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As far as I can tell they have started to flower already! They are indoors (on a windowsill) and only about 1-2 feet tall. This is the first time I've grown them indoors, so I'm not sure if this is normal, but I've grown tomatoes outside before so I think I know what the "pre-flower" buds look like.

Is it usual for this to happen indoors so early?

Steven

Dunno but mine have buds on too - they are in the cold greenhouse now.

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Some of mine too, hot ones and sweet peppers.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I have a sweet pepper thats around 2 inch long and loads of flowers

I have 1 hot pepper plant thats still quite small and 2 that i only sowed a few weeks ago

i'm majorly jealous...all my seeds took ages to germinate...and are now outside in unheated greenhouse....no where near flowering I'm sure....should I bring them back inside?

"Only about 1-2 feet!" if only mine were They are only about 2" high I planted them indoors in February and have only just put them in the greenhouse. What am I doing wrong?

It seems I've been quite lucky! Going to stop "complaining" now

February?! When did they germinate? Ours went in in Feb and they're now in the unheated g/h most about 9"-12" high, some with flower buds.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

It does depend on the variety, I have some that are about a foot tall and some only a couple of inches, all sown back in Jan / Feb, some are just smaller plants. For example my japapenos have majorly overtaken the Purple Tiger, despite being sown about 6 weeks later.

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i'm feeling quite fed up after reading this thread! mine are just so wee! planted them in march, was that too late? really wanted a load of chillies this year to preserve/dry etc!

what varieties deezby? they do grow at different rates as Alison says.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

SBP - have Anaheim, Apache and Jalapeno - I noticed they were all slow to germinate but figured once they got going things would be a bit more productive! I'll be patient though...what are your thoughts on these Chillis?

We've got a couple of apache's and a jalapeno and a purple jalapeno. The Apache was germinated later than the jalapenos but is still a 'shrubby' little (4"-5") plant. The purple jalapeno is about 14" with the first flower buds showing, the other jalapeno is about 9". They were started in 2x2cm modules in a heated prop, then potted on into 10cm pots and have been kept inside in the dining room at temps of about 18/19C on a south-west facing window. They were potted on to 5"-6" pots and have been in the unheated g/h for about 2 weeks.

We've grown anaheim before, didn't get much from them. I like jalapenos, not too hot, and tasty. Never tried the Apache's before so....

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

flowering?????? wow wee, goodeoh........mine are rubbish lol......

wot are you feeding them with?, mine have just got buds on

Nerobot, Chillies can flower in any month of the year once they get going.

Deezyb, if your chillies are out in an unheated greenhouse I would bring them inside. I had great crops from my chillies last year, but I never put them out of the house. We are 52 degrees North ! But the pics are some of mine.

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Meant to do this one Deezyb. Chillies, toms, cucs and a few leaves, in a trug I got from GYO when I was MOM. Hope I can do as well this year

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my chillies are only about 3" tall :-(... but my sweet peppers, which are in the house on the windowsill, are about 1' tall and got plenty of flower buds already, I reckon another 10 days or so and they will start flowering, yey!!!

The peppers from the seeds Alice sent me last autumn are about 9" high and they are the ones with flowers on. They come in at night but spend the day in the greenhouse for the extra light. The early jalapenos are still only about 3 - 4 " high but growing slowly and steadily. No sign of flowers here and I wouldn't expect any for a few months. They were all sown in Feb in the house. Things take their own time.

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Indeed they do, but that time is often shorter if you aim to give the plant their 'optimium' growing conditions.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Lucky you Nerobot, mine only show some small flower buds .

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I grew some two years ago outside down in Newcastle and they took ages. Didn't even think they were going to germinate at one point! Different type though, but came through in the end. Wish I could remember what they were, but someone gave me the seeds and they don't remember what they were either They only grew about 2-3" tall and gave lots of little (but hot!) chillies.

Steven

Impressive array of produce... this is what I aspire to, but might be a bit ambitious for my first year.

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