My wife has killed my chilli plant

[Shaun]

i think my wife has killed my chiili plant, it was on the patio in a pot getting some sun and my wife was putting out the washing when she kicked over my plant and stood on it in one movement she said she didnt see it, ive tried to rescue it i will see how it goes.

[Newtothis]

Oops, good luck with the rescue!

[Reweed]

Should grow back unless it's completely f'ed. Some of mine have snapped in past and have always recoved.

[DavidT]

Have her charged with Vegicide, Shaun. Only joshing.

[Melinda]

Im one to forgive and forget normally, but such things cannot be tolerated!
* shakes fist*

If I accidentally prune a wrong stem, Im mortified and guilty for hours afterwards!

Your wife doesn't seem nearly sorry enough! Hand her a pillow and a sleeping bag, and send her to the sofa!

[Reweed]

you could of planted the snapped part and hoped it rooted, then you'd have 2 plants. Maybe should of mentioned that yesterday.

[Kimby]

Pmsl. My dad gave me 8 seedlings and told me they were peppers. I. took them home and planted them up in my growbags. Merrily told the garden club at work that I had loads of pepper plants and was waiting for them to get big and strong and give me loads of peppers. Course, being my first year of growing I didn't have the foggiest notion that 5 of the plants were sunflowers that he'd grown for me!!!!! Have sewn more pepper seeds and hoping they germinate

You can grow new chillis easily enough right now I'd imagine but obviously it'll take a while longer to get any fruit

[Shaun]

my little chillis looking a bit brighter today. Hopefully it will be on its way to a full recovery however, i have been giving my wife the silent treatment for a day now, i will have to give in to her at some point but im dragging it out as much as i can may be she will let me buy a green house then it wouldnt of had to be on the patio

[stupo74]

Hi Shaun,
What type of plant is it?????? and do you only have the 1 ???

Kimby is right, you could quite easily start some new plants off now, but i feel the chances of you collecting fruit this season would be a little low.
I only say this because some varieties can take as long as 120 days to fruit.
However, you could always "Overwinter" a plant or 2 giving you a great start for the next season.

If your plant does fail & you find yourself without any chillies you could pm me your address and i would be glad to send you a few of mine to compensate for your loss. You will have to wait a while though, my "Nagas" and "Bhut Jolokia" are 2 of the varieties that take the full 120 days to fruit, i do have some "Prairie Fire" & Numex Twilight that should provide a few fruits a bit sooner.
If you would prefer? i could send you a few seeds that i have spare, the choice is yours friend,
cheers stupo,

[Newtothis]

Originally Posted by Shaun

my little chillis looking a bit brighter today. Hopefully it will be on its way to a full recovery however, i have been giving my wife the silent treatment for a day now, i will have to give in to her at some point but im dragging it out as much as i can may be she will let me buy a green house then it wouldnt of had to be on the patio

Lol fingers crossed for the greenhouse plot

[Reweed]

You could always go to a garden centre and pick up a cayenne pepper plant for about 79p. I also have about 4 plants spare, but not sure how posting them would work.

[stupo74]

Hi Reweed,
I was not thinking of sending the plants in the post, but either seeds or a bag full of chillies when they are ready.
Having not heard from shaun, then maybe he already has a back-up plan
I have an abundance of seeds here, (well quite a few) so dont mind parting with some for a "Good Cause".
cheers stupo.

[Shaun]

Im not sure what chilli it is it just says chilli pepper on the sticky thing in the pot, looks like the little fellow is getting better but i have managed to get my self another plant so thanks for the offer of seeds but hopefully will get some of the 2 plants that getting bigger.

[stupo74]

Hi Shaun,
Glad you got sorted Should you suffer in any way collecting seeds, then the offer will still stand, good luck with your plants, cheers stupo.

[Shaun]

thanks again if they fail i will know where to come.

[Hammer]

Shaun, any progress on the Cat front, Hammer

[vegetable-gardener]

You know your wife did that on purpose she's hoping your going to hang the washing out from now

[judimac]

You realise that this could be grounds for divorce Alternatively, it will make the plant bushier if any stalks were broken.

[Maralyn45]

Oh thats so sad.....

[Bodhisurfer]

Originally Posted by vegetable-gardener

You know your wife did that on purpose she's hoping your going to hang the washing out from now

pmsl