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Chilli plant size difference - is this right?

18 years ago

Hi,

The pic link below shows my 2 chilli plants - the one on the right is just a standard Chilli (kenyan I think) but the one on the right was a seed taken from a Scotch Bonnet chilli.

They were both planted at the same time, kept in the same place, fed the same thing, but as you can see, they vary massively in size - is this right, do Scotch Bonnet chillis grow muh slower and smaller or do you think there is something wrong?

This is my first go at growing chillis!

Thanks!

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/cozy/015.jpg

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User
18 years ago
I don't know that you are doing anything wrong. There are different growth rates between the species and even within the same variety.

john
willardb3
18 years ago
If you are fretting about difference in growth rates of healthy plants, you will be ballistic before they fruit.

Patience..........
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cozy_grower
Original Author
18 years ago
:-) Yeah I take your point - but I have already had to contend with red spider mites and whitefly this week already and on such young plants I just didn't know whether it was right!

My inexperience is obviously showing, I love my little plants and desperately want them to survive!

Thanks though!

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