Chillis keep producing flowers not chillis

[Tarragon2017]

Have my chillis had it for the year

[Penellype]

Chillies have to flower before they can produce chilli peppers. If the flowers are dropping off it may be that they are not being pollinated (this happens to my indoor sweet peppers sometimes). They are very easy to pollinate by hand - simply stick a finger into each flower and give it a gentle rub. You will probably find your finger comes away covered in yellow pollen, that's fine, rub that into the next flower and so on. When the petals start to go brown you should see the small chilli forming behind them.

[Scarlet]

Plenty of time for chillies. I bring mine in at the end of September and have chillies ripening in December.

[Tarragon2017]

Oh I have been pulling flowers off I will keep them and see what happens

[Scarlet]

the flowers will form into the fruit! That's the case with all plants...

[LexLucre]

Last year I was pollinating indoor chillis with a cotton bud. This year I read that chillis are self pollinating and just give the plant a tap or a shake and have still had a very high pollination rate. A lot less hassle!

Are your chillis from saved seed? I think I've read that hybrids may fail to set fruit. I've tried growing some saved seed from non isolated fruit this year and the fruit is setting, I'm intrigued what the chillis will be like.

[Jay-ell]

Oh I have been pulling flowers off I will keep them and see what happens

No chillies for you then. How did you think they made chillies?

[Snoop Puss]

Guess that was a 'doh' moment, Tarragon. But not to worry, they'll keep on producing flowers, so there's plenty of time yet.

[Chris11]

Are your chillis from saved seed? I think I've read that hybrids may fail to set fruit. I've tried growing some saved seed from non isolated fruit this year and the fruit is setting, I'm intrigued what the chillis will be like.

I think that's only a potential problem when the seed has been produced as a hybrid from barely compatible varieties. Hybridisation is even possible between some combinations of two different species of Capsicums, but this is when there could be viability issues in the next generation.

With hybridisation generally, there will be hybrid vigour, but this depends on how close the two parents are.

[Jimmy]

I keep my greenhouse door open through the day and the buzzy bees pay my chilies a visit.
Got lot of flowers and chilies.
Jimmy

[vixylix]

Tarragon, I'm guessing your next thread will be 'what plants should I remove flowers from'

Good learning curve though - plenty of time for them to flower and fruit

[Snoop Puss]

Tarragon, I'm guessing your next thread will be 'what plants should I remove flowers from'

Potatoes being a case in point, as the resulting fruit that forms takes energy from the potatoes developing underground. And if you don't remove the flowers, don't eat the little green berries that form, as they're poisonous.