Chilli

Care tag · 40

“Pick chillies regularly and the plant keeps making more.”

1. 01

   Light

   Full sun, at least 6 hours a day.
2. 02

   Water

   Regularly, when the top of the soil is dry. Pots may need water every day. Uneven watering makes flowers drop.
3. 03

   Soil & pot

   Rich, well-draining soil with compost.
4. 04

   Feeding

   Every 2 weeks. Switch to a flowering and fruiting feed once flowers appear.
5. 05

   What you'll need

   • Compost or goat manure (baja kambing)
   • Vegetable fertiliser
   • Neem insect killer

   All available here at the nursery.

Something wrong?

• Flowers drop without fruit

  Too hot and dry, or uneven watering. Water regularly.

• Curled, crinkled leaves

  Tiny insects (mites, thrips, aphids). Spray with diluted neem oil every week, under the leaves too.

• Pale yellow leaves

  Hungry. Feed it.

Garden, full sun