Recent content by Schrodinger's Cat

Thanks! Still can't get my hab's flowers to set into pods, they seem to be dropping like flies before they actually produce pollen. They're in the same spot as the cayennes which have done amazingly  :confused:

Sweet plants mate.

Cool, Thanks!  :cheers:

First pods turning red:     How long can they stay on once fully red before they need to be harvested? Just want maximum flavour and heat.

Hey, Just wanted to ask a question if anybody can help. Got looots of juicy pods setting on all the cayennes. Also had a lot of flowers open on the habanero, but unfortunately can't get any pods to set. I've been hand pollinating with a q-tip but when the flowers open on the hab it seems that...

Thanks everyone. Just a question about the chillies themselves. This pepper in the last picture is perhaps the straightest/most uniform of them all. The others, whilst similar in size, are a lot more 'crinkley'. Is this normal for cayennes, and is it simply a matter of genetics, or could...

Just got back from the shops with a fan and then read your response!! great, hopefully it will beef them up and keep them cool on the windowsill which got up to a scorching 42C (107F) today and I got worried as the leaves curled a bit haha.   5 Days after the last pics they have come on leaps...

Little update.   All of the flowers so far have set fruit. Got about 3 or 4 on each plant. Counted a total of about 125 buds spread over the 6 Cayennes. Hoping a lot of them will bud into flowers. Can't believe how quickly the fruit is setting after pollination and how quickly they are growing...

First flowers coming out to play  :dance:  

Ok, so with lots of new growth at all the nodes I decided to up the ante and prune back the larger leaves. Because I'm limited on space this should hopefully boost lateral bushy growth over leggy vertical growth, especially since they are cayennes! Just hope I haven't overdone it. On a plus not...

Thanks!   I'm feeding them Chilli Focus weekly and will be upping the concentration soon as per the instructions on the bottle. One question I have for anyone that could help: A couple of them seem to be drooping their 'heads' at night and then perking back up in the day. Is this a natural...

  Haha, they are leaning more towards alive at the moment which is a good sign. But maybe next year they will be when I try some ghost peppers!!  :rofl:

Hi,      New to the forum and this is my first season trying to grow some chillies. I started with about 8 Habanero seeds and 20 Cayenne seeds back in mid-march and I tried to germinate all of them for insurance that at least a couple would grow. I didn't realise the majority would germinate...