Thank you all, particularly Mr Mani, for their very enriching conversation and advice. I will most certainly stored all of this in my hard disk! Regards, Sushmita
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:11 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Rashida ji, you all are welcome. > > Mani. > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Rashida Atthar > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Good to know this. Now the group is enriched by your experience. ! >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:53 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Rashida ji, Since childhood whenever I got the seeds of any >>> fruits or vegetables I used to put in soil and observed its growth until >>> flowering and fruiting. Chillis and tomatoes were one of my favorite as >>> they do not require any special care and flowered early. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Wow Mani ji you are a store- house of practical knowledge and tips ! >>>> Thanks Sushmita ji and Mani ji, I too am motivated to try growing chilies >>>> now at home ! >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Rashida. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It could be also because of inferior seeds. Next time try to select >>>>> healthy seeds from the dried chilli pods and put the seeds in sunlight. >>>>> You >>>>> can put some seeds in water and the ones which are healthy will go down >>>>> and >>>>> which are not healthy will float on the water. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried to grow the plant from the chillies from Mumbai market and >>>>> was successful. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Mani. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM, ajinkya gadave < >>>>> ajinkyagad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> may be because of no pollination . >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Sushmita Jha < >>>>>> sushmitas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have several chillie plants growing in my terrace garden germinated >>>>>>> out of seeds of Andhra chillies bought in Hyderabad last year. They are >>>>>>> quite bushy and healthy, specially after the rains, with lots of >>>>>>> flowers, >>>>>>> which happened last year too, but chillie output has been/is almost >>>>>>> zero. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would very much appreciate advice on what the reason might be and >>>>>>> how I may have the flowers come to fruition. I apologise if this is not >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> right forum to ask such a question. >>>>>>> Many thanks. >>>>>>> Sushmita Jha >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >