Chillis grown from shop bought parent

Souness

I had one of those variety chilli packs that they sell in the fruit and veg section in lidl or aldi. Out of curiosity I sowed the seeds from the habenero and fresno peppers about 2 months ago and they germinated. The fresno plants have grown to about 3 inches in height but the habeneros still are bi-leafed seedlings. I have grown chillis form seed in the past (seed packets) and am wondering is this slow growth down to the seed being no good or temperature being to low for these varieties. They are in a south facing glass porch so get plenty of sunlight.

Tree

My habeneros are taking their time, but after two months, most of them have one true leaf.

srsly78

I got some growing as well (Jalapenos). They need a tropical environment I think, and even with the greenhouse here the lack of sun is not helping

They are a few inches high and have 3 nodes of true leaves tho, after about 3 months. Might be time to transplant to larger pot.

redser7

Started mine in February and had them under lights for a while. Doing well and had some flowers set fruit about a week ago. Bloody greenfly is a nightmare though.

Souness

Hopefully we get some heat soon and they will take off. They are a magnet for greenfly alright, have some basil next to mine so hopefully may deter them a bit.

Tree

Green fly LOVE basil, and then settle for chilli after they ruin the basil plant in days

Souness

Hmmm time to move the basil then. A book I have recommends companion planting basil with aphid susceptible plants, is this as a sacrifice plants so?

Tree

Sounds sacrificial alright. Poor basil plants. So far all bar one of the indoor chilli plants ive grown has been greenfly free. The greenfly one got attacked with various pesticides and abandoned to the yard, still put up flowers and fruit so instead of eating the pesticided chillis, I used them for this year's seeds

lordgoat

So I have 10 or so small chlli plants all arounf 3-6 inches. Had them in a small outside green house but due to space issues they are no outside in pots. Hadn't really considered grreenfly at all.

Any suggestions on what to do next, should I just move them to larger pots or plant them in an outdoor raised bed?

srsly78

Keep them in the greenhouse I reckon, they need the heat.

redser7

Yeah inside is best. What else is in the greenhouse? Tomatoes would be hardier than peppers for example.

lordgoat

redser7 wrote: »

Yeah inside is best. What else is in the greenhouse? Tomatoes would be hardier than peppers for example.

Peppers in. Tomatoes out then. Thanks!

redser7

Ideally both would be in but if you don't have the room then that would be the best order.

Heroditas

Just gradually keep transplanting the chilli plants into larger pots once you see the roots come out the bottom.
Chilli plants can really kick off once they get a bit of heat, particularly the milder varieties like birdseye or Cayenne.
Moruga, Naga and Habanero are a good bit trickier and need very warm and quite humid conditions to thrive and bear blisteringly hot crops.