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About Bird's Eye Chili
Bird's Eye Chili is a relatively rare houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Bird's Eye Chili likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
Taxonomy
Capsicum annuum 'Bird's Eye'
Capsicum
Solanaceae
Solanales
Also known as
Thai Chili

How to care for Bird's Eye Chili
How often to water your Bird's Eye Chili

every 9
Bird's Eye Chili needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Bird's Eye Chili in your home

a window
Bird's Eye Chili love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Bird's Eye Chili does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Bird's Eye Chili in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Bird's Eye Chili

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Bird's Eye Chili after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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My plant leaves have been dropping and have not been producing chilies, anyone know what to do or why this is? #Capsicum #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict
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Replanting a bird eye pepper with a thick root #Capsicum The plant popped up when my dad was buried last year, as I was trying for Jalapeños. It is really important to me but the root is close to the house and as close as it is the sun isn't hitting Layne and he liked the sun. First year full of pepper on a tiny plant. This year one single pepper. Since bird eye is usually grown wild, if I kill it- doubt a bird is planting another. I'll take all and any tips to move it or I'm going to end up putting up a mirror outside lbvs 😂.
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Tiny white bugs on plant. Does anyone know what these are and how to get rid of them? #Capsicum
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I just want to see #TomatoPlant #RootRot #Capsicum
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Why isn’t my plant giving flowers? #Capsicum
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On balcony for 10 days. Full sun in hot somewhat humid climate (22/30 Celsius and 70% avrg humidity. Leaves get extremely droopy within a single day of not watering. Everywhere says I should water it far less. Is something wrong? A single flower fell off #Capsicum
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Hi. New to this App, loving it so far. All my chilli plants havr lost leaves and going yellow, I've just transferred them to big pots and using pot ash potting mix. Why are they dying? #Capsicum
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Do I remove the flowers off the plant #Capsicum
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I think I killed my grandma’s plant. Will it be able to recover? #Capsicum
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Hello, i just bought a new capsicum annuum, but i sadly cant put it outside. Would the ought from a windowsill (south facing) be enough? #Capsicum
Care Summary for Bird's Eye Chili
Bird's Eye Chili
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
