Chilli plant without chillies

 
I have three chilli plants in a large pot. The plants have flowered
twice but
not produced any chillies.  Can I do anything or should I give
up and try again
with a new plant?




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VinceG

 
They are indoors?  You will need to cross-pollinate them by hand.

    Una

 

What is the soil and air temperature, and how much light do they get?
How much water do they get? You may want to scratch in some bone meal
around the plants, and hold off on any nitrogen fertilizer.

Insects could cross pollinate peppers but since it is winter in the UK,
that shouldn't be a problem. In general, these should be self
pollinating plants. You may try gently flicking the flowers next time,
or gently swab them with a Q-tip, going from flower to flower (if they
are all the same type of pepper).
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
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 VinceG wrote:

They are not getting pollinated properly, there is no reason to think that
new plants would be different.  What has the temperature been like over the
last few weeks?  Are there any insect pollinators with access to the plants?

David

 
'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:

Thanks for all your replies people.

The plants are indoors here in the Uk in this miserable winter.  There
is
nothing to polonate them at the moment, so we'll leave them indoors
until the
summer and will put them outside in the good weather.




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VinceG