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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: snails2go on June 21, 2011, 09:57

Title: Odd shaped chillies
Post by: snails2go on June 21, 2011, 09:57

I'm growing a selection of chilli plants (cayenne, birdseye, devil red and naga) - all indoors on the kitchen windowsill at the moment.  The cayenne plants have quite a lot of flowers and a couple of chillies.  However, the chillies are very long and very knobbly - not smooth and straight... is this normal??

Title: Re: Odd shaped chillies
Post by: compostqueen on June 21, 2011, 11:47

I think perhaps they start off like that and then start to get long and slender, thinking of the cayenne here  :)  If they are free of pests and are not pot bound I think they should be fine. Some of my Elephant's Trunks look nobbly and uneven but I think it's just a characteristic rather than a problem.  A photo might help  :)

Title: Re: Odd shaped chillies
Post by: mumofstig on June 21, 2011, 17:24

mine are sposed to be long and pointy, and ATM they are just knobbly mishapen blobs  :lol:  I'm sure they will sort themselves out though ;)

Title: Re: Odd shaped chillies
Post by: snails2go on June 28, 2011, 09:32

Initially hought I'd just leave them and see how they did, but then decided to check the pots "just in case".  Definitely a bit pot bound, now repotted and doing splendidly - thanks for the help!