Stunted Plants? Use this Hack to Kick-Start Things! (2023.06)

The weather in 2023 has been odd...we have had rain for an entire month. This has a few interesting effects on our chilli plants. In this Chilli Garden Tour, I share a hack I use to get things back on track! Its Chilli garden tour time!
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[@ChilliChump]

Time for a Garden Update! And a tip to get your plants back on track while the weather turns around mid-season. 🔥Birdies Raised Bed- 40% off! 🔥 👉glnk.io/zl4mm/chillichump (use code CHILLICHUMP40)👈

[@Nick-cy1dj]

Quick chilli plant question! All of my plants are doing great this year, lots of flowers and peppers. However, my ghost pepper plants flowers will open and look healthy then a day or 2 later the flowers dry up and fall off. Any idea what's happening?

[@ChilliChump]

@Nick-cy1dj the flowers aren't pollinating and setting fruit. I would recommend missing them with water in the morning and evening to increase humidity. They should start setting fruit in no time.

[@Nick-cy1dj]

@@ChilliChump awesome thank you! They are watered with a drip line so no direct spray. Do you think hand pollination would be any help?

[@SgtSlime365]

This has been by FAR my best season for superhots. (It’s my first season growing them)

[@DonPandemoniac]

Great update & tips, and some chicken adventure time! That fig tree should be fine during the winter, especially in a greenhouse.

[@why_wait]

Yeah just make sure it's in a pot they can get massive quickly

[@lizoppenhuis6597]

So happy to see so many ripening fruits, and the damaged chilli plant recovering nicely. I'm also ridiculously excited to see so many isolation bags. 😉

[@Sandyman406]

Southern UK - my cayennes, Habaneros and Jalapeños are laden with flowers and ripening fruits. Having a nightmare with my Superhots though. Ghost peppers, Reapers and Armageddon plants have produced tons of flowers but all of them are falling off and don’t have a single fruit set. Upping the P & K in my feeding regime which I hope corrects the issue

[@CaerEsthar]

Love the garden tours. Cool to see how productive your superhots are. No lack of sun here in the states though - this summer has literally had record setting heat

[@ChilliChump]

Last year was like that for us. But this year has been a really strange one. Rain for pretty much an entire month. And unusually warm early months. But hopefully a good few weeks of sunshine before the season ends.

[@zeruty]

It's definitely been a mild summer near Seattle. Lots of rainy and cool days during the period we usually have 40+ days with no rain.

[@johnfstockland]

My habaneros here in NL (same 1 month of rain here) have no fruits at all yet, just flowers. I have noticed that most plants have started growing fruit much faster over the last week now that it's actually warm and sunny again.

[@theangrycheeto]

For some reason, the habaneros in my Canadian grocery store are grown in the Netherlands. I usually get my habaneros from Chinese supermarkets but these Dutch habaneros had me on the floor 😂 it was the spiciest habanero I've ever had. And the next day was absolutely miserable. My stomach was upside down the whole day. Maybe it's something you guys have over there in the water? 😂 did you end up getting a good habanero harvest last year?

[@michael.knight]

@@theangrycheeto We have a lot of huge greenhouses here in NL where those are grown, even though we are a tiny country we are the #2 exporter of agricultural good after the US, so it's not so surprising to find some Dutch habaneros all the way in Canada! My own harvest (without professional greenhouse) was not that great, but they were quite spicy.

[@e30Birdy]

This season has been terrible for me. It started well but when I put them in my tent they just didn't grow no matter what I did so I had to plant a lot of my gals in 12l pots when they were super small. I have done things the way I always have but this season just hates me. I usually would have already harvested at this point and had 1,5 to 2m plants but yeah nowhere close. No clue why this season has been so bad. Good that yours isn't as bac as mine.

[@stingray427man]

Zone 9B here, my different pepper plants took off this year. I haven’t changed much but did spread some worm casting stuff. Also my newly planted dwarf cavedish banana tree has tripled its growth. Strange but great season for me so far.

[@PastyOReily]

Lovely crop u have there sir , mine also have been producing many too , looking forward to a bumper harvest at the end of the season 🌶️

[@michaeltanner4159]

im glad you mentioned this shocking summer.that lost month in july has set my chillis back.they look great but struggling to ripen.i think its just one of those years.

[@marcusroos7011]

We got the same weatherproblem in Sweden. I realy hope that we get more sunshine. All chili still green. Nice video, thanks!

[@lonewolfshepherd2348]

Hi Dude I noticed your fig tree bit. My neighbour at the allotment has a massive fig tree growing outside and gets loads of figs most years. Pics available. Good to see your "disaster" has recovered. She says restrict the root system to get better fruits let the roots spread gives more foliage than fruits. Mind you her tree is 18 years old. Good luck.

