I’m glad this thread has started. I’ve been kind of bumbling around in the dark with my chilli-plant growing adventures.
About three years ago someone gave me a ‘grow your own chilli plant gift’. (basically a few seeds and a bag of soil). For about two years they didn’t really do anything. There was two tiny plants about three inches high growing in the same pot. No fruit. Then I moved house and started to take more of an interest in them. Split the two plants, cut them drastically down (topping off?) and put them in their own pots with decent compost and placed them in a sunny spot. Since then they’ve gone crazy. Now two luscious green plants around a foot across, populated by loads of little yellow chillis.
I was told the plants only last a season, but here we are… I kind of see them as attractive houseplants rather than food. But would appreciate some advice on whether to remove the fruit etc? The actual chillis have been slowly growing since last spring. Slowed down over winter a bit. Care-wise, I give them a trim when they’re getting too bushy, a good drenching and spray when they wilt. And some Tomorite in the summer.
Like I said, I kind of came into this by accident. Would not consider myself green-fingered by any stretch of the imagination but seem to be doing something right. My flat is quite sunny and warm which I suppose is perfect for them.