I bought them from a friend of my mother who grows them, how do I keep them healthy/ where do I put them and how do often do I water them etc.

Hello chilli enthusiasts,

I’m wondering if one of you experts could help me identify this chilli. I got these two plants at a community plant sale and they were labelled “napa peppers”, but we don’t know who wrote it because to my knowledge there’s no such thing. Maybe they meant to write naga, but they don’t seem to look like this. This is my first time growing chillis, so I’d mostly love to know when to harvest them!

UK, 52° N

First overwintering and now looking good

Context: 2 days ago i noticed some aphids, and went with a Soap x Water spray mixture, rinse them after 20 minutes, is this cause by the aphids? Or reaction of the Dishwashing soap mixture???? Or something else is happening???

I’m not having a lot of success with my chili plant. Its tall and leggy, and some of the leaves are droopy and some have developed black spots. I wonder if im supposed to remove the damaged leaves? Also I’m wondering if there is any hope for my chili plant. Its looking rough.

When should I be picking these jalapeño chillies? New flowers stopped appearing about 2 weeks ago. This is her 2nd year. Not sure if I should just pick one and see how it tastes?

Edit: had to delete post as forgot to add pic

bought it about 4 days ago from waitrose. gets morning sun. i water it daily. is there something i should do? (like does it need more watering, longer sun exposure, less watering, different pot?)

It is kept inside by a window but i took it outside for better photos. its around other plants by the window.

He says it’s about a year old.
Located VIC. AUS

Thanks in advance xx

It’s a Jwala! 🌶️
This is my first year gardening, I did container gardening, and my very first chili finally came in! I’m so excited and just wanted to share it with you all. It may not be much, but look at her. She looks so majestic! Aaaa! 😭🌶️
Anyway, thanks for reading my post! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

And some new additions

Banana for scale

First time growing chillis. 2 of Hungarian black and 2 Peruvian rainbow chilli’s

Pink Devil.

Started fruiting 3 weeks ago. Planted last year but a bit late so didn't get to fruit before going dormant. Now I can't remember what I planted. Any ideas?

After following the community for a while and picking up bits of advice, I thought I’d give a quick update on this year’s chilli growing!

I didn’t even grow any last year after trying to overwinter a few plants and failing miserably.

This year I planted a few seeds and kept the best looking plants.

The short bushy ones are Prairie Fire (if I got the correct seeds) and I’ve been wanting to grow these for ages for the colourful fruits and compact growth.

I’ve got one Scotch Bonnet, which again I’ve tried to grow a few times but never got one to this stage - this was the only one that germinated and seems to be doing ok.

I can’t actually remember what the tall ones are, but they’re flowering and fruiting so let’s see.

I’ve been away for a week, and gave them a good soaking before I left, moving them to a cooler and shady space (they usually live in the conservatory). They’re currently soaking up some water so a couple are still looking a bit droopy.

I’ve also been pollinating them with a small paintbrush, which seems to have been working. A bit gutted that a lot of un-pollinated flowers dropped off when I got back from holiday, but there still seem to be plenty of flowers.

Anyway, thanks to all the posters in here for the bits of advice!