Post by chrisg on May 31, 2014 18:51:38 GMT 10
Maybe we need a garden section 
I'm guess Mick is the go-to on this but....
I moved house last year and being I sold the old place to an Iranian family who loved the well established chilies I left them, was time for new ones anyway.
First one I bought, do not recall variety, was busy, but it produced three good crops, just picked the last one, very prolific.
It comes on with long skinny fruit that goes a lovely yellow, very little heat but a lot of flavour, have mostly pickled and dried them, adding to a lot of meals.
The last crop revealed that the plant is going a bit spindly, dropping leaves but has good lower growth, it's in a pot and staying there.
It's just wintering down I know but needs pruning.
Any suggestions on how hard to go?
I'm thinking take out about 50% and let it bush from the lower new growth, but one reference book I just pulled says cut it all back to about 4 inches of wood, seems excessive.
I've not had this variety before and happy to just see how my plan goes, they are very hardy of course, but I've never cut one back more than 50% and always had good next year crops.
Curious to hear what other growers would do
Cheers
I'm guess Mick is the go-to on this but....
I moved house last year and being I sold the old place to an Iranian family who loved the well established chilies I left them, was time for new ones anyway.
First one I bought, do not recall variety, was busy, but it produced three good crops, just picked the last one, very prolific.
It comes on with long skinny fruit that goes a lovely yellow, very little heat but a lot of flavour, have mostly pickled and dried them, adding to a lot of meals.
The last crop revealed that the plant is going a bit spindly, dropping leaves but has good lower growth, it's in a pot and staying there.
It's just wintering down I know but needs pruning.
Any suggestions on how hard to go?
I'm thinking take out about 50% and let it bush from the lower new growth, but one reference book I just pulled says cut it all back to about 4 inches of wood, seems excessive.
I've not had this variety before and happy to just see how my plan goes, they are very hardy of course, but I've never cut one back more than 50% and always had good next year crops.
Curious to hear what other growers would do
Cheers
