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Chili plant won't flower

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  • 26-07-2019 6:01pm
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    Chelon
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    Grew one last year and it flowered and fruited then died quite quickly thereafter.

    Tried again this year and watered and fed from scratch on my kitchen windowsill. Result - an absolutely huge plant, looks fairly healthy to me and is taking over the kitchen; BUT it's now nearly August and no flowers or fruit at all, just a mass of leaves and little bud type ends. Should it be fruiting by now? It's a single plant, do they need another to fruit?


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    pointer28
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    Mine are behind this year too.

    Those little buds should turn to flowers and then fruits.

    Are you feeding it? There's a good chance any nutrition is gone from the compost by now. I give mine some tomato feed every week or two.


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    Chelon
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    I feed it all the time. Sometimes the leaves seem to perk up, other times they don't. Should I just use plain water for a while? Thing is huge about 4 foot tall.


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    goose06
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    Maybe your fertiliser is encouraging growth, back off or reduce the fertiliser & stress the plant a little to encourage it to flower, by this I mean reduce how often you water, wait til the leaves wilt a bit.
    Chelon wrote: »
    I feed it all the time.
    Sometimes the leaves seem to perk up, other times they don't. Should I just use plain water for a while? Thing is huge about 4 foot tall.


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    lordgoat
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    Where did you get the plant/seeds from?


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    Chelon
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    lordgoat wrote: »
    Where did you get the plant/seeds from?

    It was actually just a cheap kit from a garage, pot, soil and seeds. Tried last year and flowers and fruit appeared after around 2 months; then after a few weeks the plant started to die off with the chilis less than an inch long.

    Someone told me I needed to feed it so this year I've been feeding from day 1, the plant is very big but no flowers yet after 4 months. I will try just using water for a few weeks.


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    StopWatch
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    Chelon wrote: »
    It was actually just a cheap kit from a garage, pot, soil and seeds. Tried last year and flowers and fruit appeared after around 2 months; then after a few weeks the plant started to die off with the chilis less than an inch long.

    Someone told me I needed to feed it so this year I've been feeding from day 1, the plant is very big but no flowers yet after 4 months. I will try just using water for a few weeks.

    What kind of feed are you using?
    At most it should be once a week, maybe a high potash tomato feed or a chilli specific feed line "chilli focus" which is what I've been using this year, with great results


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    Chelon
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    StopWatch wrote: »
    What kind of feed are you using?
    At most it should be once a week, maybe a high potash tomato feed or a chilli specific feed line "chilli focus" which is what I've been using this year, with great results

    Just regular tomato feed, but I've been using it constantly. Funny thing is I planted about 7 seeds in the pot and only one has grown huge, the others are still alive but just 2 inches high.


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    Thud
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    I planted Jalapenos and scotch bonnets, Jalapenos have two inch peppers but scotch bonnets are still at bud stage, give them a time


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    Chelon
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    Still no joy with the plant fruiting, also it seems to be infested with blackfly now, does anyone know the best solution?


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    goose06
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    Chelon wrote: »
    Still no joy with the plant fruiting, also it seems to be infested with blackfly now, does anyone know the best solution?
    yellow sticky cards/paper & let it dry out. Larvae thrive in damp soil


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    Souness
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    As far as I know you shouldn't start feeding until fruit starts setting, by doing so before you are just encouraging leaf growth.


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    Chelon
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    Souness wrote: »
    As far as I know you shouldn't start feeding until fruit starts setting, by doing so before you are just encouraging leaf growth.

    That now makes perfect sense, since all I got was masses of leaf and no fruit. The plant is almost dead now, so guess it's time to try again; I'm being told you can plant at any time of year.


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