On 02/08/2019 11:38, Bob Hobden wrote:
On 2 Aug 2019 10:43, "Dan S. MacAbre" wrote:
Charlie Pridham wrote:
Growing these for the first time, I have flowers on bushes about 3' high
in a warm poly tunnel (they are in pots) they seem very happy and are
pest free but the flowers do not seem to be setting into fruit/chillies
any thoughts?

Having read this, I decided to save some seeds (I buy chillies each week
for chili con carne), and try to germinate them on wet kitchen roll.
I'm amazed how quickly they've germinated. I now need to decide what to
do with them. I'm not expecting any fruit this year (I suppose it's a
strange time to try this, but it was just an experiment), but do I now
need to keep them indoors over Winter? Or does it depend upon how cold
it gets? Or are they annual?

Yes, they cannot take frost at all. Your problem over winter is light,
I've always been unable to keep plants over winter in a good
state despite having a heated greenhouse. Personally I would treat this
year as an experiment and plant again next spring.



My sister used to over winter hers as cut back stumps in a glass porch
but when I made inquiries says she didn't bother the next time because
although she got a good crop off the old plants it was no better or
earlier than new seed grown ones

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Charlie Pridham
Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk