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25 Jan 16, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have planted chilli plant . But the chillies turn to ripe without growing big. They are in good size pot and i water them daily. The plant seems very healthy and have lots of flowers.What can i do to make chillies to grow full capacity

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15 Sep 17, Poida (Australia - temperate climate)

Stop watering them daily. Once a week is ok, every 2-3 days in summer.

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18 Jan 16, Doug (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I planted about 10 chili plants of different varieties in October. Only 1 variety has produced chilies. The other bushes are big and green and have been full of flowers for about a month, but no chilies. They are all in the same section of the garden. Do you have any thoughts on how I can get them to produce? Thanks.

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22 Jan 16, Jono (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Chillis love nutrients! Give them a dose of liquid fertilizer ( I use Go-Go Juice or Charlie Carp) both available from Bunnings/Masters. Once they do fruit....the more you pick, the more chillis will fruit! If you have flowers you will get chillis....just give them time and lots of water in the hot season.

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30 Dec 15, Stuart (Australia - temperate climate)

First time gardener here! I planted young 15cm jalapeno plants almost two months ago. There were four stems all together in a small rectangular pot, so I planted them as they were. I assumed the instructions meant space them apart from other plants at x distance, but was I supposed to separate each stem and plant them apart? They're just budding little fruits now but I'm worried they'll fail eventually. Any advice?

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02 Jan 16, tastyvish (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Stuart, Ideally it should have been separated at the time when they were young,This would have given each punnet to grow and you could have enjoyed more fruits but don't worry if pot size is good they could be grown together.The best pot size for chill from my experience is 40 cms.You can always re pot and separate them during autumn,

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11 Dec 15, Donna (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in Perth WA. I planted 6 chilli plants in separate pots,four have died,another one is dying and the last one only has leaves at the top,flowers start but never actually flower and there are no shoots growing on the stem,it looks like something is eating them,but I can't see anything on the leaves or stem.i used chicken manour to plant,can anyone one advise,every thing I plants dies.

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15 Sep 17, Poida (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Donna, Take the chilli out of the pot, check the soil. You most likely find grubs residing under there or those rolly grub. We got rid of them by hands, feed them to the chicken. No chemical needed. You chilli will recovered if not too damaged.

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20 Dec 15, Peter (Australia - arid climate)

Snails love small chilli plants so when you plant put some snail pallets around. Chilli doesn't grow well in small cup size plastic pots so don't use them or if you buy a chilli plant in one transplant to a large ceramic pot immediately. Grow from seed in a sandy garden bed seems to work very well to germinate, when the plants are as tall as your finger transplant them into a largish ceramic pot 2 litre minimum and don't be scared of leaving them in a large pot as they grow well in pots. Use a reasonable quality potting mix and water every day, mornings best, Full sun is best so find a spot where the chilli gets the maximum sun possible. The potting mix will have enough fertiliser for the next growth stage so don't add any fertiliser for the next month. Then add blood and bone and watch them grow quickly and start to flower. I've had really good results with blood and bone so have not needed to try alternative fertilisers like manure. The beauty of blood and bone is it is almost impossible to burn or kill your plants. Finally add potash fertiliser a month after the blood and bone to ensure the chilli bush has plenty of fruit. The chilli's ive grown in big pots grow jjust as good as the ones in the garden beds if not better. L put that down to the warm soil and potting mix. I live in Perth too so I hope you have luck with your chilli's

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04 Nov 15, braydon (Australia - temperate climate)

can i please havesome gardening tips

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