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My chilli plants are getting larger and some are actually starting to produce flower buds now. I think these are either Prairie Fire or the Thai Hot variety. However, I have also noticed that the joints between the main stem and smaller stems are black... not sure if this is a disease, or..??? Any ideas? This is my first year growing chillis from seed. Would appreciate some pointers. I have been feeding with worm pee, is this bad?

vw

i dont know what it is but i also have it on a couple of varities, and last year it caused no problems i seem to remember.

I think that's normal.  all mine have it & have had in previous years too.  :)

Thanks! Relieved to hear it is normal... :D

vw

Black bits you describe are normal.

What is "worm pee"?  I've never heard of it.

I say normal too. My Firecracker chilli plant is four years old,it looks like a mini tree as it has become very dark and woody.

I'm interested in the worm pee too!

Before VW replies I am going to hazzard a guess and say that they have a wormery.

If you are not aware of how these work then you put your waste in the wormery, the worms basically eat the waste down which produces both compost and a liquid which you can feed your plants.

This is what they mean by worm pee (I think/hope) :P

Mossy.