My thai red pepper plant

AceDeuce · Feb 16, 2011

Josh said:
I don't know if this is the image you were trying to post but here goes...

Also, check your camera options for a flower. That is Macro and allows you to take pictures at short distances. It may also be a setting on a dial or a button depending on your camera.

Thanks for the repost of the pic. I had to use an iPhone for photo. No flower

AceDeuce · Feb 17, 2011

Here is a better pic taken a few days later.

Dot Com · Feb 23, 2011

Its looking good. You pod must be fully grown by now?

AceDeuce · Feb 24, 2011

Dot Com said:
Its looking good. You pod must be fully grown by now?

I'm not sure how big they get. Will they turn red on the plant or do I need to pull it?

Dot Com · Feb 26, 2011

AceDeuce said:
I'm not sure how big they get. Will they turn red on the plant or do I need to pull it?

I had to snip my peppers off and put them in a paper bag. Could be because its the middle of the winter, my plants are indoors, and I more than likely water them too much. I heard someone say that easing up on the watering, simulating autumn(?) could help them turn. Better to ask someone here like AlabamaJack about that. I'm new to this just like you.

Dot Com · Mar 8, 2011

This will be the last update on this, my first pepper plant I ever grew, because I'm planing on pruning it down for spring to facilitate sideways growth. This plant I grew from a seed and it grew to @ 110 cm :woohoo:

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Dot Com · Mar 12, 2011

Just looked at the plant ystrdy and noticed that I had my first- ever pod ripening on the plant

mmcdermott1 · Mar 12, 2011

wow..im growing these for the first time here in ohio. now that i see how tall and skinny they are, I am a bit worried about putting them outside in the garden. The winds we get here would break that off in a heartbeat.

Dot Com · Mar 13, 2011

mmcdermott1 said:
wow..im growing these for the first time here in ohio. now that i see how tall and skinny they are, I am a bit worried about putting them outside in the garden. The winds we get here would break that off in a heartbeat.

I have severely pruned the one in the last pic down to start anew in Spring. It was much fuller than that if you begin at the start of the thread. You can see how stout the stem is here and that I have a stick in the dirt to help it:

http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/19576-my-thai-red-pepper-plant/page__view__findpost__p__413766

You can use steel bars, if you choose, to anchor them if you're growing them outdoors.

AceDeuce · Mar 14, 2011

DOT, THAT'S AWESOME! How long did it take for the pepper to turn red? I mean from the time it sprouted. Seems like it's been a month or two.

Dot Com · Mar 17, 2011

AceDeuce said:
DOT, THAT'S AWESOME! How long did it take for the pepper to turn red? I mean from the time it sprouted. Seems like it's been a month or two.

It's been a long time. I think its a seasonal thing because I took @ 30 green pods off that weren't turning red then, all of a dudden, 2 weeks ago I had that one turn red. Last week I had another one turn red. Then ystrdy I had two more start to turn. I'm thinking that its got to be related to the time of year because I haven't done anything differently than I've ever done. This plant is on the older side too. I started growing it from seed last summer :eek: