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05 May 20, Anon (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

The advice here covers all chillies. Look at the notes here it tells you when to plant. When seedlings are about 75-125mm high transplant.

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30 Apr 19, Aaron Love (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I have a Chilli Peter bush that I have had a lot of peppers off, can I keep it growing for another season? Thanks Aaron

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11 Aug 19, Peter (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

I have a chocolate Habanero plant which I brought inside to over winter and I'm amazed to say it actually flowered and I see it has fruit developing now (mid August). These chilli plants need a long growing season and I'm optimistic that I'll get masses of fruit from this plant in the coming months for my hot sauce recipes. Did you manage to over winter your chilli plant Aaron?

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30 Mar 19, Paul Masters (New Zealand - temperate climate)

do chillies continue to ripen once they have been picked? Cheers Paul

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31 Mar 19, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Yes, they will ripen slowly in the same way that capsicums do. Probably need to be starting to change colour.

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25 Feb 19, steve (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi. I have some original old very very hot chilli's that i saved from my Mothers plant which was originally her mothers plant.. They have been in the freezer since 1995. The seeds have an emotional attachment and i would love to be to grow these seeds into plants and hand onto the next generation - if it is possible. Having been in the freezer as a full pod - Would the seeds inside the pod be ok ? Would the plant cope outdoors with constant breeze? Any or all Advice would be much appreciated. Thank you

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28 Feb 19, Alice (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Steve Seeds from your frozen whole fruit will not be viable. Seeds stored in freezer after drying at least 80% will keep viable in freezer but not fresh. Sorry

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03 Mar 19, mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I would still try and grow some just in case.

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27 Feb 19, Mike (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Go on the internet and do some research about saving seeds. Some seeds need some curing first before putting in the fridge. I don't know whether it is/was a good idea to put in the freezer - other people here might know. Example - tomatoes need to be fermented in water to take the gel case off the seed before drying and then put in a bag and then into an air tight jar and put in the fridge. When taking that jar out off the fridge let it sit for 20-30 mins before opening it. If opened straight away condensation can happen and maybe ruin the seeds. You can only try - plant a couple of seeds to see if they germinate and then grow in a place protected from the wind a bit. Do some research to try and find a company/??? who can advise about your situation. Google something like - seed saving companies or seed saving bank. Good luck

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23 Dec 18, (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Do you need to take off laterals? Or just let them grow up as they wish??

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