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16 Mar 09, Clff (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi all, new to this growing lark. We have a couple of Chilli plants that are fruiting well with lots of unripe chillis they are grown in raised beds and purchased from a well known DIY hardware store, my only concern is I have noticed that one chilli appears to have a purple coloured mark on its side. I am wondering is this the chilli starting to ripen or is it some Monster about to engulf my chilli plants and I will go out one morning to find nothing but a stem. Any advice would be appreciated.

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14 Mar 09, Daniel (Australia - temperate climate)

I have a few Naga Jolokia plants growing, they are flowering, but not producing any fruit, any ideas how I can get them to produce fruit? Also how do I go about collecting seed to grow more at a later date?

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08 Mar 09, Mick (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

You may need to give them an extra helping hand in pollination. use a dry toothpick or similar, and gently brush it around in all the flowers, and see if that helps. I have African Birdseye x Thai chillies that did the same for a month or so. After that (mid-summer) they fruited just fine. If that doesn't work, then try adding in a little extra fertiliser, but don't go overboard. Also, water kills pollen, so try not to spray the plants with a shower from the hose, so much as a slow soak from the ground.

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05 Mar 09, Buddy (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi My birds eye chilies grow very well but they dont fruit , only a few chilies, then nothing till they die off ...any ideas that may help ???

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27 Feb 09, Athrael (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Lucy, All my chilli plants are grown in pots which makes it easier to bring them inside during winter. So yours should be alright by the sounds of it. Only problem is you would need to repot them once the plants get too big :)

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25 Feb 09, Ty (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have a few small worms/grubs eating my chillies from the inside. Any advice on how to send them packing? - Sydney

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18 Feb 09, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Jaime. Open up one of the chili's, if is crawling with Grubs it is more than likely fruit fly. Make sure you put the spoiled fruit in a bucket of wate to kill the grubs. Then into the bin. Do not put int the compost, or the mulch at the botom of your plants. I'm still looking for a way to prevent the fly in the first place.

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24 Jan 09, cy (Australia - temperate climate)

yah im growing chilis for the first time...how deep shoudl you plant them.

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17 Jan 09, Elliot (Australia - temperate climate)

Jamie - 2 things it could be.Lack of water when the chillies are ripening, or a grub that gets layed in the young chillie and eats the inside of the chillie causing it to rot

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14 Jan 09, Quinny (Australia - temperate climate)

Hello, I have a range of chillis in, - jalapenos, banana, birdseye. Some of the larger chillis have started getting brown spots, that spread, until the whole chilli goes brown and hard. It's not affecting all the chillis on the plant. I thought it could be blosssom end rot, but it is not actually starting on the blossom end, but rather somewhere around the middle or lower end. Any thoughts?

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