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tried this thread in /an, but maybe this aint a bad place either.

paprika plant. bought in summer as plant. been outside too long (i think). didn't prune or anything. probably going to die soon.

can it still be saved by picking the fruits/pruning?

>> No.3927849

Cute plant! When did you bring it back inside? Usually plants that are suffering a bit can perk right up after some TLC.

>> No.3927873

>>3927849
actually just this afternoon. Had some shit this summer with moving twice, so had other things on my mind. I know its actually a plant for like 20-25 C, and its been starting to get pretty cold here, so I hope i'm not too late

>> No.3927885

I thought paprika was made with bell pepper.

That looks like cayenne.

>> No.3927920

>>3927885
yeah its supposed to be more round. but i did buy a paprika, or i got totally riped off.
its most likely something with that i had to prune the first few fruits, until i got like 3 bigger ones. on this plant i've got atleast 10 fruits, prolly too much for one plant.

but i could be off, could be it actually is a cayenne or something else.

>> No.3927965

Try picking the fruits, possibly also move it to a larger pot and add some fertilizer. Place it in a window and hope for the best.

From my own experience I would not recomend pruning of such a small plant. I killed my favorite habanero plant (rest in pieces Garcia, you will be remebered) that way and nearly killed two other plants of a different kind.

>> No.3927976

>>3927920
Uh those kinda look like thai chilies to me. Those are awesome and way more useful than paprika imo.

>> No.3927981

>>3927976
that's what i thought too. bird eye chillis. averagely spicy but they have a really nice sweetness too when ripe.

plant needs more sunlight, it's not meant to be that yellow.

>> No.3928700
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3928700

okay so this morning my gf tried one of the fruits, and it was really spicy. so we're starting to think it maybe is some sort of chilli instead of bell pepper. Which is kinda weird, we still have the cardboard thingy stuck in the pot which says "paprika, keep in sun, harvest in august blah blah" stuff like that.

I guess there ain't a plant-determination specialist here who can tell me how to determinate wether its bellpepper or some chilli? (i used to have some plant determination back in college but only native plants).

>> No.3928702

>>3927981
Yellow leaves are also a sign of too much water though.

>> No.3928705

>>3928700
I'm almost positive this is a cayenne pepper or a tobasco pepper.

>> No.3928718

>>3928705
It's cayenne

>> No.3928760

Its just needs a little nitrogen, any seaweed fertilizer should do the trick

>> No.3929206

>>3927834
The chlorosis (yellowing leaves) from which your plant is suffering, is an indication of a shortage of nitrogen being metabolized by it.

This could have a variety of causes. The simplest one being a lack of N in the soil, like this anon >>3928760 assumed. However, don't just add extra fertilizer without being (almost) sure this is the cause, or you could 'burn' the roots if the salinity in the soil gets to high.
Other causes could be, but are not limited to overwatering (>>3928702), cold, insufficient light,.. These could prohibit plants from absorbing enough N from the soil, even if it's in there.

Also, it's a natural process for many plants to drain nutrients from their leaves when they're flowering, to be used for producing as much fruit as possible. After you harvest your peppers, the plant won't just revert to it's green vegetative growth. The plant exhausts itself trying to produce the best seeds possible and is, even in nature, likely to die after the first time. This is also why they, on a commercial scale, are grown as if they are annual plants.

There is, however, a technique called 'revegging' , which comes down to drastically pruning it back and giving it lots of light (18/6) to force it back into a vegetative state. I suggest you google it, and also look into the site below. It has pretty decent info and lots of pretty pictures.

http://www.fatalii.net/growing/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=105

>> No.3929248

put it in a bigger pot with some fresh compost, chilis love lots of organic matter rather than fertilizer, then keep the soil damp but not soaking. Place in a sunny position.

Brought my chilli plant back from near death by doing this. Still going strong after three years!

>> No.3929293

problem with the chlorosis is, i can't really tell if its the younger or older leafs that turn yellow, so i'm a bit cautious on giving it nutrients.

gonna go with the bigger pot, fresh soil, picked fruits, sunny windowsill. ill look up the revegging, but then again, it was just a plant of 2 bucks, so its not like its critical harvest or anything.

fun fact, we put some of the harvested peppers in the soup, and it was demon hellfire like hot. anyone got some fun idea's what to do with about 5 peppers? maybe a good sambal?

>> No.3930145

>>3927834
Is this really paprika? Kinda looks like Thai chilies too.

>> No.3930297

>>3929206
I like you, sir. I will be back tomorrow night to talk about plants if you're around.

>> No.3930300

>>3929293
DEAR PLANT GUY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG:

I heard magnesium deficiency causes older leaves to yellow up. Iron deficiencies cause younger leaves to yellow up.

>> No.3930310

i have a plant that looks very very very very very very very much like this, and mine is most definitely a cayenne pepper plant.

nigga you sure?

also, second what >>3929248 said

>> No.3930578
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3930578

I grew ghost pepper seeds last year in dixie cups.
They didn't do much, got about 8" high. I put them on the back porch in winter, to keep from freezing. Most of the leaves fell off. This spring put them all in a planter.
Doing much better. I'm going to try again this winter and see if they make it another year.

>> No.3930610

You could make a chilli jam or a hotsauce OP. Or you can just dry the chillis out and turn them into chilli flakes.

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3930703

on that subject, I have my own chilli plant (pic related).

the thing is I picked a lot of chillis and cut them and put them in the freezer in a plastic tub. the other day my cat ran over the cord for the fridge and defrosted everything. Is it safe to refreeze the chillis? I know they'll taste a bit mushy, but are they hygenic?

>> No.3931013

>>3930297
I'm always lurking on /ck and /diy, since next to plants I also like the internet more than people. I post in most plant-related threads if I can add anything of value. Not always as a tripfag though.

>>3930300
>I heard magnesium deficiency causes older leaves to yellow up. Iron deficiencies cause younger leaves to yellow up.

In many plants, yes. However, Mg and Fe are micronutrients, with a wider variety of ways and quantities in which it is used by plants. This causes the shortages of these also to present themselves in a wider variety of ways.
Nitrogen is a macronutrient in every plant, with no exceptions I can think of right now, and a key component in chloroplasts. This makes a N-shortage present itself in a more uniform way.

>> No.3931031

>>3930703
The industrial wasteland adds a nice touch.

>> No.3932748

>>3931031
that's yangon city. any idea if it's safe to eat my defrosted the refroze chillis, i usually boil them anyway

>> No.3934971

>>3932748
It's safe. They just don't taste that good. Next time opt for drying rather than freezing.