First Chillies on my Overwinter Plants

The picture says it all. My over-wintered chillies have been flowering for the last months and I have been using a my finger and an artist brush to pollinate the flowers. Since the plants are indoors you need to hand pollinate the chillies when they start to flower otherwise you will have flower drop and no fruit.

With the heat and light in my kitchen I water the plants every day, sometimes twice (morning and evening) if the soil is looking dry. I use a liquid tomato feed once a week to give the plants the extra energy required when they are fruiting. 

I still need to pot on this year's chilli crop. The first crop is outgrowing their trays and hopefully I can get some time this weekend to pot them on. Since I have a lot of plants and want to keep costs down I plan to use some plastic cups for potting on.