Posted by Vixxihibiscus (U13865184) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
I planted my chilli seeds in November.
I'm up in Inverness in the Frozen North and they're growing outdoors.
I have one chilli that's ripened and loads of green fruits now although they're almost 2 feet high and got to that height before flowering at all! -
Message 16
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
juststartingoff: how long is a piece of string? They will ripen over time - a lot depends on the temperature/sunshine levels. At least the weather is still relatively warm - so that will help. But there's a marked lack of sunshine atm so - like the rest of us, I guess we will all have to be patient.
But there's plenty of growing/ripening time - it's still July, after all!
I can't remember when mine ripened last year - but I had them strung up and drying by mid-September at least.
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Message 17
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
PHJ
Thanks for letting me in on how to dry chillies. The recipe for a spicy bar-b-cue sauce was an added bonus and will use it next weekend
Is it sunshine or heat they need. I've taken off leaves so the peppers and chillies get sun but on a previous message thread no one else seemed to be doing this
I've not really seen any difference apart from the plants with leaves taken leaves off have put their energy into producing more shoots and flowers. -
Message 18
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
They need their leaves for photosynthesis zoomer - so no need at all to do this. It's still pretty much high summer atm - I would only take off a few leaves in the autumn if I thought they were shading the fruits a bit too much.
It's probably warmth that is the real trigger. But I don't know for certain - I just know what I do
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Message 19
Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Saturday, 17th July 2010
I've just been checking my garden photo's from last year and found that I had red chillies on 20th July. This year mine are all still very green.
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Message 20
Posted by koala_girl (U12702629) on Sunday, 18th July 2010
I picked the two huge green chillies from the plant which had stopped flowering so will see what it does next. The chillies went into a curry which I made this morning for lunch. V nice.
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Message 21
Posted by Swedboy (U14400604) on Sunday, 18th July 2010
I have one in my border that I bought in a garden centre. It have had loads of flowers and are starting to set fruits now. I'll probably try the drying thing as I doubt that I will be able to eat all.
As for the freezing thing, you probably break up some bonds within organic molecules that are sensitive to being frozen and then thawed. -
Message 22
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Sunday, 18th July 2010
Thanks for that KJ: a bit technical for me, but I do see what you mean. I won't freeze chillies again (it was but an experiment this year). But if you don't try you don't know!
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Message 23
Posted by Swedboy (U14400604) on Sunday, 18th July 2010
I'm an organic chemist
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Message 24
Posted by poshHebeJeebie (U9319867) on Sunday, 18th July 2010
I'm impressed KJ! You obviously know your stuff!
PHJ -
Message 25
Posted by bookertoo (U3655866) on Monday, 19th July 2010
Dear Posh H-J, (message 13) of course you talk to your plants, doesn't everyone? As I go down the garden path and back along the borders, plants get talked with, reprimanded if necessary, encouraged, thanked, stroked and otherwise made much of - how else could they know that they have done what they should? It is true that in the early days we lived hee, our neighbours looked rather oddly at me, but by now they all know I am certifiable to no-one bothers any more.
I read somewhere that in the huge empty quiet glashouses in which seeds of such plants as lobelia are grown for sale as plug plants all over the world, by the million, the growers were not getting quite the results they expected. All the compost, sowing, feeding, watering etc. was perfect, all computer controlled, yet still the plants did not do quite what they should. A Japanese grower came and looked, and advised a stroking machine, and music. Now the stroking machine passes over the young plants each day, and the music plays - results? Good, big strong plants - go figure! I'll just go on talking with mine thank you. -
Message 26
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Monday, 19th July 2010
Has anyone got chillies of the purple variety. I was down the GC at the weekend and there was one plant which starts off with purple chillies, then goes orange before red.
I was ever so impressed nearly bought it to test the taste, but no room in the GH. -
Message 27
Posted by joanne (U14429175) on Wednesday, 21st July 2010
I've got lots of chillies on mine still all green and lots more flowers too. With my bell peppers, I've just harvested some fruit and have more flowers producing so great news all round. I've never had problems with flowering etc joanne x
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