Hi can you help me with this chili plant

**Mitzi** · 27-02-2018, 01:42 PM

Hi and welcome to the Vine! This is probably ridiculous of me, but I am unwilling to click on a link you have put in your first ever post here, just in case it is malicious. Perhaps you could do an introduction to yourself in the appropriate section just for reassurance?

Assuming you're genuine (and apologies if you are) then it would be a good idea to cut your plant back a bit then re-pot into fresh compost. If you can put it in a bigger pot that would be good but if you can't then remove as much of the old compost as you can (you could try washing some off but don't use freezing cold water! Then replace with nice new compost. It's probably just exhausted and could do with a bit of a boost to perk it up. If you can't repot it for whatever reason then I'd give it a feed high in nitrogen to encourage vegetative growth.

The yellow leaves will probably drop off on their own; I wouldn't pick them off unless they look diseased. It's up to you whether to let it flower this early in the year; if the plant looks strong enough then you could let it go for it; if the plant looks a bit weak then it would be better to pick off the flowers and let the plant build up a bit first.

**Reefer123** · 27-02-2018, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by Mitzi View Post

Hi and welcome to the Vine! This is probably ridiculous of me, but I am unwilling to click on a link you have put in your first ever post here, just in case it is malicious. Perhaps you could do an introduction to yourself in the appropriate section just for reassurance?

Assuming you're genuine (and apologies if you are) then it would be a good idea to cut your plant back a bit then re-pot into fresh compost. If you can put it in a bigger pot that would be good but if you can't then remove as much of the old compost as you can (you could try washing some off but don't use freezing cold water! Then replace with nice new compost. It's probably just exhausted and could do with a bit of a boost to perk it up. If you can't repot it for whatever reason then I'd give it a feed high in nitrogen to encourage vegetative growth.

The yellow leaves will probably drop off on their own; I wouldn't pick them off unless they look diseased. It's up to you whether to let it flower this early in the year; if the plant looks strong enough then you could let it go for it; if the plant looks a bit weak then it would be better to pick off the flowers and let the plant build up a bit first.

Hi thanks for the reply i respect your caution regards to the link so i will just explain a bit more about the plant.
The plant was re - potted when i bought it last year into a 6 " pot.
Its grown quite lanky and is about 35 cm in height.
I didn't cut it back at all for over winter and it looks pretty ugly
The plant brache's like a T shape but only the left offshoot seems to be growing at the moment where as the right has one dying looking leaf

**Guest** · 27-02-2018, 02:01 PM

Mitzi I have clicked and it is fine.

Reefer, hi and welcome to the vine. Unfortunately I am not a chilli buff, but it looks fair to middling for an overwintered plant. Hopefully some of the chilli addicts will be a long shortly.

You could also look at the following thread https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...8-a_95416.html

Edit: do you know the variety?

**Dalrimple** · 27-02-2018, 02:09 PM

looks like it's from the wrong side of the tracks to me ! but i'm no expert ! atb Dal.

**Reefer123** · 27-02-2018, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by Norfolkgrey View Post

Mitzi I have clicked and it is fine.

Reefer, hi and welcome to the vine. Unfortunately I am not a chilli buff, but it looks fair to middling for an overwintered plant. Hopefully some of the chilli addicts will be a long shortly.

You could also look at the following thread https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...8-a_95416.html

Edit: do you know the variety?

I forget which variety they are as i through the card away.
Here is a pic of a couple of chili's that i cropped off it and died if this is any help
https://imgur.com/a/rBwng

**Reefer123** · 27-02-2018, 05:01 PM

Is Baby Bio bad for chilli plants

I have never used any plant food for my chilli plant and the compost it is in is about a year old now.
The plant has just started to grow new leaves and has a couple of flowers
I just picked up some baby bio from a friend but after a quick google search i'm reading its not suitable for chilli plants
I'm sure the plant could do with some food but i don't want to kill it
I have been watering it about once every 7 days with quite a small amount of water for the last few months

**Small pumpkin** · 27-02-2018, 05:20 PM

It sounds to me like your plant could do with repotting. Some new compost will do it the world of good

And for once gooooogle is right baby bio isn't good for your chillies as far as I'm aware it's not designed for any edible plants. When you want to feed it a liquid tomato feed or chilli focus will make your plant very happy

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**Reefer123** · 27-02-2018, 05:33 PM

Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post

It sounds to me like your plant could do with repotting. Some new compost will do it the world of good

And for once gooooogle is right baby bio isn't good for your chillies as far as I'm aware it's not designed for any edible plants. When you want to feed it a liquid tomato feed or chilli focus will make your plant very happy

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Hi thanks for the reply. will try and get a new pot and some compost over the next few weeks
Here is a pick of the plant
https://imgur.com/4lCUmrP
Do you think i should cut the right hand branch down and maybe get rid of the yellow leaves on the right ?
Or even just go all out and chop the left side back allso

**Kirk** · 27-02-2018, 08:01 PM

Not sure of the window orientation but it will like a south or south west facing one to get all the light it can.

