Dave Fabulous said:Afternoon,
My missus grew some this year and they ripened ok and grew quite big but when i took some to cook with, there wasn't a single seed in any of them. They were the gayest chillies ever.
What did she do wrong?
paphos-mcfc said:Dave Fabulous said:Afternoon,
My missus grew some this year and they ripened ok and grew quite big but when i took some to cook with, there wasn't a single seed in any of them. They were the gayest chillies ever.
What did she do wrong?
When capsaicin doesn't develop in the chilli it could be down to sunlight and nutrients, but JOTS would be able to back me up. Might also have been the variety, did you plant them as seeds or buy the plant?
Dave Fabulous said:paphos-mcfc said:Dave Fabulous said:Afternoon,
My missus grew some this year and they ripened ok and grew quite big but when i took some to cook with, there wasn't a single seed in any of them. They were the gayest chillies ever.
What did she do wrong?
When capsaicin doesn't develop in the chilli it could be down to sunlight and nutrients, but JOTS would be able to back me up. Might also have been the variety, did you plant them as seeds or buy the plant?
Planted as seeds mate (one of those "quirky" gift sites, i think?)
I don't know what kind though
ob said:One of mine in work has loads of flowers but no chillies :-(
flowers just dropping off
paphos-mcfc said:ob said:One of mine in work has loads of flowers but no chillies :-(
flowers just dropping off
If they're indoors he'll have to do the job of a bee by pollinating them himself. Rub the pollen gently around inside the flower with your finger or a small paint brush. Job done. (some will still drop though.)
ob said:paphos-mcfc said:ob said:One of mine in work has loads of flowers but no chillies :-(
flowers just dropping off
If they're indoors he'll have to do the job of a bee by pollinating them himself. Rub the pollen gently around inside the flower with your finger or a small paint brush. Job done. (some will still drop though.)
yea mate indoor will give that a go, someone told me to shake it gently and rub leaves together, will give your idea a go, cheers
paphos-mcfc said:ob said:paphos-mcfc said:If they're indoors he'll have to do the job of a bee by pollinating them himself. Rub the pollen gently around inside the flower with your finger or a small paint brush. Job done. (some will still drop though.)
yea mate indoor will give that a go, someone told me to shake it gently and rub leaves together, will give your idea a go, cheers
What about your chillies?
mcfc_ms said:My hungarian hot wax are now producing fruits
Arji limon and serrano are just flowering
mcfc_ms said:Yeh in a greenhouse in a south facing garden so they get plenty of sun
Using the chili focus feed from the south devon chili farm and they have done much better this year
Bhut Jolokias are looking good, I've only got five on the go this year but not as big as yours, they are in smaller pots as that's all I can fit on my window ledge but got about six fruit already.paphos-mcfc said:[bigimg]http://i48.tinypic.com/1iob5d.jpg[/bigimg]
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First flowers-Bhut Jolokia
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tueartsboots said:woke up this morning to find snails have decimated mine, some repotting to do today and slug pellets to be laid-little fuckers