My Chilli plant wont grow!!?

Question

Ive had it since Xmas (was a present) and I've been looking after him quite well, hes been fed and watered regulary but its still only about 6 inches tall with no chillis - what have i done wrong? Or am I being impatient!?!

Thanks x

Answer 1

Yeah looks like its getting a bit late .. btw chilli plants aren't too high but 6 inch seems a bit short.

Go thru this one http://www.bi.go.id/sipuk/en/?id=4&no=10...

Use manure from someone's garden. Once the plant begins to grow stronger it will bear fruit.

Answer 2

Is it still in a tiny pot? If so then put it into a much bigger one.

Answer 3

Talk to him, show him loooovve, they say that is suppose to work??

Answer 4

How cool do you keep the room the chile plant lives in?  You might want to try finding a window with more light to make it warmer. Chiles love heat and light.    

   I think you might want to try some compost and a larger pot too. And look at the planting medium you used.  If you used compost made from grass clippings or hay that had herbicides on them, the plant will be stunted.  Peppers and tomatoes are especially sensitive to herbicides.  

     I've grown chiles in the high desert of New Mexico and I've grown chiles here, in hot humid Alabama. We eat about 6 bushels of chiles a year (including me, there are 3 Native New Mexicans in our family) and so I've had to get very good at chile growing. I grow them in pots as well as in my garden. By the way, you should know that the drier the chile plant gets, the hotter the chile.  It would be good to know what kind you are growing to give you specific recommendations.

If your chile plant doesn't make it, don't despair! I have a detailed page for seed starting. You could buy a packet of seeds or even use seeds from a ripened chile to grow some more.

My seed starting page is here:

http://home.att.net/~ekyorigins/seedsx.h...

Answer 5

chilli plants are very hard to grow indoors as they need humidity as much as they need warmth and sunlight.

if there are secondary roots poking through the bottom of the pot then re-plant carefully into a bigger pot, max 2" at a time.

you need to wait for flowers before the fruit.

give it a good tomato feed and feed weekly,  put in a big see-through plastic bag with plenty ventilation holes near the top and if it droops then take off the bag and give it natural sunlight outdoors if its warm and hot or persevere with a sunny windowsill, but try and keep the humidity up with a kind of cloche, it may well be a "blue peter " job indoors.

when in plastic spray the leaves once a day to increase the humidity level