[skatenchips]

Hi Folks

I have a mate in Gosport that has sent me a couple of pics of his chilli plants
that are shrivelling up in his upright plastic zipper growhouse.

he says................

Put them in the little Greenhouse a couple of days ago, the door is opened in the Morning before it gets to hot, and then shut again about 1 hour or so before it gets dusk, so enough warmth gets back in there .


Jalapeno that is just starting to go white on the tips.


Fresno that is all but dead.


and a Bird eye much the same.

he has just potted them on with fresh compost and watered the roots before padded
the stem into place...them watered over the top.

Any thoughts.

cheers

Gazza

[Lardman]

Thems been cooked.

[teasmade!]

not that we know loads about chillies but i think they might have got too cold?? OH grows them every year and they love the heat but you must keep up with the watering and they do not like direct sunlight. love conditions like toms and a bit warmer if you can but again water and watch??
not sure if this helps but we keep ours in a very warm conservatory uptill end april only just gone out in poly and watched at every given moment for slight wilting and door closed at all times. they grow very well in these conditions here not sure where you are so good luck

[JayG]

The compost looks very wet which chillies don't like unless it's very temporary, and small zip-up growhouses will have been subject to big variations in temperatures over the last week or so despite the care taken (probably 30C down to near freezing at a guess.)

The surviving plants should be moved indoors to a light windowsill (where the temperature fluctuations will be less) and kept drier than they appear to be from the photos (ironically the outdoor temperature fluctuations are probably less of a problem now if the forecasts are to be believed but they need a lot of TLC if they are to have any chance of survival IMO.)

[Lardman]

If you look at the stems you can see they're pale green rather than a nice healthy green. Id guess the plants were raised in a warm room by a window.

Plants need to adjust to sunlight just as they do the cold, exposing them to bright direct sunlight, like that which we had last week without any preparation is never a good idea.  Im sure someone will be around in a bit to explain the science behind it 

The Jal will be fine, remove the dead leaves from the birds eye and harden it off properly and it should be ok. The fresno looks a gonner though, and as Jayg says the compost looks too wet.

[skatenchips]

Thanks for the replies folks,I would guess that bazza has soaked the compost in an attempt to
buck up the chillies at the last min having seen em frazzle.

Yes,he raised em all in the kitchen with windows as there only means of direct light and as he has a south facing garden in Fareham hants it can get hot as I recall but as he transferred last years into the zipper without incident I guess he thought it was OK again.

maybe he didnt anticipate the extra heat,hence meltdown.

I will suggest your answers and thank you for replying so soon.

cheers

Gazza