Why are my chilli plants not doing very much anymore?
Question:I've been growing my own chillis from seed this year and have hit a possible problem. I planted them on April 6th and the first month went fine, but for the last month they've hardly done anything. I recently bought a couple plants online and the ones I got were short with about 20-30 leaves on, mine are quite tall but only with 3-6 leaves max. The weather hasn't been that good for the last few weeks but there's no sign of new leaves or new height on the plants, and the stem isn't anywhere near as thick as on the bought plants. The plants have all been looked after exactly as they should be. Can anyone explain this?
Answers:
Michael ---If you live in England and especially the north then growing chilis is a difficult task without a heated greenhouse. Chilis are a tropical plant, same family as tomatoes, and while they are easy to germinate they will not grow without heat. If you livel here in England April was exceptionally hot and they would have responded accordingly but it sounds like you have planted your chilis out in May when it was exceptionally cold ---they can't take it.
When you say "quite tall" it sounds like your plants have been grown without enough light and are etiolated ( drawn and skinny).
They might grow into decent plants but for the future the key is "heat".
Hope this helps
they could be dead
are your watering weekly might be the dirt they are in try some plant food never had any bad luck growing any pepers id get some plant food dont over water or feed both are bad has not doing it. have you tried looking up how to grow chilli peppers
Chiles are a warm weather plant, they do best when the night temp is over 60F and daytime 90f or less.
Chiles don't need a lot a fertilizer, just a pinch at plant out
Excess nitrogen can stunt them
It sounds as though you have planted these outdoors;chilli's should be planted in a greenhouse. They also need to be planted early to give them time to develop a hot taste. Don't give up though;give them plenty of tomato fertilizer and they should recover.
Chillis like it hot. So see that they are in full sun and get enough water. And fertiliser. What is good for tomatoes, is good for chillis. We have our chillis in large pots on the patio where they are in full sun and protected from cold winds and they love it. Those plants that you bought have been pampered (maybe even under growing lights) in optimal conditions. Your own plants may have had less light, and less fertiliser and too cool. They do not mind growing in moist humid air.
mine weren't either so i gave them a drink and they perked up. i was also thinking that chilis are Mexican plants so they would be dry, but I think they really liked the drink
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