Chili peppers from seed
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Chili peppers from seed
I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?
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I had a similar experience with cherry tomatoes grown from seedlings on my balcony in Kampot. The plants thrived and flowered, but in the end after a long wait, there were only about five fruit.Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?
I also figured that maybe it was a pollination problem due to lack of insects. Or, perhaps they just don't do well in pots or there is too much sunlight as my apartment is facing east. I switched to mint, which seems to be doing ok. I'm keeping it in the shade as much as possible.
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I know you won't believe me, but that's not my problem.
Throw a hand full of fresh ash from the barbecue in the pot. Obviously not hot ash, but it must be fresh, and not rained upon.
Come back in a few months and tell me I'm wrong.
Throw a hand full of fresh ash from the barbecue in the pot. Obviously not hot ash, but it must be fresh, and not rained upon.
Come back in a few months and tell me I'm wrong.
. . . there's someone in my head, but it's not me . . .
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Same results here. I've been a successful vegi gardener all my life, but in Cambodia the success rate is very low , except for the time when I was buying cow dung and old straw from the village to grow veg. The soil / potting mix you can buy here is a big part of the problem.
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Only one hobby, growing things? Why not take up beekeeping at the same time? I don't eat honey, but sell or even give the honey away!
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I don't think they're sterile, but it is possible.Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?
Lack of water? Unless the plant is in a really large pot I doubt there's enough water for the chilli's to grow.
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I had the same experience with cherry tomatoes. Sprouted, grew big and covered in flowers. I was very excited. I waited and waited and got 2 sodding tomatoes in total; the flowers just withered and died.sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 pmI had a similar experience with cherry tomatoes grown from seedlings on my balcony in Kampot. The plants thrived and flowered, but in the end after a long wait, there were only about five fruit.Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?
I also figured that maybe it was a pollination problem due to lack of insects. Or, perhaps they just don't do well in pots or there is too much sunlight as my apartment is facing east. I switched to mint, which seems to be doing ok. I'm keeping it in the shade as much as possible.
It might be something to do with the light, there are constantly 12 hours a day and that is not right for tomatoes to fruit, that's equinox time of year, ~March 20, not fruiting time which is high summer (late June)with 18 hours a day and then a shortening of the daylight to trigger them into making fruit. It's just a thought. Plus the humidity etc.
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All I know is Flower = baby ... 50 years growing ... this situation is not normal!
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I had cherry tomatoes in a large pot. Out of five, three died. I think the 42 degrees in the afternoon was just too much. Will try again in rainy season.Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:10 amI had the same experience with cherry tomatoes. Sprouted, grew big and covered in flowers. I was very excited. I waited and waited and got 2 sodding tomatoes in total; the flowers just withered and died.sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 pmI had a similar experience with cherry tomatoes grown from seedlings on my balcony in Kampot. The plants thrived and flowered, but in the end after a long wait, there were only about five fruit.Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:53 am I have a little veranda garden going and sprouted some chili pepper seed from some chilis bought at the market. They have been in flower for more than a month and still no fruit. Are chilis here GMO/sterile ... or are there just not enough bugs to pollinate due to all the mosquito straying? Thoughts anybody?
I also figured that maybe it was a pollination problem due to lack of insects. Or, perhaps they just don't do well in pots or there is too much sunlight as my apartment is facing east. I switched to mint, which seems to be doing ok. I'm keeping it in the shade as much as possible.
It might be something to do with the light, there are constantly 12 hours a day and that is not right for tomatoes to fruit, that's equinox time of year, ~March 20, not fruiting time which is high summer (late June)with 18 hours a day and then a shortening of the daylight to trigger them into making fruit. It's just a thought. Plus the humidity etc.
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