[kezlou]

grrr double post sorry

[kezlou]

Finally made a place for them in the house, along with tomatoes lol, repot asap,  as my house is generally draughty hopefully they will survive inside.
Guess its not been a great season for chilli growers, from what i've read and heard the hot ones are weak, and weak ones are slightly hotter than usual. Very strange.

Think i'll start earlier next year indoors and see what happens.

R.E. Fat hen how do care for a chilli into its 2nd year? Sorry for being up front  :oops:

[Fat Hen]

Finally made a place for them in the house, along with tomatoes lol, repot asap,  as my house is generally draughty hopefully they will survive inside.
Guess its not been a great season for chilli growers, from what i've read and heard the hot ones are weak, and weak ones are slightly hotter than usual. Very strange.

Think i'll start earlier next year indoors and see what happens.

R.E. Fat hen how do care for a chilli into its 2nd year? Sorry for being up front  :oops:

When they've finnishd producing chillis I cut them back around 2/3's.  If you look at the stalk you can gestimate where new growth is likely to occur.  

Re-pot and water just enough to stop them dying.  Need to keep temps above 10 deg.  I've found damp/thus fungus the worst problem in the greenhouse so now bring favourite plants indoors.

Your likely to find they start to put on first signs of growth by late jan, so water a little more but just enough to keep ticking over and prevent new growth dying off.  By easter this yr mine were setting pods and I am now on my second crop.  (Rocoto's first yr 4 or five pods, secon year 18 pods first crop now have set another 10 and more flowers setting), a good crop for a 2 yr old rocoto in GB.  Hopefully next yr I may get 50+.  NB some of these pods are the size of a small apple and they're very hot.

[Sadgit]

Finally made a place for them in the house, along with tomatoes lol, repot asap,  as my house is generally draughty hopefully they will survive inside.
Guess its not been a great season for chilli growers, from what i've read and heard the hot ones are weak, and weak ones are slightly hotter than usual. Very strange.

Think i'll start earlier next year indoors and see what happens.

R.E. Fat hen how do care for a chilli into its 2nd year? Sorry for being up front  :oops:

When they've finnishd producing chillis I cut them back around 2/3's.  If you look at the stalk you can gestimate where new growth is likely to occur.  

Re-pot and water just enough to stop them dying.  Need to keep temps above 10 deg.  I've found damp/thus fungus the worst problem in the greenhouse so now bring favourite plants indoors.

Your likely to find they start to put on first signs of growth by late jan, so water a little more but just enough to keep ticking over and prevent new growth dying off.  By easter this yr mine were setting pods and I am now on my second crop.  (Rocoto's first yr 4 or five pods, secon year 18 pods first crop now have set another 10 and more flowers setting), a good crop for a 2 yr old rocoto in GB.  Hopefully next yr I may get 50+.  NB some of these pods are the size of a small apple and they're very hot.

I tried this with my rocoto reds last year.. failed miserably

[kezlou]

Thanks Hen i really appreciate the advice.
Think i'll have a go this year with mine.

I'll probably fail to no doubt but its worth a shot  

[Sadgit]

well a quick update on my terrible chilli season. Something strange has been going on, as even some of my hab orange plant fruits have zero taste and zero heat. If you have had a hab orange before you know they have a nice zing and bags of flavour that is different to other chillis.

So that is hab oranage, big jim, nearly all my jalapenos and nearly all my cayenne that are heatless and tasteless. Even the odd red one has this problem.

anyone know why this would happen? could they have cross pollinated with the sweet peppers??, which again have been terrible. They are all over the garden and in the greenhouse. Worst year ever, loads of fruit though..

Not going to grow pepper again in case that has been the issue..

Cheers
SG

[gregmcalister]

I don't think the problem is your sweet peppers because the chillies I've had so far (Hungarian Hot Wax) have zero heat. I've got some Habs and Cayenne although I've not tried them out yet. I have a feeling the poor summer has got something to do with it.

[Big Jen]

Same here, several varieties, all zero heat.
Some grown in greenhouse, some outside but all the same
BJ

[FCG]

My jalapeño chillies are doing just fine outside, they have been all year, setting plenty of fruit. Best thing is - my chooks pecked one and now totally don't like it.... due to the fiery taste of them. However i am experiencing the zero bang and zero taste in the other bush of chillies. I'm planning to make a box to fit a growbag on my windowsill next year, that'll be a good thing for next year i think.

[Fat Hen]

Not had a problem with mine, if anything it's the other way, some I thought would be mild have packed a good punch.

Others are just mindblowing. :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

[Sadgit]

Not had a problem with mine, if anything it's the other way, some I thought would be mild have packed a good punch.

Others are just mindblowing. :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

stop showing off will you!!!

[kezlou]

Not had a problem with mine, if anything it's the other way, some I thought would be mild have packed a good punch.

Others are just mindblowing. :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

Some people just have the luck  :roll:  

congrats Fat hen

[Fat Hen]

Not had a problem with mine, if anything it's the other way, some I thought would be mild have packed a good punch.

Others are just mindblowing. :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

Some people just have the luck  :roll:  

congrats Fat hen

I'm sure it's not due to any particular growing skills on my part.   Rather growing interesting varieties of chillis, I find Jals boring, cayennes ok for general purpose powder.  I like habs, bird (type) chillis and South American (ajis: Baccatums), the Baccatums particularly have lots of flavour and good heat (but not outlandish).

I've also grown bhut jolokia, naga morich & 7 pot (hotter chillis you wouldn't wish for, well not me anyway.  Of all of them the 7 pot rules, yee gods it's hot).  I've just prepared some for the freezer, 7 pots first (well you have to try a bit don't you (fffffff'offfffffHOT), after that I prepared Nagas (tasted & couldn't really tast anything, the 7 pot was still banging away.  Next Choc hab, oh yes this burned again, big style,  there must be some combination in choc habs that make them appear hotter than nagas.

[gobs]

As Fat hen says it's pretty much variety and of course growing conditions.

Cross-pollination will only effect following generations of fruit, so can forget that, unless, growing from own or dubious seed.

I remember having this conversation last year too, about heatless chiles! :shock:

I don't know, what you guys are doing, but maybe this is the one for you:LINK