Growing chillies indoors

[Chuck]

Hi All, I currently have seven varieties of Chilli plants that I took indoors around October (just waiting for the weather to take them outside again), I'm struggling with watering them in time, I usually end up waiting for them to wilt for fear of over watering and root rot but a couple of times the leaves literally dried and fell off looking dead, has anyone used those terracotta watering spikes on Chilli plants before, again I have a fear of having the soil constantly moist.

MOIST soil does not harm a plant but wet soil will kill a plant eventually. It isn't the water that harms the plant, it is the lack of oxygen. Keeping the soil moist stabilizes the plant allowing for steady growth.