🧑‍🌾 Gardening 🧑‍🌾 Gardening in General

[CFC]

That does make so much sense, dammit well it's my first go at overwintering so I'll know not to prune if I overwinter one again, I quite like growing from seed though, I get excited when they start to sprout, it took so long this year as we had a very cold start to spring

They'll be less pests now I've pruned it right back though, the only pests I had this year was them tiny little flys that love the soil, I put some small yellow fly traps made for plants on thete that helped alot, other years I had allsorts of bugs and small green caterpillars, that creeped me out so I put them plants outside and didn't grow anymore for a few years, till this year actually if it happened again I'd of quit as I hate bugs lol, the flys was bad enough lol

A little tip for controlling fungus gnats is to put a thin layer of sand/grit on top of the soil, and to water from beneath. They don't like dry soil so will generally avoid a pot treated like that.

FWIW 90% of the time they're completely harmless, especially if you add a little fresh biomatter/compost to the soil every year for them to feed on - that way they won't want to eat the plant roots.

 

[LittleSeagull]

A little tip for controlling fungus gnats is to put a thin layer of sand/grit on top of the soil, and to water from beneath. They don't like dry soil so will generally avoid a pot treated like that

That's them yes fungus gnats, and such a good tip I never knew that, I'll get some sand if they don't go once the soil has dried out, apparently I should only water once a month or so, only when completely dry, I was giving them tomato feed from beneath them but once or twice a week I'd also give water from the top but not the tomato feed as it can damage the stem etc so I poured that on a plate that the plants sat on

Thanks, I'll be doing that from now on

 

[CFC]

That's them yes fungus gnats, and such a good tip I never knew that, I'll get some sand if they don't go once the soil has dried out, apparently I should only water once a month or so, only when completely dry, I was giving them tomato feed from beneath them but once or twice a week I'd also give water from the top but not the tomato feed as it can damage the stem etc so I poured that on a plate that the plants sat on

Thanks, I'll be doing that from now on

If you're growing your chillis indoors in the warm and by a bright window, then just water them normally (a cheap water meter can help you avoid over-watering). You don't need to hibernate them - that's really only for those keeping them in cold/dark conditions or outdoors in cold climates, as they'll rot in soggy cold soils.

They should refoliate fairly quickly over the next few months, and be in tip top form for when the days grow longer and flowering's triggered again. If you're lucky, they'll start flowering even over winter and you can harvest chillis all year long.

 

[LittleSeagull]

They should refoliate fairly quickly over the next few months, and be in tip top form for when the days grow longer and flowering's triggered again

Really, I didn't think it would get leaves and start growing again now it's a twig, I took it out the windowsill and put it on the top of a mini fridge I'm storing in the living room, I'll put it back in the windowsill then but it does get cold in there as I'm mostly in my bedroom so if and when we put heating on when its winter, which ain't often as it costs to much we don't put heating on in there, will it still grow leaves back if it's not warm but it's in the window?

 

[CFC]

Really, I didn't think it would get leaves and start growing again now it's a twig, I took it out the windowsill and put it on the top of a mini fridge I'm storing in the living room, I'll put it back in the windowsill then but it does get cold in there as I'm mostly in my bedroom so if and when we put heating on when its winter, which ain't often as it costs to much we don't put heating on in there, will it still grow leaves back if it's not warm but it's in the window?

As long as you can keep the temperature in the teens and above (at night) it should be fine. Here's a (slightly wonky) shot of mine atm - it gets down to about 14-16C at night in the conservatory, but still over 20C in daytime (especially if there's even a splash of sun on the glass):

 

[LittleSeagull]

As long as you can keep the temperature in the teens and above (at night) it should be fine. Here's a (slightly wonky) shot of mine atm - it gets down to about 14-16C at night in the conservatory, but still over 20C in daytime (especially if there's even a splash of sun on the glass):

Yeah mine gets down to about the same temperature are you in the UK too?

 

[CFC]

I am indeed

 

[Lil'LinaptkSix]

Do you guys not have conservatories out there? It's kinda like having a greenhouse, but attached to the house as a spare room. Gets insanely hot in summer and freezing cold in winter lol.

Oh, I see.
Yes I just never heard of it called conservator.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Time to clock in y'all have a great day.
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