Hi Noto you could dry them then keep them in an air tight container,mine are still good from last summers crop.Or just pop them into a feezer bag and stick them in the freezer they will keep good until you need to use them.

The most likely cause is an insect having taken a nibble/suck. If the plant is clear of an infestation, and most of the leaves are in good health, the plant should be fine. Just remove any leaves that are really damaged.

Regards, Steve.

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the forum. Most chilli plants will fruit well indoors without needing help, but using a fine brush on newly-opened flowers should result in more fruits.

Regards, Steve.

Hi,

Swimming is usually fatal to chilli plant roots - you can make it work if the water is well supplied with oxygen - hydroponics-style, or by just adding loads of grit/perlite to the compost.

If planted in a standard compost or in the ground, just give them a good drink when you know they are dry or if they are dry and witting at the beginning or end of the day.

If planted in the ground, you can help to keep them happy by making a raised bed or planting in a mound of soil that keeps their roots above the general soil level - very hard to over water them then.

Regards, Steve

Hi,

You can graft a chilli seedling onto a tomato seedling though - to super-charge the chilli production - or even let the tomato set a few braches, then gratf a chilli to make a 'salsa' plant!

Steve.

Hi,

Good idea. I'll pass on you suggestion.

Regards, Steve.

Hi,

We tie taller plants to support wires or canes and have never found a need to snip the tops.
Chilli plants tent to branch very freely anyway.

Apache fruits are typically just over 1" long and 1/3" wide - some of the fruits on your plant
look bigger than that. The fruits will stop growing at various sizes sometimes - the plant can
be kept busy by picking fruit as soon as they are ready to use.

Regards, Steve.

Great looking plants. A few words on outdoors growing:

Watch for slugs and snails - they love chilli plant leaves. Looks like you've done a good job keeping them off so far.

Plant with larger fruits (cherry bomb, jalapeno etc) will need some cane supports as the fruits start growing - and try to keep them out of windy spots.

Keep the plants busy by picking off fruit to encourage more fruit. Once you start to pick, feed to a high potash feed.

Growing outdoors usually produces fewer chillies than growing under cover, but the chillies produced tend to be hotter.

Keep the drainage in the pots very free - for when they get exposed to prolonged rainy periods.

Chillies won't survive a hard frost, so you will need to bring them indoors during the winter - they start to sprout again in April/May.

Cheers, Steve

The plant looks in good health to me. The leaf turning is a common featurewith chillies, so nothing to worry about.

Regards, Steve.

Hi there,

Not a distinct variety - i.e. lots can look like this. The text below will at least help you identify which of the five domesticated species it is anyway.

Regards, Steve.

How to identify your chilli plant species
If you are given a chilli plant of misplace a plant marker, this guide should help identify the species:
Pubescens (e.g.Rocoto)

- Seeds Black
Annuum (e.g. Jalapeno)

- Seeds tan colour
- Corolla White (no spots)
- Flowers solitary per node and filament NOT purple
Baccatum (e.g. Aji)

- Seeds tan colour
- Corolla has spots
Chinense (e.g. Habanero)

- Seeds tan colour
- Corolla white or greenish, no spots
- Flowers two or more per node and filament purple
Frutescens (e.g. Tabasco)

- Seeds tan colour
- Corolla greenish, no spots
- Flowers solitary per node

Producing hybids is possible with a few tools. We sell a book (The Complete Chilli Pepper Book) which has a section on how to do this. Not something we have tried as yet - let us know how you get on.

Kind regards, Steve
SDCF.