our chili pant

[fogbat]

Fuck off.

You dish it out, but can't take it, eh?

 

[Onket]

Eh?

The correct spelling is 'chilli'- I don't give a fuck what is 'widely accepted'.

Hence the fuck off.

 

[E15]

I'm watching this thread.

Anyway I have a jalapeño chilli plant which fruited profusely. Despite slug attack on the leaves. However I used the chillis when they were green and when they turned yellowly orange too. I brought the plant indoors now in the hope that will refruit next year too.

Do people feed their plants with tomato food?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

your chili pant? that must sting!

 

[bmd]

Mine got attacked by green fly and tried to kill itself and the fruit have been tiny for aaaages. I rescued it a couple of times but I'm gonna go the Spartan route with it. Leave it out for the frost and if it survives then its got some more love.

Yours is ace Rollem.

 

[Placid Casual27]

So my chilli plant which bought at the market in the summer (Ring of Fire) was ace and I have brought it in (a month or more ago) - there are some chillis still on it but they are drying out on the plant, is that normal? Will it not produce any more now 'til spring? What do I need to do to maintain it? It is on the kitchen windowsill, could I put it out in my conservatory/utility room thing or is it best indoors? Should I keep it watered or dry? Tomorite? Etc

Thanks it was so good I want to keep it and not let it die

 

[fogbat]

The advice I've seen is to cut it back pretty brutally - take off all the leaves, and cut the stem down to about six inches. If possible, take it out of the pot, shake off some of the compost, and put as much fresh compost into the pot as will fit.

Over the winter, water it very occasionally, once a week or less.

Come springtime, it's already got a nice, healthy root system, and can just get on with fruiting much earlier than it otherwise would.

 

[Onket]

This thread title still makes me laugh. I need to grow up.

 

[Placid Casual27]

Fogbat I salute you

 

[temper_tantrum]

The advice I've seen is to cut it back pretty brutally - take off all the leaves, and cut the stem down to about six inches.

Help! Can anyone advise - is this the normal winter treatment for any chilli plant? Should I do this to my chilli plant too? It seems a bit drastic!

 

[gentlegreen]

How could it develop a root system without the ability to photosynthesise ?

 

[fogbat]

How could it develop a root system without the ability to photosynthesise ?

It already has last year's root system.

 

[fogbat]

http://www.thechilliking.com/overwinter_guide.shtml

Mine, being contrary little buggers, have started growing new foliage already

 

[bingiman]

My pot bound greehouse prairie fire is still fruiting

 

[fogbat]

As a follow-up on the overwintering thing, you can see the new growth on some of my plants, that I'd previously cut right back to a bare stem. All but one of them is already putting out new shoots (I suspect the non-shooty one will have to be given up for dead).

I'm looking forward to a nice early crop of chillies this year

 

[temper_tantrum]

This is interesting, cheers for the update. I took most of the leaves off mine, but clearly I didn't cut the stem back far enough - and it's quite leggy as it is.
Do you think that now is too late to trim it down? Should I just leave it and see how much it grows?

 

[argenteum]

check out the chilis

An old post, but holy crap that is an amazing chilli plant.

 

[fogbat]

This is interesting, cheers for the update. I took most of the leaves off mine, but clearly I didn't cut the stem back far enough - and it's quite leggy as it is.
Do you think that now is too late to trim it down? Should I just leave it and see how much it grows?

I don't know, I'm sorry

I remember reading that some types respond better to pruning than others, but I can't really remember which.

I just chopped all mine right back, and they all seemed to do alright, but I'd hate to recommend the same for yours, then see them die.

 

[temper_tantrum]

Heh, that's ok, I managed to kill the previous one without any help anyway

Will probably leave it for this year and see what it does, then prune it back well next winter.

 

[fogbat]

I'll (hopefully) be offering a load of interesting chilli plants on the recycling thread in a month or two, should anyone be interested.

 

[Onket]

I'll (hopefully) be offering a load of interesting chilli plants on the recycling thread in a month or two, should anyone be interested.

I am interested.

 

[Biddlybee]

Aye, I'll keep an eye out too

 

[tarannau]

I'll be interested in prompting the demise looking after a chilli plant too.

 

[Placid Casual27]

Help! I cut my plant back to the 6 inch level about 3 or 2 months ago but it still looks bleak (like the one on the right in Fogbat's window-sill pic) am I doing something wrong, is it dead? I repotted with new compost etc, it has been indoors on the kitchen windowsill - not too much water, v occasional Tomorite, what shall I do? Is it doomed? Sould I put it outside in daytimes now for watery sunshine?

Thanks for any optimistic news there may be

 

[kained&able]

I'll (hopefully) be offering a load of interesting chilli plants on the recycling thread in a month or two, should anyone be interested.

I am!!!!! and to be quite honest demand first dibs.


dave

 

[gentlegreen]

I'll say no more.

http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/hot_chili_pepper_seed.htm

 

[fogbat]

I'm pleased to announce that the first of my chilli fruit of the year have appeared over the last week or so, on my over-wintered plants