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I've read the growing guide, and have grown plenty of milder-variety chillis with no trouble - but the guide doesn't seem to address specifically growing the hotter varieties. I live in southern Europe and we get periods in summer hitting 40C, so I should have good conditions for growing super-hots but actually I don't because I only have a balcony and that only gets that sunlight a few hours a day.
Although I have successfully grown superhots from seed (I have a small Butch-T on the go at the moment which is overwintering fine in my living room), I just cannot get the flowers to turn into fruit - they ALWAYS drop off, either as buds (out of season) or they get as far as flowers when it is hot.
I have been through all the lists of reasons for flower-drop, and the only thing I can think is that the plants just aren't getting enough sunlight as superhots seem to need a huge amount, and also the flower drop happens a little later if there is more sunlight, i.e. in summer - in winter the buds don't even open.
I was thinking to make a box for this one plant - foil-lined, extractor fan, some sort of lighting on a timer and just see if I can get it to produce something (it's a cutting from another plant I tried and failed to fruit about 3 years ago, so it's survived this long, just won't fruit - not a single solitary pepper).
I would try to keep the plant pot-bound and hence fairly small so it doesn't outgrow the box. But what kind of light and what power should I think about, given that these superhots seem to need more "extreme" conditions? Do they need actual heat as well, or just some specific wavelengths? And does it even sound like this is my problem, or might it be something else?
I've read the growing guide, and have grown plenty of milder-variety chillis with no trouble - but the guide doesn't seem to address specifically growing the hotter varieties. I live in southern Europe and we get periods in summer hitting 40C, so I should have good conditions for growing super-hots but actually I don't because I only have a balcony and that only gets that sunlight a few hours a day.
Although I have successfully grown superhots from seed (I have a small Butch-T on the go at the moment which is overwintering fine in my living room), I just cannot get the flowers to turn into fruit - they ALWAYS drop off, either as buds (out of season) or they get as far as flowers when it is hot.
I have been through all the lists of reasons for flower-drop, and the only thing I can think is that the plants just aren't getting enough sunlight as superhots seem to need a huge amount, and also the flower drop happens a little later if there is more sunlight, i.e. in summer - in winter the buds don't even open.
I was thinking to make a box for this one plant - foil-lined, extractor fan, some sort of lighting on a timer and just see if I can get it to produce something (it's a cutting from another plant I tried and failed to fruit about 3 years ago, so it's survived this long, just won't fruit - not a single solitary pepper).
I would try to keep the plant pot-bound and hence fairly small so it doesn't outgrow the box. But what kind of light and what power should I think about, given that these superhots seem to need more "extreme" conditions? Do they need actual heat as well, or just some specific wavelengths? And does it even sound like this is my problem, or might it be something else?
