Topic: Overwintering chilli

[Mrs Ava]

This snap is taken from the Aji amarillo (I think that is what it is - it is yellow chillies) chilli I have overwintering in the conservatory.  These new shoots, altho incredibly lush and healthy looking, are very yellow.  I haven't repotted the plant since it was put in this pot last spring.  I assume it is lacking in something, and wondered will repotting it and giving it a tomato feed help it along?

[sandersj89]

Emma

Not sure if tomato feed would be the best thing. This is normally high in Potash K20/Potassium K and is ideal to help plants set fruit during flowering.

Tomato feed will also have Nitrogen and Phosphorus.

Yellowing of leaves often idicates a lack of Nitrogen so I would be included to give it a feed with a more balanced feed. A repot cant hurt as well as that will mean fresh compost with new nutrients available.

Jerry

[john_miller]

Because N is so mobile in plants the older leaves will probably display symptoms first and the symptoms tend to be interveinal rather than the entire leaf. You may be running into physiological problems with translocation processes EJ, I would just let it warm up and see what happens. What is more likey to show in the juvenile leaves is iron or calcium deficency.