The leaf looks like it has seen better days but it will drop off by itself. The question then is will more develop on that branch or will the branch die back.

Cannot see the pot it is in, would expect about 20cm maybe a bit more.
Give it a watering with some liquid tomato fertiliser, and find it a nice sunny window.

Not sure about flowers, I have 2 peppers (sweet) that are flowering and developing peppers, and I have no idea what to do with them. So indecision means they will just have to get on with it also they did nothing when out in the garden last year so I might somehow get something this time round.

The lemon drop chilli is however growing happily and getting bushy.

**Kirk** · 27-02-2018, 08:16 PM

Don't chop it, the branches are where leaves develop and leaves are what produces the food for a plant. Roots take up water and some minerals but leaves are where the food is produced. So chopping it kind of starves it to death. No leaves = No food = Dead.

No idea where you are but Wilko sell nice black pots at �1 each, good size for an indoor plant.

Would have thought baby bio to be OK, I suspect it is for leaf development and not for fruit, but that plant need leaves. However tomato fertiliser will do as well. Think peppers and tomato's are related - sort of 95% sure.

Keep it slightly damp,, indoors once a week may not be enough water as it will dry out fast, also poy size is relevant.

Mine are in 8" pots (20cm) and get watered around twice a week, maybe more if they dry out. They do not get "dry".

As said in your other post try the Wilko �1 pots, think they may be 10" (25cm), they should be good.

**Reefer123** · 27-02-2018, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by Kirk View Post

Not sure of the window orientation but it will like a south or south west facing one to get all the light it can.

The leaf looks like it has seen better days but it will drop off by itself. The question then is will more develop on that branch or will the branch die back.

Cannot see the pot it is in, would expect about 20cm maybe a bit more.
Give it a watering with some liquid tomato fertiliser, and find it a nice sunny window.

Not sure about flowers, I have 2 peppers (sweet) that are flowering and developing peppers, and I have no idea what to do with them. So indecision means they will just have to get on with it also they did nothing when out in the garden last year so I might somehow get something this time round.

The lemon drop chilli is however growing happily and getting bushy.

That has just sat on that window for over a year now. its about 32 cm in height but i have chopped the right hand branch off .
It looks pretty bad i'm sure people are going to walk past and think what the hell is that growing in that persons window
The pot is about 20 cm but i'm going to try and get it a new one some fresh compost
and some food soon
I got some baby bio but have been told it would be bad to use it for the plant so ill get some of the chilli stuff off amazon

**Mitzi** · 28-02-2018, 09:57 AM

Baby bio will be fine for now, make sure you dilute it well though. Sometimes less is more.

**Mitzi** · 28-02-2018, 10:10 AM

OK ignore my last post (can't edit posts on this computer.) Baby Bio may not be good. If you don't want to buy specialist chilli food then dilute tomato feed is OK for chillies although that's more for fruiting. Right now you want something a bit higher in nitrogen to get the plant growing though. I'm not sure what to suggest. If you repot, the new compost (e.g. if you use multipurpose compost) will have some feed in it.

**Reefer123** · 28-02-2018, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by Kirk View Post

Don't chop it, the branches are where leaves develop and leaves are what produces the food for a plant. Roots take up water and some minerals but leaves are where the food is produced. So chopping it kind of starves it to death. No leaves = No food = Dead.

No idea where you are but Wilko sell nice black pots at �1 each, good size for an indoor plant.

Would have thought baby bio to be OK, I suspect it is for leaf development and not for fruit, but that plant need leaves. However tomato fertiliser will do as well. Think peppers and tomato's are related - sort of 95% sure.

Keep it slightly damp,, indoors once a week may not be enough water as it will dry out fast, also poy size is relevant.

Mine are in 8" pots (20cm) and get watered around twice a week, maybe more if they dry out. They do not get "dry".

As said in your other post try the Wilko �1 pots, think they may be 10" (25cm), they should be good.

Oops i did cut it back a little before seeing this post.
The watering once per week was just over the winter months as i had read that to much could cause rot, during summer i watered around twice a week.
The plant still had 1 pepper growing in late december and i count 5 flower pods on it today is that normal?
Here's a pic of the plant with its pot
https://imgur.com/KrVoVj7

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