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks mate. Yeah I will be keeping the roots highly restricted. Will likely make it a feature in the greenhouse

[@apkoolj]

can't wait to show you my chilies thanks shawn

[@LeighWinspear]

Thanks again for showing a real aspect of crop growing. Fail, learn............................brilliant content as usual chumpmeister........;)

[@gazellecarlson6543]

sweet id love a pack of those new ones for next year,

[@Craxin01]

It's been hot as the first circle of Hell where I live. I've also got jalapenos that are as big as my fist. Not sure if it's causation or correlation, but I'm happy with my growth. Going to smoke them and make Chipotle hot sauce!

[@HaZe_Da_PiTBuLL]

In Florida my plants have been producing fruit forthree or four months now ever since the End of March beginning of April but my plants I’ve also been outside all winter not all of them but the plants I started last year I’ve been outside all winter

[@wranther]

Interesting video Shaun, though I admit my thumb is in a little better shape than your is. Have you been rooster wrestling? Here the season has not been a gardner's dream. Surprizing smoke obscured sun decreases sunlight and brings cooler weather. May warm some over the next 10 days. I can already see I need keep an eye on your seed shop for a few different seed selections. One definite will be your jalapeno. Considering the season, your seeds have produced some very fine plants! I can suggest the same also for Mr. Primo. Am thinking I may need pick off the few ripe pods I currently have, and either make a "What's It" sauce, or freeze the pods for later. Hope your thumb heals well and isnt too much of a bother now! See you and Mrs. CC Sunday morning. Stay Spicy! -Bob...

[@DeadColdParanormal]

Lookin good Shaun... beautiful plants, your Scotch Bonnets are huge, never seen them so big. 👍

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you. How's your season going? And yeah the SBs are decent. You should grab some seeds from my store mate...I've been really chuffed with them, last year as well!

[@DeadColdParanormal]

@@ChilliChump it's doing ok thx, alot better than I thought it would be, had a couple of Antep Aci Dolma's off, they were beautiful tasting, as you said last year they have an apple like taste to them. Got plenty of Bhut Jolokia's coming on and some KSLSB alot of not the fino type I want with the little stinger and saucer shape but I still love em.

[@PlantObsessed]

Hope to get seeds for the red lesa. That looks awesome.

[@klukzgaraze]

And even purple on your finger :-)

[@HaZe_Da_PiTBuLL]

At least in Florida in the summer sometimes it rains every day in the summer but we also get a lot of intense sunshine also

[@gazellecarlson6543]

nice -15C here at night....all my superhots are in the green house in pots

[@MrSBGames]

This video has just meade me realize I have not isolated any pods for seeds yet 😱 Hope I still have time

[@digitsecurities1621]

My reaper has just reached 6 foot 4 inches and 5 foot wide, super happy, it looks a beast.

[@peterdavis7557]

That's a beast of a grow!

[@digitsecurities1621]

@@peterdavis7557 Thank you, I'm very proud daddy of that one, not ever seen or heard of a reaper that big before. Seaweed & comfrey extract used for the first months.

[@nelson3443]

Another great video big man,and thanks for the tips 👌

[@ChilliChump]

My pleasure! 🌱

[@jc5066]

I'm in zone 5. I have 6 weeks tops of good growing weather left. My super hots have a fair number of pods but they are also starting to get loads of flowers again. Good chance a lot of these new flowers produce fruit and ripen in time. What are your thoughts on pinching new flowers? A lot of people say don't do it, let peppers do their thing. Seems logically speaking wouldn't pinching those flowers give all the energy to the already existing pods, just as pinching flowers in early season lets the plant focus its energy on developing roots?

[@chacha134]

Love that your growing a fig tree! Glad to watch these updates hope all is well!

[@CSaville]

You just made my night. I've been waiting for this video to see how things were going 😁

[@ChilliChump]

Sorry it came out so late...had some issues with the editing! Should have been out 5 hours ago! Hope you are having a good season mate.

[@CSaville]

Thanks so much. It's going really well, the seeds you sent me are doing really really well. But then again I plant them in exactly the way you plant them in the exact same seed mix. The Sugar Rush Stripey are in another league. I'll be buying the majority of my seeds from you again for next year. All the best Chris

[@HammyHarris]

Lovely plants, looking forward to getting a few chillichump seeds for next season! What size are your pots?

[@ChilliChump]

I use between 7.5 and 12 litre depending on the variety. Most are 10 litre

[@HammyHarris]

@@ChilliChump ok thank you, I definitely need to upsize mine next year!

[@linaso9739]

I'm glad you have recovered you broken plant. But what happened to your thumb?

[@b.a.buracus]

Glad to see the primos growing well although you had some issues before. I am looking forward to order some. By the way nice shirt. Really a pity that Troy is not sending them to Germany. I have a question regarding artificial light. When to you start with your superhots under artificial light? Do you have a how-to with your suggested dates?.

[@n9ne]

past 30-40 days or so have been absolutely abysmal grey weather everyday with a sh*t tonne of rainfall my tomato plants look like they have cancer

[@btcroston1]

Will you be selling seeds for the Turkish Flower? I fancy growing that one next year. Sadly this year's weather has been rubbish for growing chillies in the UK - mine are much smaller plants than last year.

