Chilli problem

[johnfb]

Hi All
perhaps someone can help.

I grew 6 chilli plants this year and all are looking healthy and flowering. However, each flower stem is going yellow / green and then falling off.
They are indoors in a sunroom...nice and warm.
Is this normal?

John

[Big Guy]

Too much water?

[johnfb]

I wouldn't say so Big Guy, I googled it and most seem to think that becasue they were sitting in the window the heat from the sun was magnified and that this can cause it, I only water them once or at most twice a week.

john

[beardedwonder5]

Dry set?

[JollyJohn]

Have the flowers been pollinated?

[Snags]

I think you have blossom drop maybe caused by high heat or humidity or too much nitrogen fertiliser

[johnfb]

Ok,so what I did was take my 4 chilli plants and put them outside for a week. All of a sudden they stopped falling off and started to produce little chillies, and are all doing very well. They are in a green house set up now.
I am inclinded to think it could have been a pollination issue.

thanks for the advice everyone.

john

[lemonD]

Ok,so what I did was take my 4 chilli plants and put them outside for a week. All of a sudden they stopped falling off and started to produce little chillies, and are all doing very well. They are in a green house set up now.
I am inclinded to think it could have been a pollination issue.

thanks for the advice everyone.

john

I think your right, chillies need a little help. A friend use his finger to pollinate from one flower to an another

[Sam Newman]

Most likely pollination mate. Chillie plants are a very aintient plant that used to have bugs that don't exist anymore for pollination. Bees do the job but not as well as the extinct bugs did. The best way I have found for hothouse plants, is a fluffed up cotton bud taped to the end of a womans vibrator. It mimmicks the buzzing of a bee and makes the plant excited. When I had similar problems with my mountain pawpaws, I opened up the ends of my hothouse to let more bees in. Ok if you are in a climate thats not too severely frost prone. Good luck on future growing. Sam.

[johnfb]

The best way I have found for hothouse plants, is a fluffed up cotton bud taped to the end of a womans vibrator

I'll talk to the missus

[Sam Newman]

Funny I know, but it really does work well. Maybe you could have a romantic date in the hothouse with your missus. Plants are supposed to pick up on energy. HAHA.

[johnfb]

I wonder could the hothouse take 3 minutes of energy....