I grew four jalapeños plants from seed last year in a trough in my front room window, they did well and I got a pretty good crop off them, I cut them right back after harvesting the last fruit and left them in the window over winter, I was delighted when they grew back up again this year, the plants grew to approximate heights of 3 to 5 feet! However the actual fruit were quite small compared to last year (many under an inch long).
So my main question is, what effects the size of the actual chillies (fruit)? What can I do to get bigger fruit next year?
N.B. I did NOT re-pot the plants over winter and they did show some signs of what I suspect was manganese deficiency this year, I added manganese to their usual feed (standard tomato liquid fertiliser) and the new growth looked healthy but I am wondering if they they were struggling for other nutrients, I'll re-pot them this year with fresh soil/compost/fertiliser. Any advice on anything else I should do would be appreciated.
So my main question is, what effects the size of the actual chillies (fruit)? What can I do to get bigger fruit next year?
N.B. I did NOT re-pot the plants over winter and they did show some signs of what I suspect was manganese deficiency this year, I added manganese to their usual feed (standard tomato liquid fertiliser) and the new growth looked healthy but I am wondering if they they were struggling for other nutrients, I'll re-pot them this year with fresh soil/compost/fertiliser. Any advice on anything else I should do would be appreciated.