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Hi all,

Just thought I would post to say I am still getting chilli's growing in the greenhouse. Is this unusual?

OK they are not growing at any record speeds but they are definitely there and increasing in size. Some are even changing from green to red.

I have checked the temp in the greenhouse over the last few days and it ranges from 9-21 degrees C.

Any thoughts?

Fez

I think the temperature in there says it all Fezinio. My greenhouse is not getting above 6 degrees. Lucky you.

My chilli's were still flowering, setting and ripening in my little plastic greenhouse until the gales in December when the greenhouse blew apart (I also had tomatoes thriving and cucumbers growing). The surviving chilli plant is now in my dining room and the fruits that were on it have turned red.

Hoping it will survive until my new greenhouse is built and it can go back out there.

It is about 3' 6" tall and looks fairly healthy though I don't think it likes living in the house.

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

I am still picking 3 or 4 a week which just seems bizarre. Hopefully I will see a couple of plants right through the winter ready for summer.

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Kindest regards, David.

http://pigletsplots.blogspot.com/
updated lots - Sunday 28th at 1640hrs

Well done, if they are kept frost free and fairly dry they will keep going. Mine have succumbed to cold and damp. Looking forward to next year and the new crop

Hello
If you want to keep them going over winter and into next year, a good thing to do in late autum early winter is to chop them right back so you basically have just a stick about six inches high, then take them out of their pot, gently remove all the compost from the roots (warm water works well) and then give the roots a good trim. so again you only have about six inches. then repot in fresh compost and put them on a warm windowsill. they'll soon sprout again and give you a good headstart for the following year.