Think it might be time to bring mine inside from the growhouse. It was 9 degrees this morning up here in Stonehaven. The fruit are taking a while to ripen so might transfer my 3 Apache plants to a south facing window sill.
Probably a good idea @Dirty Harry if next month is anything like this one. I've not bothered with Chillies this year as I have plenty left over from previous harvests. However, my Peppers are remaining resolutely green and this is in a GH in coastal Somerset.
Having vacuum sealed lots of chillies, I still have loads yet to be picked and I think I'm going to put them in the blender and freeze in ice cube trays.
They say that picking them will encourage it to keep flowering but that might not be such an issue as the season comes to a close cos' any new flowers will probably not have enough time to get to sizeable fruit. Personally I like to ripen chillies on the plant so I don't pick them until they are proper red.
My Apache don't seem to need full sun exposure for the whole season, just a warm spot in the greenhouse.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I agree - I often pick the last from those in my g/h sometimes even in late October. So long as they don't get frost and it's not too chilly they still continue ripening on the plant
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Another bit of advice when handling chillies is if you accidentally rub your eye immediately grab a pice of paper towel soak it in milk and dab your eye with it. Also drinking milk helps cool your mouth if the chilli is to hot for your taste.
More and more of my chillies are ripening red. Picked a few more today - Aji Benito are the larger ones and Spike being the thin ones which are really hot.
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I've not bothered with Chillies this year as I have plenty left over from previous harvests. However, my Peppers are remaining resolutely green and this is in a GH in coastal Somerset.
Should any leaves blocking sunlight to the chillies be cut back, or the plant topped as you might for tomato plants?
Also, I imagine as colder weather arrives the plants may start to die off, and any remaining chillies should be picked ASAP?
My Apache don't seem to need full sun exposure for the whole season, just a warm spot in the greenhouse.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
So long as they don't get frost and it's not too chilly they still continue ripening on the plant
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.