I've just successfully treated my homegrown chilli plants from an
aphid infestation. I made an extract of cigarette butts and dried
crushed hot chillis (soaked overnight then strained). Best of all,
it's herbal (if addictive..), really quite important for a food plant.
Only thing is, spray it on outside, unless you like the smell of fags.
Worked in just 3 days. Ewald Schroder

"Chris Long" wrote in message ...
yes, the leaves on some of them have brown edges and blotches. I'm growing
them in general purpose compost, I guess this isn't ideal? I also think I've
been overwatering them.

Chris

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 21:37:56 +0100, wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:16:57 +0100, "Chris Long"
wrote:

I have a range of chilli plants I've grown from seeds. SOme of them are
doing really well, but some have a problem with their leaves which are
sometimes discoloured or curled round the edges so they look deformed.
Some
are also a bit stunted.

Any ideas what the problem might be?
Is it leaving them outside?

Some of ours have got this and it seems to coincide with the presence
of aphids.

Aphids are a real pest on chillis, especially if they are under stress,
maybe from not enough light, or heavy soil, or if they're being
overwatered. I find they thrive if allowed to dry out a bit between
waterings. Basically treat them like tomatoes, but you don't need to pinch
out the shoots. Chillis can get sunburn quite easily, actually, are the
leaves going pale brown to white in patches or along the edges?

There are loads of sites on the Web about chilli growing.
http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/pages/growingtips.html
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/5291.html
for starters.


Tim.

In article ,
Ewald Schroder wrote:
I've just successfully treated my homegrown chilli plants from an
aphid infestation. I made an extract of cigarette butts and dried
crushed hot chillis (soaked overnight then strained). Best of all,
it's herbal (if addictive..), really quite important for a food plant.
Only thing is, spray it on outside, unless you like the smell of fags.
Worked in just 3 days. Ewald Schroder

A traditional and effective method. Probably illegal, but so what?
Don't leave that stuff lying about where it might get drunk, though!

I find soft soap (I using Savona, though washing up liquid and/or
pure soap washing flakes will do) effective, and it is completely
harmless to mammals in reasonable quantities.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 15 Jun 2003 10:22:34 GMT, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Ewald Schroder wrote:
I've just successfully treated my homegrown chilli plants from an
aphid infestation. I made an extract of cigarette butts and dried
crushed hot chillis (soaked overnight then strained). Best of all,
it's herbal (if addictive..), really quite important for a food plant.
Only thing is, spray it on outside, unless you like the smell of fags.
Worked in just 3 days. Ewald Schroder

A traditional and effective method. Probably illegal, but so what?
Don't leave that stuff lying about where it might get drunk, though!

I find soft soap (I using Savona, though washing up liquid and/or
pure soap washing flakes will do) effective, and it is completely
harmless to mammals in reasonable quantities.



Watch out with tobacco, and after handling unburnt tobacco products, as and
tobacco mosaic virus still lingering in the leaves can infect the chilli
plants too. Tim.

Tim, or anyone else, in order to kill off any tobacco mosaic virus in
a home-made cigarette extract for spraying bug-infested plants, any
ideas what the best way is to sterilise the mix? By boiling? By
treating with acid or alkali, and then neutralising? Boiling would
surely be something to do outside, as what a stink that would make!
Thanks, Ewald Schroder

Tim wrote in message news:oprqumfqrqwxhha1@localhost...
On 15 Jun 2003 10:22:34 GMT, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Ewald Schroder wrote:
I've just successfully treated my homegrown chilli plants from an
aphid infestation. I made an extract of cigarette butts and dried
crushed hot chillis (soaked overnight then strained). Best of all,
it's herbal (if addictive..), really quite important for a food plant.
Only thing is, spray it on outside, unless you like the smell of fags.
Worked in just 3 days. Ewald Schroder

A traditional and effective method. Probably illegal, but so what?
Don't leave that stuff lying about where it might get drunk, though!

I find soft soap (I using Savona, though washing up liquid and/or
pure soap washing flakes will do) effective, and it is completely
harmless to mammals in reasonable quantities.



Watch out with tobacco, and after handling unburnt tobacco products, as and
tobacco mosaic virus still lingering in the leaves can infect the chilli
plants too. Tim.

Tim, or anyone else, in order to kill off any tobacco mosaic virus in
a home-made cigarette extract for spraying bug-infested plants, any
ideas what the best way is to sterilise the mix? By boiling? By
treating with acid or alkali, and then neutralising? Boiling would
surely be something to do outside, as what a stink that would make!
Thanks, Ewald Schroder

Tim wrote in message news:oprqumfqrqwxhha1@localhost...
On 15 Jun 2003 10:22:34 GMT, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Ewald Schroder wrote:
I've just successfully treated my homegrown chilli plants from an
aphid infestation. I made an extract of cigarette butts and dried
crushed hot chillis (soaked overnight then strained). Best of all,
it's herbal (if addictive..), really quite important for a food plant.
Only thing is, spray it on outside, unless you like the smell of fags.
Worked in just 3 days. Ewald Schroder

A traditional and effective method. Probably illegal, but so what?
Don't leave that stuff lying about where it might get drunk, though!

I find soft soap (I using Savona, though washing up liquid and/or
pure soap washing flakes will do) effective, and it is completely
harmless to mammals in reasonable quantities.



Watch out with tobacco, and after handling unburnt tobacco products, as and
tobacco mosaic virus still lingering in the leaves can infect the chilli
plants too. Tim.