hi

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a chilli,

any ideas why?

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Chris Long
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hi

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a
chilli,

any ideas why?

Sounds like they are not being fertilised.

Are they outside and accessible by insects
?
If they are inside you may need to do some mist spraying with water and
possibly discreet inter-species sex involving the intimate use of a small
camel hair paintbrush.

Cheers
Dave R

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Long chris.a.long@[spam] writes
hi

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a chilli,

any ideas why?

Check their ambient temperature - chillies should not drop below 20C/68F
at any time and a little more than that when they are young seedlings.
[I'll spare you the 'chilly' puns, but it's a point worth remembering.]
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

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hi

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a chilli,

any ideas why?

They're not being pollinated?

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AnneJ

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Chris Long wrote:

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a chilli,

any ideas why?

Too cold, too wet, too dry. Chillis must NOT stay sodden for any
length of time, and will react that way to cold (as Alan Gould
says). I have never had any trouble with them setting indoors,
and suspect that they will self-pollinate.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

thanks for the help

the chilli plants are indoors and the temperature is fine. Lost two more
flowers again today. They just dropped off stem and everything although all
surrounding stems and leaves are healthy. They are in a bright, partailly
sunny position and seem to be growing fine. Have just started to use
fertiliser. a couple of the bottom leaves have turned yellow and dropped
off. Im presuming this was because i didnt use fertiliser earlier. As for
pollination, i didn;t realise i may have to do this. One plant has grown two
chillis and I havn't touched it.


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Chris Long
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hi

the flowers on my chilli plant, once they start to die, are just dropping
off the plant. the stem turns yellow rather than starting to grow a
chilli,

any ideas why?

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Chris Long
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