chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
greetings,
I bought a small potted houseplant Chilli pepper ("Apache") back in October and have had some excellent chillies from it. My experience of house plants so far is limited to the hardy Spider plant, and I'm having a few problems: 1) many of the leaves have small holes and on investigation, there are pinkish/brown aphids on the undersides. I have tried immersing the plant upside down in soapy water a few times, then rinsing. This doesn't seem to help. I have also removed the little blighters by hand, but they seem to come back. The leaves look a bit dull and limp too. 2) is it normal for the peppers to shrivel on the branch ? Most of mine appear now to have gone from smooth shiny peppers into wrinkled dark red ones. I have cut some off and chopped and used in food and they seem to taste fine (i.e HOT). is that normal ? On the plus side I have kept the seeds and planted a few in a pot and they seem to have germinated so I intend growing some more plants. many thanks |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
jives11 writes
greetings, I bought a small potted houseplant Chilli pepper ("Apache") back in October and have had some excellent chillies from it. My experience of house plants so far is limited to the hardy Spider plant, and I'm having a few problems: 1) many of the leaves have small holes and on investigation, there are pinkish/brown aphids on the undersides. I have tried immersing the plant upside down in soapy water a few times, then rinsing. This doesn't seem to help. I have also removed the little blighters by hand, but they seem to come back. They do that :-) Don't pick them off individually, try running your fingers up each side of the leaves and stems. Do it daily, more often if possible. Eventually you'll get there. Remember they're born pregnant ;-) The leaves look a bit dull and limp too. Probably the aphids 2) is it normal for the peppers to shrivel on the branch ? Eventually, yes. I find it a convenient way to store them, others advocate picking when red and storing some other way (eg deepfreeze) Most of mine appear now to have gone from smooth shiny peppers into wrinkled dark red ones. I have cut some off and chopped and used in food and they seem to taste fine (i.e HOT). is that normal ? Yes. On the plus side I have kept the seeds and planted a few in a pot and they seem to have germinated so I intend growing some more plants. Good idea. They don't particularly like the low light levels in winter so it's handy to have new plants. Keep some seeds in a cool dry place over winter and sow a few more in spring, too. -- Kay |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
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jives11 wrote: greetings, Retourned..! :-) I bought a small potted houseplant Chilli pepper ("Apache") back in October and have had some excellent chillies from it. Fine but it's a F1 hybrid.. 1) many of the leaves have small holes and on investigation, there are pinkish/brown aphids on the undersides. I have tried immersing the plant upside down in soapy water a few times, then rinsing. This doesn't seem to help. I have also removed the little blighters by hand, but they seem to come back. The leaves look a bit dull and limp too. Welcome to the club..! :-) Where (and how) do you keep them..? Here there's only _one_ sort that seem to make trouble.. And relating to the main question "what's really normal today"..?: Nothing..!?! On the plus side I have kept the seeds and planted a few in a pot and they seem to have germinated so I intend growing some more plants. Well but it's a F1 hybrid.. -- cu Marco |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
On 29 Nov, 18:21, Marco Schwarz wrote:
Hi.. jives11 wrote: greetings, Retourned..! :-) I bought a small potted houseplant Chilli pepper ("Apache") back in October and have had some excellent chillies from it. Fine but it's a F1 hybrid.. 1) many of the leaves have small holes and on investigation, there are pinkish/brown aphids on the undersides. I have tried immersing the plant upside down in soapy water a few times, then rinsing. This doesn't seem to help. I have also removed the little blighters by hand, but they seem to come back. The leaves look a bit dull and limp too. Welcome to the club..! :-) Thanks for the encouraging,informative and rapid replies. What is an F1 hybrid - it's not an eco racing car I assume Where (and how) do you keep them..? Here there's only _one_ sort that seem to make trouble.. And relating to the main question "what's really normal today"..?: Nothing..!?! On the plus side I have kept the seeds and planted a few in a pot and they seem to have germinated so I intend growing some more plants. Well but it's a F1 hybrid.. -- cu Marco |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
Jonathan wrote ...((snip)) Thanks for the encouraging,informative and rapid replies. What is an F1 hybrid - it's not an eco racing car I assume It a first generation hybrid between two separate breeding lines so seeds from F1 plants will not come true.i.e. they will not be Apache. I am not alone in finding that trying to keep chilli plants going through our winter a thankless task, yes I know they are perennial plants but they don't like our winters even in a heated greenhouse, if you succeed well done. I grow fresh plants every year for planting out on the allotment. "Thai Dragon" is my preferred variety. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
On 29 Nov, 22:00, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
Jonathan wrote ...((snip)) Thanks for the encouraging,informative and rapid replies. What is an F1 hybrid - it's not an eco racing car I assume It a first generation hybrid between two separate breeding lines so seeds from F1 plants will not come true.i.e. they will not be Apache. I am not alone in finding that trying to keep chilli plants going through our winter a thankless task, yes I know they are perennial plants but they don't like our winters even in a heated greenhouse, if you succeed well done. I grow fresh plants every year for planting out on the allotment. "Thai Dragon" is my preferred variety. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK Thanks Bob, I'm really rather enjoying this. I'll keep harvesting the aphids by hand and keep the plant nice and warm and in a sunny spot. Just 3 of the chillies (with seeds removed) chopped and added to a dish really has a kick. |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
"Bob Hobden" wrote in a message: I am not alone in finding that trying to keep chilli plants going through our winter a thankless task, yes I know they are perennial plants but they don't like our winters even in a heated greenhouse, if you succeed well done. I grow fresh plants every year for planting out on the allotment. "Thai Dragon" is my preferred variety. --- I too have never been able to over-winter chilli plants in my conservatory. "Thai Dragon" sounds really HOT! A chef on a recent television cookery programme recommended choosing green chillies if you don't like them hot, I might just try a few next year. Any tried and tested recommmendations? MikeCT |
chilli pepper house plant "Apache" advice
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Bob Hobden wrote: I am not alone in finding that trying to keep chilli plants going through our winter a thankless task, yes I know they are perennial plants but they don't like our winters even in a heated greenhouse, if you succeed well done. Here in the cold but frost-free conservatory in northern direction the ornamental pepper (an orange fruiting Italian variety) and an unknown red fruiting sort of C. frutescens do well.. My problem child is another one _indoors_ kept C. frutescens, that's a magnet of/for aphids and whiteflies.. I grow fresh plants every year for planting out on the allotment. "Thai Dragon" is my preferred variety. Well too hot to me, and in my mind too _less_ flavour.. ;-) -- cu Marco, an unconvincable supporter of good old European sorts.. |
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