[@ChilliChump]

Yes I will. They should be in the store within the next 2 weeks

[@why_wait]

The citron one sounds good - what sort of heat are they? I have had fair success with mine in the greenhouse and outside even with the crap weather - i have some "scotch bonnet" but they are huge pods - bigger than i was expecting is it perhaps a wrongly labelled plant i wonder 🤔

[@blackbach91]

1:40 min, why do you have a flower in there as well? Greetings from germany. I love your videos..very informativ and helpful

[@ChilliChump]

French marigolds...they attract hoverflies which eat aphids. And thank you!

[@blackbach91]

@@ChilliChump thank you for the quick answer. I have the same problems with my chili's and will try that next season. did you notice a siginificant change in the amount of aphids you get on your plants?

[@TerribleTim68]

Do you have a video on polinating your greenhouse pepper plants? Mine are in my greenhouse and my production is horrid because I'm not sure how to handle the pollination without bees.

[@ChilliChump]

Here's an older video of mine on the topic. I will be updating this video in the future. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6vde2echtCfl9U

[@peterdavis7557]

Best thing I've personally found is to put an electric toothbrush right up against the base of the flower. The vibrations cause the viable flowers to release lots of pollen, and it pollinates the flower. Other options are to shake the plant, or set up a decent strength fan to blow on the plants.

[@technodrone313]

my ghost peppers have given me nearly 100 peppers so far and plenty to go. my bishops crown hasnt ripened but they look awesome and the green ones ive have were pretty tasty. then theres the two primotaliis looking all mean but still green :/ but at least looks as good as yours.

[@littlebiscuit53]

You're chilies look great! How is your thumb doing? Hope it's healing up.

[@ChilliChump]

It's healing slowly...very painful though! Sliced it deep ☹️

[@nicholasdemarest4254]

Love the videos but my superhots, 7 pot primo from primo are growing better now that day temps are around 82f and nights at 59f. Heat is the nemesis, plus over fertization.

[@ChilliChump]

Our temperatures have been 60'F during the day and a little cooler in the evening for the last month. 82f is a fantastic average temperature, would love our summers to be like that every day!

[@nicholasdemarest4254]

@@ChilliChump not like that every day. Recently mid seventies. But I have found full sun and cooler temps produce way more peppers. But 60 during the day u sir need help

[@Aswaguespack]

What’s the app you’re using?

[@ChilliChump]

@@Aswaguespack it's an app I built called SeedsIO. Check out SeedsIO.com , it's free

[@Aswaguespack]

@@ChilliChump cool. Thanks. Will do

[@bobbutson]

Sorry, this is probably a dumb question, but how are all of your plants in greenhouses pollinated? Thanks in advance!

[@SullyStuff]

Chillichump assists and allows the plants to self pollinate by shaking the plants and allowing the fans to create motion. Chili plants are self pollinating.

[@CMDRSloma]

What a season. Most of my chillies are fine except for Sugar Rush Stripey. Not even one fruit was set. Absolutely disappointed.

[@salvadorenoify]

Can you tell where you got the seeds for sugar rush stripey

[@john-smith.]

Video Title "TIPS" start @7:37

[@simongalle3810]

Happy I'm not the only one with stunted plants after this shitfest of a summer. Also... next podcast pleeeease!

[@ChilliChump]

Recorded! And about to be released ❤️

[@simongalle3810]

@@ChilliChump niiiice 😁🤩😍

[@slimpickin8291]

Why do so many of your plants look dehydrated? Or am I over carrying for mine?

[@ZenBerryz]

@ChilliChump have you sold out of 7 pot primo seeds? also do you ship to the US? I know I can get them in the US but id really like to support you if I could 🙂

[@ChilliChump]

Hello mate. Yes I believe the last of them sold recently. But I am restocking with all my current year plants soon...as well as some new varieties too! Will be well in time for your next season!

[@ZenBerryz]

@@ChilliChump excellent thanks for the info!

[@RyanBendel]

What variety was the sweet red pepper? Red Lacer? I cant see any info online for it. Thanks in advance!

[@ChilliChump]

Hey Ryan. It's the Red Leysa

[@firstdrumthendestroy]

Sorry if i am being an idiot 😂 What is the purpose of the mesh bags on some of the plants? Cheers

[@ChilliChump]

Isolating kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXHc4ybgKinpdk

[@anthonylederhose8128]

What was the name of the pepper you tasted? I thought you said red laser but I can’t find anything on google Cheers

[@ChilliChump]

Red leysa

[@antonk27]

Jeepers! Looks like your thumb is about to fall off! What happened?

[@thomasfranz2572]

YOUR THUMB 😨

[@melschmitt1100]

What the heck did you do to your thumb ?

[@ChilliChump]

When I was fixing my pump, I needed to cut the piping off a fitting...Stanley knife slipped and got my thumb. ☹️

[@haydenkelliher2859]

Ouchie thumb