Chilli Overwintering Update - Feb 14th 2016

Chilli overwintering update

Lemon Drop

The Lemon Drop and Hot Scotch are both still alive and well but have had an attack of greenfly😓

Problem now is whether they will attack the chilli seedlings 😟

Red Manzano

The Red Manzano is still looking good too and has leaves on it that look healthy..No sign of the greenfy on it even though it is close enough to the other 2 plants....

Purple Jalapeno plants are still in the bathroom window and have dropped all leaves, but have green stems so I am still hopeful that they may start growing again...

The 2 Orange Habanero plants in the Study have loads of leaves on them and look pretty good...
...except for bloody greenfly again..I gave all plants a spray with water and washing up liquid today so we will see if that helps...

Chilli Overwintering Update

I posted last week on the progress of the chilies still alive and being kept inside the house.

That was "Inside the House> 3 Purple Jalapeños with lots of leaves on them,  2 Orange Habanero, a Red Manzano (some fruit still on!!), a Lemon Drop and a Hot Scotch"

So, at the weekend I checked on the numerous chilli plants left sitting in the greenhouses and most were at varous stages of expiration😃

Still alive and worth making an effort for are the following:
                                  Hotscotch
                                  Red Habanero
                                  Red Manzano
                                  Lemon drop
                                  Pasilla Bajio
                                  Chilaca
I cut them all back to varying degrees and took all leaves off them. These are all inside a mini blow-away in the greenhouse and I have put bubble wrap on the floor so they are all sitting on that.Weather is forecast to be colder later this week so let's see how they get on😏


Inside the garage upstairs there are a few clinging to life too, Again, I cut them all back and gave them some water. I wrapped the pots with clingfilm too..In the garage we have:
                                Semaroh (by 2)
                                Mila's Bulgarian
                                Antohi Romanian
                                Anaheim
                                Calfornian Wonder


We will see how all of the above get on; hopefully some make it through😼
I could bring them inside but as that won't always be an option, this is a bit of a "let's see what happens" trial....
                                 

Chilli Overwintering Update

Picked some Red Manzano chillies tonight!! Scrapped the plants with bad greenfly and sprayed down some others I want to keep...

At this stage I still have:

Inside the House> 3 Purple Jalapeños with lots of leaves on them,  2 Orange Habanero, a Red Manzano (some fruit still on!!), a Lemon Drop and a Hot Scotch

A number of others are still alive out in the greenhouses.I am rather neglecting those though...

Pics added Jan 3rd 2017

 First is a Lemon Drop that I've left quite straggly!! Plenty of branches for growth and all looks quite green still

Next is a Hotscotch that has a few leaves that are not looking too well, so we will see what happens......

This is the Red Manzano and as you can see it still has fruit on it!! Hopefully, this makes it through to 2017 growing!!

Below is 2 (of 3) of the Purple Jalapeno that I kind of just left at it as they were still producing some chillies in November,  Will clip them back a bit and see what happens...

Below are 2 Orange Habanero that are still thriving and that I might not even clip back at this stage..Still have flowers here and there despite me pulling a load of them today...